Military
Explore notable people associated with Military: military careers, key missions, historical events and the consequences of their decisions.

Ignatiy Galagan
Chigirinsky (1709-1714) and Prilutsky colonel

Vladimir Kvachkov
Russia
RussiaRetired GRU Colonel

Anton Haus
Hungary
HungaryBaron, Austro-Hungarian Grand Admiral (1916).

Fedor Harchenko
Ukraine
UkraineSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union

Petr Voloh
Soviet military leader, participant in the Great Patriotic War

Joseph Brevard Kershaw
USA
USALawyer, judge and general of the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

Mihail Shishenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Yury Votincev
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanHero of Socialist Labor, Colonel General

James Doolittle
USA
USAAmerican pilot, Hero of the USA, Major General

Mihail Guryanov
Commissar of the partisan detachment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Carl Gustaf Armfeldt
Sweden
SwedenSwedish general, participant in the Great Northern War

Auguste Dubail
France
FranceFrench military leader, divisional general

Talgat Esetov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanDirector of the Border Academy, Major General

Roland Garros
France
FranceFrench pilot during World War I

Franz Sigel
Germany
GermanyGerman officer

Rosa Shanina
Russia
RussiaSoviet lone sniper of the Great Patriotic War (more than 54 killed enemies, including 12 in the battle for Vilnius).

George Cockburn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish military and statesman, admiral of the fleet

Vadim Sukharevsky
Ukraine
UkraineDeputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February 2024, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Germany
GermanyGerman officer and agent of the resistance forces

Sergey Kamenev
Ukraine
UkraineMilitary leader, 1st rank army commander

Vasiliy Chuikov
Military figure

Frank De Winne
Belgium
BelgiumBrigadier General of the Belgian Air Component and ESA astronaut

Ali Shamhani
Iran
IranIranian military commander, rear admiral

Bulat Dzhanasaev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanLieutenant General, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Wend Wietersheim
Germany
GermanyParticipant of the First and Second World Wars, Lieutenant General

Yakov Uharin
Russia
RussiaRussian admiral, participant in the Crimean War

Saduk Abdujabbarov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanHero of the Soviet Union, participant in the Great Patriotic War.

Yoav Galant
Israel
IsraelMajor General of the Israel Defense Forces

Jean-Louis Brigitte Espagne
France
FranceDivision General

El Cid Campeador
Spain
SpainNational hero of Spain, military and political figure of the Reconquista

Kuzma Novoselov
Russia
RussiaFighter pilot

Vasiliy Macievich
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Herbert Otto Gille
Germany
GermanyGerman military leader, SS-Obergruppenführer and Waffen-SS general

Kashagan Dzhamangaraev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanParticipant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Wolfgang Reinhold
Germany
GermanyGDR military leader

Fran McKee
USA
USAFirst woman to be promoted to rear admiral in the US Navy

Serafima Amosova
Russia
RussiaPilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War

Scott Edward Parazynski
USA
USACosmonav

Franklin Chang-Diaz
USA
USAAstronaut

Prospero Colonn
Italy
ItalyItalian condottiere, military leader in the service of the Pope

Walter Kruger
Germany
GermanyParticipant of the First and Second World Wars, general of tank troops

Timofey Hrukin
Russia
RussiaTwice Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General of Aviation

Takeo Kurita
Japan
JapanJapanese naval figure, vice admiral (1.5.1942)

Jacob Devers
USA
USAGeneral of the US Army.

Vladimir Rogozin
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph Clerfayt
Austria
AustriaAustrian field marshal, of Walloon origin.

Samuel Hazai
Austria
AustriaBaron (12.12.1912), Austro-Hungarian Colonel General (1.11.1917).

Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld
Austria
AustriaAustrian Feldzeigmeister

Francois-Etienne de Damas
France
FranceFrench general, participant in the Napoleonic Wars

Mahmut Gareev
Russia
RussiaSoviet and Russian military leader, military leader, retired army general