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

Nikolay Kolomeitsev
Russian Vice Admiral, participant in the Battle of Tsushima

Otto Ciliax
Germany
GermanyGerman admiral

Asad Asadov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani pilot, National Hero of Azerbaijan

Paul Arman
Russia
RussiaSoviet tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Gavriil Zashihin
Colonel General of Artillery

Michael Barkai
Israel
IsraelIsraeli naval officer, hero of the Battle of Latakia.

Annaklych Ataev
Squadron Commander of the 294th Cavalry Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Matvey Palen
Estonia
EstoniaGeneral of the Cavalry

Ludwik Kropinski
Polish writer, general of the Duchy of Warsaw

Sarah Emma Sarah Emma Edmonds
Canada
CanadaUnion spy

Henning Treskov
Germany
GermanyMajor General of the German Army (1944), one of the active participants in the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler.

Louis Vallin
France
FranceFrench Lieutenant General, Viscount

Claude Congreve Dobson
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Victoria Cross Knight, Rear Admiral

Enzo Galbiati
Italy
ItalyItalian military leader, general

Petr Kalnishevsky
The last koshevoy ataman of the Zaporizhian Sich

Dmitriy Gorlenko
Prilutsky Colonel

Gasdrubal
Tunisia
TunisiaSon of Hamilcar Barca, brother of Hannibal, Carthaginian general.

Wilfred Dunderdale
Great Britain
Great BritainA British spy and intelligence officer who was likely the real-life inspiration for James Bond

Georgios Zoitakis
Greece
GreeceGreek general, member of the Black Colonels junta, from 1967 to 1972.

Karl Hans Wachtmeister
Sweden
SwedenSwedish admiral, baron.

Kuzma Derevyanko
Ukraine
UkraineLieutenant General

Josef Allen
USA
USAAmerican scientist and astronaut

Pedro Duque
Spain
SpainThe first Spanish astronaut.

Hans Rudel
Germany
GermanyThe most famous and successful pilot of the Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber during the Second World War.

Vladimir Sudec
Ukraine
UkraineHero of the Soviet Union, Air Marshal

Wenzel Colloredo
Austria
AustriaAustrian Field Marshal.

James Keith
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish aristocrat, general-in-chief

Tiberiy Neron
Italy
ItalyRoman politician and military leader

Ivan Bella
Slovakia
SlovakiaFirst Slovak cosmonaut

John Watts Young
USA
USAUS astronaut

Petar Matic
Yugoslav partisan

Abram Mordukhovich
Soviet divisional artillery gun commander

Franz Bake
Germany
GermanyGerman tank officer during World War II, Major General

Laskarina Bubulina
Greece
GreeceHeroine of the Greek revolution of 1821, admiral of the Russian fleet.

Ugo Cavallero
Italy
ItalyCount, Italian military leader, Marshal of Italy

Pavel Mashtakov
Russia
RussiaParticipant of the Great Patriotic War

Gerasim Vinokurov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Vicente Guerrero
Mexico
MexicoGeneral, Mexican independence fighter

Anton Kraus
General-Chetar of the Ukrainian Galician Army

Hussein Tantawi
Egypt
EgyptHead of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt

Susan Jane Helms
USA
USAAstronaut

James Howell Howard
USA
USAAmerican military officer, Air Force general

Max-Karl Galvits
Germany
GermanyGerman artillery general.

Moisey Tokarev
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Nikolay Alekseev
Soviet military pilot

Carl Johan Adlercreutz
Sweden
SwedenSwedish General

Wiliam Sherman
USA
USAAmerican Army General

Fedor Bekovich-Cherkassky
Russian and Kabardian military figure, lieutenant general, participant in World War I

Valeriy Chistyakov
Major General of the Soviet Army

Petr Gavrilov
Hero of the Soviet Union