Military

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

Nikolay Kolomeitsev
Nikolay Kolomeitsev
Russian Vice Admiral, participant in the Battle of Tsushima
Otto Ciliax
Otto Ciliax
Germany
German admiral
Asad Asadov
Asad Asadov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani pilot, National Hero of Azerbaijan
Paul Arman
Paul Arman
Russia
Soviet tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Gavriil Zashihin
Gavriil Zashihin
Colonel General of Artillery
Michael Barkai
Michael Barkai
Israel
Israeli naval officer, hero of the Battle of Latakia.
Annaklych Ataev
Annaklych Ataev
Squadron Commander of the 294th Cavalry Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union
Matvey Palen
Matvey Palen
Estonia
General of the Cavalry
Ludwik Kropinski
Ludwik Kropinski
Polish writer, general of the Duchy of Warsaw
Sarah Emma Sarah Emma Edmonds
Sarah Emma Sarah Emma Edmonds
Canada
Union spy
Henning Treskov
Henning Treskov
Germany
Major General of the German Army (1944), one of the active participants in the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler.
Louis Vallin
Louis Vallin
France
French Lieutenant General, Viscount
Claude Congreve Dobson
Claude Congreve Dobson
Great Britain
British Victoria Cross Knight, Rear Admiral
Enzo Galbiati
Enzo Galbiati
Italy
Italian military leader, general
Petr Kalnishevsky
Petr Kalnishevsky
The last koshevoy ataman of the Zaporizhian Sich
Dmitriy Gorlenko
Dmitriy Gorlenko
Prilutsky Colonel
 Gasdrubal
Gasdrubal
Tunisia
Son of Hamilcar Barca, brother of Hannibal, Carthaginian general.
Wilfred Dunderdale
Wilfred Dunderdale
Great Britain
A British spy and intelligence officer who was likely the real-life inspiration for James Bond
Georgios Zoitakis
Georgios Zoitakis
Greece
Greek general, member of the Black Colonels junta, from 1967 to 1972.
Karl Hans Wachtmeister
Karl Hans Wachtmeister
Sweden
Swedish admiral, baron.
Kuzma Derevyanko
Kuzma Derevyanko
Ukraine
Lieutenant General
Josef Allen
Josef Allen
USA
American scientist and astronaut
Pedro Duque
Pedro Duque
Spain
The first Spanish astronaut.
Hans Rudel
Hans Rudel
Germany
The most famous and successful pilot of the Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber during the Second World War.
Vladimir Sudec
Vladimir Sudec
Ukraine
Hero of the Soviet Union, Air Marshal
Wenzel Colloredo
Wenzel Colloredo
Austria
Austrian Field Marshal.
James Keith
James Keith
Great Britain
Scottish aristocrat, general-in-chief
Tiberiy Neron
Tiberiy Neron
Italy
Roman politician and military leader
Ivan Bella
Ivan Bella
Slovakia
First Slovak cosmonaut
John Watts Young
John Watts Young
USA
US astronaut
Petar Matic
Petar Matic
Yugoslav partisan
Abram Mordukhovich
Abram Mordukhovich
Soviet divisional artillery gun commander
Franz Bake
Franz Bake
Germany
German tank officer during World War II, Major General
Laskarina Bubulina
Laskarina Bubulina
Greece
Heroine of the Greek revolution of 1821, admiral of the Russian fleet.
Ugo Cavallero
Ugo Cavallero
Italy
Count, Italian military leader, Marshal of Italy
Pavel Mashtakov
Pavel Mashtakov
Russia
Participant of the Great Patriotic War
Gerasim Vinokurov
Gerasim Vinokurov
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero
Mexico
General, Mexican independence fighter
Anton Kraus
Anton Kraus
General-Chetar of the Ukrainian Galician Army
Hussein Tantawi
Hussein Tantawi
Egypt
Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt
Susan Jane Helms
Susan Jane Helms
USA
Astronaut
James Howell Howard
James Howell Howard
USA
American military officer, Air Force general
Max-Karl Galvits
Max-Karl Galvits
Germany
German artillery general.
Moisey Tokarev
Moisey Tokarev
Ukraine
Fighter pilot
Nikolay Alekseev
Nikolay Alekseev
Soviet military pilot
Carl Johan Adlercreutz
Carl Johan Adlercreutz
Sweden
Swedish General
Wiliam Sherman
Wiliam Sherman
USA
American Army General
Fedor Bekovich-Cherkassky
Fedor Bekovich-Cherkassky
Russian and Kabardian military figure, lieutenant general, participant in World War I
Valeriy Chistyakov
Valeriy Chistyakov
Major General of the Soviet Army
Petr Gavrilov
Petr Gavrilov
Hero of the Soviet Union