Military

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

Peter Vrangel
Peter Vrangel
Russia
Lieutenant General of the Russian army, one of the leaders of the White Guard movement
Joseph-Francois Dupleix
Joseph-Francois Dupleix
France
French colonial administrator and governor general in India
Geza Lakatos
Geza Lakatos
Hungary
Hungarian General
Shannon M. W. Lucid
Shannon M. W. Lucid
USA
American female astronaut and biochemist
Mavlid Visaitov
Mavlid Visaitov
Hero of the Soviet Union
Mihail Yakovlev
Mihail Yakovlev
Mongolia
Participant in the battles at Khalkhin Gol, commander of the 11th Tank Brigade of the 57th Special Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union, brigade commander.
Mihail Dubkov
Mihail Dubkov
Soviet military leader, major general (1940)
Ruth Werner
Ruth Werner
Great Britain
German communist, intelligence officer.
Valentine Yurin
Valentine Yurin
Ukraine
Soviet military figure, colonel
George Casey
George Casey
USA
Chief of Staff of the US Army
Trofim Voloshanin
Trofim Voloshanin
Ukraine
Koshevoy ataman.
Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg
Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg
German prince of the Battenberg family
Albert-Camille Vital
Albert-Camille Vital
Madagascar
Brigadier General, Prime Minister of Madagascar
Kevin Kregel
Kevin Kregel
USA
Astronaut
Theodor von Latour
Theodor von Latour
Austria
Austrian military leader, Feldzeugmeister
Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Portugal
Portuguese military officer and politician
Yoshiko Kawashima
Yoshiko Kawashima
Japan
Japanese spy
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Wrangel
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Wrangel
Germany
Prussian military leader, field marshal.
Yoritomo Minamoto
Yoritomo Minamoto
Japan
Japanese military leader, founder of the Minamoto shogun dynasty
Vasiliy Zabolotsky-Brazhnik
Vasiliy Zabolotsky-Brazhnik
Voivode
Ivan Svida
Ivan Svida
Ukraine
Ukrainian military leader, army general
Johann Gottfried von Hoyer
Johann Gottfried von Hoyer
Germany
Major General, Saxon and Prussian military theorist, writer
Karl Bistrom
Karl Bistrom
Russia
Russian military leader, adjutant general.
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Germany
Statesman of Nazi Germany, head of the Imperial Chancellery
Vladimir Zaimov
Vladimir Zaimov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian military leader, artillery general
Nader Jahanbani
Nader Jahanbani
Iran
General of the Iranian Air Force
Patrice Mac-Mahon
Patrice Mac-Mahon
France
French military leader and politician, Marshal of France
Avgust fon Makenzen
Avgust fon Makenzen
Germany
Field Marshal who led a number of successful military operations during the First World War
Ivan Pronsky Nelyubov-Shemyaka
Ivan Pronsky Nelyubov-Shemyaka
Boyar and voivode, Russian military and statesman
David Howell Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus
USA
Directors of the CIA.
Boris Shteyfon
Boris Shteyfon
Russia
Lieutenant General of the General Staff.
Peter Inge
Peter Inge
Great Britain
British Field Marshal
Alan Brooke
Alan Brooke
Great Britain
An outstanding British military leader, Field Marshal
Otto Knobelsdorff
Otto Knobelsdorff
Germany
German officer, general of tank troops
Michael Velikanov
Michael Velikanov
Soviet military figure, 2nd rank army commander
Ernst-Felix Kruder
Ernst-Felix Kruder
Germany
German captain 1st rank
Viktor Belenko
Viktor Belenko
USA
Soviet defector pilot who gained fame as a result of high treason.
Iurij Gorbko
Iurij Gorbko
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War
Stig Vennerstrem
Stig Vennerstrem
Sweden
Sweden's most famous Cold War spy
Arleigh Albert Burke
Arleigh Albert Burke
USA
Admiral of the United States Navy
Emilio Mola
Emilio Mola
Spain
Spanish military leader, general.
Dusko Popov
Dusko Popov
Great Britain
Scout
Jack Glennon Hanson
Jack Glennon Hanson
USA
American serviceman
Harald Kujat
Harald Kujat
Germany
German general, chairman of NATO's Military Committee
August Wilhelm Antonius von Gneisenau
August Wilhelm Antonius von Gneisenau
Germany
Prussian military leader, field marshal, during the Napoleonic Wars
Rudolf Abel
Rudolf Abel
One of the most famous intelligence officers of the 20th century
Petr Abramov
Petr Abramov
Gun commander of the 130th Guards Artillery Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Sergeant
Sextus Afranius Burrus
Sextus Afranius Burrus
Italy
Roman military leader and statesman
Anton Milius
Anton Milius
Austria
Baron (1775), Field Marshal-Lieutenant (1800).
Herbert Schultze
Herbert Schultze
Great Britain
German submariner of the Second World War, holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross