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

Peter Vrangel
Russia
RussiaLieutenant General of the Russian army, one of the leaders of the White Guard movement

Joseph-Francois Dupleix
France
FranceFrench colonial administrator and governor general in India

Geza Lakatos
Hungary
HungaryHungarian General

Shannon M. W. Lucid
USA
USAAmerican female astronaut and biochemist

Mavlid Visaitov
Hero of the Soviet Union

Mihail Yakovlev
Mongolia
MongoliaParticipant 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
Soviet military leader, major general (1940)

Ruth Werner
Great Britain
Great BritainGerman communist, intelligence officer.

Valentine Yurin
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet military figure, colonel

George Casey
USA
USAChief of Staff of the US Army

Trofim Voloshanin
Ukraine
UkraineKoshevoy ataman.

Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg
German prince of the Battenberg family

Albert-Camille Vital
Madagascar
MadagascarBrigadier General, Prime Minister of Madagascar

Kevin Kregel
USA
USAAstronaut

Theodor von Latour
Austria
AustriaAustrian military leader, Feldzeugmeister

Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese military officer and politician

Yoshiko Kawashima
Japan
JapanJapanese spy

Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Wrangel
Germany
GermanyPrussian military leader, field marshal.

Yoritomo Minamoto
Japan
JapanJapanese military leader, founder of the Minamoto shogun dynasty

Vasiliy Zabolotsky-Brazhnik
Voivode

Ivan Svida
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian military leader, army general

Johann Gottfried von Hoyer
Germany
GermanyMajor General, Saxon and Prussian military theorist, writer

Karl Bistrom
Russia
RussiaRussian military leader, adjutant general.

Hans Heinrich Lammers
Germany
GermanyStatesman of Nazi Germany, head of the Imperial Chancellery

Vladimir Zaimov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian military leader, artillery general

Nader Jahanbani
Iran
IranGeneral of the Iranian Air Force

Patrice Mac-Mahon
France
FranceFrench military leader and politician, Marshal of France

Avgust fon Makenzen
Germany
GermanyField Marshal who led a number of successful military operations during the First World War

Ivan Pronsky Nelyubov-Shemyaka
Boyar and voivode, Russian military and statesman

David Howell Petraeus
USA
USADirectors of the CIA.

Boris Shteyfon
Russia
RussiaLieutenant General of the General Staff.

Peter Inge
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Field Marshal

Alan Brooke
Great Britain
Great BritainAn outstanding British military leader, Field Marshal

Otto Knobelsdorff
Germany
GermanyGerman officer, general of tank troops

Michael Velikanov
Soviet military figure, 2nd rank army commander

Ernst-Felix Kruder
Germany
GermanyGerman captain 1st rank

Viktor Belenko
USA
USASoviet defector pilot who gained fame as a result of high treason.

Iurij Gorbko
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War

Stig Vennerstrem
Sweden
SwedenSweden's most famous Cold War spy

Arleigh Albert Burke
USA
USAAdmiral of the United States Navy

Emilio Mola
Spain
SpainSpanish military leader, general.

Dusko Popov
Great Britain
Great BritainScout

Jack Glennon Hanson
USA
USAAmerican serviceman

Harald Kujat
Germany
GermanyGerman general, chairman of NATO's Military Committee

August Wilhelm Antonius von Gneisenau
Germany
GermanyPrussian military leader, field marshal, during the Napoleonic Wars

Rudolf Abel
One of the most famous intelligence officers of the 20th century

Petr Abramov
Gun commander of the 130th Guards Artillery Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Sergeant

Sextus Afranius Burrus
Italy
ItalyRoman military leader and statesman

Anton Milius
Austria
AustriaBaron (1775), Field Marshal-Lieutenant (1800).

Herbert Schultze
Great Britain
Great BritainGerman submariner of the Second World War, holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross