Military
Explore the fascinating world of celebrities who have served in the military. Discover their military backgrounds and intriguing stories.
Wiley Post
USA
USAAmerican pilot who made the first flight around the globe in June-July 1931
Johannes Block
Germany
GermanyGerman officer, infantry general
Alfons Rebane
Germany
GermanyFascist
Petras Kubiliunas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian General
Vladimir Vashkevich
Soviet military leader, Colonel General
Werner von Blomberg
Germany
GermanyGerman military leader, field marshal general
Nada Dimic
Yugoslav partisan
Iurij Gorbko
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War
Vladimir Shokorov
Russia
RussiaMajor General (28.11.1914). Lieutenant General (16.07.1918).
Uliana Gromova
Russia
RussiaMember of the headquarters of the underground Komsomol organization "Young Guard"
Fritz Witt
France
FranceSS Brigadeführer and Major General of the SS troops.
Nguen Loan
Vietnam
VietnamSouth Vietnamese Brigadier General, Chief of Police of South Vietnam.
Blanche Stuart Scott
USA
USAFirst American female aviator
Brun
France
FranceCount of the Empire, Marshal
Louis Auguste Victor Ghaisne de Bourmont
France
FranceCount, Marshal of France, Marshal of Portugal
Kevin Kregel
USA
USAAstronaut
Auguste Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt
France
FranceGeneral of Napoleon's army
Bernhard Ramke
Germany
GermanyGerman airborne general during World War II.
Alexander Albrecht
Ukraine
UkraineRussian commander during the Napoleonic Wars, lieutenant general.
Rostislav Demidov
Russia
RussiaColonel of the Soviet Army, Hero of the Soviet Union
Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr.
USA
USAAmerican naval officer
Gevorg Akopyants
Soviet officer, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union
Erich Ehrlinger
Germany
GermanyGerman war criminal, Nazi, member of the SS, Sonderkommando commander
Kazimierz Zeromski
Colonel of the Lithuanian army units
Igor Girkin
Russia
RussiaOne of the leaders of the unrecognized DPR is from Russia.
Erwin Rommel
Germany
GermanyHitler's Field Marshal, 'Desert Fox'
Anatoly Artemenko
Ukraine
UkraineHero of the Soviet Union, retired aviation major general
Claude Pajol
France
FranceCount, baron, division general.
Bela Miklosh
Hungary
HungaryHungarian military leader
Alexandr Efimov
Russia
RussiaAir Marshal
Valeriy Sablin
Captain
Vasiliy Vasilyev
Commander of the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General
Chester Nimic
USA
USAAmerican admiral
Vasiliy Gukov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Hubert Weise
Germany
GermanyGerman Colonel General of the Luftwaffe.
Antuan Lassalle
France
FranceDivision general (12/30/1806).
Abdul-Rashid Dustum
Afghanistan
AfghanistanAfghan military and political figure, general
Alexander Asonchik
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, partisan commander, Hero of the Soviet Union
Rosa Shanina
Russia
RussiaSoviet lone sniper of the Great Patriotic War (more than 54 killed enemies, including 12 in the battle for Vilnius).
James Terry Conway
USA
USAAmerican military general, thirty-fourth commander of the Marine Corps.
Ivan Mihajlichenko
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Lenya Golikov
Pioneer hero, Timurovite, participant of the Great Patriotic War, partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union
James Logan Jones
USA
USAAmerican military officer, retired full (four-star) general of the United States Marine Corps.
Augustus of Prussia
Germany
GermanyPrince of Prussia, Prussian commander of the Napoleonic Wars, infantry general
Robert Behnken
USA
USAAstronaut
Karl Filer
Germany
GermanyNSDAP party member, Reichsleiter (June 2, 1933 – May 8, 1945)
An Lushan
China
ChinaChinese warlord
William Curtis Colepaugh
USA
USAAmerican intelligence officer
Ewald Kleist
Germany
GermanyGerman military leader (from 1943 field marshal) in World War II.
Philippo Tsappi
Italy
ItalyItalian Navy officer