Officer

Explore the lives of notable figures who have served as Officers, shaping history and society. Discover their achievements, influential roles, and contributions to public service.

Allahverdi Baghirov

Azerbaijani officer, National Hero of Azerbaijan

Olga Ovcharenko

The first female officer of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of beating soldiers

Grigoriy Ayrapetyan

Participant of the Polish campaign of the Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant colonel

Veniamin Albetkov

Soviet soldier and officer

Joy Bright Hancock

American soldier, veteran of both world wars, one of the first female officers in the American Navy.

German tank ace of World War II

Captain Commander

Nikolay Gantimurov

Officer of the Russian Empire, participant in the defense of Port Arthur

William Sitgreaves Cox

American military man.

Hamzya Bogdanov

Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Colonel

Mark Bershadsky

Soviet officer of the Red Army, lieutenant

Douglas Abbott Macgregor

Military theorist, retired US Army colonel, writer

Hans Hermann Katte

Lieutenant of the Prussian army

Alexey Otserklevich

Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Head of the State Security Department of Ukraine

Soviet officer, commander of the 7th battery of the 137th artillery regiment

William Y. W. Ripley

Union Army officer from Vermont during the American Civil War

Dmitriy Amilahvari

Officer of the French army, lieutenant colonel of the Foreign Legion

Friedrich Wiese

Deputy Director of the Department of Property Relations of the Russian Ministry of Defense

Karlis Sensbergs

Unterscharführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion

German officer, participant in World War II, major general

Officer of the Russian Army, Guards Major

Richard Brooke Garnett

A career officer in the United States Army and a general in the Confederate Army.

Dmitriy De Vitt

Russian officer

German tank ace of World War II

Berek Joselewicz

Polish officer, rebel and participant in the Napoleonic Wars

US Army officer, participant in the Civil War and Indian Wars

Deputy Commander of the 2nd Guards Order of Lenin, Twice Red Banner, Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky

Lieutenant, hero of the Crimean War

Commander of the 4th Cavalry Division of the 1st Cavalry Army

Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

German staff officer during World War II

Lieutenant Colonel of Tank Forces.

German tank ace of World War II

Paul William Bucha

Vietnam War Veteran

Eugeniy Erofeev

Russian officer, twice Knight of the Order of St. George

Nikolay Aksyutin

Soviet officer, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union

SS officer; SS Sturmbannführer (1944).

Alexander-Valerian Anderson

Russian and Soviet military leader, reserve division commander (1936).

Charles Pierre Laboulaye

French technician and writer

Captain (general (?)) of the English service in India and traveller. Travelled from Herat via Khiva to Russia. Founded the city of Abbottabad in Pakistan.

Heinz Gunther Guderian

German officer, participant in World War II, Knight's Cross recipient

US Army officer and Confederate Army general

Romanian officer, master of tank combat, participant in World War II

Hans Kannengiesser

German officer.

Non-commissioned officer of an SS tank unit