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.

Fritz-Hubert Graser

German officer, General of the Infantry during World War II

Eugeniy Erofeev

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

Franz Griesbach

German infantry officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars

Japanese naval officer during the Meiji era

Lieutenant Colonel of Tank Forces.

William Sitgreaves Cox

American military man.

Jean-Armand Du Peyrer

Legendary captain of the royal musketeers

Richard Brooke Garnett

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

US Army officer and Confederate Army general

Hans Hermann Katte

Lieutenant of the Prussian army

Veniamin Albetkov

Soviet soldier and officer

Azerbaijani officer

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

Vasiliy Koshelev

Participant of the Great Patriotic War

Dmitriy Amilahvari

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

Oskars Jekabs Dankers

Latvian general, officer of the Russian tsarist army

Paul William Bucha

Vietnam War Veteran

Hamzya Bogdanov

Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Colonel

Ralph Puckett Jr.

US Army officer

Hans Kannengiesser

German officer.

William Walter Leake

American Civil War Confederate Army officer, Freemason, lawyer, county judge, and bank president.

Alexander-Valerian Anderson

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

Nikolay Grigoryev

Ukrainian partisan, ataman of the UPR, then commander of the Red Army division

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

Nikolay Aksyutin

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

A career officer in the US Army who fought in the Civil War and the Indian Wars.

Joseph Pitty Couthouy

American naval officer, conchiologist, paleontologist

German soldier in Russian service.

Alexey Otserklevich

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

Michael Bronstein

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, laureate of the USSR State Prize

Alexander Vaganov

Soviet serviceman, guard major, Hero of the Soviet Union

Alexander Burago

Colonel of the Russian Imperial Army, hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78

Israeli officer

Nikolay Gantimurov

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

Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

Captain Commander

Vartan Sarkisyan

Armenian military and political figure

Francisco Gil de Taboada

Spanish naval officer and colonial official

Sabyr Sarygozhin

Captain of the Russian Imperial Army

John Mark Dougan

A former US police officer who asked

Finnish journalist, former lieutenant in the Tsarist army, chief of staff of the Red Guard in Helsinki

Berek Joselewicz

Polish officer, rebel and participant in the Napoleonic Wars

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

Press Secretary of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since March 18, 2024

Obersturmführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion.

Richard Heron Anderson

A career US Army officer who fought in the Mexican War.