Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Ralph Abercromby |
Military |
7-Oct-1734 |
28-Mar-1801 |
British general |
John Abizaid |
Military |
1-Apr-1951 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2003-07 |
Scipio Africanus |
Military |
236 BC |
183 BC |
Defeated Hannibal |
Agathocles |
Military |
361 BC |
289 BC |
Tyrant of Syracuse |
Omar al-Bashir |
Politician |
1-Jan-1944 |
|
President of Sudan |
Harun al-Rashid |
Royalty |
763 AD |
24-Mar-809 AD |
Abbasid caliph |
Alexander the Great |
Royalty |
Jul-356 BC |
10-Jun-323 BC |
World conqueror |
Keith B. Alexander |
Military |
1952 |
|
Director, National Security Agency |
Ethan Allen |
Military |
10-Jan-1739 |
12-Feb-1789 |
Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys |
Ira Allen |
Military |
21-Apr-1751 |
4-Jan-1814 |
Founder of the University of Vermont |
Lew Allen, Jr. |
Military |
30-Sep-1925 |
4-Jan-2010 |
Director of the NSA, 1973-77 |
Thad Allen |
Military |
16-Jan-1949 |
|
Commandant, US Coast Guard |
Edmund Allenby |
Military |
23-Apr-1861 |
14-May-1936 |
Defeated the Turks in WWI |
Pedro de Alvarado |
Military |
c. 1495 |
4-Jul-1541 |
Spanish conqueror of Americas |
Christopher C. Ames |
Military |
c. 1954 |
|
US Navy Rear Admiral |
James F. Amos |
Military |
12-Nov-1946 |
|
Commandant, US Marine Corps |
William Robert Anderson |
Military |
17-Jun-1921 |
25-Feb-2007 |
Commander, USS Nautilus |
Mark Antony |
Military |
c. 83 BC |
30 BC |
Julius Caesar's protege |
Aristides |
Military |
530 BC |
468 BC |
Athenian general, fought Persia |
Benedict Arnold |
Military |
14-Jan-1741 |
14-Jun-1801 |
Betrayed colonists to British |
Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
Ashoka |
Royalty |
c. 304 BC |
232 BC |
Emperor of India, 273-32 BC |
Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey, 1923-38 |
Attila the Hun |
Royalty |
c. 406 AD |
453 AD |
Scourge of God |
Claude Auchinleck |
Military |
21-Jun-1884 |
23-Mar-1981 |
C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47 |
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés |
Military |
15-Feb-1519 |
17-Sep-1574 |
Founder of St. Augustine, Florida |
Babur |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1483 |
26-Dec-1530 |
Mughal Emperor |
Robert Baden-Powell |
Military |
22-Feb-1857 |
8-Jan-1941 |
Founder of the Boy Scout movement |
William Bainbridge |
Military |
7-May-1774 |
27-Jul-1833 |
Commodore, War of 1812 |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1914 |
4-Oct-1982 |
President of Iraq, 1968-79 |
Nathaniel P. Banks |
Politician |
30-Jan-1816 |
1-Sep-1894 |
House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts |
Robert H. Barrow |
Military |
5-Feb-1922 |
30-Oct-2008 |
27th USMC Commandant, 1979-83 |
Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
14-Mar-1903 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Kurdish nationalist |
George Bascom |
Military |
c. 1837 |
21-Feb-1862 |
Launched Cochise on the warpath |
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard |
Military |
28-May-1818 |
20-Feb-1893 |
Confederate General |
Ludwig Beck |
Military |
29-Jun-1880 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Supported failed coup against Hitler |
Julius W. Becton, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jun-1926 |
|
FEMA Director, 1985-89 |
Belisarius |
Military |
505 AD |
565 AD |
Byzantine general |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
Playwright |
6-Mar-1619 |
28-Jul-1655 |
Voyage dans la Lune |
Louis Alexandre Berthier |
Military |
20-Feb-1753 |
1-Jun-1815 |
Napoleon's chief of staff |
William Bligh |
Military |
9-Sep-1754 |
6-Dec-1817 |
Captain of the Bounty |
Simón Bolívar |
Military |
24-Jul-1783 |
17-Dec-1830 |
El Libertador |
Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
Walter E. Boomer |
Military |
22-Sep-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Marine Corps |
Daniel Boone |
Military |
22-Oct-1734 |
26-Sep-1820 |
Legendary frontiersman |
Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
Cesare Borgia |
Religion |
Sep-1476 |
12-Mar-1507 |
Cardinal of Valencia |
Edward Boscawen |
Military |
19-Aug-1711 |
10-Jan-1761 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
Georges Boulanger |
Military |
29-Apr-1837 |
30-Sep-1891 |
French general-turned-politician |
Houari Boumédienne |
Head of State |
23-Aug-1932 |
27-Dec-1978 |
Algerian Dictator, 1965-78 |
Jim Bowie |
Military |
10-Apr-1796 |
6-Mar-1836 |
Knife fighter, Alamo combatant |
Charles G. Boyd |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Air Force |
Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
Jerry Boykin |
Military |
c. 1949 |
|
Pentagon's resident Jesus freak |
Charles Boyle |
Military |
1676 |
28-Aug-1731 |
4th Earl of Orrery |
Roger Boyle |
Military |
25-Apr-1621 |
16-Oct-1679 |
Treatise on the Art of War |
Edward Braddock |
Military |
c. 1695 |
13-Jul-1755 |
General in the French and Indian War |
Omar Bradley |
Military |
12-Feb-1893 |
8-Apr-1981 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
Braxton Bragg |
Military |
22-Mar-1817 |
27-Sep-1876 |
Confederate Army General |
Joseph Brant |
Military |
1742 |
24-Nov-1807 |
Mohawk Indian Chief |
Carl Brashear |
Military |
19-Jan-1931 |
25-Jul-2006 |
Navy diver |
John C. Breckinridge |
Politician |
21-Jan-1821 |
17-May-1875 |
James Buchanan's Vice President |
Alan Brooke |
Military |
23-Jul-1883 |
17-Jun-1963 |
Chief military advisor to Churchill |
George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
Lloyd Bucher |
Military |
1-Sep-1927 |
28-Jan-2004 |
Commander of USS Pueblo |
Don Carlos Buell |
Military |
23-Mar-1818 |
19-Nov-1898 |
Union Army General |
Buffalo Bill |
Performance Artist |
26-Feb-1846 |
10-Jan-1917 |
Wild West showman |
Sir Redvers Henry Buller |
Military |
7-Dec-1839 |
2-Jun-1908 |
Chief of Staff during Boer War |
John Burgoyne |
Military |
1722 |
4-Jun-1792 |
Defeated at the Battle of Saratoga |
Ambrose Burnside |
Military |
23-May-1824 |
13-Sep-1881 |
Inspiration for term sideburns |
Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1818 |
11-Jan-1893 |
Criminal lawyer, Civil War general |
Smedley Butler |
Military |
30-Jul-1881 |
21-Jun-1940 |
Exposed the 1933 coup plot |
Michael T. Byrnes |
Military |
c. 1945 |
|
President of Tyco China, 2005-06 |
Germanicus Caesar |
Military |
15 BC |
19 AD |
Roman General under Tiberius |
William Calley |
Military |
8-Jun-1943 |
|
Led the My Lai Massacre |
Colin Campbell |
Military |
20-Oct-1792 |
24-Aug-1863 |
Commander-in-chief of India |
Wilhelm Canaris |
Military |
1-Jan-1887 |
9-Apr-1945 |
Nazi spymaster, tried to kill Hitler |
Cao Cao |
Head of State |
155 AD |
15-Mar-220 AD |
Posthumously Emperor Wu of Wei |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
Evans F. Carlson |
Military |
26-Feb-1896 |
27-May-1947 |
Carlson's Raiders |
Eugene Asa Carr |
Military |
20-Mar-1830 |
2-Dec-1910 |
Union Army General |
George W. Casey, Jr. |
Military |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2007-11 |
Lewis Cass |
Military |
9-Oct-1782 |
17-Jun-1866 |
US Secretary of State, 1857-60 |
Michel de Castelnau |
Military |
1517 |
1592 |
French Ambassador to Elizabeth I |
Cato the Elder |
Politician |
234 BC |
149 BC |
Roman statesman, hated Carthage |
Cato the Younger |
Philosopher |
95 BC |
45 BC |
Foe of Julius Caesar |
Cetshwayo |
Royalty |
c. 1826 |
8-Feb-1884 |
Zulu king |
John T. Chain |
Military |
11-Dec-1934 |
|
C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91 |
Isaac Chauncey |
Military |
20-Feb-1772 |
27-Feb-1840 |
US Naval commander, War of 1812 |
Fletcher Christian |
Military |
25-Sep-1764 |
c. 1793 |
Led the mutiny on the Bounty |
Cincinnatus |
Military |
519 BC |
430 BC |
Republican leader of Rome |
James R. Clapper |
Military |
c. 1941 |
|
Director of National Intelligence |
George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
Vernon E. Clark |
Military |
7-Sep-1944 |
|
US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05 |
Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
George Clinton |
Military |
26-Jul-1739 |
20-Apr-1812 |
US Vice President, 1805-12 |
Sir Henry Clinton |
Military |
c. 1738 |
23-Dec-1795 |
C-in-C of British forces in North America |
Robert Clive |
Military |
29-Sep-1725 |
22-Nov-1774 |
Conquered India for Britain |
Cochise |
Military |
c. 1810 |
8-Jun-1874 |
Native American warrior |
Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
Thomas H. Collins |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 2002-06 |
Mangas Coloradas |
Military |
c. 1792 |
18-Jan-1863 |
Apache Chief and warrior |
James T. Conway |
Military |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
34th USMC Commandant, 2006-10 |
Donald G. Cook |
Military |
1946 |
|
Retired USAF General |
Sir Eyre Coote |
Military |
1726 |
28-Apr-1783 |
British soldier, fought Hyder Ali |
Charles Cornwallis |
Military |
31-Dec-1738 |
5-Oct-1805 |
Surrendered at Yorktown |
Crazy Horse |
Military |
c. 1842 |
5-Sep-1877 |
Bayonetted in the back |
Davy Crockett |
Military |
17-Aug-1786 |
6-Mar-1836 |
King of the Wild Frontier |
John Crommelin, Jr. |
Military |
2-Oct-1902 |
2-Nov-1996 |
Rear Admiral, US Navy |
William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot |
Inventor |
26-Sep-1725 |
2-Oct-1804 |
Steam-powered automobile |
William Barker Cushing |
Military |
4-Nov-1842 |
17-Dec-1874 |
Civil War naval hero |
George Armstrong Custer |
Military |
5-Dec-1839 |
25-Jun-1876 |
Battle of the Little Big Horn |
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne |
Military |
11-Sep-1611 |
27-Jul-1675 |
Turenne |
Curtis B. Dall |
Military |
24-Oct-1896 |
28-Jun-1991 |
Liberty Lobby |
John H. Dalton |
Military |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy, 1993-98 |
Louis-Nicolas Davout |
Military |
10-May-1770 |
1-Jun-1823 |
Napoleonic General |
Bud Day |
Activist |
24-Feb-1925 |
|
Former POW |
Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
Juan Bautista de Anza |
Explorer |
Jul-1736 |
19-Dec-1788 |
Spanish explorer |
Samuel de Champlain |
Explorer |
1567 |
25-Dec-1635 |
Namesake of Lake Champlain |
Jean-Baptiste de Gribeauval |
Military |
15-Sep-1715 |
9-May-1789 |
French artillery general |
Jose de San Martin |
Military |
25-Feb-1778 |
17-Aug-1850 |
Knight of the Andes |
Richard Deane |
Military |
8-Jul-1610 |
1-Jun-1653 |
Signed Charles I's death warrant |
Stephen Decatur |
Military |
5-Jan-1779 |
22-Mar-1820 |
US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli |
Bruce DeMars |
Military |
3-Jun-1935 |
|
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion |
Jacques DeMolay |
Military |
c. 1244 |
18-Mar-1314 |
Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
Martin E. Dempsey |
Military |
14-Mar-1952 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Bob Denard |
Military |
7-Apr-1929 |
13-Oct-2007 |
French mercenary |
Jeremiah Denton |
Military |
15-Jul-1924 |
|
US Senator from Alabama, 1981-87 |
George Dewey |
Military |
26-Dec-1837 |
16-Jan-1917 |
Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila |
Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
John Adams Dix |
Politician |
24-Jul-1798 |
21-Apr-1879 |
Governor of New York, 1873-75 |
Karl Doenitz |
Military |
16-Sep-1891 |
2-Dec-1980 |
U-Boat admiral |
Michael B. Donley |
Military |
4-Oct-1952 |
|
Acting Secretary, US Air Force |
Wild Bill Donovan |
Government |
1-Jan-1883 |
8-Feb-1959 |
Founded the OSS |
James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
Walter F. Doran |
Military |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05 |
Andrea Doria |
Military |
30-Nov-1466 |
25-Nov-1560 |
Genoese condottiere admiral |
Abner Doubleday |
Military |
26-Jun-1819 |
26-Jan-1893 |
Didn't invent baseball |
Giulio Douhet |
Military |
30-May-1869 |
15-Feb-1930 |
Father of strategic air power |
Sir Francis Drake |
Explorer |
c. 1540 |
28-Jan-1596 |
Defeated Spanish Armada |
Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
Tammy Duckworth |
Military |
12-Mar-1968 |
|
Blackhawk pilot, wounded in Iraq |
Dzhokhar Dudayev |
Military |
15-Apr-1944 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Head of the Chechen rebellion |
Michael J. Dugan |
Military |
22-Feb-1937 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990 |
Charles-François Dumouriez |
Military |
25-Jan-1739 |
14-Mar-1823 |
French general, intriguer |
Jubal Early |
Military |
3-Nov-1816 |
2-Mar-1894 |
Confederate General |
Ralph E. Eberhart |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
Commander of NORAD, 2002-05 |
Glen E. Edgerton |
Military |
17-Apr-1887 |
1956 |
Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44 |
Theodore Eicke |
Military |
17-Oct-1892 |
26-Feb-1943 |
Inspector of Concentration Camps |
Karl W. Eikenberry |
Military |
1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
James O. Ellis, Jr. |
Military |
20-Jul-1947 |
|
C-in-C of US Strategic Command, 2001-02 |
Lynndie England |
Military |
8-Nov-1982 |
|
Abu Ghraib dominatrix |
Epaminondas |
Military |
c. 418 BC |
c. 362 BC |
Theban general, checked Sparta |
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga |
Poet |
7-Aug-1533 |
29-Nov-1594 |
La Araucana |
Marsha Johnson Evans |
Military |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of American Red Cross, 2002-05 |
Gnassingbe Eyadema |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1937 |
5-Feb-2005 |
Dictator of Togo, 1967-2005 |
William J. Fallon |
Military |
30-Dec-1944 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08 |
Alessandro Farnese |
Military |
27-Aug-1545 |
3-Dec-1592 |
Duke of Parma |
David Farragut |
Military |
5-Jul-1801 |
14-Aug-1870 |
America's first admiral |
Ferdinand Foch |
Military |
2-Oct-1851 |
20-Mar-1929 |
Allied Supreme Commander WWI |
Ronald R. Fogleman |
Military |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97 |
Timothy Foley |
Military |
6-May-1946 |
|
US Marine Band director |
Deodoro da Fonseca |
Head of State |
5-Aug-1827 |
23-Aug-1892 |
First President of Brazil |
Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Military |
13-Jul-1821 |
29-Oct-1877 |
Confederate Cavalry General |
Joe Foss |
Military |
17-Apr-1915 |
1-Jan-2003 |
WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota |
Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
Frederick M. Franks, Jr. |
Military |
c. 1935 |
|
Retired US Army General |
Tommy Franks |
Military |
17-Jun-1945 |
|
Former C-in-C, US Central Command |
Charles A. Gabriel |
Military |
21-Jan-1928 |
4-Sep-2003 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1982-86 |
James Gadsden |
Military |
15-May-1788 |
26-Dec-1858 |
Gadsden Purchase |
Thomas Gage |
Military |
1721 |
2-Apr-1787 |
Commander of British Forces in America |
Leopoldo Galtieri |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1926 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads |
Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Military |
4-Jul-1807 |
2-Jun-1882 |
Privateer, Italian hero |
Jay Garner |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Ex-Director of Reconstruction of Iraq |
Horatio Gates |
Military |
1728 |
10-Apr-1806 |
Defeated General Burgoyne at Saratoga |
John White Geary |
Politician |
30-Dec-1819 |
8-Feb-1873 |
Governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania |
Geronimo |
Military |
16-Jun-1829 |
17-Feb-1909 |
The last Indian to surrender |
Kurt Gerstein |
Military |
11-Aug-1905 |
25-Jul-1945 |
Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower |
Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. |
Military |
4-May-1948 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07 |
Vo Nguyen Giap |
Military |
25-Aug-1911 |
|
North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense |
John Gibbon |
Military |
20-Apr-1827 |
6-Feb-1896 |
Led the Civil War's Iron Bigade |
James M. Gilliss |
Astronomer |
6-Sep-1811 |
9-Feb-1865 |
Founder, US Naval Observatory |
Owen Glendower |
Royalty |
c. 1359 |
20-Sep-1415 |
Self-proclaimed Prince of Wales |
Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
Ante Gotovina |
Military |
12-Oct-1955 |
|
Croatian war criminal |
Charles A. Graner |
Military |
1968 |
|
Abu Ghraib prison guard |
J. Scott Gration |
Military |
? |
|
Major General, USAF (Ret.) |
Alfred M. Gray, Jr. |
Military |
22-Jun-1928 |
|
29th USMC Commandant, 1987-91 |
Cyrus the Great |
Royalty |
c. 576 BC |
Jul-529 BC |
King of Persia, conquered Babylonia |
Gustav Adolph the Great |
Royalty |
9-Dec-1594 |
6-Nov-1632 |
King of Sweden 1611-32 |
Nathanael Greene |
Military |
7-Aug-1742 |
19-Jun-1786 |
Highly capable Revolutionary War general |
Sir Richard Grenville |
Military |
c. 1541 |
1591 |
Commander of the Revenge |
Bo Gritz |
Military |
18-Jan-1939 |
|
Former Green Beret |
Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
Heinz Guderian |
Military |
17-Jun-1888 |
14-May-1954 |
German WWII general, Panzer tactician |
Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
Robert Guiscard |
Military |
c. 1015 |
15-Jul-1085 |
Norman conqueror of South Italy |
Michael W. Hagee |
Military |
1-Dec-1944 |
|
33rd USMC Commandant, 2003-06 |
Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
20-Feb-2010 |
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
Douglas Haig |
Military |
19-Jun-1861 |
29-Jan-1928 |
British Field Marshall in WWI |
Franz Halder |
Military |
30-Jun-1884 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Nazi general |
Henry W. Halleck |
Military |
16-Jan-1815 |
9-Jan-1872 |
Commander of US Army, 1862-64 |
William F. Halsey |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
20-Aug-1959 |
WWII Commander of the South Pacific |
Gail Halvorsen |
Military |
10-Oct-1920 |
|
Berlin Airlift candy bomber |
Hamilcar |
Military |
c. 270 BC |
c. 228 BC |
First Punic War |
Wade Hampton |
Politician |
28-Mar-1818 |
11-Apr-1902 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1877-79 |
Winfield Scott Hancock |
Military |
14-Feb-1824 |
9-Feb-1886 |
Union General, presidential candidate |
Eric Haney |
Military |
22-Aug-1952 |
|
Inside Delta Force |
Hannibal |
Military |
247 BC |
182 BC |
Attacked Rome with war elephants |
Hanno |
Military |
fl. 3rd c. BC |
fl. 3rd c. BC |
Carthaginian General |
François Hanriot |
Military |
3-Dec-1759 |
28-Jul-1794 |
Led French revolutionary forces |
William Joseph Hardee |
Military |
10-Nov-1815 |
6-Nov-1873 |
Confederate Army General |
Reinhard Hardegen |
Military |
18-Mar-1913 |
|
German U-Boat commander |
Henry Hardinge |
Military |
30-Mar-1785 |
24-Sep-1856 |
Governor-General of India, 1844-48 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1833 |
13-Mar-1901 |
23rd President of the US, 1889-93 |
Basil Liddell Hart |
Military |
31-Oct-1895 |
29-Jan-1970 |
Military strategist |
Nidal Malik Hasan |
Military |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
Fort Hood shooting |
Hasdrubal |
Military |
c. 245 BC |
207 BC |
Carthaginian general, son of Hannibal |
Frank Abney Hastings |
Military |
1794 |
1-Jun-1828 |
Fought in Greek Revolution |
Sir Henry Havelock |
Military |
5-Apr-1795 |
24-Nov-1857 |
Hero of the Indian Mutiny |
Black Hawk |
Military |
c. 1767 |
3-Oct-1838 |
Led Indian uprisings in Illinois and Wisconsin |
Edward Hawke |
Military |
21-Feb-1710 |
17-Oct-1781 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
Sir John Hawkins |
Military |
1532 |
12-Nov-1595 |
British admiral, slave trader |
Sir Richard Hawkins |
Military |
c. 1562 |
18-Apr-1622 |
Voiage into the South Sea |
Thomas B. Hayward |
Military |
3-May-1924 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1978-82 |
Herbert of Cherbury |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1583 |
5-Aug-1648 |
De Veritate |
Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
Lewis B. Hershey |
Military |
12-Sep-1893 |
20-May-1977 |
Director of Selective Service System |
Reinhard Heydrich |
Military |
7-Mar-1904 |
4-Jun-1942 |
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia |
David Hicks |
Military |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh |
Miguel Hidalgo |
Religion |
8-May-1753 |
30-Jul-1811 |
Father of Mexican independence |
A. P. Hill |
Military |
9-Nov-1825 |
2-Apr-1865 |
Confederate General |
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
Richmond Pearson Hobson |
Military |
17-Aug-1870 |
16-Mar-1937 |
Spanish-American War hero |
Lazare Hoche |
Military |
24-Jun-1768 |
18-Sep-1797 |
French General |
Andreas Hofer |
Military |
22-Nov-1767 |
20-Feb-1810 |
Tirolese patriot, insurgent |
James L. Holloway III |
Military |
23-Feb-1922 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78 |
Russel Honore |
Military |
1947 |
|
Three-star general |
John Bell Hood |
Military |
29-Jun-1831 |
30-Aug-1879 |
Confederate General |
Samuel Hood |
Military |
12-Dec-1724 |
27-Jan-1816 |
British Admiral |
Joseph Hooker |
Military |
13-Nov-1814 |
31-Oct-1879 |
Union Army General |
Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
William Hoste |
Military |
26-Aug-1780 |
6-Dec-1828 |
British naval captain |
William Hotham |
Military |
1736 |
1813 |
British Admiral |
Oliver O. Howard |
Military |
8-Nov-1830 |
26-Oct-1909 |
Headed the Freedmen's Bureau |
Richard Howe |
Military |
8-Mar-1726 |
5-Aug-1799 |
First Lord of the Admiralty |
William Howe |
Military |
10-Aug-1729 |
12-Jul-1814 |
Commander-in-Chief in America |
Victoriano Huerta |
Head of State |
23-Mar-1854 |
13-Jan-1916 |
El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14 |
Sir Edward Hughes |
Military |
c. 1720 |
1794 |
British Admiral, service in India |
Patrick M. Hughes |
Military |
19-Sep-1942 |
|
Director of the DIA, 1996-99 |
Patrick J. Hurley |
Military |
8-Jan-1883 |
30-Jul-1963 |
US Secretary of War, 1929-33 |
Alaric I |
Royalty |
c. 370 AD |
410 AD |
Goth, sacked Rome in 410 AD |
Justinian I |
Royalty |
11-May-483 AD |
13-Nov-565 AD |
Byzantine Emperor, 527-565 AD |
Jack Idema |
Military |
30-May-1956 |
21-Jan-2012 |
Green Beret wannabe |
Lord Inge |
Military |
5-Aug-1935 |
|
British Field Marshal |
Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
Henry Ireton |
Military |
1611 |
28-Nov-1651 |
Soldier under Oliver Cromwell |
Hastings Ismay |
Military |
21-Jun-1887 |
17-Dec-1965 |
Churchill's chief military assistant |
Agustín de Iturbide |
Military |
27-Sep-1783 |
19-Jul-1824 |
Emperor of Mexico, 1822-23 |
Ze'ev Jabotinsky |
Military |
18-Oct-1880 |
4-Aug-1940 |
Founder of the Jewish Legion |
Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
Henry B. Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1855 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Radio telegraphy |
Stonewall Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1824 |
10-May-1863 |
Robert E. Lee's "right arm" |
Lowell Jacoby |
Military |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 2002-05 |
David E. Jeremiah |
Military |
25-Feb-1934 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1990-94 |
Alfred Jodl |
Military |
10-May-1890 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender |
Jay L. Johnson |
Military |
5-Jun-1946 |
|
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000 |
Albert Sidney Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1803 |
6-Apr-1862 |
Confederate General felled at Shiloh |
Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
George Johnstone |
Military |
1730 |
24-May-1787 |
British MP, Governor of West Florida |
David C. Jones |
Military |
9-Jul-1921 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82 |
James L. Jones |
Military |
19-Dec-1943 |
|
US National Security Advisor, 2009-10 |
John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
Chief Joseph |
Government |
c. 1840 |
21-Sep-1904 |
"I will fight no more forever" |
Piet Joubert |
Military |
20-Jan-1831 |
27-Mar-1900 |
Afrikaaner general, Boer War |
George A. Joulwan |
Military |
16-Nov-1939 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97 |
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan |
Military |
29-Apr-1762 |
23-Nov-1833 |
Forced Austrians over the Rhine |
John P. Jumper |
Military |
4-Feb-1945 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 2001-05 |
Herman Kahn |
Scholar |
15-Feb-1922 |
7-Jul-1983 |
Hudson Institute founder |
Chiang Kai-Shek |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1887 |
5-Apr-1975 |
President of Nationalist China |
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov |
Inventor |
10-Nov-1919 |
|
Inventor of Kalashnikov rifle |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
4-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
Paul G. Kaminski |
Military |
16-Sep-1942 |
|
CEO of Technovation, Inc. |
Janis Karpinski |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
Brig. General in charge of Abu Ghraib prison |
Tom Katis |
Military |
? |
|
Co-Founder, Triple Canopy |
John M. Keane |
Military |
1-Feb-1943 |
|
US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 |
Cresson H. Kearny |
Inventor |
7-Jan-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
Philip Kearny |
Military |
2-Jun-1815 |
1-Sep-1862 |
US Civil War general |
Wilhelm Keitel |
Military |
22-Sep-1882 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Just following orders |
Paul X. Kelley |
Military |
11-Nov-1928 |
|
28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87 |
Frank B. Kelso II |
Military |
11-Jul-1933 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94 |
Leslie F. Kenne |
Military |
c. 1949 |
|
Retired Lt. General, US Air Force |
Richard T. Kennedy |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1919 |
11-Jan-1998 |
US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy |
Richard J. Kerr |
Government |
4-Oct-1935 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1989-92 |
Genghis Khan |
Royalty |
c. 1162 AD |
18-Aug-1227 |
World's most successful conqueror |
Yahya Khan |
Head of State |
4-Apr-1917 |
10-Aug-1980 |
President of Pakistan, ordered Bengali genocide |
Husband E. Kimmel |
Military |
26-Feb-1882 |
14-May-1968 |
Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor |
Ernest J. King |
Military |
23-Nov-1878 |
25-Jun-1956 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45 |
Alan G. Kirk |
Military |
30-Oct-1888 |
15-Oct-1963 |
US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener |
Military |
24-Jun-1850 |
5-Jun-1916 |
Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War |
Aleksandr Kolchak |
Military |
16-Nov-1874 |
7-Feb-1920 |
Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20 |
Joseph Kony |
Criminal |
18-Sep-1964 |
|
Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda |
Tadeusz Kosciuszko |
Military |
1746 |
2-Apr-1817 |
Polish and American patriot |
Robert E. Kramek |
Military |
15-Dec-1939 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 1994-98 |
Pyotr Krasnov |
Military |
22-Sep-1869 |
17-Jan-1947 |
Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill |
Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. |
Military |
c. 1950 |
|
The Army and Vietnam |
Charles C. Krulak |
Military |
4-Mar-1942 |
|
US Marine Corps Commandant, 1995-99 |
Toussaint L'Ouverture |
Military |
20-May-1743 |
7-Apr-1803 |
Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Military |
6-Sep-1757 |
20-May-1834 |
French revolutionary in America |
James Henry Lane |
Politician |
22-Jun-1814 |
11-Jul-1866 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1861-66 |
Charles R. Larson |
Military |
20-Nov-1936 |
|
C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94 |
John Laurens |
Military |
28-Oct-1754 |
27-Aug-1782 |
Military aide to George Washington |
Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
Daniel Lewin |
Mathematician |
14-May-1970 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Co-founder of Akamai, died in 9/11 |
Robert Ley |
Military |
15-Feb-1890 |
25-Oct-1945 |
Nazi union buster, slave master |
Charles P. Light, Jr. |
Attorney |
1902 |
1976 |
Prominent Washington attorney, law professor |
John A. Logan |
Military |
8-Feb-1826 |
27-Dec-1886 |
Union Army General, US Senator |
James Longstreet |
Military |
8-Jan-1821 |
2-Jan-1904 |
Confederate Army General |
Sir Hudson Lowe |
Military |
28-Jul-1769 |
10-Jan-1844 |
Governor of St. Helena over Napoleon |
James M. Loy |
Military |
10-Aug-1942 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 1998-2002 |
Lucius Licinius Lucullus |
Military |
c. 117 BC |
58 BC |
Fought Mithradates VI Eupator |
Sybil Ludington |
Military |
5-Apr-1761 |
26-Feb-1839 |
"The female Paul Revere" |
Douglas Lute |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
White House War Czar |
William J. Luti |
Military |
c. 1952 |
|
NSC Defense Policy Adviser |
Lester L. Lyles |
Military |
20-Apr-1946 |
|
Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03 |
Jessica Lynch |
Victim |
26-Apr-1983 |
|
PFC captured by Iraq, rescued |
William Lyon |
Military |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79 |
Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
Ferdinand Magellan |
Explorer |
1480 |
27-Apr-1521 |
Circumnavigated the globe |
George William Manby |
Inventor |
28-Nov-1765 |
18-Nov-1854 |
Invented the fire extinguisher |
Simon Mann |
Military |
26-Jun-1952 |
|
Executive Outcomes |
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim |
Politician |
4-Jun-1867 |
28-Jan-1951 |
President of Finland, 1944-46 |
Bradley Manning |
Military |
17-Dec-1987 |
|
Accused of releasing classified documents |
Subcomandante Marcos |
Activist |
? |
|
Spokesman for Zapatista Army |
Francis Marion |
Military |
c. 1732 |
26-Feb-1795 |
The Swamp Fox |
Gaius Marius |
Military |
155 BC |
13-Jan-86 BC |
Roman General and consul |
George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
Charles Martel |
Royalty |
23-Aug-686 AD |
22-Oct-741 AD |
Stopped the 732 AD Moorish advance |
José Martí |
Activist |
28-Jan-1853 |
19-May-1895 |
Cuban hero |
André Masséna |
Military |
6-May-1758 |
4-Apr-1817 |
Napoleon's greatest marshal |
James Mattis |
Military |
8-Sep-1950 |
|
Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM |
Maurice, comte de Saxe |
Military |
28-Oct-1696 |
30-Nov-1750 |
Marshal Saxe |
Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Military |
14-Jan-1806 |
1-Feb-1873 |
Father of modern oceanography |
Barry McCaffrey |
Government |
17-Nov-1942 |
|
White House Drug Czar, 1996-2001 |
John S. McCain, Jr. |
Military |
17-Jan-1911 |
22-Mar-1981 |
Admiral, Father of John McCain |
James F. McCall |
Military |
c. 1934 |
|
US Army Comptroller, 1988-91 |
Stanley McChrystal |
Military |
14-Aug-1954 |
|
Commander, US Forces Afghanistan, 2009-10 |
George B. McClellan |
Military |
3-Dec-1826 |
29-Oct-1885 |
Union Army General |
John Alexander McClernand |
Military |
30-May-1812 |
20-Sep-1900 |
Union General and Congressman |
John J. McCloy |
Military |
31-Mar-1895 |
11-Mar-1989 |
World Bank, Warren Commission |
John P. McConnell |
Military |
7-Feb-1908 |
21-Nov-1986 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69 |
Wesley L. McDonald |
Military |
6-Jul-1924 |
8-Feb-2008 |
Led 1983 invasion of Grenada |
Irvin McDowell |
Military |
15-Oct-1818 |
4-May-1885 |
Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run |
Thomas McInerney |
Military |
1937 |
|
Fox News military analyst |
Lachlan McIntosh |
Military |
17-Mar-1725 |
20-Feb-1806 |
Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel |
James F. McNulty |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
President and CEO, Parsons Corp. |
Merrill A. McPeak |
Military |
9-Jan-1936 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990-94 |
George Gordon Meade |
Military |
31-Dec-1815 |
6-Nov-1872 |
Accomplished Union Army general |
Montgomery Meigs |
Military |
11-Jan-1945 |
|
Military analyst |
Josef Mengele |
Doctor |
16-Mar-1911 |
7-Feb-1979 |
The Angel of Death |
Nelson A. Miles |
Military |
8-Aug-1839 |
15-May-1925 |
Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General |
Ho Chi Minh |
Activist |
19-May-1890 |
2-Sep-1969 |
Uncle Ho |
Billy Mitchell |
Military |
28-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1936 |
Proponent of air power |
Molly Pitcher |
Military |
13-Oct-1754 |
22-Jan-1832 |
Fought at the Battle of Monmouth |
Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
Raimondo Montecuccoli |
Aristocrat |
21-Feb-1609 |
16-Oct-1680 |
17th century military genius |
Bernard Montgomery |
Military |
17-Nov-1887 |
24-Mar-1976 |
Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII |
Richard Montgomery |
Military |
2-Dec-1736 |
31-Dec-1775 |
Revolutionary general felled at Quebec |
Benjamin F. Montoya |
Military |
24-May-1935 |
|
US Navy Civil Engineer, Rear Admiral |
Thomas H. Moorer |
Military |
9-Feb-1912 |
5-Feb-2004 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74 |
Jose Maria Morelos |
Military |
30-Sep-1765 |
22-Dec-1815 |
Mexico's war for independence |
Col. Robert Morgan |
Military |
31-Jul-1918 |
15-May-2004 |
Pilot of The Memphis Belle |
Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
Samuel Eliot Morison |
Historian |
9-Jul-1887 |
15-May-1976 |
Rear Admiral and naval historian |
T. Michael Moseley |
Military |
3-Sep-1949 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 2005-08 |
Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
Michael Mullen |
Military |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11 |
Carl E. Mundy, Jr. |
Military |
16-Jul-1935 |
|
USMC Commandant, 1991-95 |
Daniel J. Murphy, Jr. |
Military |
30-May-1948 |
|
CEO of Alliant Techsystems |
Miyamoto Musashi |
Military |
12-Mar-1584 |
13-Jun-1645 |
A Book of Five Rings |
Yoweri Museveni |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
President of Uganda |
Richard Myers |
Military |
1-Mar-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05 |
Lord Nelson |
Military |
29-Sep-1758 |
21-Oct-1805 |
Most celebrated British admiral |
Richard Neville |
Military |
22-Nov-1428 |
14-Apr-1471 |
Earl of Warwick |
John Newton |
Military |
24-Aug-1823 |
1-May-1895 |
Union Army General and engineer |
Lloyd W. Newton |
Military |
26-Jun-1942 |
|
USAF General |
Michel Ney |
Military |
10-Jan-1769 |
7-Dec-1815 |
Napoleonic General |
Julian M. Niemczyk |
Military |
26-Aug-1920 |
16-Sep-2009 |
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89 |
Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
Manuel Noriega |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1938 |
|
Panamanian dictator |
Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
Oliver North |
Military |
7-Oct-1943 |
|
Perjuring Iran-Contra figure |
Bernardo O'Higgins |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1778 |
24-Oct-1842 |
Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23 |
Hugh O'Neill |
Military |
c. 1540 |
1616 |
Irish Rebel, 2nd Earl of Tyrone |
John E. O'Neill |
Activist |
19-Feb-1946 |
|
Longtime John Kerry antagonist |
Álvaro Obregón |
Head of State |
19-Feb-1880 |
17-Jul-1928 |
President of Mexico, 1920-24 |
Raymond T. Odierno |
Military |
8-Sep-1954 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff |
Odo of Bayeux |
Military |
c. 1036 |
1097 |
Bishop of Bayeux |
William Odom |
Military |
23-Jun-1932 |
30-May-2008 |
NSA Director 1985-88 |
Friedrich Olbricht |
Military |
4-Oct-1888 |
20-Jul-1944 |
German general, failed coup plotter |
Sir John Oldcastle |
Military |
c. 1378 |
14-Dec-1417 |
Lollard rebel leader |
Fred Olivi |
Military |
16-Jan-1922 |
8-Apr-2004 |
Co-pilot of Nagasaki bombing |
William of Orange |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1650 |
8-Mar-1702 |
Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland |
Felice Orsini |
Assassin |
1819 |
13-Mar-1858 |
Attempted assassin of Napoleon III |
Osceola |
Military |
c. 1804 |
30-Jan-1838 |
Seminole Indian chief |
Otto I |
Royalty |
23-Nov-912 AD |
7-May-973 AD |
Holy Roman Emperor |
Nicolas-Charles Oudinot |
Military |
25-Apr-1767 |
13-Sep-1847 |
Napoleonic General |
Sir James Outram |
Military |
29-Jan-1803 |
11-Mar-1863 |
Hero of the Indian Mutiny |
William A. Owens |
Military |
8-May-1940 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96 |
Peter Pace |
Military |
5-Nov-1945 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07 |
José Antonio Páez |
Head of State |
13-Jun-1790 |
7-May-1873 |
First President of Venezuela |
Pasquale Paoli |
Military |
26-Apr-1725 |
5-Feb-1807 |
Corsican patriot |
James W. Pardew |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 2002-05 |
Enver Pasha |
Government |
22-Nov-1881 |
4-Aug-1922 |
Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities |
Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
Buzz Patterson |
Radio Personality |
c. 1955 |
|
The Buzz Cut |
George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
Friedrich Paulus |
Military |
23-Sep-1890 |
1-Feb-1957 |
Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad |
Pelopidas |
Military |
? |
364 BC |
Theban statesman and general |
Vladimir Peniakoff |
Military |
30-Mar-1897 |
May-1951 |
Head of Popski's Private Army |
Sir Henry Percy |
Military |
20-Mar-1364 |
21-Jul-1403 |
Hotspur |
Pericles |
Politician |
c. 495 BC |
c. 429 BC |
Greek statesman |
Matthew Perry |
Military |
10-Apr-1794 |
4-Mar-1858 |
Opened Japan to the west |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
Military |
23-Aug-1785 |
23-Aug-1819 |
Won the Battle of Lake Erie |
John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
David Petraeus |
Military |
7-Nov-1952 |
|
Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
Pharnabazus |
Military |
fl. 4th c. BC |
fl. 4th c. BC |
Persian soldier, fought Sparta |
George Pickett |
Military |
16-Jan-1825 |
30-Jul-1875 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
Zebulon Pike |
Military |
5-Jan-1779 |
27-Apr-1813 |
Lent his name to Pike's Peak |
Józef Pilsudski |
Military |
5-Dec-1867 |
12-May-1935 |
Military dictator of Poland, 1926-35 |
Francisco Pizarro |
Explorer |
c. 1471 |
26-Jun-1541 |
Conqueror of the Inca |
Tony Poe |
Military |
18-Sep-1924 |
27-Jul-2003 |
CIA ear collection operative in Southeast Asia |
John Poindexter |
Military |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
Iran-Contra criminal |
Leonidas Polk |
Military |
10-Apr-1806 |
14-Jun-1864 |
Confederate general |
Pompey |
Military |
29-Sep-106 BC |
29-Sep-48 BC |
Roman general, part of First Triumvirate |
John Pope |
Military |
16-Mar-1822 |
23-Sep-1892 |
Union Army General |
Horace Porter |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1837 |
25-May-1921 |
US Ambassador to France, 1897-1905 |
Colin Powell |
Government |
5-Apr-1937 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
Francis Gary Powers |
Military |
17-Aug-1929 |
1-Aug-1977 |
U2 shot down over the Soviet Union |
Erik Prince |
Business |
6-Jun-1969 |
|
Founder of Blackwater Worldwide |
Anthony J. Principi |
Government |
16-Apr-1944 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2001-05 |
Hawthorne L. Proctor |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
Army Quartermaster General, 1999-2001 |
Fletcher Prouty |
Military |
24-Jan-1917 |
5-Jun-2001 |
USAF Intelligence Officer |
Joseph W. Prueher |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001 |
Casimir Pulaski |
Military |
7-Mar-1745 |
11-Oct-1779 |
Polish General in the American Revolution |
Israel Putnam |
Military |
7-Jan-1718 |
29-May-1790 |
Revolutionary War general |
Rufus Putnam |
Military |
9-Apr-1738 |
4-May-1824 |
The Father of Ohio |
William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
Vidkun Quisling |
Politician |
18-Jul-1887 |
24-Oct-1945 |
Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator |
John A. Quitman |
Politician |
1-Sep-1799 |
17-Jul-1858 |
Twice Governor of Mississippi |
Arthur W. Radford |
Military |
27-Feb-1896 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57 |
Erich Raeder |
Military |
24-Apr-1876 |
6-Nov-1960 |
Reich Admiral |
Joseph W. Ralston |
Military |
4-Nov-1943 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 2000-03 |
J. Paul Reason |
Military |
22-Mar-1941 |
|
C-in-C of US Atlantic Fleet, 1996-99 |
Dennis J. Reimer |
Military |
12-Jul-1939 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1995-99 |
Eugene C. Renzi |
Military |
16-Dec-1933 |
9-Feb-2008 |
Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP |
Paul Revere |
Military |
1-Jan-1735 |
10-May-1818 |
One if by land, two if by sea... |
Sir Robert Rich |
Government |
1587 |
19-Apr-1658 |
2nd Earl of Warwick |
James O. Richardson |
Military |
18-Sep-1878 |
2-May-1974 |
US Admiral |
Wilds Preston Richardson |
Military |
20-Mar-1861 |
20-May-1929 |
Brigadier General, invaded Russia |
Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
Henry M. Robert |
Administrator |
2-May-1837 |
11-May-1923 |
Robert's Rules of Order |
Hugh G. Robinson |
Military |
4-Aug-1932 |
|
CEO of Global Building Systems |
Josue J. Robles, Jr. |
Business |
24-Jan-1946 |
|
CEO of USAA |
Comte de Rochambeau |
Military |
1-Jul-1725 |
12-May-1807 |
French hero of American Revolution |
Erwin Rommel |
Military |
15-Nov-1891 |
14-Oct-1944 |
The Desert Fox |
Archie Roosevelt |
Relative |
9-Apr-1894 |
13-Oct-1979 |
Conservative leader against New Deal |
William S. Rosecrans |
Military |
6-Sep-1819 |
11-Mar-1898 |
Union Army General |
Gary Roughead |
Military |
c. 1951 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations |
John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
John R. Ryan |
Military |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Chancellor of SUNY, 2006-07 |
Michael E. Ryan |
Military |
24-Dec-1941 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001 |
Granville Ryrie |
Military |
1-Jul-1865 |
2-Oct-1937 |
Soldier, High Commissioner to the UK |
Muqtada al-Sadr |
Military |
12-Aug-1973 |
|
Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric |
Saladin |
Royalty |
c. 1137 |
4-Mar-1193 |
Retook Jerusalem in 1187 |
Deborah Sampson |
Military |
17-Dec-1760 |
29-Apr-1827 |
Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War |
U Aung San |
Government |
13-Feb-1915 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Secured independence from Britain for Burma |
Ricardo Sanchez |
Military |
1953 |
|
Commander of US forces in Iraq, 2003-04 |
Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
Sargon |
Royalty |
2334 BC |
2279 BC |
Sargon of Akkad |
Fritz Sauckel |
Military |
27-Oct-1894 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich slavemaster |
Jonas Savimbi |
Military |
3-Aug-1934 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Angolan UNITA rebel |
Robert Scales |
Military |
5-Aug-1944 |
|
Military analyst |
John McAllister Schofield |
Military |
29-Sep-1831 |
4-Mar-1906 |
Union General later Secretary of War |
Peter Schoomaker |
Military |
12-Feb-1946 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07 |
Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
Philip Schuyler |
Military |
11-Nov-1733 |
18-Nov-1804 |
US Revolutionary War general |
Norman Schwarzkopf |
Military |
22-Aug-1934 |
|
Leader in Persian Gulf War |
Willard W. Scott, Jr. |
Military |
18-Feb-1926 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86 |
Winfield Scott |
Military |
13-Jun-1786 |
29-May-1866 |
US Army general, Mexican campaign 1847 |
Brent Scowcroft |
Government |
19-Mar-1925 |
|
National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB |
Chief Seattle |
Military |
c. 1786 |
7-Jun-1866 |
Namesake of the city of Seattle |
Richard Secord |
Military |
6-Jul-1932 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
Robert F. Seedlock |
Military |
6-Feb-1913 |
5-May-2004 |
Built the Burma Road in WWII |
Mobutu Sese Seko |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1930 |
7-Sep-1997 |
Dictator, bled Zaire dry |
Shaka Zulu |
Military |
c. 1785 |
23-Sep-1828 |
King of the Zulu, 1816-28 |
John Shalikashvili |
Military |
27-Jun-1936 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993-97 |
Daniel Shays |
Military |
1747 |
29-Sep-1825 |
Shays' Rebellion |
Isaac Shelby |
Military |
11-Dec-1750 |
18-Jul-1826 |
Twice Governor of Kentucky |
Hugh Shelton |
Military |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001 |
Philip Henry Sheridan |
Military |
6-Mar-1831 |
5-Aug-1888 |
Union Army General |
William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Sir Anthony Shirley |
Military |
1565 |
c. 1635 |
English traveler, man of adventure |
William Shirley |
Government |
2-Dec-1694 |
24-Mar-1771 |
Colonial Governor of Massachusetts |
Henry Shrapnel |
Inventor |
3-Jun-1761 |
13-Mar-1842 |
Explosive artillery shell |
Sir Philip Sidney |
Author |
30-Nov-1554 |
17-Oct-1586 |
The Defence of Poesie |
John K. Singlaub |
Military |
10-Jul-1921 |
|
US Army general, CIA operative |
Sitting Bull |
Military |
c. 1831 |
15-Dec-1890 |
Warrior Chief of the Sioux |
Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
Eddie Slovik |
Military |
18-Feb-1920 |
31-Jan-1945 |
US soldier executed for desertion |
Charles Ferguson Smith |
Military |
24-Apr-1807 |
25-Apr-1862 |
Union Army General, died after Shiloh |
Edmund Kirby Smith |
Military |
16-May-1824 |
28-Mar-1893 |
Last Confederate general to surrender |
Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
John III Sobieski |
Royalty |
17-Aug-1629 |
17-Jun-1696 |
King of Poland, 1674-96 |
Sidney Souers |
Government |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Jan-1973 |
CIA Director, 1946 |
Carl A. Spaatz |
Military |
28-Jun-1891 |
14-Jul-1974 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48 |
Spartacus |
Military |
c. 110 BC |
71 BC |
Led slave uprising |
Hans Speidel |
Military |
28-Oct-1897 |
28-Nov-1984 |
German general, NATO commander |
Tim Spicer |
Military |
1952 |
|
Sandline Affair |
Raymond A. Spruance |
Military |
3-Jul-1886 |
13-Dec-1969 |
US Navy Admiral during WWII |
William H. Standley |
Military |
18-Dec-1872 |
25-Oct-1963 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37 |
Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
Avraham Stern |
Military |
23-Dec-1907 |
12-Feb-1942 |
Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel |
Flavius Stilicho |
Military |
365 AD |
22-Aug-408 AD |
Roman general and diplomat |
Joseph Stilwell |
Military |
19-Mar-1883 |
12-Oct-1946 |
Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China |
James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
Benjamin Stoddert |
Military |
1751 |
18-Dec-1813 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1798-1801 |
George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
Edward M. Straw |
Military |
c. 1939 |
|
Former US Navy Vice Admiral |
Jeb Stuart |
Military |
6-Feb-1833 |
12-May-1864 |
Confederate cavalry officer |
Albert Stubblebine |
Military |
c. 1930 |
|
The Men Who Stare at Goats |
Thomas Stucley |
Military |
c. 1525 |
4-Aug-1578 |
English military adventurer |
William O. Studeman |
Military |
16-Jan-1940 |
|
NSA Director, 1988-92 |
Kurt Student |
Military |
12-May-1890 |
1-Jul-1978 |
Luftwaffe General |
Louis Gabriel Suchet |
Military |
2-Mar-1770 |
3-Jan-1826 |
Napoleonic General |
Antonio José de Sucre |
Military |
3-Feb-1795 |
4-Jun-1830 |
South American revolutionary |
Suharto |
Head of State |
8-Jun-1921 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of Indonesia, 1967-98 |
Sulla |
Military |
138 BC |
78 BC |
Roman General, dictator |
Gordon R. Sullivan |
Military |
25-Sep-1937 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95 |
John Sullivan |
Military |
18-Feb-1740 |
23-Jan-1795 |
Revolutionary War general |
Edwin Vose Sumner |
Military |
30-Jan-1797 |
21-Mar-1863 |
Union Army General |
Thomas Sumter |
Military |
14-Aug-1734 |
1-Jun-1832 |
Revolutionary War general |
Alexander Suvorov |
Military |
24-Nov-1729 |
18-May-1800 |
Russian general, fought Turks, French |
Antonio Taguba |
Military |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Authored Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib |
Taharqa |
Government |
? |
c. 664 BC |
Nubian Dynasty in Egypt |
Tamerlane |
Royalty |
1336 |
19-Feb-1405 |
Conquered Hindustan |
Tancred |
Military |
c. 1075 |
12-Dec-1112 |
Leader of the First Crusade |
Sir Banastre Tarleton |
Military |
21-Aug-1754 |
25-Jan-1833 |
Fought with Cornwallis |
Jan Tarnowski |
Military |
1488 |
16-May-1561 |
Polish general, fought Turks |
Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
Wesley B. Taylor |
Military |
1944 |
|
President, Marshall Foundation |
David S. Terry |
Judge |
8-Mar-1823 |
14-Aug-1889 |
California Chief Justice, 1857-59 |
Themistocles |
Military |
c. 523 BC |
c. 458 BC |
Athenian general |
Nguyen Van Thieu |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1923 |
29-Sep-2001 |
President of South Vietnam, 1967-75 |
Le Duc Tho |
Diplomat |
14-Oct-1911 |
13-Oct-1990 |
Negotiated the 1973 Paris cease-fire |
George Henry Thomas |
Military |
31-Jul-1816 |
28-Mar-1870 |
Union Army General |
Hugh Thompson |
Military |
15-Apr-1943 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Stopped the My Lai massacre |
Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
Pat Tillman |
Military |
6-Nov-1976 |
22-Apr-2004 |
NFL player turned Army Ranger |
Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
Tantia Topi |
Military |
c. 1819 |
18-Apr-1859 |
Indian Mutiny rebel leader |
Erich Topp |
Military |
2-Jul-1914 |
26-Dec-2005 |
World War II U-Boat commander |
Patricia A. Tracey |
Military |
30-Nov-1950 |
|
Former Vice Admiral, US Navy |
Bernard Trainor |
Military |
2-Sep-1928 |
|
Military analyst, ex-3 star Marine general |
Trajan |
Royalty |
15-Sep-53 AD |
9-Aug-117 AD |
Roman Emperor, 98-117 AD |
Carlisle Trost |
Military |
24-Apr-1930 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90 |
William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
Nat Turner |
Military |
2-Oct-1800 |
11-Nov-1831 |
Nat Turner's Rebellion |
Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
Wat Tyler |
Military |
? |
15-Jun-1381 |
Wat Tyler's Rebellion |
Paul E. Vallely |
Military |
c. 1939 |
|
Fox News senior military analyst |
Alexander A. Vandegrift |
Military |
13-Mar-1887 |
8-May-1973 |
18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
Vegetius |
Military |
c. 360 AD |
c. 400 AD |
De Re Militari |
Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme |
Military |
1-Jul-1654 |
15-Jun-1712 |
Marshal of France |
John Vessey |
Military |
29-Jun-1922 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1982-85 |
Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
Werner von Blomberg |
Military |
2-Sep-1878 |
22-Mar-1946 |
Nazi general, married a whore |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
Military |
16-Dec-1742 |
12-Sep-1819 |
Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo |
Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
Carl von Clausewitz |
Military |
1-Jun-1780 |
16-Nov-1831 |
On War |
Paul von Hindenburg |
Military |
2-Oct-1847 |
2-Aug-1934 |
President of Germany, 1925-34 |
Günther von Kluge |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
18-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general |
Erich von Manstein |
Military |
24-Nov-1887 |
10-Jun-1973 |
Nazi general |
Helmuth von Moltke |
Military |
26-Oct-1800 |
24-Apr-1891 |
German military strategist |
Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
Manfred von Richthofen |
Military |
2-May-1892 |
21-Apr-1918 |
The Red Baron |
Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
Claus von Stauffenberg |
Military |
15-Nov-1907 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Tried to kill Hitler in 1944 |
Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel |
Military |
2-Jan-1886 |
30-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
Alfred von Tirpitz |
Military |
19-Mar-1849 |
6-Mar-1930 |
German admiral, pushed U-boats |
Albrecht von Wallenstein |
Military |
24-Sep-1583 |
25-Feb-1634 |
Attempted to unite Germany |
Erwin von Witzleben |
Military |
4-Dec-1881 |
8-Aug-1944 |
German general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
Carl E. Vuono |
Military |
18-Oct-1934 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1987-91 |
Jonathan M. Wainwright |
Military |
23-Aug-1883 |
2-Sep-1953 |
Commander of the Philippines |
Edwin A. Walker |
Military |
10-Nov-1909 |
31-Oct-1993 |
Ultraconservative activist |
Francis A. Walker |
Economist |
2-Jul-1840 |
5-Jan-1897 |
The Wages Question |
Mary Edwards Walker |
Doctor |
26-Nov-1832 |
21-Feb-1919 |
First female US Army surgeon |
William Walker |
Military |
8-May-1824 |
12-Sep-1860 |
American "filibuster" |
Lew Wallace |
Novelist |
10-Apr-1827 |
15-Feb-1905 |
Civil War General, wrote Ben-Hur |
William Wallace |
Military |
1272 |
23-Aug-1305 |
Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart |
Robert Walmsley |
Military |
1-Feb-1941 |
|
Retired Royal Navy Admiral |
Vernon Walters |
Government |
3-Jan-1917 |
10-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89 |
Artemas Ward |
Military |
26-Nov-1727 |
28-Oct-1800 |
Major General of the Continental Army |
Gouverneur Kemble Warren |
Military |
8-Jan-1830 |
8-Aug-1882 |
Union Army General |
James Watkins |
Government |
7-Mar-1927 |
26-Jul-2012 |
US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93 |
Archibald Wavell |
Military |
5-May-1883 |
24-May-1950 |
British Field Marshal in WWII |
Anthony Wayne |
Military |
1-Jan-1745 |
15-Dec-1796 |
Revolutionary War general |
James H. Webb |
Military |
9-Feb-1946 |
|
US Senator from Virginia |
Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
Ezer Weizman |
Head of State |
15-Jun-1924 |
24-Apr-2005 |
President of Israel, 1993-2000 |
Larry D. Welch |
Military |
9-Jun-1934 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1986-90 |
Arthur Wellesley |
Military |
1-May-1769 |
14-Sep-1852 |
1st Duke of Wellington |
Togo West |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs |
William Westmoreland |
Military |
26-Mar-1914 |
18-Jul-2005 |
Commanded US Army in Vietnam War |
Frederick C. Weyand |
Military |
15-Sep-1916 |
10-Feb-2010 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1974-76 |
Earle G. Wheeler |
Military |
13-Jan-1908 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70 |
Roger Wheeler |
Military |
1943 |
|
Head of the British Army, 1997-2000 |
Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
John A. Wickham, Jr. |
Military |
25-Jun-1928 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1983-87 |
James Wilkinson |
Military |
1757 |
28-Dec-1825 |
Duplicitous soldier and adventurer |
Robert F. Willard |
Military |
c. 1951 |
|
Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet |
William the Conqueror |
Royalty |
c. 1027 |
9-Sep-1087 |
Invaded, conquered England in 1066 |
Louis H. Wilson, Jr. |
Military |
11-Feb-1920 |
21-Jun-2005 |
26th USMC Commandant, 1975-79 |
James Wolfe |
Military |
2-Jan-1727 |
13-Sep-1759 |
Hero of Quebec |
Robert E. Wood |
Business |
13-Jun-1879 |
6-Nov-1969 |
Chairman of Sears, 1939-54 |
William Jenkins Worth |
Military |
1-Mar-1794 |
7-May-1849 |
Namesake of Fort Worth, TX |
Jerauld Wright |
Military |
4-Jun-1898 |
27-Apr-1995 |
US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60 |
Xerxes the Great |
Royalty |
519 BC |
465 BC |
King of Persia, attempted to invade Greece |
Isoroku Yamamoto |
Military |
4-Apr-1884 |
18-Apr-1943 |
Commander of the Japanese Navy |
Alvin York |
Military |
13-Dec-1887 |
2-Sep-1964 |
Highly decorated WWI veteran |
Emiliano Zapata |
Activist |
8-Aug-1879 |
10-Apr-1919 |
Mexican patriot, revolutionary |
Georgi Zhukov |
Military |
1-Dec-1896 |
18-Jun-1974 |
Soviet commander during WWII |
Anthony Zinni |
Military |
17-Sep-1943 |
|
Former C-in-C, U.S. Central Command |
Zap Zlatoper |
Military |
c. 1941 |
|
US Navy Admiral (ret.) |
Elmo R. Zumwalt |
Military |
29-Nov-1920 |
2-Jan-2000 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 |