Notable Military Figures
This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the military world.
| Name | Lifespan | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Ehrnrooth | 1905-2004 | (Erik) |  |
| Alexander the Great | 356-323 BC | | |
| Ambrose Burnside | 1824-1881 | | |
| Anghel Andreescu | 1950- | | |
| Arthur Wellesley | 1769-1852 | | |
| Attila the Hun | 406-453 | | |
| Bernard Montgomery | 1887-1976 | | |
| Douglas MacArthur | 1880-1964 | | |
| Elazar Stern | 1956- | | |
| Eremia Grigorescu | 1863-1919 | | |
| Erwin Rommel | 1891-1944 | | |
| Gaius Julius Caesar | 100-44 BC | | |
| Genghis Khan | c. 1162-1227 | (Temujin) | |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | 1807-1882 | | |
| Hannibal Barca | 247-c. 182 BC | | |
| Hayreddin Barbarossa | c. 1478-1546 | (Khair ad Din) | |
| Horatio Nelson | 1758-1805 | | |
| Jeanne of Arc | 1412-1431 | (Joan) | |
| Josias Rowley | 1765-1842 | | |
| Josias von Heeringen | 1850-1926 | | |
| Kazimierz Pułaski | 1745-1779 | (Casimir, Michał, Władysław, Wiktor) | |
| Leonidas | ?-480 BC | | |
| Lucius Cornelius Sulla | c. 138-78 BC | | |
| Maarten Tromp | 1598-1653 | | |
| Marcus Licinius Crassus | c. 115-53 BC | (Crassus) | |
| Marcus Aemilius Lepidus | c. 88-c. 12 BC | | |
| Marcus Antonius | 83-30 BC | | |
| Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | ?-12 BC | | |
| Marthinus Prinsloo | 1838-1903 | | |
| Matan Vilnai | 1944- | | |
| Matthew C. Perry | 1794-1858 | (Calbraith) | |
| Michiel de Ruyter | 1607-1676 | | |
| Muhammad | 570-632 | | |
| Miyamoto Musashi | c. 1584-1645 | | |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | 1769-1821 | | |
| Omar Bradley | 1893-1981 | | |
| Orde Wingate | 1903-1944 | (Charles) | |
| Pavao Miljavac | 1953-2022 | | |
| Philippe Pétain | 1856-1951 | (Henri, Benoni, Omer, Joseph) | |
| Piet Hein | 1577-1629 | | |
| Pompey the Great | 106-48 BC | (Gnaeus) | |
| Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus | 236-183 BC | | |
| Pyrrhus of Epirus | c. 319-272 BC | | |
| Roland | ?-778 | | |
| Rüdiger von der Goltz | 1865-1946 | (Gustav, Adolf, Joachim) | |
| Sextus Pompeius | 67-35 BC | (Pompey) | |
| Stansfield Turner | 1923-2018 | | |
| Tadeusz Kościuszko | 1746-1817 | (Andrzej, Bonawentura) | |
| Timur | 1336-1405 | (Tamerlane) | |
| Toussaint Louverture | 1743-1803 | | |
| Sun Tzu | c. 544-c. 496 BC | (Wu) | |
| Vercingetorix | ?-46 BC | |