| 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 |
| 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 |
|
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
14-Mar-1903 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Kurdish nationalist |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cincinnatus |
Military |
519 BC |
430 BC |
Republican leader of Rome |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| James T. Conway |
Military |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Commandant of the Marine Corps |
| 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 |
| Davy Crockett |
Military |
17-Aug-1786 |
6-Mar-1836 |
King of the Wild Frontier |
| William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.) |
| 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 |
Still looking great on all those t-shirts |
| Robert Guiscard |
Military |
c. 1015 |
15-Jul-1085 |
Norman conqueror of South Italy |
| Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
| 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 |
c. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
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 |
c. 1948 |
|
Three-star general |
| John Bell Hood |
Military |
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 |
| Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Invented the COBOL compiler |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| Crazy Horse |
Military |
c. 1842 |
6-Sep-1877 |
Bayonetted in the back |
| 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 |
| Attila the Hun |
Royalty |
c. 406 AD |
453 AD |
Scourge of God |
| 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 |
1957 |
|
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 |
| 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 |
? |
|
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency |
| 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 |
| David C. Jones |
Military |
9-Jul-1921 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82 |
| John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
| 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 |
Military |
10-Nov-1919 |
|
Inventor of Russia's semiautomatic 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 |
U.S. 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 J. Kerr |
Government |
4-Oct-1935 |
|
Former CIA head |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 then rescued |
| William Lyon |
Military |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| James F. McCall |
Military |
c. 1934 |
|
US Army Comptroller, 1988-91 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ho Chi Minh |
Activist |
19-May-1890 |
2-Sep-1969 |
Uncle Ho |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
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 |
|
Former dictator sentenced to US prison |
| 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 |
| 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 |
? |
|
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 |
|
Commander, Multi-National Force, Iraq |
| 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, 1926-36 |
| Molly Pitcher |
Military |
13-Oct-1754 |
22-Jan-1832 |
Fought at the Battle of Monmouth |
| 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, 20 |
