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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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



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