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[edit] Antiquity
[edit] Mesopotamia
- Hammurabi King of Babylon conquered many native peoples
- Nebuchadrezzar II King of the Chaldeans and conqueror of Judah.
- Tiglath-Pileser III King of Assyria. Conqueror of Israel, Syria, other lands that became Assyria, force Judah to pay tribute.
- Sargon King of Akkad. Created strong Akkadian kingdom.
- Ben-hadad King of Aram. Often fought Israel and, on occasion, Judah.
[edit] India
- Sudas (circa 15th century BC), Indian king who defeated the ten Rigvedic tribes in the Battle of the Ten Kings
- Chanakya (Kautilya) (c. 350-283 BC), Prime Minister of the Maurya Empire and author of the Arthashastra
- Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrocottus) (c. 340-293 BC), Maurya King who conquered the Nanda Empire and northern Indian subcontinent, and defeated Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire and other former generals of Alexander the Great
- Ashoka the Great (c. 304 BC–232 BC), Maurya King who conquered Kalinga
- Samudragupta (a.k.a. the Napoleon of India) (4th century), Gupta king who conquered over 20 Indian, Scythian and Kushan kingdoms
- Chandragupta II (a.k.a. Vikramaditya or Raghu) (4th century), Gupta king who conquered 21 Indian, Greek, Persian, Huna, Kamboja, Kirata and Transoxianan kingdoms
- Lalitaditya Muktapida (8th century), Kashmiri king who conquered a number of Indian, Uttarakuru, Kamboja, Turkic, Tocharian, Tibetan and Dardic kingdoms
- Devapala (9th century), Bengali Pala king who conquered the Northern Indian, North-East Indian, Andhra Pradesh, Huna and Kamboja kingdoms
- Rajendra Chola I (11th century), Tamil Chola king and naval commander who conquered the Pala Empire, Srivijaya Empire, Sri Lanka, and the Chalukya, Rashtrakuta and Pandya dynasties
- Zafar Khan (13th century), Muslim Indian general who defeated invaders from the Mongol Empire
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sikh king of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire
- Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore
[edit] Israel/Palestine
- Joshua (circa 1200 BC), led Hebrew forces against Amalek and Canaan.
- David (d. 965 BC), conquered an empire from Homs to Eilat
- Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 BC), leader of Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire
- Jonathan Maccabeus (d. 143 BC)
- Simon Maccabeus (d. 132 BC), took part in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his brothers. First prince of the Hasmonean Dynasty
- Simon Bar Kokhba (d. 135 AC), leader of the second Jewish rebellion against Rome
[edit] Persia
- Cyrus the Great (590 BC–529 BC), king of Persia who conquered the Median Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Lydian Empire and Asia Minor
- Darius I of Persia (Darius the Great) (549 BC–486 BC), conquered all the territories between Asia Minor, Egypt, northern Greece and the Danube
- Xerxes I of Persia (519 BC–465 BC), conqueror of several Greek cities, including the (then) mighty Athens
- Artaphernes, Persian general, brother of Darius I
- Surena, Parthian general who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Carrhae despite being outnumbered four to one
[edit] China
- Sun Tzu (ca 6th century BC), Chinese general in the Ages of the Warring States and author of "The Art of War"
- Lian Po (Warring States era)
- Han Xin (Chinese general of Liu Bang, First Emperor of the Han Dynasty)
- Zhuge Liang (Chinese military strategist during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Qin Shi Huang (First emperor of the Qin)
- Xiang Yu (Chinese general during the fall of the Qin)
- Meng Yi (Chinese general of the Qin)
- Guan Yu (Chinese general during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Lu Bu (Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Cao Cao (Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Sun Quan (Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Zhao Yun (Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms era)
- Wang Mang (General and rebel during the Han)
[edit] Greece
- Miltiades (550 BC–489 BC), athenian general during the Persian Wars
- Callimachus, athenian general during the Persian Wars
- Themistocles (525 BC–460 BC), athenian admiral during the Persian Wars
- Leonidas (d. 480 BC), Spartan king, leader of the 300
- Eurybiades, spartan general during the Persian Wars
- Pausanias (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Mardonius (Persian general during the Persian Wars)
- Cimon (Athenian general)
- Callias (Athenian general)
- Pericles (Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Demosthenes (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Cleon (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Nicias (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thucydides (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Brasidas (Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Alcibiades (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Phormio (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thrasybulus (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Lysander (Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Xenophon – Elected Commander of the Ten Thousand
- Epaminondas (Theban general)
- Philip II of Macedon (Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great)
- Alexander the Great (King of Macedon who conquered the Achaemenid Empire and the Punjab and Indus)
- Ptolemy I Soter, One of Alexander the Great's generals, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, he was the first king
- Demetrius I of Bactria, a Greek-born king who conquered much of what is now Iran, Pakistan and northern India. He was nicknamed "The Invincible"
- Memnon (Greek mercenary in Persian service)
- Pyrrhus of Epirus (King of Epirus who invaded Italy)
[edit] Rome
- Fabius Maximus (275 BC–203 BC), Roman general remembered for intimidating Hannibal with a stalking technique still known today as Fabian strategy
- Scipio Africanus (Scipio Africanus Major) (235 BC–183 BC), defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in Second Punic War)
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus, known as "Macedonicus" for subduing and annexing the Greek province of Macedonia
- Scipio Asiaticus (2nd century BC), he was a brother of Scipio Africanus Maior, he got his nickname "Asiaticus" when he defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire
- Titus Quinctius Flamininus (228 BC–174 BC), Roman general
- Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus Minor) (185 BC–129 BC), adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, he was active during the Third Punic War
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (d. 115 BC), Roman Consul, conqueror of Macedon
- Gaius Marius (157 BC–86 BC), Roman general, reorganized the Roman Legion
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 BC–78 BC), Roman general and dictator
- Quintus Sertorius (122 BC–72 BC), Roman general
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106 BC–48 BC), Roman general
- Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC), Roman military leader and dictator, conquered Gaul and defeated his rival Pompey in a civil war
- Mark Antony (83 BC–30 BC), Roman general and triumvir, served under Julius Caesar as his Master of Horse
- Augustus Caesar (63 BC–14 AD), the first Roman Emperor, successor of Julius Caesar, defeated Mark Antony in a civil war
- Marcus Agrippa (63 BC–12 BC), Roman general that was Augustus' leading general
- Trajan (53–117), Roman Emperor, extended the empire to its greatest extent
- Stilicho (359–408), a late Roman general
- Aëtius (396–454), Roman general, defeated Attila
[edit] Carthage
- Hannibal, famed Punic general who was Rome's greatest rival during the Second Punic War
[edit] Barbarians
- Vercingetorix (72 BC–46 BC), Gallic warlord who led a rebellion against Rome
- Arminius (16 BC–21 AD), war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci
- Attila the Hun (406–453), king of the Huns, often referred as "Scourge of God"
- Alaric I (375–410), Gothic King, sacked Rome
- Teodoric (471–526), Gothic King
[edit] Middle Ages
- Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan warrior king)
- Theodoric the Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy)
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl Toltec leader and conqueror
- Maharana Pratap Rana of Mewar
- George of Antioch (Sicilian admiral)
- John III Sobieski (King of Poland)
- Tran Hung Dao (Vietnamese Grand General, under his guidance, Vietnamese defeated the Mongols twice)
- Wolter von Plettenberg (Master of the Livonian Order)
- Hermann of Salza (Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights)
- Roger de Flor (leader of the Catalan Company)
- Scanderbeg (Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443-1468)
- Stephen the Great (Moldavia ruler)
- Jan Zizka (Commander of Taborite Army in Bohemia's Hussite Wars)
- John Hunyadi (vlach-hugnarian general, governor of Hungary)
- Nicholas Zrinski/Zrinyi (Croatian-hungarian military leader)
- Lapu-Lapu (Datu in Mactan Island, Phils.)
[edit] Franks
- Clovis (First Christian King of the Franks)
- Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks)
- Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor)
[edit] Korean
- Ulji Moonduk (Korean General)
- Yang Man-chun (Korean General)
- Kim Yu-shin (Korean General)
- Wang Geon (King of Korea)
- Yoon Gwan (Korean General)
- Yi Seong-gye (Emperor of Korea)
- Yi Sun-shin (Korean Admiral)
- Kwon Yul (Marshal of Korea)
[edit] Byzantine
- Belisarius (Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I)
- Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I)
- Mundus (another Byzantine general under Justinian)
- Basil II Byzantine emperor
- Basil Boiannes (Byzantine general and catapan of Italy)
- George Maniaces (11th century Byzantine general)
- Nicephorus Botaniates (11th century Byzantine general, later emperor)
- Nicephorus Bryennius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Taticius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Roussel de Bailleul (Norman mercenary in Byzantine service)
- Michael Palaeologus (Byzantine general)
[edit] Muslims
- Muhammad (Prophet of Islam)
- Abu Bakr (First Caliph of Islam)
- Umar ibn al Khattab (Second Caliph of Islam)
- Usman (Third Caliph of Islam)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (Fourth Caliph of Islam)
- Khalid ibn al-Walid (Sword of God) (Muslim Arab soldier and general, undefeated in over 100 battles against the Roman Empire, Persian Empire, and their allies)
- Tariq ibn Ziyad (Berber General at the Battle of Guadalete)
- Muhammad bin Qasim (Muslim general who conquered Sindh and Punjab)
- ZahiruddinBabur
- Akbar the great
- Sher Shah Suri
- al-Afdal Shahanshah (Fatimid vizier)
- Sultan Salah-u-din Ayoubi (Leader of the Muslims, known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the crusaders' hand)
- Khair ad Din (Also known as Barbarossa, an Admiral in the Ottoman Empire)
- Mehmed II the Conqueror (Ottoman Sultan, conquered Constantinople in 1453)
- Mehmed Pasa Sokollu (Ottoman military leader and Grand Vizier during the reign of Suleiman and Selim II)
- Tamerlane (Timur e Leng, Mongol-Turk conqueror)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
- Alp Arslan (Sultan of the Seljuk Empire)
- Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir Andalusi general and statesman
- Musa bin Nusair , Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. Viceroy of North Africa since 698, invaded Spain in 711.
- Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef muslim Arab administrator and Governor of Iraq during the Umayyad Caliphate.
- Abu Muslim of Khurasan revolutionary Abbasid general
- Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi led the Andalusian Muslims into battle against the forces of Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours.
- Abd-ar-Rahman III Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961) was the greatest and most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain.
- Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir Andalusi general and statesman
- Musa bin Nusair , Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. Viceroy of North Africa since 698, invaded Spain in 711.
- Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef muslim Arab administrator and Governor of Iraq during the Umayyad Caliphate.
- Abu Muslim of Khurasan revolutionary Abbasid general
- Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi led the Andalusian Muslims into battle against the forces of Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours.
- Abd-ar-Rahman III Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961) was the greatest and most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain.
- Zafar Khan (13th century), Muslim Indian general who defeated invaders from the Mongol Empire
- Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore
[edit] Norman
- King William I of England (Duke of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror)
- Robert of Selby (Anglo-Norman general in the service of Sicily)
- Robert Guiscard (Norman conqueror of Naples and S. Sicily)
[edit] Crusades
- Godfrey of Bouillon (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Boulogne (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Bourcq (leader of the First Crusade)
- Bohemond of Taranto (leader of the First Crusade)
- Tancred (leader of the First Crusade)
- Raymond IV of Toulouse (leader of the First Crusade)
- Stephen, Count of Blois (leader of the First Crusade)
- Hughes de Payens (founder of the Knights Templar)
- Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor and Crusader)
- Raymond III of Tripoli (Crusader general)
- Raynald of Chatillon (Crusader general)
- Gerard de Ridefort (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
- Jobert of Syria (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Roger de Moulins (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Richard I of England (King of England, often referred as Richard the Lionhearted, known for his participation in the Third Crusade)
- Boniface of Montferrat (leader of the Fourth Crusade)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (leader of the Fifth Crusade and Sixth Crusade)
- Louis IX of France (leader of the Seventh Crusade and Eighth Crusade)
[edit] Japanese
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Japanese general whose decisive victories brought down the Taira clan during the Genpei War)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) (Japanese daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan. The first of the three unifiers of Japan.)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Japanese general, he seized control over Japan after the death of Oda Nobunaga)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (daimyo, the first to unite the whole Japan and a founder of a shogunate that lasted over 250 years)
[edit] Mongols
- Genghis Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Ögedei Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Subutai Bahadur (General and childhood friend of Genghis Khan)
- Batu Khan (Mongolian conqueror)
- Berke (Khan of the Golden horde)
- Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols, conqueror of China)
[edit] Vietnam
- Tran Hung Dao, general during the Trần Dynasty. Lead the armies that twice repelled Mongol invasions of Vietnam.
[edit] Russian
- Alexander Nevsky (Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Vladimir, saint and national hero of Russia)
- Dovmont of Pskov and Vladimir the Bold, highly successful Russian military leaders
[edit] English
- Edward I of England (known as the Hammer of the Scots)
- Edward III of England (English King in the Hundred Years' War)
- Edward the Black Prince, heir to the throne of England
- King Henry V of England, a seasoned warrior at the age of sixteen
[edit] Scottish
- William Wallace (Scottish Knight and freedom fighter)
- Robert the Bruce (Scottish King and freedom fighter)
[edit] French
- Joan of Arc (National heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church)
[edit] Spanish
- El Cid (Spanish knight and hero)
- Don John of Austria (Spanish admiral)
[edit] Modern Era
[edit] Early Modern Era
- Nadir Shah, Iran
- Hernán Cortés (Spanish conquistador)
- Konstanty Ostrogski
- Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Warrior Queen of the Mbundu people; kept Portugal at bay)
- Shivaji (Ruler of the Maratha empire)
- Bajirao I (Peshwa of the Maratha Empire)
- Madhavrao I Scindia (Shinde of Gwalior)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (English Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I)
- Francisco Pizarro (Spanish conquistador, conquered the Inca)
- Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky
- Louis II de Condé
- Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
- Koxinga (Ming general, took over Taiwan)
- Jan Sobieski
- Prince Eugene of Savoy (Austria)
- Maurice, comte de Saxe (France)
- Oliver Cromwell (English Civil War)
- Gustavus Adolphus (Swedish King in the Thirty Years' War)
- Albrecht von Wallenstein (general in the Thirty Years' War)
- Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (general in the Thirty Year's War)
- Louis of Nassau, brother of William the Silent commander in the Eighty Years' War
- Charles de Héraugière, the Eighty Years' War commander of a special force, which conquered Breda in a "Trojan Horse" action.
- Ernst Casimir van Nassau-Dietz military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe for the Dutch Republic
- Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, overall commander of the Dutch forces (Captain and Admiral-General) in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,Stadtholder, military commander in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Hendrik Casimir I van Nassau-Dietz, military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein, vice-admiral and admiral during the Eighty Years' War
- Maarten Tromp, Admiral during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Michiel de Ruyter, The Netherlands (admiral in the First Anglo-Dutch War, the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Franco-Dutch War
- Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (Austria)
- Duke of Marlborough (War of the Spanish Succession)
- Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim
- Alexander Menshikov
- Charles XII of Sweden
- Peter The Great (Great Northern War)
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Peter Rumyantsev
- Alexander Suvorov
- Feodor Ushakov
- George Washington
- John Stark (Victor at the Battle of Bennington)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of the French)
- Jean Baptiste Bessieres
- Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
- Joachim Murat
- Louis Nicolas Davout
- Louis Alexandre Berthier
- Michel Ney
- Jean Lannes
- Auguste Marmont
- Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
- Nicolas Oudinot
- Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
- Guillaume Brune
- Jean Baptiste Jourdan
- André Masséna
- Louis Gabriel Suchet
- Jose de San Martin (Argentine General. Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru)
- Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Horatio Nelson British Navy Officer (late 1700 to 1805)
- Isaac Brock (British major general in Canada during War of 1812)
- François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie
- Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Peter Wittgenstein
- Petr Bagration
- Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (Russian Field Marshal)
- Andres Bonifacio (Katipunero)
- Shaka (Changed the Zulu tribe from a small clan into a nation)
- Sir George Howard (UK)
- Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (Caucasian wars)
- Simón Bolívar (South American nationalist and general)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (South American and Italian independence wars general)
- Zuo Zongtang (Chinese general)
- Zeng Guofan (Chinese military commander)
- Li Hongzhang (Chinese general)
- Winfield Scott (Mexican-American War)
- P.G.T. Beauregard (US Civil War)
- David Farragut (US Civil War)
- Robert E. Lee (US Civil War)
- Ulysses S. Grant (US Civil War)
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (US Civil War)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (US Civil War)
- George McClellan (US Civil War)
- A.E. Burnside (US Civil War)
- Beverly Robertson (US Civil War)
- Braxton Bragg (US Civil War)
- Joseph E. Johnston (US Civil War)
- Henry Jackson Hunt (US Civil War)
- Phillip H. Sheridan (US Civil War)
- James Longstreet (US Civil War)
- Joseph Gilbert Totten (US Civil War)
- Thomas Francis Meagher (US Civil War)
- Sir Harry Smith (UK)
- Pavel Nakhimov (Crimean War)
- Mikhail Skobelev (Russo-Turkish and Central Asian wars)
- Joseph Gurko (Bulgarian war)
- Pancho Villa
- Horatio Kitchener
- Yuan Shikai (China)
- Yamagata Aritomo (Japan)
- Kemal Atatürk (Balkan Wars, WWI Turkey)
- Douglas Haig (WWI UK)
- Aleksei Brusilov (WWI Russia)
- Ferdinand Foch (WWI France)
- Erich Ludendorff (WWI Germany)
- Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck (WWI Germany Never Defeated lead campaign in East Africa)
- Paul von Hindenburg (WWI Germany)
- John Monash (WW1 Australia)
- Arthur Currie (WWI Canada)
- John J. Pershing (WWI US)
- Erich von Falkenhayn (WWI Germany)
- William S. Harney (US)
- Sterling Price (US Civil War)
- Hermann von François (German general, World War I)
- Helmuth von Moltke (Prussian/German general, Franco-Prussian War)
- Patrice MacMahon (Marshal of France, Franco-Prussian War)
- Michael Collins (Irish War of Independence)
- Emilio Aguinaldo (First Philippine President, Philippine-Spanish War)
- Macario Sakay (Filipino General;80 years of rebellion against Spain)
- Gabriela Silang (Filipina Revolutionary Leader)
- Baibars (Mamluke General)
[edit] World War II - 1990
- Adan, Abraham (1947-1973 Israel)
- Anders, Wladyslaw (WWII Poland)
- Alexander, Harold (WWII, UK)
- Auchinleck, Claude (WWII UK)
- Ball, Harvey (WWII, US)
- Biao, Lin (WWII, China)
- Blamey, Thomas (WWII, Australia)
- Buckner Jr., Simon Bolivar (WWII, US)
- Bradley, Omar (WWII, US)
- Castro, Fidel (1950s Cuba)
- Chuikov, Vasily (WWII Soviet Union)
- Clark, Mark (WWII US)
- Michael O'Moore Creagh (WWII UK)
- De Wiart, Adrian Carton (WWII UK)
- Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham (Canada's leading general during WWII)
- Cunningham, Alan Gordon (WWII UK)
- Cunningham , Andrew Brown (WWII UK)
- Model, Walther (WWII Germany)
- Dayan, Moshe (Israel)
- (WWII, Chinese Civil War and Korean War, China)
- Dempsey, Miles (WWII UK)
- Dumitrescu, Petre (WWII Romania)
- De, Zhu (Chinese communist revolutionary leader)
- Eisenhower, Dwight (WWII US)
- Simon Fraser| Fraser, Simon (WWII UK)
- Freyberg, Bernard (WWI WWII NZ)
- Goering, Hermann (WWI WWII Germany)
- Gott, William (WWII UK)
- Giap, Vo Nguyen (First Indochina War and Vietnam War, Vietnam)
- Guevara, Che (1950s Cuba)
- Graziani, Rodolfo (WWII Italy)
- Guderian, Heinz (WWII Germany)
- Hitler, Adolf (WWII Germany)
- Horrocks, Brian (WWII UK)
- Kesselring Albert (WWII Germany)
- Konev, Ivan (WWII Soviet Union)
- Krueger, Walter (WWII US)
- Leese, Oliver (WWII UK)
- MacArthur, Douglas (WWII and Korea, US)
- Maczek, Stanislaw (WWII Poland)
- Manekshaw, Sam (Indo-Pak War 1971, India)
- Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil ( and WWII Finland)
- Ushijima, Mitsuru (WWII Japan)
- Field Marshal Montgomery| (WWII UK)
- Morshead, Leslie (WW II Australia)
- Mountbatten, Louis (WWII UK)
- Mukhtar, Omar (Libyan freedom fighter who fought against the Italians in WWII)
- Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko| (WWII Japan)
- Nimitz, Chester (WWII US Navy)
- O'Connor, Richard (WWII UK)
- Patton, George (WWII US)
- Paulus, Friedrich (WWII Germany)
- "Chesty" Puller| (WWII US Marine)
- Rabin, Yitzhak (Israel)
- Ramos, Fidel (Korean War)
- Ridgway, Matthew (WWII and Korea, US)
- Ritchie, Neil (WWII UK)
- Rokossovsky, Konstantin (WWII Sovet Union)
- Rommel, Erwin (WWII Germany)
- von Rundstedt, Gerd (WWII Germany)
- von Manstein, Erich (WWII Germany)
- Stane, Franc Rozman (WWII Slovene partisans)
- Singh , Arjan (India)
- William Slim| (WWII UK)
- Sharon, Ariel (Israel)
- Schlemm, Alfred (WWII Germany)
- Spruance, Raymond (WWII US)
- Student, Kurt (WWII Germany)
- Tito, Josip Broz (WWII Yugoslav partisans)
- Vasilevsky, Aleksandr (WWII Soviet Union)
- Wavell , Archibald (WWII UK)
- Westmoreland, William (Vietnam War US)
- Woodward , Sandy (Falklands War )
- Vatutin, Nikolai (WWII Soviet Union)
- Voroshilov, Kliment (Winter War and WWII)
- Isoroku, Yamamoto (WWII Japan)
- Yi, Chen (WWII China )
- Zedong, Mao (Chinese| communist leader)
- Zhukov, Georgy (WWII Soviet Union)
- Maneckshaw, Sam ( 1971 Indo Pak WAR, India)
[edit] After 1990
- Peter de la Billiere (Gulf War UK)
- Colin Powell (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gulf War US)
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (Operation Desert Storm Allied Coalition Commander)
- Roméo Dallaire - Canadian Force Commander of UNAMIR who tried to stop the Rwandan Genocide
- Subcomandante Marcos leader of the Zapatista Rebellion
- Wesley Clark NATO Supreme Commander
- Mike Jackson Chief Of Staff of the British Army
- Peter John Cosgrove Led the international forces (INTERFET) in a peace keeping role in East Timor
- Mohammed Omar led Taliban forces against U.S. and Northern Alliance.
- Tommy Franks Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command - 2003 invasion of Iraq
- General Parvaiz Musharaf
