List of military figures by nickname

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This is a list of military figures by nickname.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] 0-9

  • "31-Knot" — Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed)[1]

[edit] A

[edit] B

  • "Babe" — John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
  • "Bad Hand" — Ranald S. Mackenzie US Army-Civil and Indian Wars
  • "Barney" —
    • Clifton W. Flenniken, Jr., U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
    • William B. Sieglaff, U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
  • "Bad Old Man" — Jubal Early, Confederate Army general
  • "Batty Mac" — A.C. Macdonnell, Canadian Army World War I general[5]
  • "The Bearded Man" — Frank Messervy, British Army general (because he tended not to shave in battle)
  • "Beauty" — Harold M. Martin, U.S. Navy officer[6]
  • "Benny" — Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
  • "Beetle" — John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
  • "Bert" — Albert Houle, Canadian fighter ace
  • "Betty" — Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge)[2]
  • "The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" — Michael Collins, Irish general
  • "Black Bob" — Robert Craufurd, British Army general during the Peninsular War[7]
  • "Black Jack" — John J. Pershing, U.S. Army World War I general; commanded a unit within the U.S. Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments), which was composed of African-American soldiers under white officers
  • "Black Knight of the Confederacy" — Turner Ashby, Confederate Army general
  • "Black Swallow of Death" — Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
  • "Blackie" — David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace
  • "Blood" — J. A. L. Caunter, British general[8]
  • "Bloody Bill" — William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader
  • "Bo" — Elwyn King, World War I Australian fighter ace
  • "Bobbie" — George W. E. J. Erskine, British general during World War II
  • "Bobo" — Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Bomber" — Arthur Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II[9]
  • "Boney" — Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Boom" — Hugh Trenchard, World War I British Royal Flying Corps general (for his loud voice)[10]
  • "Boy" — Sir Frederick A. M. Browning, World War II British airborne general
  • "Brad" — Omar Bradley, U.S. general
  • "Brute" — Victor H. Krulak, U.S. Marine Corps general
  • "Bub" — Norvell G. Ward, U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
  • "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid") —
  • "Buck" — Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
  • "Bud" —
    • Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace
    • William P. Gruner, Jr., U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Bull" —
  • "Bull of Scapa Flow" — Günther Prien, German World War II submarine ace (for his daring penetration of the British base)[13]
  • "Bungo" — Julian Byng, British World War I general[5]
  • "Butch" —
    • Robert A. Barton, Canadian fighter ace
    • Orme C. Robbins, U.S. submarine commander[2]
    • (from "butcher") Arthur T. Harris, British air force general (affectionately given by his men)
    • Edward O'Hare, U.S. WWII Ace and Medal of Honor recipient and namesake Chicago's airport
  • "Butcher" — Arthur T. Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II[14]
  • "Butcher of the Somme" — Douglas Haig, British field-marshal
  • "Buzz" — George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)

[edit] C

[edit] D

  • "Dan" — Lawrence R. Daspit, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Debby" — Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral
  • "Dennis" — Eugene Wilkinson, U.S. submarine officer[2]
  • "The Desert Fox" (German: "Wüstenfuchs") — Erwin Rommel, World War II German field marshal
  • "Dickie" — Michael O'Moore Creagh, British general[18]
  • "Dinty" — John R. Moore, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Dixie" — Richard M. Farrell, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Dizzy" —
    • H. R. Allen, British Air Force fighter ace[19]
    • Gordon B. Rainer, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Donc" — Glynn R. Donaho, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Dugout Doug" — Douglas MacArthur, World War II U.S. general[2][20]
  • "Dusty" — Robert E. Dornin, World War II U.S. submarine commander [2]
  • "Dutch" — John M. Will, U.S. submarine officer[2]

[edit] E

[edit] F

  • "Father of Blitzkrieg" — Heinz Guderian, World War II German field marshal
  • "Fearless Freddy" — Frederick W. Warder, U.S. ace submarine commander (a nickname he detested)[21][2]
  • "The Fighting Bishop" — Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate general
  • "Fighting Dick" — Richard H. Anderson, Confederate general
  • "Fighting Joe" —
  • "The Fighting Quaker" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
  • "Fresh" — Algernon E. Smith, U.S. cavalry officer
  • "Fritz" — Frederick J. Harlfinger II, U.S. submarine commander[2][21]
  • "Frog" — Francis S. Low, U.S. Navy intelligence officer[2][23]
  • "Fuel Oil" — Franklin O. Johnsonn, U.S. submarine commander[2]

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

  • "Ike" —
  • "Irish" — Edward R. Hannon, U.S. submarine commander[2]

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

  • "Mad Anthony" — Anthony Wayne, U.S. general
  • "Majoren" ("The Major") - Hans Reidar Holtermann, Norwegian World War II military leader
  • "The Marble Man" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)[25]
  • "The Marble Model" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)[25]
  • "Maryland Stuart" — George H. Stewart, Confederate general
  • "Mick" — Edward Mannock, World War I British fighter ace
  • "Mickey" — David Marcus, American Army colonel who trained the nascent Israeli Army[35]
  • "Mike" — Frank W. Fenno, Jr., U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Moke" — William J. Millican, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "The Monster" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
  • "Monty" — Bernard Montgomery, World War II British field marshal
  • "Moon" — Wreford G. Chapple, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
  • "Mush" (from "Mushmouth") – Dudley W. Morton, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander (for his Tennessee drawl)[2]

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

[edit] Q

[edit] R

[edit] S

  • "The Saint" — Augustus R. St. Angelo, U.S. submarine officer[2]
  • "Sailor" — Adolph G. Malan, British Air Force fighter ace[40]
  • "Sally" — James J. Archer, Confederate general
  • "Sandy" — Louis D. McGregor, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Savvy" —
    • Charles M. Cooke, World War II U.S. sailor[2]
    • Leon J. Huffman, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Schneller Heinz" ("Fast Heinz") — Heinz Guderian, World War II German panzer general
  • "Seminole" — Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate general
  • "Shagger" — Johnny Johnstone, World War II British Pilot
  • "Shorty" — Charles D. Edmunds, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Silent Otto" — Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander[30]
  • "Skinny" — Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral[2]
  • "Soupy" –James H. Campbell, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Spanky" — George Roberts, commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen)[41]
  • "Speed" — John P. Currie, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Spike" — Martin P. Hottel, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Spud" — Elbert C. Lindon, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Stan" — Roderic Dallas, World War I Australian fighter ace
  • "Steam" — Elliott E. Marshall, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Stonewall" — Thomas J. Jackson, Confederate general
  • "Stoney" — Clifford H. Roper, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Stormin' Norman" — Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., U.S. general (a nickname he disliked)
  • "Strafer" — William H. E. Gott, British general
  • "Stuffy" — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, commander of Royal Air Force Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain[40]
  • "Sunshine" — Stuart S. Murray, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "The Swamp Fox" — Francis Marion, U.S. general
  • "The Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" — M. Jeff Thompson, Confederate general
  • "Swede" —
    • Eliot H. Bryant, World War II U.S. submarine commander [2]
    • Charles B. Momsen, World War II U.S. submarine force commander, inventor of the Momsen lung[2]

[edit] T

  • "Tenacious" — Tanaka Raizo World War II Japanese destroyer admiral (for action in the Solomon Islands)[1][42]
  • "Tex" —
    • Forrest R. Biard, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
    • Heber H. McLean, U.S. submarine commander[2]
    • Leonard S. Mewhinney, U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Tiger of Malaya" — Yamashita Tomoyuki, World War II Japanese general[20]
  • "Tiny" — Frank C. Lynch, Jr., U.S. submarine commander[2]
  • "Tubby" — Arthur Allen, World War II Australian general
  • "Turkey Neck" — George C. Crawford, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

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