- Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and the most celebrated general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Lee was the son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry" (1756-1818), Governor of Virginia, and his second wife, Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829). He was a descendant of Thomas More and of King Robert II of Scotland through the Earls of Crawford.
- Waheed Arshad
Major General Waheed Arshad took over as Director General Inter Services Public Relations on 1 March 2007, replacing Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan who was posted to Lahore as GOC. He was commissioned in Armored Corps of Pakistan Army in 1975. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, National Defence College, Islamabad, and Turkish War Academy, Istanbul. During his career, the Major General Waheed has had a varied experience of command, …
- Michael Jeffery
Major General Philip Michael Jeffery AC, CVO, MC (born 12 December 1937) is the 24th Governor-General of Australia. General Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia and was educated at state schools in Perth. One of these schools was Kent Street Senior High School, which he makes a special mention of in many of his speeches. General Jeffery's military service started by attending the Royal Military College, Duntroon where he graduated in 1958.
- Antonio Taguba
Major General Antonio M. Taguba (born October 31, 1950), became known worldwide when a classified report he wrote about cases of torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was published in 2004. Taguba is the second and latest Filipino American to attain General Officer rank in the U.S. Army
- Geoffrey Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller is a retired United States Army Major General who commanded the US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Iraq. Dentention facilities in Iraq under his command included Abu Ghraib prison, Camp Cropper and Camp Bucca. He is also famous for training soldiers in "improved interrogation techniques". Miller was born in Gallipolis, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University where he got an undergraduate degree in History, …
- George B. McClellan
George Brinton McClellan (December 3 1826 - October 29 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union. However, although McClellan was meticulous in his planning and preparations, …
- John Batiste
Major General John Batiste (* ca. 1953) is a retired officer of the United States Army. From March 2001 to June 2002 he worked with Paul Wolfowitz, and was involved in the very early planning stages of the Iraq war. In spring 2002 Eric Shinseki chose Batiste to be commander of the First Infantry Division of the United States Army, which was deployed to Iraq in December 2003, during the war.
- Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 - October 31, 1879), known as "Fighting Joe", was a career U.S. Army officer and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, he is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
- Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 (N.S.) - June 19, 1786), a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer.
- John Thomas
John Thomas was an American doctor and soldier from Massachusetts who became a major general in the Continental Army. He was a leader during the siege of Boston. Thomas briefly commanded the withdrawal from Canada after the unsuccessful invasion by the Continental Army. He died from smallpox during the retreat. Thomas was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts. As a young man he studied medicine with Doctor Tufts in Medford before beginning his own practice in Kingston.
- John Sullivan
John Sullivan (b. February 17 1740, Somersworth, New Hampshire - d. January 23 1795, Durham, New Hampshire) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. Sullivan served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor (or "President") of New Hampshire. He is most famous for leading the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, …
- Charles Lee
Charles Lee (February 6 1732 - October 2, 1782) was a British soldier turned Virginia planter who was a Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. Lee was born in Cheshire England. By the age of twelve, he was already commissioned as an ensign in the British Army. Lee served under Major General Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War along with fellow officers George Washington, Thomas Gage, and Horatio Gates.
- Sterling Price
Sterling "Old Pap" Price (September 20, 1809 - September 29, 1867) was an antebellum politician from the U.S. state of Missouri and a Confederate major general during the American Civil War. He led an army back into Missouri in 1864 on an ill-fated expedition to recapture the state for the Confederacy. He took his remaining troops to Mexico following the war rather than surrender to the Union Army.
- Philip Sheridan
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 - August 5, 1888) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East.
- Gordon Granger
Gordon Granger (November 6, 1822 - January 10, 1876) was a Union Major General during the American Civil War. Granger was born in Joy, Wayne County, New York, in 1822. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1845. During the Mexican-American War, he fought in Winfield Scott's army. Between wars, he served on the frontier. His first fight in the Civil War was the Union defeat at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in August 1861, …
- William Alexander
William Alexander (1726 - 1783), who claimed the disputed title of Earl of Stirling, was an American major-general during the American Revolutionary War. Born in New York City, Alexander was an educated, ambitious and bright young man and was proficient in mathematics and astronomy. He joined his mother in a successful provisioning business and, in 1747, married Sarah Livingston, …
- Amos Yadlin
Aluf (Major General) Amos Yadlin was a general in the Israeli Air Force and is currently the head of Aman (IDF) (military intelligence). Before being promoted to head of Aman, Yadlin was the IDF military attaché to Washington. Previously in his career he headed the IDF National Defense College. Yadlin was also an officer in the Israeli Air Force, participating in Operation Opera which destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor, and served as Deputy Commander of the IDF.
- John Armstrong
John Armstrong (October 13, 1717 - March 9, 1795) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania.
- Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 - January 26, 1893), was a career U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade caused lasting enmity between the two men.
- Benjamin Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
- Doron Almog
Doron Almog (born 1951) is a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces reserves. In 1976's Operation Entebbe, he was the first para-reconnaissance commander to land on the runway at Entebbe, marking it for incoming Israeli airplanes, then leading the capture of the airfield's control tower in the rescue operation.
- Irvin McDowell
Irvin McDowell (October 15, 1818 - May 10, 1885) was an American military officer, famous for his loss of the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run. McDowell was born in Columbus, Ohio. He initially attended the College de Troyes in France before graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1838. One of his classmates at West Point was P.G.T. Beauregard, his future adversary at First Bull Run.
- Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later as a major general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War. Between the wars he served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
- Michael Collins
Major General Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was "Gemini 10", when he and command pilot John W. Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two EVAs. His second spaceflight was "Apollo 11" where he served as the command module pilot.
- Robert Patterson
Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 - August 7,1881) was an Irish immigrant and a noted soldier and businessman from Pennsylvania. Patterson was born in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. His family was banished from Ireland due to his father's involvement as an insurrectionist. He emigrated to the United States, in 1799, where he eventually became involved in banking at a young age.
- Earl van Dorn
Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 - May 7, 1863) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate major general during the American Civil War. Born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, Van Dorn graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1842 being ranked 52 out of 56. He fought in the Mexican-American War and against the Seminoles and Comanches, and this experience led to his rapid advancement in the Confederate States Army, …
- John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan, Jr (24 July 1865-11 November 1899) was a United States Army officer posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine-American War. Logan was the son of Major General, statesman and politician John A. Logan from the American Civil War. Major Logan was killed in action while leading his troops.
- Moshe Kaplinsky
Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinski (b. 1957), is Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He was previously head of the Israel Defense Force's Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the occupied West Bank. As Deputy Chief of the General Staff he is second in command of the Israel Defense Forces. In August 2002, he took over as General Officer Commanding, Central Command from Major General Yitzhak Eitan.
- Richard Montgomery
Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1736 - December 31, 1775) was an Irish-American soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
- Lesley J. McNair
General Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 - July 25, 1944) was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II.
- Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 16 or March 17, 1828 - November 30, 1864) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Franklin.
- Peter Schoomaker
General Peter J. Schoomaker (b. February 12, 1946) was the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, serving from August 1, 2003 to April 10, 2007, when the Army announced he would be replaced by General George Casey; Schoomaker will retire from the Army for the second time in 2007. Schoomaker's appointment to Chief of Staff was unusual in that he was called out of retirement to take up the post.
- John Clark
John Clark (February 28, 1766 - October 12, 1832) was an American politician. Clark served in the Georgia House of Representatives prior to being elected to consecutive two-year terms as governor from 1820 to 1824. Clark also served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolution and achieved the rank of Major General in 1796. Son of Revolutionary War hero Elijah Clarke, John Clark was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina and moved to Wilkes County, …
- William Butler
William Butler (December 17, 1759 - November 15, 1821) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born in Prince William County, Virginia, he attended grammar schools, and moved to South Carolina. He served in the Snow campaign under General Richardson in 1775 and in Gen. Andrew Williamson's expedition against the Cherokee Indians in 1776; he was a lieutenant in Pulaski's legion, under Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, in 1779, and served under Gen.
- Barbara Fast
Major General Barbara Fast is an officer in the United States Army. In her recent posts her responsibilities have been in the field of military intelligence. She was the last commander of the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Augsburg, Germany. The Garrison included the Sheridan Kaserne, Gablingen Airfield and the Lechfeld Training Area. The unit moved to Darmstadt, Germany in Summer 1998.
- Henry Jackson
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 October 1747, Henry Jackson was the youngest son of Joseph and Susannah (Gray) Jackson. Before the War for Independence, he was an officer of the First Corps of Cadets in Boston, which was disbanded during the British occupation. After the evacuation, six former cadet officers organized a company of seventy-eight officers and men called the Boston Independent Company on 17 March 1776, with Henry Jackson as their commander.
- Andrew Leslie
Lieutenant-General Andrew Brooke Leslie CMM, MSC, MSM, CD (born December, 1957) is the Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command of the Canadian Forces. While studying economics at the University of Ottawa, Leslie joined the 30th Field Artillery Regiment of the Canadian Forces Reserves. Leslie rose through the ranks and in 1993 assumed command of the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based at CFB Shilo.
- Julian Thompson
Major General Julian H. A. Thompson, CB, OBE, is a military historian and former Royal Marines officer who as a brigadier headed 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands war. Thompson who was British commander on the islands during the final phase of the conflict has written extensively on the Falklands conflict and British military history. He is also a visiting professor at the department of war studies, King's College, University of London.
- Akbar Khan
Major General Akbar Khan, DSO also known as Mohammed Akbar Khan, fought as the Brigadier-in-charge in Kashmir on the Pakistan side in Indo-Pakistan war of 1948. He also helped to stop the first Baloch insurgency of 1948. Later he served as the "Chief of National Security" under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and helped quell the Balochi Insurgency during the early and mid 1970s.
- William Mahone
William Mahone (December 1, 1826 - October 8, 1895), of Southampton County, Virginia, was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he was nicknamed "Little Billy". As a civil engineer, he helped build Virginia's roads and railroads in the antebellum and postbellum (Reconstruction) periods of the 19th century.