Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man. He is notable in American and Native American history in large part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Big Horn against Custer’s 7th Cavalry, where his premonition of defeating them became reality. Even today, his name is synonymous with Native American culture, and he is considered to be one of the most famous Native Americans in history.

Myles Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 - June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier who was also an American Civil War military officer and later a member of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment during the Indian Wars of the 1870s. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Boston Custer (October 31, 1848 - June 25, 1876) was the youngest brother of U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor winner Captain Thomas Custer. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn along with these two brothers. Boston Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, one of five children born to Emanuel Henry Custer and Maria Ward Fitzpatrick Custer. In 1863, the family left Ohio and moved to Monroe, Michigan.

James Calhoun (August 24, 1845 - June 25, 1876) was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed along with Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Calhoun was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. When the American Civil War broke out, he was travelling in Europe. Upon returning to the United States, he enlisted in the Union Army in 1864.

Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army. He was the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 1st battalion, U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14–16, 1965, in Vietnam. Today he is the "Honorary Colonel" of the Regiment.

Rain-in-the-Face (also known as Ito-na-gaju or Exa-ma-gozua) (c. 1835 - September 14, 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Born in the Dakota Territory near the forks of the Cheyenne River about 1835, …

Bloody Knife (1840-25 June 1876) was a Native American scout with the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Algernon Emory Smith (September 17, 1842 - June 25, 1876) was an officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. Smith was born in the state of New York, where he attended Hamilton College. In June 1862, during the American Civil War, he enlisted in Company K, U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment. He became a lieutenant in the 117th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment until October 1863 when he assigned to Maj.

Peter Thompson (December 28, 1854 - December 3, 1928) was a Scots-American soldier who was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Thompson was born in Markinch in Fife, Scotland. After emigrating with his family to the United States in 1865, Thompson enlisted in the United States Army in 1875, serving in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment's C company from 1875 until 1880. His commanding officer was Capt. Thomas Custer.

James Ezekiel Porter (1846-1876) was one of General Custer's officers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. James E. Porter was born in Strong, Maine, in 1846. He attended Bates College (called the Maine State Seminary until 1863) from 1862-1863 and then Norwich University from 1863-1864. Porter was then was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1869.

Goes Ahead was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and his accounts of the battle are valued by modern historians. Born into the Crow tribe, he was also known as The First One, Goes First, The One Ahead, Comes Leading, Man With Fur Belt, …

Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. (23 September 1884-22 August 1941), was a major general in the United States Army, called the "Father of the Armored Force" for his role in developing the US Army's tank forces. Adna Chaffee, Jr. was the son of lieutenant general Adna R. Chaffee, Sr.. Born in Junction City, Kansas on 23 September 1884, he was commissioned a lieutenant of cavalry in 1906 after graduating from West Point{31/78

Hairy Moccasin was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He volunteered to become an Army scout on April 10, 1876, and joined fellow Crow warriors White Man Runs Him, Curley, Goes Ahead and several others to assist the Army's fight against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. Both tribes were traditional enemies of the Crow.

Donald McIntosh (September 4, 1838 - June 25, 1876) was an officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn in the Montana Territory. McIntosh was born in Montreal, Quebec in Canada, the son of James (John) and Charlotte Robinson McIntosh (she was a direct descendant of Red Jacket, a chief of the Six Nations). His father, part of the famed Hudson Bay Company, was killed by Indians when Donald was 14.

Henry Moore Harrington (April 30 1849 - June 25 1876) was a military officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who perished with George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in the Montana Territory. Harrington was born in Albion, New York, the son of Shelby A. Harrington and Nancy K. (Moore) Harrington. Early in his childhood, his family relocated to Coldwater, Michigan. He attended the Cleveland Institute at University Heights, …

George Walter Yates (February 26 1843 - June 25 1876) was an officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment. He was killed with George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Yates was born in Albany, New York. He met Custer in Monroe, Michigan, and they became close personal friends. During the American Civil War, Yates was a second lieutenant in the 4th Michigan. Custer helped him secure a position on General Alfred Pleasonton's staff for Yates.

"Lonesome" Charley Reynolds (March 20, 1842-June 25, 1876) was a scout in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. He was noted as an expert marksman, frontiersman and hunter. Charles Alexander Reynolds was born in Warren County, Illinois. He was the son of a physician and moved with his family to Kansas in his teens.

Charles Albert Varnum (June 21, 1849 - February 26, 1936) was a career United States Army officer. He was most noted as the commander of the scouts for George Armstrong Custer in the Little Bighorn Campaign during the Black Hills War, as well as for winning the Medal of Honor for his actions in a conflict following the Battle of Wounded Knee. Varnum was born to a prominent military family in Troy, New York. He was the son of Civil War Major John Varnum, …

Dr. James Madison DeWolf (January 14, 1843 - June 25, 1876) was an acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Born in Mehoopany in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, DeWolf was a farmer prior to the American Civil War. In August 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army in the 1st Pennsylvania Artillery at the age of 17. He first saw combat at the First Battle of Bull Run.

Otto Emil Voit was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Voit immigrated to the United States in 1862, and enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a "saddler" (saddle-maker) in Germany and with the U.S. Army. After the Civil War, Voit, in Company H of George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry, …

Frederick William Benteen (August 24, 1834-June 221898) was a military officer during the American Civil War and then during the Black Hills War against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. He was in command of a battalion of the 7th U. S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Basil L. Plumley (born 1920 in West Virginia) is most famous for his actions as a Sergeant-Major of the US Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang (1965). Plumley is a veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He made all 4 combat jumps with the 82nd Airborne Division in WWII and one in Korea with the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He retired as a Command Sergeant Major. He was played by Sam Elliott in the film, We Were Soldiers.