- John Adams
John Adams (July 1, 1825-November 30, 1864), was an officer in the United States Army. With the onset of the American Civil War, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of brigadier general before being killed in action. Adams was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Irish immigrant parents. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846, ranking 25th in his class. - John Walker
John Walker (February 13, 1744-December 2, 1809) was an American politician. Walker was born in Virginia in 1744. He received private education before attending the College of William and Mary, which he graduated from in 1764. He served in the Continental Army as an aide to George Washington, holding the rank of colonel. In 1780, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He then studied law. - Ann Wright
Mary Ann Wright (born 1947) is a retired United States Army colonel, retired official of the U.S. State Department, and now full-time anti-war activist. Wright is most noted for being one of three U.S. State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003. - George Brown
General Sir George Brown, GCB KH (1790–1865) was a British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War. He was born and educated in Elgin, Scotland. He obtained a commission in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (later the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) in 1806, was promoted lieutenant a few months later, and saw active service for the first time in the Mediterranean and at Copenhagen, … - William Butler
Colonel William Butler was a Pennsylvania Militia officer during the American Revolutionary War, known for his leadership in the Battle of Monmouth, the burning of the Indian villages at Unadilla and Oquaga, and in the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. Butler and his family emigrated from Ireland sometime before 1760, and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the second of five brothers. - David Hackworth
David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 - May 4, 2005) known affectionately as "Hack", was a retired United States Army colonel and prominent military journalist. - John Johnson
John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark (1723) was Seigneur of Sark from 1720 to 1723. The colonel and former commander of the garrison in Guernsey bought the fief from Lord Carteret in 1720. - Dan Smith
Col. Dan Smith is a retired U.S. Army colonel and author, who writes articles for Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), Counterpunch and other anti-war minded publications. With almost three decades of military experience, Smith writes articles on the current Iraq War. - Janis Karpinski
Janis Leigh Karpinski (born May 25, 1953, Rahway, New Jersey) is a United States Army Colonel in the 800th Military Police Brigade. She was demoted from Brigadier General in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal, for dereliction of duty, making a material misrepresentation to investigators, and failure to obey a lawful order. She was the commander of three large US- and British-led prisons in Iraq in 2003, eight battalions, … - Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale (1743-1780) was born on Sept. 23 1743 in Hampstead, New Hampshire. As a young man, he and his brother Enoch Hale moved to Rindge, New Hampshire. During the American Revolutionary War, Nathan Hale served as an officer in the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment, rising to the rank of Colonel. Colonel Nathan Hale was captured by the British at the Battle of Hubbardton on July 7, 1777 during the Saratoga Campaign. Nathan Hale would die as a prisoner of war on September 23, … - Henry Clinton
General Sir Henry Clinton, KB, (April 16 1738 - December 23 1795) was a British army officer and politician who is best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence, during most of which he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America. Clinton was born in the Newfoundland, then a British colony over which his father, George Clinton, was governor. The younger Clinton grew up mostly in New York, … - Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 - July 18, 1863) was the colonel in command of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which entered the American Civil War in 1863. - James Hamilton
James Hamilton was an Irish courtier and soldier, the eldest son of Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet and Mary Butler. Like his younger brothers, he chose a military career, and became a colonel. A favorite of Charles II, he was appointed Ranger of Hyde Park in 1660 and Groom of the Bedchamber on October 28 1664. He was responsible for the partial enclosure of Hyde Park and its re-stocking with deer. Hamilton Place, in the vicinity of Hyde Park, is named for him. - Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith (October 29, 1748-June 16, 1818) was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee. Smith was born in auckland Stafford County, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Becoming a surveyor, he moved to Augusta County, Virginia, becoming deputy surveyor of that county in 1773. He fought in Indian Wars and of militia. - Charles Stewart
Charles Stewart (1729 - June 24, 1800) was an officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Continental Congressman. Stewart was born in Gortlea in County Donegal, Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1750 and pursued a career in agriculture. Stewart was commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1771, and commissioned colonel of a battalion of Minutemen on February 15, 1776. - Charles Stuart
Sir Charles Stuart, KB (January 1753 – 25 May 1801) was a British nobleman and soldier. The fourth son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley Montagu, he was born in Kenwood House, London. The Hon. Charles Stuart embarked upon a military career in 1768, when he enlisted as an ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot. He purchased a lieutenantcy in the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in 1770 and a captaincy in the 37th Foot in 1775. - John Hart
John Hart (1706-1777) was a militia officer during King George's War and the French and Indian War from the Province of New Hampshire. John Hart was born in Dover, New Hampshire on July 8 1706 to Mary Evans and Captain Samual Hart. He was married three times to Mary Dennett, Abigal Landale and Sara Savill. - Robert Earl
Robert Earl was a lieutenant colonel and a deputy to Oliver North. Earl is most famous for being involved with the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal supply effort and participated in the destruction of records. He was granted immunity for his testimony. During the George W. Bush presidency, Earl was appointed as chief of staff to acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. - David Scott
Colonel David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963, and as commander of the Apollo 15 mission is one of only twelve men who have walked on the moon. He was born on Randolph Air Force Base (after which he was named) near San Antonio, Texas and was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. - Jeff Cooper
John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (10 May 1920 - 25 September 2006) was recognized as the father of what is commonly known as "the Modern Technique" of handgun shooting, and was considered by many to be one of the 20th century's foremost international experts on the use and history of small arms. Born John Dean Cooper, but known to his friends as "Jeff", Cooper was a Marine Lt. Colonel who served in both World War II and the Korean War. - Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall was the military leader of Mauritania from a coup d'état in August 2005 until 19 April 2007, when he relinquished power to an elected government. Vall was a long-time ally of President Maaouya Ould Taya, and participated in the December 1984 coup that brought Taya to power. Prior to the 2005 coup, he had been director of the national police force, the "Sûreté Nationale", since 1987. - Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman (January 8, 1941 - October 4, 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and the title character in "Monty Python's Life of Brian". - Colonel Eli Lilly
Colonel Eli Lilly (1839 - June 6, 1898) was a soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, and industrialist, founder of the eponymous Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation. The company has grown to be one of the largest and most influential pharmaceutical companies in the world, offering key pharmaceutical products in almost every key therapeutic area. In 2005, the company registered global revenues of $14.6 billion. - Walter Harriman
Walter Harriman (April 8, 1817 - July 25, 1884) was an American preacher, merchant, soldier, and politician who served two terms as the Governor of New Hampshire. He was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. - 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. - John Cook
John Cook (June 12, 1825 - October 13, 1910) was born in Belleville, Illinois. His father was Daniel Cook, who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives at the time. During the Civil War, he was appointed colonel of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Regiment. At the Battle of Fort Donelson, he commanded the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Cairo, Department of Missouri. Troops under his command captured a key Confederate artillery battery. - Andrew Bacevich
Andrew Bacevich is a former US Army Colonel and is now a Professor of International Relations at Boston University. He says that a dangerous obsession has taken hold of Americans; it's a marriage of idealism and awesome military strength, and this has led to the belief that the military is the short and simple solution to the World's problems. His book is called "The New American Militarism, How Americans are seduced by War". - James Williams
James Williams (1740-1780) was an American pioneer, farmer, and miller from the Ninety-Six district in South Carolina. During the Revolutionary War, he was Colonel of his area's regiment of militia. He was killed gaining the American victory at the Battle of King's Mountain. James was born in Hanover County, Virginia and orphaned before he was twelve. He moved into the home of his brother John Williams in Granville County, North Carolina. - Robert Allen
Robert Allen (June 19, 1778- August 19, 1844) was an American merchant and politician from Carthage, Tennessee. He represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 until 1827. Allen was born in Augusta County, Virginia, and attended schools there, culminating in William and Mary College. After graduating from his law studies, he moved to Carthage, Tennessee and took up practice as a lawyer in 1804. - John West
Lieutenant-Colonel John West (1632 - 1691) was commander of the New Kent Militia in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and a representative of the same county in the House of Burgesses. - 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. - Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly (ca. 1822 - June 14, 1864) was an Irish-American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led the famed Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Kelly was born in Castlehacket, County Galway, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City. His wife Elizabeth was another Irish immigrant. He enlisted in the Union army with the outset of the Civil War, … - William Wood
William Wood (1961-October 2005) was an American army officer. He served as the commanding officer of the 184th Infantry Regiment in Iraq, and (as of November 2005) was the highest ranking United States military casualty in Iraq combat. He held the rank of lieutenant colonel, but had not been informed that he had been approved for promotion to colonel. He was based in Fort Stewart, Georgia. - Larry Franklin
Lawrence Anthony Franklin is a U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel who has pleaded guilty to passing information about U.S. policy towards Iran to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the foremost pro-Israel lobbying organization in the U.S, while he was working for the Defense Department in an attempt to get the information passed on to the United States National Security Council, which he could not do through regular Pentagon channels. - Gary Powers
Francis "Frank" Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977) Capt. USAF; was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, thus causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960. He was born in Jenkins, Kentucky and was raised in Pound, Virginia, on the Virginia-Kentucky border. After graduating from Milligan College in Eastern Tennessee, Gary was commissioned in the United States Air Force in 1950. - George Arthur
Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, KCH, PC (21 June, 1784 - 19 September, 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814-1822), Van Diemen's Land (now the State of Tasmania, part of Australia) (1823-1837) and later Upper Canada (1838-1841). George Arthur was born in Plymouth, England. He was the youngest son of John Arthur and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornish. - Thomas Pappas
Thomas M. Pappas is a decorated United States Army Colonel and was the Brigade Commander in the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade. He was in charge of military intelligence personnel at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq following the Second Gulf War and was subsequently punished for two violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice -- dereliction of duty -- for his role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, … - W. Patrick Lang
Walter Patrick "Pat" Lang, Jr., is the president of Global Resources Group, a consulting firm. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel who served in the Special Forces (the Green Berets) during the Vietnam War. After leaving uniformed military service, he went on to hold high-level posts in civilian military intelligence, heading up intelligence analysis of the Middle East for the Defense Department in a high level capacity equivalent to the rank of a lieutenant general. - Richard Holmes
Edward Richard Holmes CBE TD JP (born March 29 1946), known as Richard Holmes, is a British soldier and noted military historian, particularly well-known through his many television appearances. Holmes was educated at the University of Cambridge, as well as Northern Illinois University and the University of Reading. In 1964, he enlisted in the Territorial Army, the part-time volunteer reserve organisation of the British Army. - Muammar Al-Gaddafi
Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi<sup><small>1</small></sup>; (") (born c. 1942) has been the "de facto leader of Libya since 1969. Although Gaddafi holds no public office or title, he is accorded the honorifics "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" or "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" in government statements and the official press.
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