- George Washington
George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792.
- Tommy Franks
Tommy Franks, the allied commander, has since admitted this operation was designed to �degrade� Iraqi air defences in the same way as the air attacks that began the 1991 Gulf war.
- James Webb
James Webb (? - May 14, 1761) naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland, born England and died Plymouth Sound, England. Webb served in the Royal Navy in 1728 and was a captain in Seven Years' War. He was made governor of Newfoundland in 1760. Because Webb had taken three captured Inuit to Chateau Bay, gave them gifts, and released them they in turn stimulated more regular commerce with the Labrador Inuit.
- 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, …
- John Campbell
John Campbell (c.1720 - December 16, 1790) naval officer and colonial governor born Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland and died London, England. Campbell joined the Royal Navy at an early age and sailed around the world in 1740 on the "Centurion". He became Governor and Commander-in-Chief in Newfoundland in 1782. As a result of Campbell's proclamation of religious freedom for all inhabitants of Newfoundland, James Louis O'Donel authorized the construction of a chapel.
- 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.
- Isoroku Yamamoto
(4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral (Gensui) and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and an alumnus of U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919–1921). Yamamoto held several important posts in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and undertook many of its changes and reorganizations, especially its development of naval aviation.
- Dennis C. Blair
Dennis Blair (born 1946) is the immediate past President of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a U.S. Government think-tank in the Washington D.C. area focused on national security. Blair was born in Kittery, Maine in 1946, and was a 6th generation naval officer. He attended St. Andrew's School (1964) and, as a classmate of Oliver North and James H. Webb, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968.
- Carlos Prats
General Carlos Prats González was a Chilean Army officer, a political figure, minister and Vice President of Chile during President Salvador Allende's government, and General Augusto Pinochet's predecessor as Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. He was murdered with a car bomb in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1974.
- Walther von Brauchitsch
Heinrich Alfred Hermann Walther von Brauchitsch (October 4, 1881 - October 18, 1948) was an aristocratic German General and the Commander-in-Chief of the Heer (German Army) in the early years of World War II.
- Albert Kesselring
Albrecht von Kesselring (August 8, 1881 - July 16, 1960) was a Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. One of the most respected and skillful generals of Nazi Germany, he was nicknamed "Smiling Albert" or "Smiling Kesselring". At least one source claims that Kesselring was born on August 8 1881. However, many printed sources claim that Kesselring was born 30 November 1885, as stated in his memoirs, in Marktsteft in Bavaria, Germany as the son of a schoolmaster.
- David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus (born November 7, 1952) is a general in the United States Army and commander of Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), the four-star post that oversees all U.S. forces in the country. He was confirmed to that position by the Senate in a vote of 81-0 on January 26 2007. He replaced General George Casey who was subsequently confirmed as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- John Montagu
John Montagu (1719-1795) naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland. He was born in Lackham, England and died in Fareham, Hampshire, England. Montagu began his naval career in the Royal Naval Academy. He was appointed Governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland in 1776. Montagu captured St. Pierre and Miquelon for the British and defended Newfoundland from both French and American privateers.
- Harrison Gray Otis
Harrison Gray Otis (10 February 1837 - July 30, 1917) was the second publisher of the "Los Angeles Times". Born in Ohio, he was part of the Republican National Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He volunteered for the Union army during the American Civil War and fought in William McKinley's regiment, the 23rd Ohio Infantry. After the war, he worked as a publisher before moving to California.
- 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.
- John Keane
John Keane, Baron Keane of Ghuznee, (1781 - 1844) was a British soldier. Keane was born in Belmont, Ireland, in 1781. He joined the British Army as an Ensign at age 11 in 1792. He rose the the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 60th Foot and commanded a brigade in the Peninsular War. Promoted to Major-General, Keane commanded the British 3rd brigade at the Battle of New Orleans where he was wounded twice.
- Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski was a Polish military and political leader. He was born in the southern Polish town of Tuszów Narodowy, which at the time was part of Austria-Hungary, one of Poland's three partitioners. Before World War I, he became a founder and member of several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during the First World War, …
- Joseph Prueher
Joseph W. Prueher served as United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1999 to 2001. He was succeeded as ambassador by Clark T. Randt, Jr. Prior to his posting as ambassador, Prueher was a United States Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999 and Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1995 to 1996.
- Clive Loader
Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Robert Loader, KCB, OBE, ADC, FRAeS, RAF is Commander-in-Chief Air Command (CinC AIR). Educated at The Judd School, Tonbridge, Air Marshal Loader joined the RAF in 1973. After flying training, he was posted to Harriers, serving tours on No 1(F) Squadron at RAF Wittering and IV (Army Cooperation) Squadron at RAF Gütersloh, Germany.
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June 4, 1867 - January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces, Marshal of Finland, an astute politician and a successful military commander. He was the sixth President of Finland (1944-1946). Mannerheim was born in the Grand Duchy of Finland to a notable Finnish noble family that had migrated during the 17th century to Sweden-Finland from the Netherlands.
- Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Edward Rydz-Śmigły Coat of arms of Ryc, (March 11 1886 - December 2 1941); nom de guerre "Śmigły, Tarłowski, Adam Zawisza") was a Polish politician, an officer of the Polish Army, painter and poet. After many successes as an army commander during the Polish-Bolshevik War, Rydz succeeded Józef Piłsudski as the Marshal of Poland (from 11 November 1936) and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces. He served in that post during the invasion of Poland, …
- Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: Лавр Георгиевич Корнилов) (August 18, 1870-April 13, 1918) was a senior Russian army general during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War. He is today best remembered for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful attempt in August/September 1917 to overthrow Alexander Kerensky's Provisional Government which led to Alexander Kerensky freeing the Bolsheviks.
- Juan Emilio Cheyre
Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinoza (b. October 10 1947) is a retired Chilean Army General. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 2002 to 2006. As Commander-in-Chief he attempted to distance the Army from former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, and condemned the human rights abuses of Pinochet's dictatorship.
- René Schneider
General René Schneider Chereau was the Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. His murder virtually assured Salvador Allende's election by the Chilean Congress two days later. He also coined the doctrine of military political prescindency that became known as the Schneider Doctrine.
- Alexander Cochrane
Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane KCB RN (April 23, 1758 - January 26, 1832) was a senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He was a son of the Scottish peer Thomas Cochrane, the eighth Earl of Dundonald, and an uncle of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th earl. Much of his career was spent with British naval forces in North America, where he saw service in the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
- Marshal Of Finland
Marshal of Finland (Finnish "Suomen marsalkka", Swedish "Marskalken av Finland") was the title awarded to the Finnish Commander-in-Chief Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim on his 75th birthday on June 4, 1942. Mannerheim continued to wear the same rank insignia as he had as Field Marshal ("sotamarsalkka") since 1933: three heraldic lions of a full general with crossed marshal's batons.
- John Banister
John Banister (December 26, 1734 - September 30, 1788) was an American lawyer and an American Revolutionary War patriot from Petersburg, Virginia. The son of John Banister and grandson of John Banister, the naturalist. He was educated at Middle Temple in London, England, admitted on September 27, 1753. He was a member of the Virginia Convention in 1776. He also served in the House of Burgesses (1765-1775, 1777), the Continental Congress (1778 - 1779 as a delegate, …
- Jisaburo Ozawa
Jisaburo Ozawa was a Japanese admiral during World War II. He was the last Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet. Ozawa graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1909. He rose through the ranks so that, by 1936, he held the rank of Rear Admiral. In 1937, Ozawa was appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Combined Fleet and in 1940, he was promoted to Vice Admiral and president of the Naval Academy.
- John Elliott
John Elliott (? - September 20, 1808) naval officer and colonial governor born Scotland and died Roxburgshire, Mouth Teviot. Elliot joined the Royal Navy and became famous for his actions in destroying a French squadron off the coast of Ireland. He was commissioned Governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland in 1786. Two nephews by marriage were William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart and Admiral Robert Digby. Another nephew was the 1st Earl of Minto.
- Alured Clarke
Sir Alured Clarke (24 November 1744 - 16 September, 1832, Llangollen) was an officer of the British army, lieutenant governor of the colonial Province of Quebec, and civil administrator of Lower Canada. Following his service in Canada, Clarke served as commander-in-chief of the British forces in Madras, then Bengal, then all of India. Clarke started his career as a young officer in North America.
- Johan Laidoner
Johan Laidoner Born in Viiratsi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia on February 12, 1884. Died in the Vladimir Prison Camp, Russia on March 13, 1953. was one of the seminal figures of Estonian history between the World Wars. His highest position was Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army in 1918–1920, 1924–1925, 1934–1940.
- Djoko Suyanto
Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto is the Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces(TNI) of Indonesia. Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto is known as one of Indonesia’s best fighter pilots. At his confirmation hearing he was quoted as saying:
- Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards (c.1715 - 1795) naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland. Edwards a member of the Royal Navy was appointed governor of Newfoundland for his first term in 1757. His main concern was defense of the colony as Britain and France were at war. Edwards was re-appointed governor for a second term in 1779 and was again concerned with the colony's defenses only this time against American privateers.
- Harry J. Lennix
Born in Chicago, Illinois on November 16, 1965, to Lillian and Harry Lennix , Harry Joseph Lennix , was not always certain he wanted to be an actor. Always an A student, Harry decided to act in his high schools play while he waited for the Baseball season to begin. From this, bloomed a veritable bevy of movies roles, and guest-starring roles in many popular television shows such as, ER, Diagnosis Mu ... show all
- Robert Jenkins
Robert Jenkins (fl. 1731-1745) was an English master mariner, known as the protagonist of the "Jenkins's ear" incident, which, magnified in Britain by the press and the opposition, became a contributory cause of the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain (1739). Bringing home the brig "Rebecca" from the West Indies in 1731, Jenkins had his ship boarded by Spanish guarda-costa, whose commander cut off one of his ears.
- Anthony Farrar-Hockley
General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC (8 April 1924 - 11 March 2006) was a robust and outspoken British soldier and a military historian who distinguished himself in a number of British conflicts. He held a number of senior British Army commands, ending his career as NATO's Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe. "Throughout his four decades of army life, he spoke plainly, …
- Patrick Grant
Sir Patrick Grant GCMG GCB (1804 - 11 September, 1895) was a British field marshal. He was the second son of Major John Grant,of the 97th Regiment of Foot, of Auchterblair, Invernessshire, where he was born. He entered the Bengal Native Infantry as an ensign in 1820, and became captain in 1832. He served in Oudh from 1834 to 1838, and raised the Hariana Light Infantry. Employed in the adjutant-general's department of the Bengal Presidency army from 1838 until 1854, …
- Henry Seymour Conway
Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession, and eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal (1759). Serving in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and again from 1775 to 1784, Conway became a leading old Whig, …
- Mineichi Koga
(25 September 1885 - 31 March 1944) was a Japanese fleet admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Born in Saga Prefecture, Koga entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and graduated in 1906. After further attendance at the Naval Staff College, Koga he held shore staff posting following his graduation in 1915. In 1920, seeing no action during World War I, Koga became a resident officer in France.
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian soldier. He served as the Head of State of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup d'état on July 29, 1966.