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Antiquity
Mesopotamia
- Hammurabi King of Babylon conquered many native peoples
- Nebuchadrezzar II King of the Chaldeans and conqueror of Judah.
- Tiglath-Pileser III King of Assyria. Conqueror of Israel, Syria, other lands that became Assyria, force Judah to pay tribute.
- Sargon King of Akkad. Created strong Akkadian kingdom.
- Ben-hadad King of Aram. Often fought Israel and, on occasion, Judah.
India
- Sudas (circa 15th century BC), Indian king who defeated the ten Rigvedic tribes in the Battle of the Ten Kings
- Chanakya (Kautilya) (c. 350-283 BC), Prime Minister of the Maurya Empire and author of the Arthashastra
- Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrocottus) (c. 340-293 BC), Maurya King who conquered the Nanda Empire and northern Indian subcontinent, and defeated Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire and other former generals of Alexander the Great
- Ashoka the Great (c. 304 BC–232 BC), Maurya King who conquered Kalinga
- Samudragupta (a.k.a. the Napoleon of India) (4th century), Gupta king who conquered over 20 Indian, Scythian and Kushan kingdoms
- Chandragupta II (a.k.a. Vikramaditya or Raghu) (4th century), Gupta king who conquered 21 Indian, Greek, Persian, Huna, Kamboja, Kirata and Transoxianan kingdoms
- Lalitaditya Muktapida (8th century), Kashmiri king who conquered a number of Indian, Uttarakuru, Kamboja, Turkic, Tocharian, Tibetan and Dardic kingdoms
- Devapala (9th century), Bengali Pala king who conquered the Northern Indian, North-East Indian, Andhra Pradesh, Huna and Kamboja kingdoms
- Rajendra Chola I (11th century), Tamil Chola king and naval commander who conquered the Pala Empire, Srivijaya Empire, Sri Lanka, and the Chalukya, Rashtrakuta and Pandya dynasties
- Zafar Khan (13th century), Muslim Indian general who defeated invaders from the Mongol Empire
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sikh king of the sovereign country of Punjab and the Sikh Empire
- Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore
Israel/Palestine
- Joshua (circa 1200 BC), led Hebrew forces against Amalek and Canaan.
- David (d. 965 BC), conquered an empire from Homs to Eilat
- Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 BC), leader of Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire
- Jonathan Maccabeus (d. 143 BC)
- Simon Maccabeus (d. 132 BC), took part in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his brothers. First prince of the Hasmonean Dynasty
- Simon Bar Kokhba (d. 135 AC), leader of the second Jewish rebellion against Rome
Persia
- Cyrus the Great (590 BC–529 BC), king of Persia who conquered the Median Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Lydian Empire and Asia Minor
- Darius I of Persia (Darius the Great) (549 BC–486 BC), conquered all the territories between Asia Minor, Egypt, northern Greece and the Danube
- Xerxes I of Persia (519 BC–465 BC), conqueror of several Greek cities, including the (then) mighty Athens
- Artaphernes, Persian general, brother of Darius I
- Surena, Parthian general who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Carrhae despite being outnumbered four to one
China
- Sun Tzu (ca 6th century BC)(Chinese general during the Warring States period) Author of "The Art of War"
- Lian Po (Warring States period)
- Qin Shi Huang (First emperor of the Qin) Unifier of China
- Xiang Yu (Chinese general during the fall of the Qin)
- Han Xin (Chinese general during the Han Dynasty Served Liu Bang), First Emperor of the Han
- Wang Mang (General and rebel during the Han)
- Lu Bu (Chinese warlord during the Three Kingdoms period)
- Cao Cao (Chinese warlord of the Wei Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period)
- Sima Yi (Chinese military stratigest for the Wei Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period) Laid the foundations for the Jin Dynasty
- Sun Quan (Chinese warlord of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period)
- Zhou Yu (Chinese general and strategist of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period)
- Liu Bei (Chinese warlord of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period) Member of the fallen Han Imperial Family
- Zhuge Liang (Chinese military strategist of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period) According to legend was the initiator of the Three Kingdoms strategy.
- Guan Yu (Chinese general of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period) Leader of the legendary Five Tiger Generals, and deified as the God of War in the Sui Dynasty
- Zhao Yun (Chinese general of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period) One of the Five Tiger Generals
Greece
- Miltiades (550 BC–489 BC), athenian general during the Persian Wars
- Callimachus, athenian general during the Persian Wars
- Themistocles (525 BC–460 BC), athenian admiral during the Persian Wars
- Leonidas (d. 480 BC), Spartan king, leader of the 300
- Eurybiades, spartan general during the Persian Wars
- Pausanias (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Mardonius (Persian general during the Persian Wars)
- Cimon (Athenian general)
- Callias (Athenian general)
- Pericles (Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Demosthenes (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Cleon (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Nicias (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thucydides (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Brasidas (Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Alcibiades (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Phormio (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thrasybulus (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Lysander (Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Xenophon – Elected Commander of the Ten Thousand
- Epaminondas (Theban general)
- Philip II of Macedon (Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great)
- Alexander the Great (King of Macedon who conquered the Achaemenid Empire and the Punjab and Indus)
- Ptolemy I Soter, One of Alexander the Great's generals, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, he was the first king
- Demetrius I of Bactria, a Greek-born king who conquered much of what is now Iran, Pakistan and northern India. He was nicknamed "The Invincible"
- Memnon (Greek mercenary in Persian service)
- Pyrrhus of Epirus (King of Epirus who invaded Italy)
Rome
- Fabius Maximus (275 BC–203 BC), Roman general remembered for intimidating Hannibal with a stalking technique still known today as Fabian strategy
- Scipio Africanus (Scipio Africanus Major) (235 BC–183 BC), defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in Second Punic War)
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus, known as "Macedonicus" for subduing and annexing the Greek province of Macedonia
- Scipio Asiaticus (2nd century BC), he was a brother of Scipio Africanus Maior, he got his nickname "Asiaticus" when he defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire
- Titus Quinctius Flamininus (228 BC–174 BC), Roman general
- Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus Minor) (185 BC–129 BC), adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, he was active during the Third Punic War
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (d. 115 BC), Roman Consul, conqueror of Macedon
- Gaius Marius (157 BC–86 BC), Roman general, reorganized the Roman Legion
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 BC–78 BC), Roman general and dictator
- Quintus Sertorius (122 BC–72 BC), Roman general
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106 BC–48 BC), Roman general
- Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC), Roman military leader and dictator, conquered Gaul and defeated his rival Pompey in a civil war
- Mark Antony (83 BC–30 BC), Roman general and triumvir, served under Julius Caesar as his Master of Horse
- Augustus Caesar (63 BC–14 AD), the first Roman Emperor, successor of Julius Caesar, defeated Mark Antony in a civil war
- Marcus Agrippa (63 BC–12 BC), Roman general that was Augustus' leading general
- Trajan (53–117), Roman Emperor, extended the empire to its greatest extent
- Stilicho (359–408), a late Roman general
- Aëtius (396–454), Roman general, defeated Attila
Carthage
- Hannibal, famed Punic general who was Rome's greatest rival during the Second Punic War
Gaul
- Vercingetorix (72 BC–46 BC), Gallic warlord who led a rebellion against Rome
Huns
- Attila the Hun (406–453), king of the Huns, often referred as "Scourge of God"
Barbarians
- Arminius (16 BC–21 AD), war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci
- Alaric I (375–410), Gothic King, sacked Rome
- Theodoric (471–526), Gothic King
Middle Ages
- Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan warrior king)
- Theodoric the Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy)
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl Toltec leader and conqueror
- Maharana Pratap Rana of Mewar
- George of Antioch (Sicilian admiral)
- John III Sobieski (King of Poland)
- Tran Hung Dao (Vietnamese Grand General, under his guidance, Vietnamese defeated the Mongols twice)
- Wolter von Plettenberg (Master of the Livonian Order)
- Hermann of Salza (Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights)
- Roger de Flor (leader of the Catalan Company)
- Władysław II Jagiełło (King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, winer of great battle with Teutonic Order Army - Grunwald 1410)
- Scanderbeg (Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443-1468)
- Stephen the Great (Moldavia ruler)
- Jan Zizka (Commander of Taborite Army in Bohemia's Hussite Wars)
- John Hunyadi (vlach-hugnarian general, governor of Hungary)
- Nicholas Zrinski/Zrinyi (Croatian-hungarian military leader)
- Lapu-Lapu (Datu in Mactan Island, Phils.)
Franks
- Clovis (First Christian King of the Franks)
- Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks)
- Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor)
Chinese
- Yue Fei (Chinese general during the Southern Song Dynasty) known for his legendary tatoo saying Ultimate Loyalty, Serve your Country
- Han Shizhong (Chinese general during the Southern Song Dynasty) fought beside Yue Fei in the campaign to drive out the Jin Jurchen dynasty
- Zhu Yuanzhang (First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty) led the rebellion against the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
Korean
- Ulji Moonduk (Korean General)
- Yang Man-chun (Korean General)
- Kim Yu-shin (Korean General)
- Wang Geon (King of Korea)
- Yoon Gwan (Korean General)
- Yi Seong-gye (Emperor of Korea)
- Yi Sun-shin (Korean Admiral) known for his innovation of the Turtle Ship
- Kwon Yul (Marshal of Korea)
Byzantine
- Belisarius (Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I)
- Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I)
- Mundus (another Byzantine general under Justinian)
- Basil II Byzantine emperor
- Basil Boiannes (Byzantine general and catapan of Italy)
- George Maniaces (11th century Byzantine general)
- Nicephorus Botaniates (11th century Byzantine general, later emperor)
- Nicephorus Bryennius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Taticius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Roussel de Bailleul (Norman mercenary in Byzantine service)
- Michael Palaeologus (Byzantine general)
Muslims
- Muhammad (Prophet of Islam)
- Abu Bakr (First Caliph of Islam)
- Umar ibn al Khattab (Second Caliph of Islam)
- Usman (Third Caliph of Islam)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (Fourth Caliph of Islam)
- Khalid ibn al-Walid (Sword of Allah) (Muslim Arab soldier and general, undefeated in over 100 battles against the numerically superior forces of the Roman Empire, Persian Empire, and their allies)
- Tariq ibn Ziyad (Berber General at the Battle of Guadalete)
- Muhammad bin Qasim (Muslim general who conquered Sindh and Punjab)
- ZahiruddinBabur
- Akbar the great
- Sher Shah Suri
- al-Afdal Shahanshah (Fatimid vizier)
- Sultan Yusuf Ibn Salah-a-din Ayoubi (Leader of the Muslims, known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the crusaders' hand)
- Khair ad Din (Also known as Barbarossa, an Admiral in the Ottoman Empire)
- Mehmed II the Conqueror (Ottoman Sultan, conquered Constantinople in 1453)
- Mehmed Pasa Sokollu (Ottoman military leader and Grand Vizier during the reign of Suleiman and Selim II)
- Tamerlane (Timur e Leng, Mongol-Turk conqueror)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
- Alp Arslan (Sultan of the Seljuk Empire)
- Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir Andalusi general and statesman
- Musa bin Nusair , Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. Viceroy of North Africa since 698, invaded Spain in 711.
- Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef muslim Arab administrator and Governor of Iraq during the Umayyad Caliphate.
- Abu Muslim of Khurasan revolutionary Abbasid general
- Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi led the Andalusian Muslims into battle against the forces of Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours.
- Abd-ar-Rahman III Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961) was the greatest and most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain.
- Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir Andalusi general and statesman
- Musa bin Nusair , Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. Viceroy of North Africa since 698, invaded Spain in 711.
- Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef muslim Arab administrator and Governor of Iraq during the Umayyad Caliphate.
- Abu Muslim of Khurasan revolutionary Abbasid general
- Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi led the Andalusian Muslims into battle against the forces of Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours.
- Abd-ar-Rahman III Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961) was the greatest and most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain.
- Zafar Khan (13th century), Muslim Indian general who defeated invaders from the Mongol Empire
- Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore
Norman
- King William I of England (Duke of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror)
- Robert of Selby (Anglo-Norman general in the service of Sicily)
- Robert Guiscard (Norman conqueror of Naples and S. Sicily)
Crusades
- Godfrey of Bouillon (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Boulogne (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Bourcq (leader of the First Crusade)
- Bohemond of Taranto (leader of the First Crusade)
- Tancred (leader of the First Crusade)
- Raymond IV of Toulouse (leader of the First Crusade)
- Stephen, Count of Blois (leader of the First Crusade)
- Hugh of Payens (founder of the Knights Templar)
- Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor and Crusader)
- Raymond III of Tripoli (Crusader general)
- Raynald of Chatillon (Crusader general)
- Gerard de Ridefort (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
- Jobert of Syria (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Roger de Moulins (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Richard I of England (King of England, often referred as Richard the Lionhearted, known for his participation in the Third Crusade)
- Boniface of Montferrat (leader of the Fourth Crusade)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (leader of the Fifth Crusade and Sixth Crusade)
- Louis IX of France (leader of the Seventh Crusade and Eighth Crusade)
Japanese
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Japanese general whose decisive victories brought down the Taira clan during the Genpei War)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) (Japanese daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan. The first of the three unifiers of Japan.)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Japanese general, he seized control over Japan after the death of Oda Nobunaga)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (daimyo, the first to unite the whole Japan and a founder of a shogunate that lasted over 250 years)
- Takeda Shingen (Japanese daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known for the famous phrase "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain" on his standard; demonstrating his political and military strategies.)
- Sanada Yukimura (Japanese general during the Sengoku period of Japan and retainer to Takeda Shingen; praised as "A Hero who may appear once in hundred years" and "crimson demon of war". In legend, he is the leader of the Sanada Ten Braves.)
- Uesugi Kenshin (Japanese daimyo during the Sengoku period Japan. Known as the "Dragon of Echigo for his prowess on the battlefield, he was considered as the primary rival of Takeda Shingen.)
Mongols
- Genghis Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Ögedei Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Subutai Bahadur (General and childhood friend of Genghis Khan)
- Batu Khan (Mongolian conqueror)
- Berke (Khan of the Golden horde)
- Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols, conqueror of China)
Vietnam
- Tran Hung Dao, general during the Trần Dynasty. Lead the armies that twice repelled Mongol invasions of Vietnam.
Russian
- Alexander Nevsky (Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Vladimir, saint and national hero of Russia)
- Dovmont of Pskov and Vladimir the Bold, highly successful Russian military leaders
English
- Edward I of England (known as the Hammer of the Scots)
- Edward III of England (English King in the Hundred Years' War)
- Edward the Black Prince, heir to the throne of England
- King Henry V of England, a seasoned warrior at the age of sixteen
Scottish
- William Wallace (Scottish Knight and freedom fighter)
- Robert the Bruce (Scottish King and freedom fighter)
French
- Joan of Arc (National heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church)
Spanish
- El Cid (Spanish knight and hero)
- Don John of Austria (Spanish admiral)
Modern Era
Early Modern Era
- Nadir Shah, Iran
- Hernán Cortés (Spanish conquistador)
- Konstanty Ostrogski
- Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Warrior Queen of the Mbundu people; kept Portugal at bay)
- Shivaji (Ruler of the Maratha empire)
- Bajirao I (Peshwa of the Maratha Empire)
- Madhavrao I Scindia (Shinde of Gwalior)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (English Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I)
- Francisco Pizarro (Spanish conquistador, conquered the Inca)
- Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky
- Louis II de Condé
- Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
- Koxinga (Ming general, took over Taiwan)
- Jan Zamojski
- Stefan Batory
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
- Stanisław Żółkiewski
- Jan Sobieski
- Prince Eugene of Savoy (Austria)
- Maurice, comte de Saxe (France)
- Oliver Cromwell (English Civil War)
- Gustavus Adolphus (Swedish King in the Thirty Years' War)
- Albrecht von Wallenstein (general in the Thirty Years' War)
- Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (general in the Thirty Year's War)
- Louis of Nassau, brother of William the Silent commander in the Eighty Years' War
- Charles de Héraugière, the Eighty Years' War commander of a special force, which conquered Breda in a "Trojan Horse" action.
- Ernst Casimir van Nassau-Dietz military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe for the Dutch Republic
- Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, overall commander of the Dutch forces (Captain and Admiral-General) in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,Stadtholder, military commander in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Hendrik Casimir I van Nassau-Dietz, military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein, vice-admiral and admiral during the Eighty Years' War
- Maarten Tromp, Admiral during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Michiel de Ruyter, The Netherlands (admiral in the First Anglo-Dutch War, the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Franco-Dutch War
- Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (Austria)
- Duke of Marlborough (War of the Spanish Succession)
- Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim
- Alexander Menshikov
- Charles XII of Sweden
- Peter The Great (Great Northern War)
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Peter Rumyantsev
- Alexander Suvorov
- Feodor Ushakov
- George Washington
- John Stark (Victor at the Battle of Bennington)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of the French)
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
- Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
- Joachim Murat
- Louis Nicolas Davout
- Louis Alexandre Berthier
- Michel Ney
- Jean Lannes
- Auguste Marmont
- Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
- Nicolas Oudinot
- Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
- Guillaume Brune
- Jean Baptiste Jourdan
- André Masséna
- Louis Gabriel Suchet
- Jozef Poniatowski (Prince of Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Marschal of France)
- Jose de San Martin (Argentine General. Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru)
- Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Horatio Nelson British Navy Officer (late 1700 to 1805)
- Isaac Brock (British major general in Canada during War of 1812)
- François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie
- Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Peter Wittgenstein
- Petr Bagration
- Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (Russian Field Marshal)
- Andres Bonifacio (Katipunero)
- Shaka (Changed the Zulu tribe from a small clan into a nation)
- Sir George Howard (UK)
- Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (Caucasian wars)
- Simón Bolívar (South American nationalist and general)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (South American and Italian independence wars general)
- Zuo Zongtang (Chinese general)
- Zeng Guofan (Chinese military commander)
- Li Hongzhang (Chinese general)
- Winfield Scott (Mexican-American War)
- P.G.T. Beauregard (US Civil War)
- David Farragut (US Civil War)
- Robert E. Lee (US Civil War)
- Ulysses S. Grant (US Civil War)
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (US Civil War)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (US Civil War)
- George McClellan (US Civil War)
- A.E. Burnside (US Civil War)
- Beverly Robertson (US Civil War)
- Braxton Bragg (US Civil War)
- Joseph E. Johnston (US Civil War)
- Henry Jackson Hunt (US Civil War)
- Phillip H. Sheridan (US Civil War)
- James Longstreet (US Civil War)
- Joseph Gilbert Totten (US Civil War)
- Thomas Francis Meagher (US Civil War)
- Sir Harry Smith (UK)
- Pavel Nakhimov (Crimean War)
- Mikhail Skobelev (Russo-Turkish and Central Asian wars)
- Joseph Gurko (Bulgarian war)
- Pancho Villa
- Horatio Kitchener
- Yuan Shikai (China)
- Yamagata Aritomo (Japan)
- Kemal Atatürk (Balkan Wars, WWI Turkey)
- Douglas Haig (WWI UK)
- Aleksei Brusilov (WWI Russia)
- Ferdinand Foch (WWI France)
- Erich Ludendorff (WWI Germany)
- Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck (WWI Germany Never Defeated lead campaign in East Africa)
- Paul von Hindenburg (WWI Germany)
- John Monash (WW1 Australia)
- Arthur Currie (WWI Canada)
- John J. Pershing (WWI US)
- Erich von Falkenhayn (WWI Germany)
- William S. Harney (US)
- Sterling Price (US Civil War)
- Hermann von François (German general, World War I)
- Helmuth von Moltke (Prussian/German general, Franco-Prussian War)
- Patrice MacMahon (Marshal of France, Franco-Prussian War)
- Michael Collins (Irish War of Independence)
- Emilio Aguinaldo (First Philippine President, Philippine-Spanish War)
- Macario Sakay (Filipino General;80 years of rebellion against Spain)
- Gabriela Silang (Filipina Revolutionary Leader)
- Baibars (Mamluke General)
World War II - 1990
- Adan, Abraham (1947-1973 Israel)
- Anders, Wladyslaw (WWII Poland)
- Alexander, Harold (WWII, UK)
- Auchinleck, Claude (WWII UK)
- Biao, Lin (WWII, China)
- Blamey, Thomas (WWII, Australia)
- Buckner Jr., Simon Bolivar (WWII, US)
- Bradley, Omar (WWII, US)
- Lord Alan Brooke (WWII, UK)
- Castro, Fidel (1950s Cuba)
- Chuikov, Vasily (WWII Soviet Union)
- Clark, Mark (WWII US)
- Michael O'Moore Creagh (WWII UK)
- De Wiart, Adrian Carton (WWII UK)
- Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham (Canada's leading general during WWII)
- Cunningham, Alan Gordon (WWII UK)
- Cunningham , Andrew Brown (WWII UK)
- Dayan, Moshe (Israel)
- (WWII, Chinese Civil War and Korean War, China)
- Dempsey, Miles (WWII UK)
- Dumitrescu, Petre (WWII Romania)
- De, Zhu (Chinese communist revolutionary leader)
- Eisenhower, Dwight (WWII US)
- Simon Fraser| Fraser, Simon (WWII UK)
- Freyberg, Bernard (WWI WWII NZ)
- Goering, Hermann (WWI WWII Germany)
- Gott, William (WWII UK)
- Giap, Vo Nguyen (First Indochina War and Vietnam War, Vietnam)
- Guevara, Che (1950s Cuba)
- Graziani, Rodolfo (WWII Italy)
- De Gaulle, Charles (WWII France)
- Guderian, Heinz (WWII Germany)
- Hitler, Adolf (WWII Germany)
- Horrocks, Brian (WWII UK)
- Kesselring, Albert (WWII Germany)
- Koenig, Marie Pierre (WWII France)
- Konev, Ivan (WWII Soviet Union)
- Krueger, Walter (WWII US)
- de Lattre de Tassigny, Jean (WWII France)
- Leclerc, Philippe (France WWII)
- Leese, Oliver (WWII UK)
- MacArthur, Douglas (WWII and Korea, US)
- Maczek, Stanislaw (WWII Poland)
- Manekshaw, Sam (Indo-Pak War 1971, India)
- Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil ( and WWII Finland)
- Ushijima, Mitsuru (WWII Japan)
- Model, Walther (WWII Germany)
- Field Marshal Montgomery| (WWII UK)
- Morshead, Leslie (WW II Australia)
- Mountbatten, Louis (WWII UK)
- Mukhtar, Omar (Libyan freedom fighter who fought against the Italians in WWII)
- Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko| (WWII Japan)
- Nimitz, Chester (WWII US Navy)
- O'Connor, Richard (WWII UK)
- Patton, George (WWII US)
- Paulus, Friedrich (WWII Germany)
- "Chesty" Puller| (WWII US Marine)
- Rabin, Yitzhak (Israel)
- Ramos, Fidel (Korean War)
- Ridgway, Matthew (WWII and Korea, US)
- Ritchie, Neil (WWII UK)
- Rokossovsky, Konstantin (WWII Soviet Union)
- Rommel, Erwin (WWII Germany)
- von Rundstedt, Gerd (WWII Germany)
- von Manstein, Erich (WWII Germany)
- Stane, Franc Rozman (WWII Slovene partisans)
- Singh , Arjan (India)
- William Slim| (WWII UK)
- Sharon, Ariel (Israel)
- Schlemm, Alfred (WWII Germany)
- Spruance, Raymond (WWII US)
- Student, Kurt (WWII Germany)
- Cica, Draza Mihajlovic (WWII General of Serbian Royalists)
- Tito, Josip Broz (WWII Yugoslav partisans)
- Vasilevsky, Aleksandr (WWII Soviet Union)
- Wavell , Archibald (WWII UK)
- Westmoreland, William (Vietnam War US)
- Woodward , Sandy (Falklands War )
- Vatutin, Nikolai (WWII Soviet Union)
- Voroshilov, Kliment (Winter War and WWII)
- Isoroku, Yamamoto (WWII Japan)
- Yi, Chen (WWII China )
- Zedong, Mao (Chinese| communist leader)
- Zhukov, Georgy (WWII Soviet Union)
- Maneckshaw, Sam ( 1971 Indo Pak WAR, India)
After 1990
- Peter de la Billiere (Gulf War UK)
- Colin Powell (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gulf War US)
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (Operation Desert Storm Allied Coalition Commander)
- Roméo Dallaire - Canadian Force Commander of UNAMIR who tried to stop the Rwandan Genocide
- Subcomandante Marcos leader of the Zapatista Rebellion
- Wesley Clark NATO Supreme Commander
- Mike Jackson Chief Of Staff of the British Army
- Peter John Cosgrove Led the international forces (INTERFET) in a peace keeping role in East Timor
- Mohammed Omar led Taliban forces against U.S. and Northern Alliance.
- Tommy Franks Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command - 2003 invasion of Iraq
- General Pervez Musharaf