List of military / A

From

Abacha, Sani (1943–1998), Nigerian general and military dictator
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad , Caliph (1846–1899), general in the Mahdi's army and from 1891 leader of the Mahdi Empire in Sudan
Abd ar-Rahman (military) († 732), Umayyad military leader in Spain and France
Abd ul-Kerim Pasha (1807-1883), Turkish general
Abdullah Chan (1533–1598), ruler of Bukhara
Abercrombie, Sir James (1706–1781), British general in the French and Indian War
Abercrombie, James († 1775), British officer in the Revolutionary War, relative of the previous one
Abercromby, Sir Ralph (1734-1801), British Lieutenant General; fallen in Egypt
Abercromby, Sir Robert GCB (1740-1827), British general and MP; Commander in Chief in India; Governor of Edinburgh Castle
Abizaid, John (born 1951), American general; Commander of US Central Command
Abrams, Creighton Williams, Jr. (1914-1974) American general; Supreme Commander of the US Forces in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972
Abu Ali Mustafa (1938-2001), Palestinian leader
Abu Hafs Umar (1090–1175), Arab general
Abū l-Chattāb al-Maʿāfirī († 761), Arab military leader and imam

Ac

Achromejew, Sergei Fjodorowitsch (1923–1991), Soviet general; the last Marshal of the Soviet Union
Acton, Sir John Francis Edward Acton (1736–1811), military and politician in Naples

Ad

Adalbert von Babenberg (854–906), Main Franconian military commander.
Adam, Sir Frederick GCB GCMG (1784-1853), British general; led a decisive attack at Waterloo; Governor of Madras.
Adam, Wilhelm (1877–1949), General of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht critical of Hitler; Retired as colonel general in 1938.
Adam, Udi (* 1958), Israeli major general (Aluf); Commander in the 2006 Lebanon War.
Ademeit, Horst (1912–1944), German fighter pilot of the Second World War; missing.
Adlerberg, Wladimir Fjodorowitsch (1791–1884), count, Russian general and minister.
Adlercreutz, Carl Johan (1757–1815), count, Swedish general.
Adlersparre, Georg (1760–1835), Swedish general, politician and writer.
Adrets, François de Beaumont-Beyrac, Baron des (1512 / 1513–1587), French military leader.
Adye, Sir John Miller (1819-1900), British general; Governor of Gibraltar.

Ae

Aelianus Tacticus (2nd century), Greek military writer

Ah

Ahmad al-Baschir, Omar Hassan (* 1944), Sudanese general and head of state
Ahumada, Don Pedro Giron , marques de las Amarillas (1788–1842), Spanish general and statesman

Ai

Aicher, Maximilian Thomas von (1753–1831), Royal Bavarian Major General
Aiguillon, Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc de (1720–1788), French military and statesman

Al

Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount KG GCB OM GCVO DSO (1883–1963), British field marshal; 1941–46 Chief of the General Staff of the Army CIGS and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Alava Esquivel, Michael Richard d ' (1771–1843), Spanish general and diplomat.
Albedyll, Emil von (1824–1897), Prussian general.
Albion , Saxon military leader against Charlemagne.
Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1672–1731), lieutenant general in Brandenburg-Prussia and master of the Order of St. John.
Albuquerque, Alfonso d ' , called the Great, (1453–1515), famous Portuguese war hero.
Aldringen, Johann Graf von (1588–1634), general of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War.
Alexander the Great (356–323 BC), Macedonian king and conqueror.
Alexander, Harold , 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, (1891–1969), British Field Marshal.
Alexejew, Michail Wassiljewitsch (1857–1918), Russian general in the First World War; Commander of the Russian Northwest Front; Chief of staff; Supreme Commanding Officer.
Ali von Jannina (1741–1822), Turkish military leader.
Alkibiades (approx. 450–404 BC), Athenian general and statesman.
Allen, Ethan (1738–1789), American freedom fighter and militia general.
Allenby, Sir Edmund , 1st Viscount Allenby, (1861–1936), British Field Marshal in World War I.
Almagro, Diego de (1475–1538), Spanish conquistador.
Almagro, Diego de (around 1520–1542), Spanish conquistador.
Almeida, Francisco de (around 1450–1510), Portuguese navigator and military, first viceroy of Portuguese India.
Almonde, Philipp van (1644–1711), Dutch vice admiral.
Almonte, Don Juan (1804–1869), Mexican general and statesman.
Altamirano Talavera, Luis (1876–1938), Chilean general and politician.
Alten, Carl von (1764–1840), Hanoverian-British general.
Althan, Gundacker Graf von (1665–1747), Austrian general, diplomat and court building director.
Alvarado, Pedro de (around 1486–1541), Spanish conqueror.
Alvarez de Toledo, Fernando (1507–1582), Spanish general and statesman, known as the Duke of Alba.
Alvensleben, Constantin von (1809-1892), Prussian general.
Alvensleben, Gebhard Karl Ludolf von (1798–1867) was a royal Prussian general of the cavalry; Commander of Berlin.
Alvensleben, Gustav von (1803-1881), Prussian general, adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Alvensleben, Gustav Hermann von (1827–1905), Prussian general of the cavalry; Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Alvensleben, Hermann von (1809–1887), Prussian general and landowner.
Alvensleben, Johann Friedrich Karl II. Von (1778–1831), Prussian general and landowner.
Alvensleben, Ludolf von (1844–1912), Prussian general and landowner.
Alvensleben, Werner von (1802–1877), Prussian lieutenant general; Brother of Gustav and Constantin.
Alvinczy von Berberek, Joseph Freiherr (1735–1810), Austrian general; Field Marshal.

At the

Ambrosio, Vittorio (1879–1958), Italian general; 1942 Chief of Staff of the Army; 1943 Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
Amelunxen, Aloysius von (1787–1860), Lieutenant General of the Electorate of Hesse and member of the Hessian Estates Assembly.
Amelunxen, August von (1828–1900), Prussian lieutenant general.
Ames, Adelbert (1835–1933), American Civil War.
Amherst, Jeffrey , 1st Baron Amherst of Holmesdale (1717-1797), British general; Military Governor of Canada.
Amr ibn al-As († 664), Arab military leader and companion of Muhammad.

On

Anckarswärd, Karl Henrik (1782–1865), Swedish colonel and politician
Anders, Władysław (1892–1970), Polish general; Exiled President
Andersen, Kurt Georg Heinrich (1898–2003), general in World War II; later inspector of the Federal Border Police
Anderson, Richard Heron (1821–1879), Confederate General in the Civil War
Anderson, William (1921-2007), American naval officer and polar explorer; Commander of the first nuclear submarine
Andlau, Gaston Joseph Hardouin, comte de (1824-1892), French general
André, Louis Joseph Nicolas (1838–1913), French general and statesman
Andréossy, Antoine-François (1761–1828), French general and statesman
Andronikaschwili, Iwane (1798–1868), Russian prince and general
Anglesey, Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of , (1768-1854), Lord Uxbridge, called "One Leg"; British cavalry leader in the war on the peninsula and at Waterloo; later Field Marshal and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Anhalt-Bernburg, Christian I von (1568–1630), military leader in the Thirty Years War; Battle of the White Mountain
Anhalt-Dessau, Friedrich Prince von , 1775 Saxon General Field Marshal
Anhalt-Dessau, Johann Georg II. Von (1627–1693), Brandenburg field marshal
Anhalt-Dessau, Leopold I von (1676–1747), called the old Dessauer , Prussian field marshal and army reformer
Anhalt-Dessau, Leopold II of , Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751), son of the old Dessauer; Prussian Field Marshal General
Anhalt-Dessau, Moritz von (1712–1760), brother of the previous one; Prussian Field Marshal General
Annenkow, Michail Nikolajewitsch (1835–1899), Russian general
Anson, George , 1st Baron Anson, (1697–1762), British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty
Anson, George (1797-1857) British general and politician; Commander in Chief in India
Antipater (approx. 400–319 BC), general under Philip of Macedonia
Antonescu, Ion (1882–1946), Romanian Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Army
Antoni, Hans-Erich (* 1954/55), German major general in the Bundeswehr
Aosta, Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Duke von (1869–1931), Italian general in the First World War; 1926 Marshal

Ap

Apraxin, Fyodor Matwejewitsch (1661–1728), Russian count and admiral general; Founder of the Russian Navy
Apraxin, Pyotr Matwejewitsch (1659–1728), Russian lieutenant general
Apraxin, Stepan Fjodorowitsch (1702–1758), Russian count and field marshal

Ar

Arabi Pascha , (1841-1911), also Orabi Pascha; Egyptian officer and leader of the Urabi movement
Araktschejew, Alexej Andrejewitsch (1769–1834), Russian general; Artilleryman; Military Governor of St. Petersburg
Arco, Johann Baptist Graf von (around 1650–1715), diplomat and field marshal general in Bavarian service during the War of the Spanish Succession
Arco, Johann Philipp Graf von (1652–1704), imperial field marshal lieutenant, shot under martial law
Arçon, Jean Claude Eléonore Le Michaud d'Arçon (1733–1800), French general and engineer
Arenberg, Leopold Philipp von , Duke of Arenberg, Ärschot and Croy, (1690–1754), Imperial Field Marshal; Commander in chief of the imperial troops in the Netherlands; Governor of Hainaut
Arentschildt, Alexander von (1806–1881), last commanding general of the Hanoverian army
Argyll, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of (1680–1743), Scottish-British field marshal; Commander in Chief of the British Army
Ariovistus (1st century BC), Germanic military leader
Armfelt, Gustav Moritz (1757–1814), Swedish-Russian general; Commander in Chief in Finland
Armfelt, Karl Gustav Graf (1666–1736), Swedish general
Armistead, Lewis Addison (1817–1863), Confederate general in the American Civil War; fallen at Gettysburg
Arnauld de la Perière, Lothar von (1886–1941), German naval officer; most successful submarine commander in World War I; Naval Commander in Western France in World War II; Vice admiral
Arnim, Hans von (1846–1922), Prussian infantry general
Arnim, Hans-Jürgen von (1889–1962), Colonel General of the Wehrmacht; Commander-in-Chief of the 5th Panzer Army, later of Army Group Tunis; went into captivity with the remnants of the German Africa Corps
Arnim-Boitzenburg, Hans Georg von (1583–1641), general in the Thirty Years War; Electoral field marshal
Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801), Continental Army general; later deserted to the British Army
Arnold, Henry Hartley (1886–1950), US Air Force General
Arnstadt, Rudi (1926–1962), GDR soldier
Artaphernes (6th / 5th century BC), Persian military leader
Arrighi de Casanova, Jean Toussaint , Duke of Padua, (1778-1853), French general and politician; Military leaders in the coalition wars; Governor of the House of Invalids

As

Ascheberg, Rutger von (1621–1693), Baltic-Swedish field marshal
Asclepiodotus (3rd century), Welsh-Roman Praetorian prefect
Ashburnham, Sir Cromer KCB (1831-1917), British major general; led a brigade at the battle of Tell-el-Kebir; later governor of Suakin; Colonel Commandant KRRC
Ashoka (304–232 BC), Indian ruler
Aspre, Konstantin , Baron d'Aspre and Hoobreuck, (1789–1850), Austrian general
Aster, Ernst Ludwig von (1778–1855), Prussian general; General Inspector of the Prussian fortresses; 1838 chief of the engineering corps
Aster, Karl Heinrich (1782–1855), Saxon officer and military writer; Brother of the previous one

At

Attila (approx. 395–453), King of the Huns
Attlmayr, Ferdinand (1829–1906), Austrian naval officer and military writer

Au

Aube, Hyacinthe (1826–1890), French admiral and Minister of the Navy
Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa de (1552–1630), French Reformed military leader and statesman
Auchinleck, Sir Claude GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (1884-1981), British Field Marshal; Commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in the Middle East and India during World War II
Auenfels, Georg August Freiherr von (1773–1852), old Austrian general; Defender of the Karlsberg Fortress
Auersperg, Herbard VIII. Freiherr zu (1528–1575), Austrian military leader against the Turks and during the Reformation; like
Auerswald, Hans Adolf Erdmann von (1792–1848), Prussian major general
Auffenberg, Moritz Ritter von (1852–1928), Austro-Hungarian general; Minister of War
Augereau, Pierre , duc de Castiglione (1757–1816), French general; Marshal of France
Augustin, Vincenz Freiherr von (1780–1859), Austrian military master craftsman
Aulich, Ludwig (1792–1849), Hungarian revolutionary general; Minister of War; executed
Aulock, Andreas von (1893–1968), German officer in the Wehrmacht; 1944 Commander of the fortress of Saint-Malo
Aulock, Hubertus von (1891–1979), German Freikorps leader and major general of the reserve.
Aumale, Henri d'Orléans, duc de (1822–1897), French prince, general, historian and art collector; Son of the citizen king Louis-Philippe
Aurelle de Paladines, Louis de (1804–1877), French general in the Franco-Prussian War
Austria, Juan de (1547–1578), natural son of Charles V.
Austria, Juan José de (1629–1679), Spanish military leader and statesman; natural son of Philip IV of Spain
Autichamp, Charles de Beaumont, comte de (1770–1852), French general; one of the leaders of the Vendée uprising
Autichamp, Antoine Joseph Eulalie, marquis de (1744–1822), French general
Autichamp, Jean Thérèse Louis de Beaumont, marquis de (1738–1831), French general during the Revolution; Lieutenant General and Governor of the Louvre

Av

Avezzana da Chieri, Giuseppe (1797–1879), Italian freedom fighter in several wars

Ay

Ayrenhoff, Cornelius Hermann von (1733–1819), Austrian officer and writer