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Labédoyère, Charles-Angélique Huchet, comte de (1786–1815), French lieutenant general; shot under martial law
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-François Mahé de (1699–1753), French admiral
Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Motier, marquis de (1757–1834), French general and politician; Hero in the American Revolutionary War
Lacy, Franz Moritz Graf von (1725–1801), Austrian general
Lacy, Peter Graf von (1678–1751), Russian Field Marshal General of Irish descent
Lahl, Kersten (* 1948), Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr, Commander of the Armed Forces Support Command, President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy
La Marmora, Alfonso (1804–1878), Italian general and statesman; 1864 Prime Minister
Lamboy, Wilhelm von (c1590–1659), important imperial military leader and general in the Thirty Years' War
Lameth, Alexandre, comte de (1760–1829), French soldier and politician
Lameth, Charles, comte de (1757–1832), French general; Brother of the previous one
Lammerding, Heinz (1905–1971), major general of the Waffen SS; Division commander in World War II; responsible for massacre
Lamoricière, Louis Juchault de (1806-1865), French Zouave general; accepted Abd el-Kader surrender in 1847; 1848 Minister of War
Lange, Manfred (* 1950), Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr, Deputy Inspector of the Air Force
Lange, Rudolf (* 1941), German admiral and politician
Langenegger, Johann (* 1958), Colonel of the Army of the German Armed Forces, Commander of the Mountain Infantry Brigade 23
Langen, Siegmund Moritz Wilhelm von (around 1704–1757), Prussian staff officer; known for his role in the battle of Hochkirch
Langéron, Alexandre-Louis Andrault, comte de (1763–1831), Russian general of French origin in the war against Napoleon and the Turks
Langheld, Wolf-Dieter (* 1950), retired German general
Langsdorff, Hans (1894–1939), German naval officer, captain of the Admiral Graf Spee ; Suicide
Lannes, Jean , duc de Montebello (1769–1809), French general and marshal; liked at Aspern-Essling
Lannes de Montebello, Gustave (1804–1875), French general; Son of the previous one
Lannoy, Charles de (1487–1527), commander in chief of the imperial troops in Italy (1523) and Spanish viceroy of Naples
Lanrezac, Charles (1852-1925), French general; Commander-in-chief of the 5th Army during the first weeks of the First World War
Lariboisière, Ferdinand Baston de
La Riboisière, Ferdinand Baston de (1790–1812), French cavalry officer of the Grande Armée
Larrey, Dominique Jean (1766–1842), French military doctor and surgeon
Lasarew, Mikhail Petrovich (1788–1851), Russian naval officer and admiral
Lasch, Otto (1893–1971), German general in the Wehrmacht in World War II; 1944 Commander of the Königsberg Fortress
Lather, Dietger , Colonel of the German Armed Forces, Commander Center Operative Information
Lather, Karl-Heinz (* 1948), General of the Bundeswehr; since September 2007 Chief of Staff at NATO Headquarters Europe - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Latour, Count Theodor Baillet von (1780–1848), Austrian Feldzeugmeister and Minister of War
Lattre de Tassigny, Jean de (1889–1952), French general in World War II; 1950 NATO Commander in Chief in Western Europe; 1952 Commander-in-Chief in Indochina; posthumously Marshal of France
Laudon, Gideon Ernst Freiherr von (1717–1790), famous Austrian general
La Tour-Maubourg, Marie-Victor-Nicolas de Fay de (1768–1850), French division general
Lauriston, Alexandre-Jacques-Bernard Law, marquis de (1768–1828), French general; Marshal of France
Laval-Montmorency, Matthieu-Jean-Félicité de (1766–1826), French general, statesman, diplomat and minister
Lawrence, Sir Henry Montgomery (1806-1857), British general and colonial officer; fallen in defense of Lucknow
Lawrence, Thomas Edward , known as Lawrence of Arabia , (1888–1935) British archaeologist, secret agent, military strategist and writer
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Leaf, Daniel P. (b. 1952), Lieutenant General of the US Air Force; Interim Commander of US Pacific Command
Leahy, William (1875–1959), American fleet admiral in World War II
John Leake (1656-1720), English admiral
Lebed, Alexander Ivanovich (1950–2002), Soviet-Russian general and politician, governor of Krasnoyarsk
Lebœuf, Edmond (1809–1888), French general and statesman, Marshal of France
Leclerc, Philippe de Hauteclocque, called (1902–1947), French major general in World War II, Marshal of France
Leclerc, Charles (1772–1802), French general, captain general of a French expeditionary force in Haiti
Lecourbe, Claude-Jacquese (1759-1815), French general
Lee, Charles (1732–1782), Continental Army general in the American War of Independence
Lee, Henry , called "Light Horse Harry", (1756–1818), Continental Army officer, Governor of Virginia, Congressman
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), Southern General, Commander in Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia , son of the previous
Lee, William Carey (1895–1948), American general in World War II; first commander of the 101st Airborne Division
Leeb, Anton (1913-2008), Austrian general; Third General Troop Inspector of the Austrian Army of the Second Republic
Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von (1876–1956), German Field Marshal General in World War II
Leese, Sir Oliver KCB, CBE, DSO (1894–1978), British general World War II; Mayor of the 8th Army; 1944 British Commander in Chief of the Allied Land Forces in Southwest Asia
Lefebvre, François-Joseph , duc de Dantzig (1755–1820), Marshal of France
Le Flô, Adolphe (1804–1887), French general and diplomat, opponent of Napoleon III.
Le Fort, François (1656–1699), first Russian admiral
Lehmann, Rudolf (1890–1955), Chief Staff Judge; Head of the legal department at OKW
Lehwaldt, Johann von (1685–1768), Prussian Field Marshal General
Leidenberger, Frank (* 1958), German Brigadier General in the Bundeswehr
Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford (1892–1944), British Air Marshal in World War II
Leissegues, Corentin de (1758–1832), French admiral in the coalition wars
Le Marchant, Sir John Gaspard (1766-1812), British cavalry general in the war on the Peninsula; fallen at Salamanca
Le Marchant, Sir John Gaspard , KCB, (1803-1874) British general and colonial administrator
Lemarrois, Jean-Léonard (1776–1836), French general; Adjutant General of Napoleon
LeMay, Curtis E. (1906–1990), US Air Force general, commanding officer during World War II
Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (1899–1988), General of the US Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Lent, Helmut (1918–1944), Air Force officer in World War II, successful fighter pilot, crashed
Lepel, Hellmuth von (1773–1812), royal Westphalian general; First equerry of King Jérôme; fallen in the battle of Borodino
Lesdiguières, Francois de Bonne, duc de (1543–1626), French marshal, the last connétable of France
Leslie, Walter (1607–1667), imperial general during the Thirty Years' War
L'Estocq, Anton Wilhelm von (1738–1815), Prussian general in the coalition wars
Leszczynski, Paul von (1830–1918), Prussian infantry general
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von (1870–1964), Prussian major general, commander of the protection force in German East Africa
Leutwein, Theodor (1849–1921), major general, commander of the Imperial Protection Force, governor of German South West Africa
Lewal, Jules Louis (1823–1908), French division general
Lewenhaupt, Adam Ludwig (1659–1719), Swedish general, governor of Livonia and Courland, died in Russian captivity
Lewinski, Alfred von (1831–1906), General of the Infantry
Lewinski, Karl von (1858–1937), Lieutenant General
Lewinski, Eduard Julius Ludwig von (1829–1906), general of the artillery
Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809), American explorer, administrator, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Liddell Hart, Sir Basil (1895-1970) British military historian, correspondent, and strategist
Lidsba, Achim (* 1955), German Brigadier General in the Bundeswehr
Liebenau, Johann Siegmund von (1607–1671), Saxon officer in the Thirty Years War
Liebenow, Wilhelm (1822–1897), Prussian lieutenant, topographer and cartographer
Liebmann, Curt (1881–1960), German infantry general
Liechtenstein, Johann Josef I. Prince von (1760–1836), Austrian field marshal
Liechtenstein, Josef Wenzel I. Prince von (1696–1772), Austrian field marshal
Liener, Arthur (* 1936), corps commander; Chief of Staff of the Swiss Army
Liese, Kurt (1882–1945), Lieutenant General; 1933–38 head of the Army Weapons Office
Liggett, Hunter (1857-1935), American general; Army leader in the First World War
Ligne, Carl Joseph Prince von (1735–1814), kk field marshal
Li Hongzhang (1823–1901), Chinese general, statesman and diplomat
Li Keyong (852–908), Sino-Turkish troop leader
Liman von Sanders, Otto (1855–1929), Prussian general; Organizer of the Turkish army; Commander of various Turkish armies in the First World War
Limburg-Styrum, Hermann Otto II von (1646–1704), Imperial Field Marshal General
Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810), American general in the War of Independence
Lindemann, Ernst (1894–1941), naval officer, fallen
Lingelsheim, Friedrich von (1755–1835), Prussian lieutenant general; Head of all cadet institutions in Prussia since 1806
Linger, Christian Nicolaus von (1669–1755), Prussian general of the artillery
Linger, Peter Salomon von (1719–1793), Prussian colonel and chief of the Silesian fortress artillery
Lion, Alexander (1870–1962), medical officer and co-founder of the German scout movement
Lippe-Schaumburg, Albrecht Wolfgang Graf zu (1699–1748), general in Dutch service
Lippe-Schaumburg, Wilhelm Graf zu (1724–1777), military leader in the Seven Years War; eminent military theorist
Liprandi, Pawel Petrovich (1796–1864), Russian general; commanded the Russian army in the Battle of Balaklava (Crimean War)
List, Wilhelm (1880–1971), German Field Marshal General in World War II
Litzmann, Karl (1850–1936), German general
Liu Bocheng (1892–1986), communist army leader during the Chinese Civil War
Livonius, Wilhelm von (1840–1905), Prussian officer
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Lobau, Georges Mouton, comte de (1770–1838), French general, peer and marshal of France
Lochow, Ewald von (1855-1942), General of the Infantry, Commanding General of the III. Army Corps
Loë, Walter Freiherr von (1828–1908), adjutant general of three emperors and troop commander, the only Catholic field marshal of the imperial era
Loebell, Ernst Friedrich Christian von (1764–1845), Prussian lieutenant general
Loebell, Karl Georg von (1777–1841), Prussian lieutenant general; Commander of Berlin and chief of the state police
Loewenfeld, Wilfried von (1879–1946), German Vice Admiral; Right knight of the Order of St. John
Lombard, Gustav (1895–1992), Major General of the Waffen SS; Commander of several SS divisions in World War II
Longstreet, James (1821-1904), general in the American Civil War
Loning, Adolf , German officer in the Spanish army; author
Lossow, Otto von (1868–1938), German general
Lorges-Montgomery, Gabriel de (around 1530–1574), French officer of Scottish descent; killed Henry II of France in a tournament
Loris-Melikow, Michail Tarielowitsch (1824–1888), Armenian-Russian general and statesman
Losthin, Michael Heinrich von (1762–1839), royal Prussian lieutenant general
Lorraine, Karl von (1712–1780), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Imperial and Royal Field Marshal, Governor and Captain General of the Netherlands
Lorraine, Charles IV, Duke von (1604–1675), imperial military leader in the Thirty Years War
Lorraine, Charles V von (1643–1690), imperial military leader against the Turks
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord (1911–1995), Scottish general and commanding officer in World War II
Lowe, Sir Hudson (1769–1844), British general, Governor of St. Helena, Napoleon's prison guard
Löser, Wolf-Dieter (* 1949), Lieutenant General in the Bundeswehr
Löwenhaupt, Carl Gustav von (1662–1703), General War Commissioner of Electoral Saxony , General of the Infantry
Löwendal, Ulrich Graf von (1700–1755), Marshal of France
Löwenthal, Johann von (1803-1891), Austrian field marshal lieutenant and attaché
Lowry Cole, Sir Galbraith (1772–1842), British general, Governor of the Cape Colony
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Lubomirski, Hieronim Augustyn (1647–1706), Polish magnate, politician and general
Lucht, Ernst (1896–1975), German naval officer
Lucullus, Lucius Licinius (117–56 BC), Roman general and consul
Luckner, Nikolaus Graf (1722–1794), Franco-German general, Marshal of France, guillotined
Ludendorff, Erich (1865–1937), Hindenburg's quartermaster general, leading general of the First World War
Lüneschloß, Friedrich von (1822–1899), Royal Bavarian Major General
Louis-Philippe of France , called “the citizen king”, (1773–1850), last king of France
Luschew, Pyotr Georgijewitsch (1923–1997), Soviet Army General and Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Armed Forces in Germany and the Warsaw Treaty
Lute, Douglas E. (born 1952), American Lieutenant General, Director of Operations for the Joint Staff
Lüth, Wolfgang (1913–1945), German naval officer, submarine commander in World War II
Lütjens, Günther (1889–1941), German admiral in World War II; 1940 commander of battleships; went down with the Bismarck
Lütke, Friedrich Benjamin von (1797–1882), Russian naval officer, circumnavigator, explorer and writer
Lüttwitz, Walther von (1859–1942), German general during the Weimar Republic, one of the main participants in the Kapp Putsch
Lützow, Ludwig Adolf Freiherr von (1782–1834), major general, Freikorpsführer in the liberation wars of 1813/14
Luynes, Charles d'Albert, duc de (1578–1621), helped Louis XIII. to power, Connétable of France
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Lyautey, Hubert (1854–1934), French general and statesman; 1916/17 Minister of War; 1921 Marshal of France; until 1925 French general resident in Morocco
Lynch, Jessica (* 1983), American soldier in the Third Gulf War
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790–1858), British admiral in the Crimean War
Lysander († 395 BC), Spartan statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War
Lysimachus (approx. 361–281 BC), military leader and successor to Alexander the great
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