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Nachtsheim, Georg (* 1951), German Brigadier General; Chief of Staff in the Eurocorps.
Nádasdy, Franz Leopold von (1708–1783), Austrian field marshal; Ban of Croatia.
Nagano, Osami (1880–1947), Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Nagel, Hans (1882–1964), major general and member of the Eastern Economic Staff in World War II.
Nagumo Chūichi (1887–1944), Japanese Vice Admiral; led the attack on Pearl Harbor; defeated in the battle for Midway; Suicide.
Nansouty, Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de (1768–1815), French cavalry general of the First Empire; Colonel General of the Dragoons; Commander of the Imperial Guard Cavalry.
Napier, Sir Charles James GCB (1782-1853), British general and commander in chief of the troops of the East India Company.
Napier, Sir Charles John (1786–1860), British Admiral of the Napoleonic Wars; Commander-in-chief in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War.
Napier, Sir George Thomas (1784–1855), British Lieutenant General; 1837–44 governor of the Cape.
Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala , (1810–1890), British field marshal; Commander in Chief of the British Indian Army; Governor of Gibraltar.
Napier, William Francis Patrick (1785-1860), British Lieutenant General; 1842–48 Governor of Guernsey.
Narborough, Sir John (1640–1688), English naval commander in the 17th century.
Narciß, Georg von (1820–1897), Royal Bavarian Major General
Nares, Sir George Strong KCB (1831-1915), British navigator; Admiral and polar explorer.
Naresuan the Great (1555–1605), King of Ayutthaya and liberator from the Burmese dictatorship.
Narses (around 490-574), eunuch and General Justinian I.
Narvaez, Ramon Maria , Duke of Valencia (1800–1868), Spanish general and statesman.
Naskrent, Dieter (* 1954), German Air Force general
Nassau-Dillenburg, Ludwig von (1538–1574), general.
Nassau-Siegen, Johann Moritz von (1604–1679), Dutch general and statesman.
Natalis, Paul von (1720–1789), royal Prussian major general and commander of Breslau.
Natonski, Richard F. , General in the US Marine Corps.
Natzmer, Dubislav Gneomar von (1654–1739), Prussian Field Marshal General.
Natzmer, Oldwig Anton Leopold von (1782–1861), Prussian general.
Naumann, Klaus (* 1939), German general, inspector general of the Bundeswehr, chairman of the NATO military committee.
Pedro Navarro (1460–1528), Spanish mercenary, military commander and engineer.

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Nebogatow, Nikolai Ivanovich (1849–1922), Russian admiral; capitulated at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905
Neipperg, Adam Albert Graf von (1775–1829), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal; later husband of the Napoleon widow Marie Luise
Neipperg, Eberhard Friedrich von (1655–1725), Imperial Habsburg field marshal
Neipperg, Erwin Graf von (1813–1897), Austrian general of the cavalry; 1866 Commander of the Austrian troops in the 8th Federal Army Corps
Neipperg, Wilhelm Reinhard Reichsgraf von (1684–1774), Austrian general; President of the Court War Council
Nelson, Horatio , 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile, (1758-1805), British admiral; fallen at Trafalgar
Nemours, Louis d'Orléans, duc de (1814–1896), French prince and general
Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, Karl Franz Alexander Johann Wilhelm von (1752-1822), royal Prussian major general
Nesselrode-Hugenpoet, Maximilian Friedrich von (1773-1851), Royal Bavarian Major General
Neßler, Henry (1851–1911), German major general
Nesterow, Pyotr Nikolajewitsch (1887–1914), Russian pilot and aircraft designer
Nethe, Paul (1849–1926), Infantry General
Neumann, David von (1734-1807), major general; Defender of Cosel
Neumann, Joachim (1916–2000), Major in the Wehrmacht and Colonel in the Bundeswehr
Neumann, Rudolf Sylvius (1805–1881), Prussian general of the artillery
Neumann-Cosel, August Wilhelm von (1786–1865), Prussian infantry general, adjutant general Friedrich Wilhelm IV and head of the military cabinet
Neumann-Cosel, Gustav von (1819–1879), Prussian lieutenant general
Neumann-Cosel, Rudolf von (1822–1888), Prussian major general
Newdigate, Sir Edward KCB (1825-1902), British general of the Colonial Wars; later commander-in-chief in Bermuda
Ney, Michel , duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskwa (1769–1815), Napoleonic general, Marshal of France

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Nicholson, William Gustavus, 1st Baron Nicholson (1845–1918), British Field Marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Nicolai, Walter (1873–1947), colonel and head of the military espionage service in the German Empire
Niedermayer, Oskar Ritter von (1885–1948), German officer and adventurer
Niel, Adolphe (1802–1869), French general and statesman, Marshal of France, Minister of War
Nikittschenko, Iona Timofejewitsch (1895–1967), Soviet military judge, presiding judge at the Nuremberg Trials
Nimitz, Chester W. (1885–1966), US Navy Admiral, Commander in Chief of the Allied Navy in the Pacific War
Nivelle, Robert (1856-1924), French general; Artilleryman; Commander in chief of the French army in World War I.

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Noailles, Louis-Marie, vicomte de (1756–1804), French general, killed in Cuba
Noailles, Adrien-Maurice de , 3rd duc de Noailles, (1678–1766), Marshal of France
Noailles, Anne-Jules de , 2nd duc de Noailles (1650–1708), Marshal of France
Noailles, Antoine de (1504–1562), Admiral of France
Noailles, Henri de , comte d'Ayen, (1554–1623), military leader in the wars of religion
Noailles, Louis de , 4th duc de Noailles, (1713–1793), Marshal of France
Noailles, Philippe de , duc de Mouchy, (1715–1794), Marshal of France, guillotined
Nobunaga, Oda (1534–1582), Japanese warlord during the Sengoku period
Nolan, Louis Edward (1818-1854), British officer in the Crimean War; killed as a participant in the legendary Light Brigade attack at the Battle of Balaklava
Nolting, Wolfgang E. (* 1948), Vice Admiral and Inspector of the German Navy
Nordmann, Joseph Armand Freiherr von (1759–1809), French colonel; Opponents of the revolution; 1809 killed as Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal near Wagram
Norstad, Lauris (1907-1988); American General in the US Air Force; 1956–1963 fourth Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of (1742-1817), British general; Brigadier General in the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775
Nostitz, August Ludwig Graf von (1777–1866), Prussian general of the cavalry
Nostitz-Rieneck, Friedrich Moritz von (1728–1796), Austrian field marshal and president of the court war council
Nott, Sir William KCB (1782–1845), general in the British East India Company; Division commander in the First Anglo-Afghan War
Nowotny, Walter (1920–1944), Austrian fighter pilot in World War II; crashed

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Nugent von Westmeath, Count Laval (1777–1862), kk Austrian field marshal.
Nungesser, Charles (1892–1927), French flying ace in the First World War
Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), Portuguese monk and military leader
Núñez de Balboa, Vasco (1475–1519), Spanish explorer, conquistador and adventurer