Faidherbe, Louis (1818-1889), French general; Governor of Senegal; one of the founders of the French colonial power in Africa
Failly, Pierre de (1810-1892), French general in the Franco-Prussian War
Fairfax, Thomas , 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, (1612–1671), English general; Commander in Chief of the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War
Falkenhausen, Alexander von (1878–1966) German general; 1934–38 as military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek; 1940–1944 head of the military administration in occupied Belgium
Falkenhausen, Ludwig Freiherr von (1844–1936), Colonel General; Military writer; Army Commander in Chief; Governor General of Belgium
Falkenhayn, Erich von (1861–1922), German general and military politician; Chief of the Great General Staff in the First World War
Fink, Johannes (1895–1981), Air Force General in World War II; Commanding General of the Air Force in Greece
Fischer von Treuenfeld, Karl (1885–1946), SS group leader and lieutenant general, division commander, most recently commander of the Waffen SS in Italy
Fisher, John Arbuthnot , 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, (1841-1920), British Admiral; First sea lord
Fisher, Sir William (1875-1937), British Admiral; 1932–36 Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet
FitzGibbon, James (1780–1863), British general and colonial administrator; Hero of the War of 1812
Foch, Ferdinand (1851–1929), French general in World War I; Marshal of France
Foertsch, Friedrich (1900–1976), German general; in the Second World War Chief of Staff of the Courland Army Group; 1961–1963 General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
François, Curt von (1852–1931), head of the German protection force in German South West Africa.
Frank, Hans (1939–2019), Vice Admiral, Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy
Franke, Dr. Erika (* 1954), General Staff Doctor; first Bundeswehr general from the new federal states and second woman in the rank of general in the Bundeswehr as well as first female major general in the Bundeswehr.
Franke, Victor (1866–1936), commander of the Imperial Protection Force in German South West Africa.
Franks, Tommy (b.1945), American general; as commander of US Central Command responsible for planning and conducting the invasion of Afghanistan (2001) and the war in Iraq (2003).
Franquetot, François de , duc de Coigny (1670–1759), French general; Colonel General of the Dragoons; Marshal of France.
Franquetot, Henri de , duc de Coigny, (1737–1821), French courtier and general; 1771–1783 Colonel General of the Dragoons; Marshal of France.
Fransecky, Eduard von (1807–1890), Prussian general of the infantry; Commanding general of an army corps in the Franco-German War; Governor of Berlin.
Friant, Louis de (1758–1829), French count and general; important general in all Napoleonic wars
Friedeburg, Hans-Georg von (1895–1945), German admiral in World War II; Commanding Admiral of the Submarines; Co-signer of the total surrender of the German armed forces.
Friedländer, Johann (1882–1945), Lieutenant Field Marshal in the First Austrian Armed Forces; Deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz and murdered shortly before the end of the war.
Frisching, Samuel (1638–1721), Swiss, general of the Protestant alliance in the second Villmerger war.
Fritsch, Werner von (1880–1939), German Colonel General; 1934–1938 Chief of Army Command or (since May 2, 1935) Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht; Suicide.
Fromm, Friedrich (1888–1945), German Colonel General; Commander of the reserve army; executed.
Fromm, Günter (1924–2013), German Vice Admiral and Commander of the Fleet
Fronsperger, Leonhard (around 1520–1575), most important military writer of the 16th century.