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  • François, Hermann von (1856–1933), German general in the First World War.
  • 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.
  • Franklin, William Buel (1823–1903), Union Army general in the American Civil War.
  • 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.
  • Franz Albrecht von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1598–1642), Saxon field marshal.
  • Freers, Werner (* 1954), German major general in the Bundeswehr
  • Freire de Andrade, Gomes (1757-1817), Portuguese general and head of a nationalist conspiracy; hanged.
  • Freire y Serrano, Ramón (1787–1851), Chilean politician and general; President 1823 to 1826 and 1827.
  • French, Sir John (1852–1925), Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force until 1915.
  • French, William H. (1815–1881), career officer in the US Army and general in the American Civil War.
  • Freyberg, Bernard 1st Baron (1889–1963), British Lieutenant General in World War II, Governor General of New Zealand.
  • Freytag von Loringhoven, Bernd (1914–2007), German general staff officer in World War II; Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr.
  • Freytag, Wilhelm von (1720–1798), Brunswick-Lüneburg field marshal
  • 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.
  • Friedrich the Great (1712–1786), Prussian king and military leader.
  • Frimont von Palota, Johann Maria Philipp (1759–1831), Austrian cavalry general during the coalition wars.
  • 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.
  • Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de (1622–1698), French general; Governor of the French colony of New France.
  • Frossard, Chales Auguste (1807–1875), French general.
  • Frost, John (1912-1993) British Air Force officer; Battalion commander near Arnhem, later general.
  • Frundsberg, Georg von (1473–1528), German Landsknechtsführer; one of the most important German infantry tacticians of the early modern period.
  • Frunze, Michail Wassiljewitsch (1885–1925), Soviet general; Commander in Chief of the Red Army.
  • Fry, James B. (1827-1894), American general and military organizer.

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