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Hadik von Futak, Andreas (1711–1790), Austrian field marshal; President of the Court War Council
Hadik von Futak, Karl Joseph Graf (1756–1800), Austrian field marshal lieutenant; Troop leaders in the coalition wars; second son of the previous one

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Haeften, Werner von (1908–1944), Wehrmacht officer, Stauffenberg's adjutant, co-conspirator of July 20, shot dead
Haeseler, Gottlieb Graf von (1836–1919), Prussian Field Marshal General
Haevernick, Oskar (1854–1924), German division commander in the First World War

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Hagedorn, Wilhelm (1868–1930), Prussian officer and knight of the Pour le mérits
Hagee, Michael W. (born 1944), 33rd Commandant of the US Marine Corps
Hagendorf, Peter († after 1648), mercenary and diary writer during the Thirty Years' War

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Hahnke, Wilhelm von (1833–1912), Prussian general and adjutant general to the emperor

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Haig, Alexander (1924–2010), General in the Vietnam War and US Secretary of State
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig , KT (1861-1928), British Field Marshal; Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in Europe

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Halaška, Jiří (* 1956), Czech officer
Halder, Franz (1884–1972), Colonel General; Chief of Staff of the Army
Halder, Maximilian , Colonel General of the Reichswehr
Halen Count of Peracampos, Don Juan (1790–1864), Spanish general
Hall, Herbert Byng (1805-1883), British officer
Hall, John L. (1891–1978), American admiral in World War II; Naval Commander in Allied Landings in North Africa, Italy and Normandy (Omaha Beach)
Halleck, Henry Wager (1815–1872), American general
Haller von Hallenburg, Józef (1873–1960), General of the 2nd Polish Republic
Halsey, William F. (1882-1959), American admiral; Commander of the 3rd Fleet in the Pacific during the Second World War
Hallwyl, Hans von (around 1433 / 1434–1504), Swiss national hero
Halvorsen, Gail (* 1920), American air force pilot; Founder of the Berlin Airlift for Children ("Candy Bomber")

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Ham, Carter F. (* 1952), American major general, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division
Hamilkar Barkas († 229 BC in Spain), a Carthaginian general; Father of Hannibal.
Hamilton, Anthony (c. 1645–1720), French lieutenant general and writer of Scottish origin; prominent Jacobite.
Hamilton, Henry (1734–1796), British general and lieutenant governor of Canada during the American Revolutionary War; called hair-buyer general .
Hamilton, Sir Ian GCB, GCMG, DSO (1853-1947), British general; Commander in chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the failed Gallipoli expedition.
Hammerstein, Rudolf von (1735–1811), Hanoverian lieutenant general; Commander of all Hanoverian troops.
Hammerstein-Equord, Kurt Freiherr von (1878–1943), German Colonel General; Chief of Army Command; Part of the military resistance against Hitler.
Hampton III, Wade (1818–1902), Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886), American Civil War
Hänisch, Karl Eduard von (1829–1908), Prussian general of the cavalry
Hanneken, Hermann von (1890–1981), German infantry general, Wehrmacht commander in Denmark
Hannig, Johann Georg Carl von (1709–1784), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
Hannibal (around 247–183), Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War

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Reinhard Hardegen (1913–2018), German submarine commander in World War II, holder of the Knight's Cross
Hardegg, Ignaz zu (1772–1848), Austrian general of the cavalry and President of the Court War Council
Hardegg, Julius von (1810–1875), Württemberg lieutenant general and military writer
Hardenberg, Christian Ludwig von (1700–1781), Hanoverian field marshal; Father of the Prussian State Chancellor Hardenberg
Harding, John (1896–1989), British Field Marshal, Governor of Cyprus and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Hardinge, Henry , 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British field marshal and statesman; Governor General of India; Commander in Chief of the British Army
Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman, 1st Bt. , GCB, called "Nelsons Hardy", (1769–1839), British Vice Admiral; Captain of the Victory at Trafalgar
Harlinghausen, Martin (1902–1986), German Air Force General in the Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr; Member of the Condor Legion
Harper, Sir George Montague KCB, DSO (1865-1922), British Lieutenant General; Brigade, division and corps commander in the First World War
Harrach, Johann Philipp von (1678–1764), Austrian Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council
Harris, Sir Arthur Travers, 1st Bt. , Called "Bomber Harris", (1892–1984), British air marshal; Commander in Chief of Bomber Command in World War II
Harrison, William H. (1773-1841), American general; 9th President of the USA
Harscher, Johann Nepomuk von (1769–1834), Royal Bavarian Major General
Hart, Thomas C. (1877-1971), American admiral; Commander of the American Asian Fleet; later commander of the ABDA fleet in the Pacific War
Harteneck, Gustav (1892–1984), German cavalry general, commander of the last major equestrian association in the history of war in World War II
Hartbrod, Rainer (* around 1953), Brigadier General of the German Armed Forces, Commander Special Forces Command and Special Forces General
Hartmann, Erich (1922–1993), German air force officer and fighter pilot in World War II
Hartmann, Jakob Freiherr von (1795–1873), Bavarian infantry general
Hartmann, Sir Julius von (1774-1856), Hanoverian general
Hartmann, Julius von (1817–1878), Prussian general of the cavalry
Hartwig, Paul (1915–2014), German Vice Admiral and Commander of the Fleet
Harvey, Sir John KCB (1778–1852) British officer and colonial administrator in Canada

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Hasdrubal , name of several Carthaginian generals
Hase, Paul von (1885–1944), German professional soldier, resistance fighter, city commander of Berlin
Hasegawa Yoshimichi (1850–1924), General in the Imperial Japanese Army

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Hatzfeldt, Melchior Count von (1593–1658), imperial general in the Thirty Years' War

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Hauslab, Franz Ritter von (1798–1883), Austrian general and cartographer
Hausser, Paul (1880–1972), Lieutenant General of the Reichswehr, SS-Oberstgruppenführer, creator and initiator of the Waffen SS
Hauß, Ludwig (1871–1941), Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the 162nd Infantry Regiment

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Havelock, Sir Henry (1795-1857) British general

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Hawker, Lanoe (1890–1916), British military pilot in World War I.
Hawkins, Sir John (1532–1595), English navigator, slave trader, vice admiral

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Haxo, François Nicolas Benoît Baron (1774–1838), French general

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Hayashi Senjūrō (1876–1943), Japanese general, army, foreign and prime minister
Hayashi Yoshihide (1891–1978), General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Haynau, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Eduard von (1804–1863), General of the Electorate of Hesse and Minister of War
Haynau, Julius Freiherr von (1786-1853), notorious Austrian general, called "Hyena of Brescia" or the " Blood Judge of Arad"
Haynau, Wilhelm Karl Freiherr von (1779–1856), lieutenant general of the Electorate of Hesse

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Heeringen, Josias von (1850–1926), German colonel general; Army Commander in Chief in World War I
Heigelin, Theodor von (1876–1930), officer in the Imperial Protection Force for Cameroon
Heidrich, Richard (1896–1947), German lieutenant general in the parachute force of the Wehrmacht
Heilmann, Johann (1825–1888), Bavarian lieutenant general and military writer
Heinleth, Adolf Ritter von (1823–1895), Bavarian general
Henry VI. Prince Reuss-Plauen , Saxon General Field Marshal in 1697
Heinrich von Sachsen-Römhild (1650–1710), royal Prussian field military officer
Heister, Sigbert Graf von (1646–1718), Austrian field marshal
Hejlik, Dennis J. , Major General of the US Marine Corps
Helland, Samuel T. (* 1947/48), Major General of the US Marine Corps
Helfrich, Conrad EL (1886–1962), Dutch Vice Admiral in World War II
Heller von Hellwald, Friedrich Jakob (1789–1866), Austrian military historian and general
Hellwig, Friedrich von (1775–1845), Prussian officer during the Wars of Liberation
Hely-Hutchinson, John , 2nd Earl of Donoughmore of Knocklofty (1757-1832), British general
Henault, Raymond (born 1948), Canadian general; 2001-2005 Chief of the Defense Staff; since 2005 chairman of the NATO military committee
Henckel von Donnersmarck, Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor (1775–1849), royal Prussian lieutenant general; Participants in the Wars of Liberation
Henikstein, Alfred Ritter von (1810–1882), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
Henk, Ludwig von (1820-1894), German Vice Admiral; Director of the Admiralty
Henniges von Treffenfeld, Joachim (1610–1688), Brandenburg general
Henry, Ferdinand (1819–1891), Prussian war council; senior Prussian military officer
Hentzi von Arthurm, Heinrich Ritter (1785–1849), major general; kk engineer officer; Defender of the furnace fortress
Hepburn, Sir John (1598–1636), Scottish military leader in the Thirty Years' War; Marshal of France
Herbillon, Émile (1794–1866), French Général de division
Herkimer, Nicholas (1715–1777), militia general in the American War of Independence
Herrera, José Joaquín de (1792–1854), Mexican military man and three-time President of Mexico
Hertzog, James Barry Munnick (1866–1942), South African general and politician
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Anton (1841–1923), Prussian general of the infantry
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Karl Eberhard (1796–1884), Prussian field marshal; Army leader in the German Wars of Unification
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Johann Eberhard Ernst (1753–1833), royal Prussian major general; Participants in the Wars of Liberation
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Friedrich Adrian (1802–1884), Prussian general of the infantry; Head of Department in the War Ministry
Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Hans Paulus (1800–1881), Prussian general of the infantry; Co-developer of the needle gun
Herzog, Hans (1819–1894), Swiss Commander in Chief 1870/1871; Artillery Chief of Arms
Heß, Heinrich Freiherr von (1788–1870), Austrian field marshal
Hessen-Darmstadt, Prince Georg von (1669–1705), officer in Austrian service; Field marshal; captured the fortress of Gibraltar for England in 1704; fallen before Barcelona
Hessen-Homburg, Friedrich II., Prince of "with the silver leg" (1633–1708), fought with Derfflinger at Fehrbellin; Prussian Field Marshal General
Hessen-Homburg, Philipp, Landgrave von (1779–1846), General and Field Marshal in Austrian service
Hetz, Karl (1910–1980), German vice admiral and commander of the fleet
Heusinger, Adolf (1897–1982), German general in World War II and in the Bundeswehr; 1957–1961 first general inspector of the Bundeswehr; 1961–1964 Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Heusner, Karl Eduard (1843–1891), German admiral; Naval Minister
Hewitt, H. Kent (1887–1972), American admiral; Commander of the amphib. Armed Forces of the Atlantic Fleet; In November 1942 led the Allied landing in North Africa ('Torch'), Sicily (July 1943), Salerno (September 1943) and off southern France ('Dragoon', August 1944)
Heyden, Friedrich von (1633–1715), Brandenburg-Prussian general
Heynitz, Ernst von (1863–1927), German general
Heyst, Norbert van (* 1944), German Army General

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Hicks, William (1830-1883), British officer; Egyptian general ("Hicks Pascha"); fallen in the fight against the Mahdi
Higuchi Kiichirō (1888–1970), Lieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army
Hildebrandt, Horst (1919–1989), Lieutenant General in the Bundeswehr; Army inspector
Hill, Ambrose Powell (1825-1865), Southern General in the American Civil War; like
Hill, Daniel Harvey (1821–1889), Confederate General of the United States
Hill, Sir Rowland, 1st Viscount Hill (1772–1842), British general
Hiller von Gaertringen, Johann August Friedrich (1772-1856), Prussian general of the infantry
Hiller von Gärtringen, Wilhelm (1809–1866), Prussian lieutenant general; fallen in the German war
Hillyar, Sir James RN, KCB, KCH (1769-1843), British naval officer; Rear Admiral of the White
Hindenburg, Paul von (1847–1934), German field marshal in the First World War; President of the empire
Hindersin, Gustav Eduard von (1804–1872), General of the Infantry
Hipper, Franz von (1863–1932), German admiral in the First World War; Commander in Chief of the High Seas Fleet
Hishikari Takashi (1871–1952), General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Hislop, Thomas (1762–1843) British general and deputy governor of Trinidad
Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945), dictator of Germany in the Third Reich (1933–1945)

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Hoar, Joseph P. (* 1934), General in the US Marine Corps, Commander of US Central Command

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Hobart, Augustus Charles , called "Hobart Pascha", (1822–1886), British naval officer, admiral in Turkish service, inspector general of the Turkish navy, naval commander in the Russo-Turkish war
Hobart, Sir Percy , called "Hobo", (1885–1957), British military engineer; Commander of the 79th British Armored Division; responsible for several special armored vehicles ( Hobart's Funnies )

Hobe, Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von (1765–1822), royal Prussian lieutenant general

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Hoche, Lazare (1768–1797), French general of the revolutionary era

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Hodges, Courtney Hicks (1887-1966), American four-star general; Commander in Chief of the 1st US Army in World War II

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Hoen, Maximilian, Ritter von (1867–1940), kuk Feldmarschalleutnant, military historian and director of the war archive in Vienna
Hoepner, Erich (1886–1944), Colonel General; Participant in the uprising of July 20; executed

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Hoffmann, Heinrich (1878–1969), German major general
Hoffmann, Heinrich (1893–1967), German major general
Hoffmann, Heinrich (1910–1998), German naval officer, most recently sea captain
Hoffmann, Karl-Heinz (1910–1985), Army General, Defense Minister of the GDR
Hoffmann, Max (1869–1927), German general in the First World War; developed the plan for the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914
Hoffmann, Theodor (1935–2018), Admiral, Chief of the NVA, Minister for National Defense of the GDR

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Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Ludwig Aloys von (1765–1829), German Imperial Prince and General, Marshal of France
Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen-Öhringen, Friedrich Ludwig Fürst zu (1746–1818), Prussian general of the infantry, commander in chief of the Prussian army after 1806
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim, Georg Friedrich von (1569–1645), officer and an occasional poet
Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Kraft Karl August Prinz zu (1827-1892), general of the artillery, military writer, adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

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Holk, Heinrich von (1599–1633), general in the Thirty Years War.
Holland, Lancelot VC CB (1887-1941), British admiral; was sunk in 1941 with its flagship HMS Hood .
Holleben, Albert von (1835–1906), General of the Infantry in the Wars of Unification; Writer.
Hollen, Georg Freiherr von (1845–1900), general of the cavalry
Hollidt, Karl-Adolf (1891–1985), German officer and colonel general in the Wehrmacht.
Hollmann, Friedrich von (1842–1913), German admiral; State Secretary in the Reichsmarineamt.
Holmes, Theophilus Hunter (1804–1880), officer in the US Army and lieutenant general in the Confederate Army
Holofernes , biblical general of Nebuchadnezzar; beheaded by Judith.
Holtzendorff, Henning von (1853–1919), German admiral during the First World War; called for unrestricted submarine warfare.
Holtzendorff, Karl Friedrich von (1764–1828), Prussian lieutenant general; General Inspector of the Prussian Military Education System .
Holzappel, Peter Melander von (1589–1648), important general in the Thirty Years' War.

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Homma Masaharu (1887–1946), Japanese general in World War II; Troop commander in the Philippines; executed as a war criminal
l'Homme de Courbière, Wilhelm René de (1733–1811), Prussian general, commandant of the fortress Graudenz

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Hong Sa-ik (1889–1946), Lieutenant General of Korean Descent in the Imperial Japanese Army; executed as a war criminal
Honjō Shigeru (1876–1945), General of the Imperial Japanese Army

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Hood, John Bell (1831–1879), Civil War Southern General
Hood, Alexander (1758–1798), British naval officer; Brother of Sir Samuel Hood; accompanied Captain James Cook on his second world tour, fallen.
Hood, Sir Alexander, 1st Viscount Bridport , KB (1726-1814), British admiral
Hood, Sir Arthur, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon , KB (1824-1901), British Admiral; First sea lord from 1885 to 1889
Hood, Sir Horace , KCB (1870-1916), British Rear Admiral; killed in the Battle of the Skagerrak in 1916
Hood, Sir Samuel, 1st Bt. , KB (1762–1814), British Vice Admiral; Cousin of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, and Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
Hood, Sir Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood , GCB (1724-1816), British Admiral
Hooker, Joseph (1814–1879), Union Army general in the American Civil War
Hoorn, Philippe de Montmorency, Count von (1526–1568), Dutch admiral and freedom fighter; beheaded

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Hopper, Grace (1906–1992), American computer scientist and computer pioneer; Rear Admiral of the US Navy Reserve

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Horii Tomitarō (1890–1942), Major General of the Imperial Japanese Army
Horn, Carl von (1847–1923), Bavarian Colonel General and Minister of War
Horn, Christian Siegmund von (1714 – after 1776), Prussian major general and chief of the cuirassier regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburg) No. 7
Horn, Gustaf , Count von Björneborg (1592–1657), Swedish general in the Thirty Years War.
Horn, Heinrich Wilhelm von (1762–1829), Lieutenant General.
Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps GCB (1825–1895), British Naval Admiral; Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean.
Horne, Henry , 1st Baron GCB KCMG (1861–1929), British general in World War I.
Horrocks, Sir Brian Gwynne KCB KBE DSO MC (1895–1985), British general in World War II; Commanding General of the XXX. Corps during Operation Market Garden.
Horst, Julius Freiherr von (1830–1904), Austrian general and Minister for National Defense.
Horst, Ulrich Angelbert Freiherr von der (1793–1867), commander of the Schleswig-Holstein army.
Horten, Dirk (* 1939), German vice admiral and commander of the fleet
Horthy, Miklós (1868–1957), Hungarian military and politician, last Commander in Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
Horton, Sir Max Kennedy GCB DSO (1883–1951), British submarine commander in World War I and admiral in World War II.
Horvatovic, Georg (1835–1895), Serbian general; Minister of War.

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Hosenfeld, Wilm (1895–1952), Wehrmacht officer in World War II
Hoßbach, Friedrich (1894–1980), German general; Army corps and army commander in World War II; wrote the so-called "Hoßbach Protocol" in 1937
Hößlin, Roland von (1915–1944), German officer in the Wehrmacht and resistance fighter of July 20, 1944; executed

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Hotchkiss, Benjamin B. (1826–1885), American inventor and weapons designer
Hoth, Hermann (1885–1971), Colonel General; Army commander in World War II
Hotze, Friedrich Freiherr von (1739–1799), Austrian field marshal lieutenant of Swiss origin

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Houchard, Jean-Nicolas (1738–1793), French revolutionary general, guillotined
Houston, Samuel (1793–1863), American politician and general; Key figure in the history of the state of Texas

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Howard, John (1912-1999) British major during World War II; Operation Tonga
Howard, Oliver Otis (1830–1909), American Civil War.
Howe, George Augustus, 3rd Viscount Howe (1725–1758), British brigadier general; fallen at Fort Ticonderoga.
Howe, Sir Richard, 1st Earl Howe , KG (1726-1799), British Naval Admiral
Howe, Sir William, 5th Viscount Howe , KB (1729–1814), British general during the American Revolution.
Howze, Hamilton H. (1908-1998), American four-star general; one of the fathers of American army aviation.
Howze, Robert Lee Jr. (1903-1983), two-star American general.

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Hoyer, Johann Gottfried von (1767–1848), Prussian major general and military writer
Hoyos von Sprinzenstein, Johann Ernst Graf (1779–1849), Austrian court official, landowner and lieutenant field marshal

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Hrebeljanović, Lazar (1329–1389), holy martyr and Serb leader in the battle of the Blackbird Field

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Hube, Hans (1890–1944), Colonel General in World War II
Hubicki, Alfred Ritter von (1887–1971), Austrian general, later a general in the Wehrmacht
Hübl, Arthur Freiherr von (1853–1932), Dr. hc, Austrian field marshal lieutenant, chemist and cartographer
Huerta, Victoriano (1850–1916), Mexican general and president
Hügel, Ernst Eugen Freiherr von (1774–1849), Württemberg Minister of War
Hughes, Sir Samuel (1853–1921) Canadian general and statesman, Secretary of Defense during World War I.
Chülegü Ilchan (around 1217–1265), Mongolian prince and general; Grandson of Genghis Khan
Hülgerth, Ludwig (1875–1939), Austrian field marshal lieutenant and politician; 1934–36 Governor of Carinthia; 1936–38 Vice Chancellor
Hull, William (1753-1825) American politician and general
Hullin, Pierre Augustin, comte (1758–1841), French general
Hülsen-Haeseler, Dietrich Graf von (1852–1908), General of the Infantry; Chief of the Military Cabinet
Hundius, Paul (1889–1918), German lieutenant captain, was one of the most successful submarine commanders in World War I.
Hunold of Aquitaine († 774), Duke of Aquitaine, fighter against the Carolingian rule
Hunolstein, Johann Wilhelm von (1599–1664), Bavarian and Imperial General Feldzeugmeister in the Thirty Years' War
Hunter, Archibald (1856-1936) British general; Division commander in the Mahdi uprising; Governor of Gibraltar
Hunter-Weston, Aylmer KCB DSO, called "Hunter-Bunter" , (1864-1940), British general in the First World War; Corps commander in Gallipoli and on the Somme; Member of Parliament until 1935
Hussein Pascha (1819–1876), Turkish general; Commander in Chief of the Danube Army
Hutier, Oskar von (1857–1934), one of the most successful and innovative German generals of the First World War; Inventor of the Hutier tactic named after him (infiltration tactic)
Hutten, Ferdinand von (1793–1857), royal Bavarian Rittmeister and member of the Hessian Estates Assembly
Huyn von Geleen, Gottfried (1590 / 98–1657), Imperial Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War