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- Sá da Bandeira, Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Marquês de (1795–1876), Portuguese general and statesman; major leader of the Setembrists; Prime Minister
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ernst I von (1784–1844), Duke and Prussian general
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prince Friedrich Josias von (1737–1815), Reichs-General-Feldmarschall; last imperial field marshal
- Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry, Ferdinand von (1785-1851), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Saxony, Johann Georg von (1704–1774), field marshal of Electoral Saxony; Governor of Dresden; Son of Augustus the Strong
- Saxony, Moritz Graf von , called "Marshal of Saxony", (1696–1750), German general and war theorist in French service
- Sachsen-Lauenburg, Franz Albert von (1598–1642), general in the Thirty Years War
- Sachsen-Weimar, Bernhard von (1604–1639), general in the Thirty Years War
- Sachsen-Weimar, Johann Ernst I von (1594–1626), general in the Thirty Years' War
- Sachsen-Weißenfels, Johann Adolf II von (1685–1746), Saxon field marshal
- Sack, Karl (1896–1945), German army judge and resistance fighter; executed
- Sackville-Germain, George , 1st Viscount Sackville, (1716–1785), British general and politician; Secretary of State for the American Colonies under Lord North
- Saint-Arnaud, Armand-Jacques-Achille-Leroy de (1796–1854), Marshal of France and politician
- Saint-Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, marquis de (1764–1830), Napoleonic marshal
- Salaberry, Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de (1778–1829), Canadian soldier and politician
- Saladin (1137 or 1138–1193) General of the Muslim army against the crusader states, conqueror of Jerusalem, founder of the Kurdish dynasty of the Ayyubids of Egypt and Syria
- Salan, Raoul (1899–1984), French general and member of the OAS
- Salaverry, Felipe Santiago de (1806–1836), Peruvian general and president
- Saldanha, João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of (1790–1876), Portuguese general and statesman
- Saldern, Friedrich Christoph von (1719–1785), Prussian general and war theorist
- Sale, Robert Henry GCB (1782-1845) British general
- Salewski, Michael (1938–2010), German military historian
- Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz von (1762–1834), Swiss officer and poet
- Salm-Salm, Felix Prinz zu (1828–1870), officer in Austrian, American, Mexican and Prussian services; General in the Civil War ; Maximilian's Wing Adjutant of Mexico; killed in the Franco-Prussian War
- Salm, Niklas Graf (1459–1530), renaissance general
- Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen, Otto Ludwig Rheingraf von (1597–1634), Swedish general in the Thirty Years War; Commander in chief of the Swedish troops in Alsace
- Salmuth, Hans von (1888–1962), German colonel general in World War II
- Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of (1625–1672), English admiral
- Samford, John A. (1905-1968) American Air Force general; 1956–60 director of the National Security Agency
- Santa Cruz, Andrés de (1792-1865), Bolivian general; President of Peru and Bolivia
- Saltykov, Pyotr Semjonowitsch (1700–1773), Russian count and field marshal in the Seven Years' War
- Sánchez, Ricardo S. (* 1953), American general; Commanding General of the US 5th Corps; 2003/04 commander of the coalition forces in Iraq
- Sattler, John F. , American Lieutenant General; Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force; Director of Strategic Planning and Policies for the Joint Staff
- Sarychev, Gavriil Andrejewitsch (1763–1831), Russian naval officer and hydrograph
- Saucken, Dietrich von (1892–1980), German general in World War II
- Saunders, Sir Charles (around 1715–1775), British admiral in the Seven Years War; 1766 First Lord of the Admiralty
- Saussier, Félix Gustave (1828–1905), French division general and member of parliament; Commander in Chief of the Army in Algeria; Military Governor of Paris
- Savary, Anne-Jean-Marie-René , duc de Rovigo, (1774–1833), Napoleonic division general, diplomat and minister
- Savelli, Federigo († 1649), Italian prince; Austrian field marshal in the Thirty Years War
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- Scarlett, James Yorke (1799–1871), British general in the Crimean War
- Scipio , nickname of numerous Roman generals
- Scott, Norman , USN (1889–1942), American two-star admiral in World War II; fallen before Guadalcanal
- Scott, Robert Falcon (1868–1912), British naval officer and polar explorer
- Scott, Winfield (1786–1866), general in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War
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- Sébastiani de la Porta, Horace-François-Bastien, comte (1772–1851), French general, diplomat and statesman; Marshal of France
- Jean-André-Tiburce Sébastiani (1786–1871), French lieutenant general; Brother of the previous one
- Seckendorff, Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von (1673–1763), Imperial Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Sedgwick, John (1813–1864), Northern general during the Civil War; like
- Seeckt, Hans von (1866–1936), German colonel general; Chief of the Supreme Army Command of the Reichswehr
- Ségur, Philippe-Henri de (1724–1801), French general and statesman; 1780–1787 Minister of War; since 1783 Marshal of France
- Ségur, Philippe-Paul de (1780–1873), French general and peer
- Selfridge, Thomas E. (1882-1908), American officer; first casualty of motorized aviation
- Senden-Bibran, Gustav Freiherr von (1847–1909), German admiral; Chief of the Naval Cabinet
- Hans Senn (1918–2007), Swiss Chief of Staff
- Sergejew, Igor Dmitrijewitsch (1938–2006), Russian Marshal and Minister of Defense
- Serrano Domínguez, Francisco , Duke de la Torre (1810–1885), Spanish general and statesman; 1869/79 regent; 1874 President of the First Republic
- Sérurier, Jean Mathieu Philibert (1742-1819), French revolutionary general; Marshal and Peer of France
- Setzer, Jürgen , German Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
- Seydewitz, Karl Friedrich August von (1769–1816), Royal Bavarian Major General
- Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von (1721–1773), Prussian cavalry general
- Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Walther von (1888–1976), general of the artillery in World War II; Member of the Association of German Officers
- Seymour, Sir Frederick Beauchamp , 1st Baron Alcester, GCB (1821-1895), British Admiral; Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet; known from the bombardment of Alexandria during the Urabi uprising
- Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (1840-1929), Admiral of the Fleet; Commander in Chief of the British Far East Fleet
- Seymour, Sir Michael , 1st Baronet, KCB (1768–1834) British naval officer and admiral
- Seymour, Sir Michael GCB (1802-1887), British naval officer and admiral; Son of the previous one
- Seymour, Sir Michael Culme- (1836–1920), 3rd Baronet, British naval officer and admiral
- Seymour, Sir Michael Culme- (1867-1925), 4th Baronet, British naval officer and admiral
- Seymour, Sir Thomas , Baron Seymour of Sudeley, (around 1508–1549), English nobleman, military leader, diplomat and politician; executed
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- Sforza, Francesco (1401–1466), Italian condottiere, 1450–1466 Duke of Milan
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- Shalikashvili, John M. (1936-2011), General in the US Army; 1993–97 Chairman of the United General Staff
- Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale (1763-1851), British general and colonial administrator in Canada
- Shelby, Isaac (1750-1826), American officer in the Revolutionary War; Congressman, first Kentucky governor
- Shelton, Henry Hugh (born 1942), General in the US Army; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831–1888), American general in the American Civil War
- Sherman, William T. (1820-1891), American five-star general; Northern troop leaders in the American Civil War; 1869 Commander in Chief of the US Army
- Shimada Shigetarō (1883-1976), admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II; Naval Minister
- Shinseki, Eric K. (born 1942), American general; 34th Chief of Staff of the Army
- Shōji Toshishige (1890–1974), major general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Shughart, Randy (1958-1993), American soldier; fallen in Mogadishu
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- Sick, Georg (1861–1937), Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 163
- Sickingen, Franz von (1481–1523), imperial knight, leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knights.
- Sieger, Ludwig (1857–1952), lieutenant colonel and leader of the XVIII. Reserve Corps
- Siemens, Adolf (1811–1887), royal Prussian major general and military technician; Inventor of the Siemens fuse.
- Sigel, Franz (1824–1902), Baden revolutionary and general in the American Civil War, newspaper publisher.
- Sigsbee, Charles Dwight (1845-1923), American naval officer, commandant of the USS Maine ; Spanish-American War.
- Sikorski, Władysław (1881–1943), Polish general and statesman; Commander in Chief of the Polish Armed Forces; 1939–1943 Prime Minister of the government in exile.
- Simcoe, John Graves (1752-1806), British officer; first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada.
- Simonds, Guy CC CB CBE DSO CD (1903–1974), Canadian general in World War II.
- Simpson, William Hood (1888–1980), American general in World War II.
- Sinan Pascha (1512–1596), Ottoman general and statesman.
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- Skanderbeg (1403–1468), actually Gjergj Kastrioti , Albanian national hero in the fight against the Turks
- Skobelew, Michail Dmitrijewitsch (1843–1882), Russian general in the Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878; Conquerors of Turkestan; the famous "White General"
- Skoblin, Nikolai Wladimirowitsch (* 1892), commanded the Kornilov regiment of the White Army in the Russian Civil War
- Skoropadskyj, Ivan (around 1646–1722), hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks since 1708
- Skorzeny, Otto (1908–1975), officer in the Waffen SS; led the commandos that liberated Mussolini
- Skrzynecki, Jan Boncza (1786–1860), Polish general; Commander in Chief of the Polish Revolutionary Army
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- Slater, Sir Jock GCB LCO ADC (born 1938), British admiral; 1995–98 First Sea Lord and Chief of the Admiralty's Staff in the Navy
- Slatin, Sir Rudolf Carl Freiherr von , gen Slatin Pascha , (1857–1932), Austrian adventurer and explorer; Anglo-Egyptian general; British Inspector General in Sudan
- Slicher, Ludewig Johann Freiherr von (1809–1896), Major General of Hanover
- Slim, William , 1. Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (1897-1970), British Field Marshal; Army Commander in Asia; 13. Governor General of Australia
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- Smend, Günther (1912–1944), German general staff officer and resistance fighter of July 20, 1944; executed
- Smith, Edmund Kirby (1824-1893), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Smith, Lance L. , American general, commander of the US Joint Forces Command and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation of NATO
- Smith, Sir William Sidney (1764–1840) British admiral during the Napoleonic Wars
- Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace GCB GCMG DSO ADC (1858–1930), British general in World War I; Army Commander on the Western Front; Governor of Gibraltar
- Smuts, Jan Christiaan (1870–1950), South African lawyer, statesman and general
- Smyth, Alexander (1765–1830) American lawyer, general of the War of 1812, and politician
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- Snetkow, Boris (1925-2006), Soviet Army General
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- Sobieski, Johann III. (1629–1696), King of Poland, liberated Vienna from the overwhelming strength of the Ottoman army under Kara Mustafa
- Sohr, Friedrich Georg von (1775–1845), royal Prussian lieutenant general
- Solms-Braunfels, Carl Prinz zu , called "Texas-Carl" (1812–1875), Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant Field Marshal; Founder of the New Braunfels Settlement, Comal County in Texas (USA)
- Solms, Reinhard Graf zu (1491–1562), imperial field marshal, military writer
- Somerset, Sir Edward GCB (1776–1842), important British cavalry general in the war on the Peninsula
- Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of (around 1405–1455), English military leader in the War of the Roses and the Hundred Years War
- Somerville, Sir James Fownes (1882-1949), British Admiral; Commander-in-Chief of the Asian Fleet in World War II
- Jacques de Sores , Huguenot privateer in the 16th century
- Sottorf, Hans (1888–1941), Prussian officer
- Sosabowski, Stanislaw (1892–1967), Polish paratrooper general in World War II, commander of the 1st Polish Airborne Brigade in Operation Market Garden
- Soubise, Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de (1583–1642), French Huguenot leader
- Soubise, Charles de Rohan, prince de (1715–1787), French general and statesman, Marshal of France
- Souches, Louis Rattuit de (1608–1682), Imperial Field Marshal
- Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu (1769–1851), Napoleonic general, Marshal of France, Minister of War
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- Alexander von Spaen (1619–1692), Brandenburg field marshal.
- Sparr, Otto Christoph von (1599–1668), Brandenburg General Field Marshal.
- Spee, Maximilian Graf von (1861–1914), admiral, commander of the German East Asia Squadron, fallen.
- Speidel, Dr. Hans (1897–1984), General, Rommel's Chief of Staff in World War II, later in the Bundeswehr and NATO.
- Spengel, Joseph Franz von (1784–1851), Royal Bavarian Major General.
- Sperrle, Hugo (1885–1953), German field marshal in World War II; Commander in Chief of the Air Force Command West.
- Sperry, Charles Stillman (1847-1911), American admiral; 1907-1909 led the Great White Fleet around the world.
- Spiering, Joachim (* 1940), German general in the Bundeswehr; Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces Central Europe of NATO
- Spinola, Ambrosio (1569–1630), Spanish military leader in the Thirty Years' War.
- Spínola, António de (1910–1996), Portuguese general and politician.
- Sponeck, Hans Graf von (1888–1944), German general in World War II, murdered in custody on July 20, 1944.
- Sponeck, Theodor von (1896–1982), General of the Wehrmacht; Commander of the 90th Light Panzer Division and Panzergrenadier Division.
- Sporck, Johann von (1601–1679), Austrian general.
- Spörcken, Friedrich von (1698–1776), Brunswick Field Marshal.
- Spruance, Raymond A. (1886–1969), US Admiral in the Pacific War, Battle of Midway.
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- Stack, Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice (1868-1924); British Major General and Sirdar in the Egyptian Army
- Stahlschmidt, Hans-Arnold (* 1920); highly decorated German fighter pilot in World War II; missing since September 7, 1942 near El Alamein / Egypt.
- Stapf, Otto (1890–1963), German general; Chief of the Economic Staff East
- Starck, Friedrich von (1790–1864), Major General of the Electorate of Hesse and member of the Hessian Estates Assembly
- Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger (1899–1956), Austrian politician and Heimwehr leader, exponent of Austrofascism
- Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger von (1638–1701), defender of Vienna during the second Turkish siege in 1683
- Starhemberg, Guido Graf (1657–1737), Austrian field marshal in the War of the Spanish Succession
- Stark, John (1728-1822), American general during the Revolutionary War
- Stauffenberg, Berthold Graf Schenk von (1905–1944), German lawyer, naval judge and resister; executed
- Stauffenberg, Berthold Maria Graf Schenk von (* 1934), retired Bundeswehr general D.
- Stauffenberg, Claus Graf Schenk von (1907–1944), colonel, officer and Hitler bomber, shot dead
- Stavridis, James G. (* 1955), American admiral, commander of the US Southern Command
- St. Clair, Arthur (1736-1818), ninth President of the Continental Congress; General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; Ohio Area Governor
- Stephan, Alfred (1884–1924), Prussian first lieutenant, lawyer and politician
- Štefka, Pavel (* 1954), Czech four-star general
- Steinau, Adam Heinrich Graf von († 1712), Saxon-Polish field marshal
- Steiner, Felix (1896–1966), General of the Waffen-SS, army commander in World War II
- Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich Franciscus von (1768–1837), Prussian lieutenant general and cartographer
- Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von (1796–1877), Prussian field marshal, army commander in the Franco-German War
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von (1730–1794), German-American general in the War of Independence
- Stewart, Herbert (1843–1885), British major general in the Mahdi Rising
- Stewart, James M. (1908-1997), American film actor and Air Force general; Pilot and general staff officer during the Second World War; Oscar winner
- Stieff, Helmuth (1901–1944), major general in the Wehrmacht; Head of the defense organization group; Resistance fighters; executed
- Stilicho (around 365-408), Roman military leader and politician
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren , called "Vinegar Joe" , (1883–1946), American general in World War II
- Stirling, Sir David (1915–1990), British officer of Scottish descent; Founder of the Special Air Service (SAS)
- Stirling, Sir James (1791-1865), British naval officer and colonial administrator; first governor of Western Australia
- St. Leger, Barry (often also St. Ledger) (1737–1789), British general during the French and Indian Wars and during the American War of Independence
- Stockdale, James (1923-2005), American admiral; was the senior naval officer who was captured during the Vietnam War
- Stoddart, Charles (1806–1842), British lieutenant colonel and diplomat
- Stoffel, Christoph Anton Jakob von , Baron von Arbon (1780–1842), Swiss colonel; first commander of the French Foreign Legion founded in 1831
- Stolberg-Roßla, Jost Christian zu (1722–1749), Russian and Prussian officer
- Stosch, Albrecht von (1818–1896), General of the Infantry, Admiral; first head of the German admiralty
- Strachwitz, Hyazinth Graf (1893–1968), German general and tank commander in World War II
- Strategopulos, Alexios Melissenos (13th century), Byzantine general
- Stricker, Hans-Joachim (* 1948), Vice Admiral of the German Navy; Commander of the fleet
- Stroessner, Alfredo (1912–2006), General, President and Dictator of Paraguay
- Stuart, Sir Charles , KB, (1753-1801), British Colonel
- Stuart, Sir John , GCB, Earl of Maida, (1759–1815), British Lieutenant General
- Stuart, Jeb (1833–1864), Confederate Cavalry General in the American Civil War; fallen in the battle of the Yellow Tavern
- Student, Kurt (1890–1978), Colonel General, Commander in Chief of the 1st Parachute Army
- Stülpnagel, Carl-Heinrich von (1886–1944), German general and resistance fighter; Military commander in France; executed
- Stülpnagel, Otto von (1878–1948), general of the infantry, military commander of France
- Stumpff, Hans-Jürgen (1889–1968), German Air Force general in World War II; Colonel General; Air Fleet Commander; Co-signer of the document of surrender in Karlshorst
- Stumpff, Horst (1887–1958), German tank general in World War II; Inspector of the armored troops of the reserve army, brother of the previous one
- Sturdee, Frederik Doveton (1859–1925), British Vice Admiral, commandant of a naval formation during the First World War
- Stålhandske, Torsten (1594–1644), Swedish equestrian general in the Thirty Years War
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- Suchet, Louis Gabriel (1770–1826), Duke of Albufera, Napoleonic general and marshal
- Sukhomlinov, Vladimir Alexandrowitsch (1848–1926), Russian cavalry general and minister of war in the First World War
- Suckow, Albert von (1828–1893), Württemberg General of the Infantry and Minister of War
- Sucre, Antonio José de (1795–1830), South American general and freedom fighter
- Suleiman Pasha (1840-1892), Turkish general
- Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de (1560–1641), French marshal and statesman
- Sulz, Karl Ludwig zu (1560–1616), Imperial Feldzeugmeister and President of the Court War Council
- Sumter, Thomas (1734-1832), American general and congressman; last surviving general of the War of Independence
- Sunay, Cevdet (1899–1982), Turkish general and president
- Sun Bin (around 300 BC), Chinese military strategist and writer; Creator of the second of the 36 stratagems
- Sunzi (* around 500 BC), Chinese general and military strategist
- Suvorov, Alexander Wassiljewitsch (1730–1800), Russian field marshal and generalissimo
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- Svoboda, Ludvík (1895–1979), Czechoslovak general and president
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- Sweeney, Charles (1919-2004), Major General, American pilot
- Swift, Charles (* 1962), American naval officer and military lawyer
- Svyatopolk-Mirski, Pyotr Dmitrijewitsch (1857–1914), Russian cavalry general, Minister of the Interior
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- Sydow, Baltzer Friedrich von (1652–1733), Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Küstrin fortress
- Sydow, Egidius Ehrentreich von (1669–1749), Prussian general of the infantry
- Sydow, Emil von (1812–1873), German officer and cartographer
- Sydow, Friedrich von (1780–1845), Prussian officer and writer
- Sydow, Gustav Adolph von (1715–1772), Prussian major general
- Sydow, Hans Joachim Friedrich von (1762–1823), Prussian lieutenant general
- Sykes, George (1822–1880), General in the American Civil War
- Symons, Sir William Penn KCB (1843-1899), British general of the Colonial Wars; fallen at Talana Hill (Second Boer War)
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- Sztójay, Döme (1883–1946), Hungarian general and politician