American independence list of persons
This is a list of people who were decisive or notably involved in the American Revolutionary Movement and / or the American War of Independence .
American patriotic military
- Ethan Allen
- William Alexander
- Benedict Arnold
- Daniel Brodhead
- James Clinton
- Horatio Gates
- Nathanael Greene
- Alexander Hamilton
- Edward hand
- William Heath
- Robert Howe
- William Irvine
- John Paul Jones
- Henry Knox
- John Laurens
- Charles Lee
- "Lighthorse" Henry Lee
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Francis Marion
- Alexander McDougall
- Lachlan McIntosh
- James Monroe
- Richard Montgomery
- Daniel Morgan
- Jonathan Moulton
- John Paterson
- Benjamin Pierce
- Israel Putnam
- Philip Schuyler
- John Stark
- John Sullivan
- John Thomas
- James Mitchell Varnum
- Artemas Ward
- George Washington
- David Wooster
Americans (loyalists and patriots) from the frontier
American patriotic politician and writer
- John Adams
- Samuel Adams
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Hancock
- Patrick Henry
- Thomas Jefferson
- Filippo Mazzei (aka Philip Mazzei)
- Robert Morris
- Thomas Paine
American loyalists
British and Loyalist Leaders
Government officials
Commander in Chief in North America
- Thomas Gage
- William Howe
- Henry Clinton
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
- John Campbell (of Strachur)
Naval commander
- Marriott Arbuthnot
- John Byron
- Thomas Graves
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
- George Brydges Rodney
Other military commanders
- Benedict Arnold
- John Burgoyne
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
- Henry Hamilton
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
- Banastre Tarleton
French guide
- Comte d'Estaing (Admiral)
- Comte de Grasse (Admiral)
- Marquis de Lafayette (Officer of the Continental Army)
- Pierre-Charles L'Enfant (Army officer)
- Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (diplomat)
- Louis XVI (King)
- Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (Commander of the French Army in America)
- Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (Foreign Minister)
- Karl Moor (Commander in Chief)
International leaders on the side of the American Patriots
- Johann de Kalb
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Francisco de Miranda
- Kazimierz Pułaski (English Casimir Pulaski )
- Friedrich von Steuben
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Indian leaders
- Joseph Brant (Mohawk)
- Blue Jacket (Shawnee)
- Cornplanter (Seneca)
- Cornstalk (Shawnee)
- Dragging Canoe (Cherokee / Chickamauga)
- Dunquat (the Wyandot "half-king")
- Guyasuta (Seneca)
- Red Jacket (Seneca)
- White Eyes (Lenape)
- Captain Pipe (Lenape)
- Buckongahelas (Lenape)
Women
- Abigail Adams
- Molly Brant (Mohawk)
- Margaret Corbin
- Jane McCrea
- " Molly Pitcher "
- Betsy Ross
- Deborah Sampson
- Nancy Ward (Cherokee)
- Mercy Otis Warren
- Phyllis Wheatley (African American poet)