Most Famous Military figures in the World
There are 7,126 notable military figures in the dataset, with the most coming from Germany and United States. George Washington holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
Category All
Citizenship All
GW
George Washington American Officer 1732 – 1799
#
42
DD
Dwight D. Eisenhower American Army 1890 – 1969
#
231
US
Ulysses S. Grant American Soldier 1822 – 1885
#
336
ER
Erwin Rommel German Officer 1891 – 1944
#
528
RE
Robert E. Lee American Officer 1807 – 1870
#
592
DM
Douglas MacArthur American Officer 1880 – 1964
#
599
AE
Adolf Eichmann German Officer 1906 – 1962
#
712
PV
Paul von Hindenburg German Generalfeldmarschall 1847 – 1934
#
719
PP
Philippe Pétain French Officer 1856 – 1951
#
741
GZ
Georgy Zhukov Russian Militar 1896 – 1974
#
754
HN
Horatio Nelson (1st Viscount Nelson) British Officer 1758 – 1805
#
761
GS
George S. Patton American Army 1885 – 1945
#
1,277
H
Hannibal Tunisian Militar -247 – -183
#
1,355
KD
Karl Dönitz German Soldier 1891 – 1980
#
1,360
BM
Bernard Montgomery British Officer 1887 – 1976
#
1,499
GA
George Armstrong Custer American Officer 1839 – 1876
#
1,669
GM
George Marshall American Soldier 1880 – 1959
#
1,747
WT
William Tecumseh Sherman American Officer 1820 – 1891
#
1,981
ST
Sun Tzu Chinese Militar -543 – -495
#
1,994
JM
Joachim Murat French Marshal 1767 – 1815
#
2,000