Military Commanders

Medieval era

Bertrand du Guesclin

c. 1320 – July 13, 1380

Constable of France

Medieval era

Gilles de Rais

1405 – October 26, 1440

Leader in the French army, companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, convicted serial killer of children

Medieval era

Nuno Alvares Pereira

June 24, 1360 – November 1, 1431

Portuguese nobleman

Medieval era

Robert Guiscard

1016 – July 17, 1085

Duke of Apulia and Calabria

Medieval era

Enrico Dandolo

1107 – 1205

Doge of Venice (1107-1205)

Medieval era

Abd al-Rahman I

731 CE – September 30, 788 CE

Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788

Medieval era

Almanzor

938 CE – August 9, 1010

Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman (c.938-1002)

Medieval era

Musa ibn Nusayr

640 CE – 716 CE

Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)

Medieval era

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

1009 – September 2, 1106

Leader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus

Medieval era

Samuel ibn Naghrillah

993 CE – 1055

Spanish poet, vizier, and general

Medieval era

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba

September 1, 1453 – December 2, 1515

Spanish general (1453-1515)

Medieval era

Roger de Flor

1267 – April 30, 1305

Italian military adventurer and condottiere

Medieval era

Widukind

755 CE – c. 900 CE

Duke of Saxony

Medieval era

Jan Zizka

1360 – October 11, 1424

Czech Hussite military leader (circa 1360 - 1424)

Medieval era

Birger Jarl

1210 – October 28, 1266

Jarl and ruler of Sweden (c.1210–1266)

Medieval era

Stefan Dusan

July 26, 1308 – December 20, 1355

Emperor of Serbia 1331–1355

Medieval era

Roger de Lauria

January 17, 1245 – January 19, 1305

Italian admiral

Medieval era

Halfdan Ragnarsson

c. 900 CE – 877 CE

Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army

Medieval era

Sigurd the Crusader

1089 – March 26, 1130

King of Norway from 1103 to 1130

Medieval era

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson

1390 – May 4, 1436

Regent (1390–1436)

Medieval era

Prokop the Great

1380 – May 30, 1434

Hussite priest and military leader

Medieval era

Alexander Peresvet

c. 1301 – September 8, 1380

Russian Orthodox monk warrior, later canonizated.

Medieval era

Belisarius

505 CE – March 13, 565 CE

6th century Byzantine general instrumental in reconquest of much of the former Roman Mediterranean territories (505-565)

Ancient era

Narses

478 CE – 574 CE

Byzantine general

Medieval era

Leo III the Isaurian

675 CE – June 18, 741 CE

Emperor of Byzantine Empire

Medieval era

Nikephoros II Phokas

912 CE – 969 CE

Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969

Ancient era

Gratian

April 18, 359 CE – August 25, 383 CE

Roman emperor from 367 to 383

Medieval era

Hereward the Wake

1032 – 1072

11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England

Medieval era

Chevalier de Bayard

1476 – April 30, 1524

French military personnel

Medieval era

Owain Lawgoch

1330 – 1378

Prince of Gwynedd and Wales

Medieval era

Philip van Artevelde

1340 – 1382

Flemish patriot (1340-1382)

Ancient era

Odoacer

433 CE – March 15, 493 CE

5th-century Germanic soldier and monarch of Italy (476–493)

Ancient era

Flavius Aetius

c. 390 CE – September 21, 454 CE

Roman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)

Ancient era

Cyaxares

c. 700 BCE – 584 BCE

The third and greatest king of the Medes (625–585 BC)

Ancient era

Harpagus

c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE

6th-century BC Median general

Ancient era

Tomyris

c. 600 BCE – c. 600 BCE

Queen of the Massagetae (fl. 6. century BCE)

Ancient era

Surena

84 BCE – 52 BCE

Iranian general

Medieval era

Khosrow I

501 CE – 579 CE

Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579

Medieval era

Khosrow II

570 CE – February 28, 628 CE

The 24th Sassanid emperor (590–628)

Medieval era

Bahram Chobin

c. 600 CE – 592 CE

Sasanian general and political leader (died 591)

Ancient era

Bozorgmehr

c. 450 CE – c. 501 CE

6th-century Iranian sage and dignitary

Medieval era

Rostam Farrokhzad

c. 601 CE – 636 CE

Sasanian military officer (died 636)

Ancient era

Hamilcar Barca

275 BCE – 228 BCE

Carthaginian general (c. 275 – 228 BC)

Ancient era

Hasdrubal Barca

245 BCE – 207 BCE

Carthaginian general

Ancient era

Jugurtha

160 BCE – 104 BCE

King of Numidia

Ancient era

Judas Maccabeus

c. 500 BCE – 160 BCE

2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids

Medieval era

Al-Harith ibn Jabalah

c. 600 CE – 569 CE

King of the Ghassanids from c.528 to 569

Ancient era

Ammianus Marcellinus

330 CE – 395 CE

4th-century Roman historian and soldier

Modern era

Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan

c. 1882 – May 9, 1958

Figure of the Indian Independence Movement and Pakistani politician

Modern era

Muhammad Musa Khan

October 20, 1908 – March 12, 1991

Pakistani Hazara general (1908–1991)

Modern era

Shah Nawaz Khan

January 24, 1914 – December 9, 1983

Army General and Member of parliament (1914-1983)

Modern era

Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon

March 18, 1914 – February 6, 2006

Officer in the Indian National Army (1914-2006)

Modern era

Lakshmi Sahgal

October 24, 1914 – July 23, 2012

Officer in the Indian National Army (INA) and former presidential candidate of India

Modern era

Abid Hasan

June 11, 1911 – April 5, 1986

Indian National Army officer

Modern era

Jhalkaribai

November 22, 1830 – 1858

Koli warrior

Early Modern era

Kittur Chennamma

October 23, 1778 – February 21, 1829

Indian freedom fighter, warrior queen

Early Modern era

Baji Prabhu Deshpande

1615 – 1660

Hindu warrior

Murarbaji

Indian general

Early Modern era

Akali Phula Singh

January 1, 1761 – March 14, 1823

Nihang General

Early Modern era

Zorawar Singh Kahluria

1786 – 1841

General in the Sikh Empire military