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Military officer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as military officer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Medieval era
Piri Reis
1470 – 1554
Turkish admiral and cartographer
Early Modern era
Manuela Saenz
December 27, 1797 – November 23, 1856
Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)
Early Modern era
Jose Artigas
June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850
Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence
Byrhtnoth
d. 991 CE
Ealdorman of Essex
Medieval era
Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba
September 1, 1453 – December 2, 1515
Spanish general (1453-1515)
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
Chevalier de Bayard
1476 – April 30, 1524
French military personnel
Ancient era
Surena
84 BCE – 52 BCE
Iranian general
Ancient era
Hamilcar Barca
275 BCE – 228 BCE
Carthaginian general (c. 275 – 228 BC)
Ancient era
Ammianus Marcellinus
330 CE – 395 CE
4th-century Roman historian and soldier
Modern era
Shah Nawaz Khan
January 24, 1914 – December 9, 1983
Army General and Member of parliament (1914-1983)
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
Murarbaji
Indian general
Modern era
Mir Dast
December 3, 1874 – January 19, 1945
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1874–1945)
Modern era
Somnath Sharma
January 31, 1923 – October 31, 1947
Proud on major Somnath Sharma (1923–1947)
Modern era
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
July 17, 1943 – December 14, 1971
Recipient of Param Vir Chakra (1943-1971)
Modern era
Wazir Akbar Khan
October 15, 1816 – 1845
Emir of Afghanistan (1842-1845)
Ancient era
Guan Yu
162 CE – 220 CE
Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (160-220)
Early Modern era
Guy Fawkes
1570 – January 31, 1606
English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Medieval era
Hayreddin Barbarossa
1478 – July 4, 1546
Turkish admiral (1478–1546)
Modern era
Robert F. Kennedy
November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
Modern era
William Tecumseh Sherman
February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Modern era
Douglas MacArthur
January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
Early Modern era
Duke of Marlborough
May 26, 1650 – June 16, 1722
English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)
Modern era
Bernard Montgomery
November 17, 1887 – March 24, 1976
British Army officer (1887–1976)
Modern era
Prince Philip
June 10, 1921 – April 9, 2021
Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
Contemporary era
Prince Harry
b. September 15, 1984
Younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
Modern era
Erwin Rommel
November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944
German field marshal (1891-1944)
Modern era
Claus von Stauffenberg
November 15, 1907 – July 21, 1944
German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter (1907-1944)
Modern era
Michael Collins (Irish leader)
October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
American astronaut (1930–2021)
Early Modern era
Bernardo O'Higgins
August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842
Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)
Modern era
Juan Peron
October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974
President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)
Contemporary era
Hugo Chavez
July 28, 1954 – March 5, 2013
Venezuelan politician, 56th president of Venezuela (1954–2013)
Modern era
Albert A. Michelson
December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931
American physicist (1852–1931)
Medieval era
Henry the Navigator
March 4, 1394 – November 13, 1460
Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)
Modern era
Guion Bluford
b. November 22, 1942
American astronaut (born 1942)
Modern era
Witold Pilecki
May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948
Polish underground resistance soldier, World War II concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948)
Modern era
Stanislav Petrov
September 7, 1939 – May 19, 2017
Officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)
Modern era
Johnny Carson
October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005
American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
Modern era
Jimmy Stewart
May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)