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Military Figures, Leaders & Personalities in History

Examine, rate, and discuss military figures, leaders & personalities in history. The leaders could be civilian or miliatry, regular or irregular, good or bad, competent or imcompetent, worthy of note or condemnation. This will be a work in progess. Thank you for your visits and suggestions. I shall add from time to time as time allows.

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List added by GenghisTheHun on 5/28/2005

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) (Turkish soldier & founder of Turkish Republic) (Thanks Alpan)

5.00 Stars | 6 ratings

2

Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) (King of Macedonia)

4.43 Stars | 7 ratings

3

Bonaparte, Napoléon (1769-1821) (French General--Emperor of the French)

4.43 Stars | 7 ratings

4

Genghis Khan (1155-1227) (Great Khan of the Mongols)

4.17 Stars | 6 ratings

5

Saladin (Selaheddînê Eyûbî) (1137-1193) (Kurdish Moslem military leader)

4.00 Stars | 6 ratings

6

Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen (1891-1944) (WWII German Field Marshal)

4.50 Stars | 4 ratings

7

Hannibal (247 BC to 182 BC) (Carthaginian general)

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

8

Nimitz, Chester William (1885-1966) (USA Admiral WWII)

4.17 Stars | 6 ratings

9

Lincoln, Abraham(1809-1865) (USA Civil War President 1861-65)

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

10

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769-1852) (British General--Napoleonic Wars)

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

11

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (742-814) (King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor)

3.83 Stars | 6 ratings

12

Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) (1640's & 50's English Parliamentary Civil War General--later head of State

3.33 Stars | 6 ratings

13

Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall)((1824-1863) (USA Civil War Confederate General)

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

14

Patton, George Smith, Jr, (1885-1945) (USA General WWII)

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

15

Eisenhower, Dwight David "Ike" (1890-1969) (USA General WWII--later head of state)

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

16

Caesar, Gaius Julius (100 BC to 44 BC) (Roman General & political leader)

3.75 Stars | 4 ratings

17

Muhammad (570-632) (Prophet--leader wars of Islamic conquests)

3.75 Stars | 4 ratings

18

Washington, George (1732-1799) (American Revolutionary War General and later head of state)

3.75 Stars | 4 ratings

19

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) (USA Head of State during the bulk of World War II)

3.20 Stars | 5 ratings

20

Timur (Tamerlane) (1335-1405) (Tatar-Turco conquerer)

3.17 Stars | 6 ratings

21

Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) (USA Preisdent at the end of WWII)

3.00 Stars | 5 ratings

22

Charles Martel (686-741) (Frankish Ruler--victor at Tours 732)

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

23

Frederick the Great (Frederick II of Prussia) (1712-1786) (Prussian military leader in the 18th Century)

4.50 Stars | 2 ratings

24

Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson (1858-1805) (British Admiral--Napoleonic Wars)

4.50 Stars | 2 ratings

25

Scipio Africanus (235–183 BC) (Roman General--2nd Punic War) (thanks oscargamblesfro)

4.50 Stars | 2 ratings

26

Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich (1896-1974) (WWII Soviet Marshal)

4.50 Stars | 2 ratings

27

Belisarius, Flavius (505-565) (East Roman (Byzantine) General)

4.33 Stars | 3 ratings

28

Gustavus Adolphus ( Gustav II Adolph of Sweden ) (1594-1632) (King of Sweden--Thirty Years War)

4.33 Stars | 3 ratings

29

Cortés, Hernán (1485-1547) (Conqueror of Mexico and Aztec Empire )

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

30

Eugene, Prince (François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German)( 1663-1736) (Imperial General)

4.00 Stars | 3 ratings

31

Frederick II of Prussia "the Great" (1712-1786) (King of Prussia--several wars including Seven Years War)

4.00 Stars | 3 ratings

32

Hindenburg, Paul von (1847-1934) (German Field Marshal and statesman)

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

33

MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1864) (USA General WWII)

4.00 Stars | 3 ratings

34

Marshall, George Catlett (1880-1959) (USA General WWII)

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

35

Pershing, John Joseph "Black Jack" (1860-1948) (USA General WWI)

4.00 Stars | 3 ratings

36

Shaka (1787-1828) (Zulu King--wars of Zulu conquests)

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

37

Yamamoto, Isoroku (1884-1943) (Japan Admiral WWII)

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

38

Attila the Hun (406-453) (King of the Huns, the "Scourge of God.")

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

39

Basil II "Bulgaroktonus" (958-1025) (Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor (976-1025))

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

40

Bolívar, Simón (Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios) (1783-1830) (South American Revolutionary Leader)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

41

Clausewitz, Karl Phillip Gottlieb von (1780-1831) (Prussian General, military thinker and author)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

42

Hunyadi, John (1387-1456) (Transylvanian-Hungarian General--Turkish Wars) (from oscargamblesfro)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

43

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612-1650) (Scottish nobleman and soldier who supported the king as the English Civil War developed.)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

44

Kossuth, Louis (Lajos) (1802-1894) (19th Century Hungarian revolutionary leader)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

45

Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) (1831-1890) (Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) Indian Leader--USA Indian Wars)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

46

Zapata, Emiliano (1879-1910) (Mexican Revolutionary Leader)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

47

Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965) (UK First Lord of the Admiralty during two wars and Prime Minister during the bulk of World War II)

3.40 Stars | 5 ratings

48

Žižka, Jan (1370-1424) (Czech Hussite General--Hussite Wars)

3.33 Stars | 3 ratings

49

Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de (1621-1686) (French Marshal--several wars)

3.33 Stars | 3 ratings

50

Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870) (USA Civil War Confederate General

3.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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