Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Military Leaders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles de Gaulle, George S. Patton, Otto von Bismarck and Erwin Rommel.
Douglas MacArthur26 January 1880, American
Robert E. Lee19 January 1807, American
Confederate General in the American Civil War
Francisco Franco04 December 1892, Spanish
Dictator of Spain
Otto von Bismarck01 April 1815, German
German Statesman
Charles de Gaulle22 November 1890, French
Former President of France
Rudolf Hess26 April 1894, German
Deputy Führer
Nathan Bedford Forrest13 July 1821, American
Military commander
George Armstrong Custer05 December 1839, American
Military Officer
William Tecumseh Sherman08 February 1820, American
General in the Union Army During the American
Paul von Hindenburg02 October 1847, German
General, Second President of Weimar Republic
Georgy Zhukov01 December 1896, Russian
Military Commander
Stonewall Jackson21 January 1824, American
General
Sitting Bull1831 AD, American
Warrior
Philippe Pétain24 April 1856, French
Marshal of France
Isoroku Yamamoto04 April 1884, Japanese
Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl
Giuseppe Garibaldi04 July 1807, Italian
Italian Nationalist
George Marshall31 December 1880, American
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Erich Ludendorff09 April 1865, German
General of German Army
Kit Carson24 December 1809, American
Explorer & Soldier
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell22 February 1857, British
Founder of the Scout Movement
Smedley Butler30 July 1881, American
Alfred Jodl10 May 1890, German
Military Commander, Nazi War Criminal
Joshua Chamberlain08 September 1828, American
Educator & War Hero
Charles George Gordon28 January 1833, British
British soldier and Administrator
John Graves Simcoe25 February 1752, British
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
Joachim Murat25 March 1767, French
Marshal of France
John Bell Hood01 June 1831, American
Confederate General
John C. Breckinridge16 January 1821, American
Former Vice President of the United States
Benjamin Tallmadge25 February 1754, American
Military Leader
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein17 November 1887, British
Allied Commander in World War II
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres28 September 1852, British
British Army Officer
George Patton11 November 1885, German, American
Military Officer
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Manuel González Flores18 June 1833, Mexican
31st President of Mexico
Juan José Flores19 July 1800, Ecuadorian
First President of Ecuador
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk19 May 1881, Turkish
Founder of the Republic of Turkey,
Hermann Goring12 January 1893, German
German Military Leader
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán1801 AD, Salvadoran
Former President of El Salvador
Anton Haus13 June 1851, Austrian, Croatian, Slovenian
Naval officer
Sun Yat-sen12 November 1866, Chinese, American
Politician, Physician, Philosopher
John J. Pershing13 September 1860, American
Officer, Lawyer, Politician
Chester W. Nimitz24 February 1885, American
Officer
Gerd von Rundstedt12 December 1875, German
Officer
Antonio López de Santa Anna21 February 1794, Mexican
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Erich von Manstein24 November 1887, German
Officer
Jimmy Doolittle14 December 1896, American
Aviator, Officer
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener24 June 1850, Irish, British
Politician, Diplomat, Engineer, Officer
George B. McClellan03 December 1826, American
Officer
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig19 June 1861, British
Politician, Officer
James Longstreet08 January 1821, Indonesian, American
Diplomat, Military personnel
Wilhelm Canaris01 January 1887, German
Intelligence officer, Submariner, Navy officer
Reginald Dyer09 October 1864, British
Friedrich Paulus23 September 1890, German
Officer
Alfred Dreyfus09 October 1859, French
Military personnel
Nana Sahib19 May 1824, Indian
Rebel
Walter Model24 January 1891, German
Officer
J. E. B. Stuart06 February 1833, American
Politician, Officer
Jan Smuts24 May 1870, South African
Botanist, Officer, Lawyer
Paul Kruger10 October 1825, South African
Politician
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim04 June 1867, Finnish, Polish
Statesman, Explorer, Politician, Officer
Philip Sheridan06 March 1831, American
Officer, Politician
P. G. T. Beauregard28 May 1818, American
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
Nestor Makhno07 November 1888, Ukrainian
Author
Albert Pike29 December 1809, American
Judge, Lawyer, Diplomat, Journalist, Poet lawyer
August von Mackensen06 December 1849, German
Officer, Military leader
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880, German
Writer, Military personnel
Fedor von Bock03 December 1880, German
Officer
Erich Raeder24 April 1876, German
Navy officer
Braxton Bragg22 March 1817, American
Officer, Military personnel
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800, German
Writer, Officer, Historian
Joseph Stilwell19 March 1883, American
Basketball coach, Military personnel
George Meade31 December 1815, Spanish, American
Military personnel
Mikhail Tukhachevsky16 February 1893, Russian
Military personnel, Officer
Ambrose Burnside23 May 1824, American
Politician, Officer
Franz Halder30 June 1884, German
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Walther von Brauchitsch04 October 1881, German
Military personnel
George Pickett16 January 1825, American
Military personnel
Joseph E. Johnston03 February 1807, American
Politician, Military personnel
Mark W. Clark01 May 1896, American
Officer
Günther von Kluge30 October 1882, German, Polish
Officer
Raymond A. Spruance03 July 1886, American
Officer, Diplomat
Enver Pasha22 November 1881, Turkish
Military officer
William B. Travis01 August 1809, American
Military personnel
Joseph Hooker13 November 1814, American
Officer, Soldier
Paul Hausser07 October 1880, German
Officer, Military personnel
Tadamichi Kuribayashi07 July 1891, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Officer
Robert Ritter von Greim22 June 1892, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger23 May 1848, German
officer
Francisco I. Madero30 October 1873, Mexican
Politician, Writer, Musician, Military personnel
Werner von Blomberg02 September 1878, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Tokugawa Yoshinobu28 October 1837, Japanese
Photographer, Shogun
Erwin von Witzleben04 December 1881, German, Polish
Military personnel, Officer
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis10 December 1891, British
Politician, Officer
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870, German
Politician, Writer, Officer
William D. Leahy06 May 1875, American
Officer, Diplomat
Erhard Milch30 March 1892, German
Politician, Military personnel
François Darlan07 August 1881, French
Politician, Military personnel