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.
Robert E. Lee19 January 1807, American
Confederate General in the American Civil War
Douglas MacArthur26 January 1880, American
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
Isoroku Yamamoto04 April 1884, Japanese
Japanese Naval Officer Who Conceived The Pearl
William Tecumseh Sherman08 February 1820, American
General in the Union Army During the American
George Armstrong Custer05 December 1839, American
Military Officer
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
Nathan Bedford Forrest13 July 1821, American
Military commander
Philippe Pétain24 April 1856, French
Marshal of France
John J. Pershing13 September 1860, American
US Army Officer During WW I
Kit Carson24 December 1809, American
Explorer & Soldier
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell22 February 1857, British
Founder of the Scout Movement
Emilio Aguinaldo22 March 1869, Filipino
First President of the Philippines
Giuseppe Garibaldi04 July 1807, Italian
Italian Nationalist
Erich Ludendorff09 April 1865, German
General of German Army
George B. McClellan03 December 1826, American
Soldier
Friedrich Paulus23 September 1890, German
Military Officer
Alfred Dreyfus09 October 1859, French
Artillery Officer
Frederick III, German Emperor18 October 1831, German
King
George Marshall31 December 1880, American
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Smedley Butler30 July 1881, American
Porfirio Díaz15 September 1830, Mexican
Military General, Politician
Gerd von Rundstedt12 December 1875, German
Military Officer
Robert Gould Shaw10 October 1837, American
Military Personnel
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener24 June 1850, Irish, British
Field Marshal
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Reginald Dyer09 October 1864, British
Military Leader
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis31 December 1738, British
Former Governor-General of India
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig19 June 1861, British
Military Leader
Alfred Jodl10 May 1890, German
Military Commander, Nazi War Criminal
Joachim Murat25 March 1767, French
Marshal of France
Winfield Scott13 June 1786, American
Military Officer
Charles George Gordon28 January 1833, British
British soldier and Administrator
Matthew C. Perry10 April 1794, American
Naval Officer
Franz von Papen29 October 1879, German
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
James Longstreet08 January 1821, American
General
Tomoyuki Yamashita08 November 1885, Japanese
Japanese General
José de San Martín25 February 1778, Argentinian, Chilean
Military Leader, Politician
Walter Model24 January 1891, German
Military Officer
William Bligh09 September 1754, British
Military Leader
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim04 June 1867, Finnish
Military Leader
Joshua Chamberlain08 September 1828, American
Educator & War Hero
John Graves Simcoe25 February 1752, British
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
Philip Sheridan06 March 1831, American
Military Leader
August von Mackensen06 December 1849, German
Military Leader
Albert Pike29 December 1809, American
Military Leader
John C. Breckinridge16 January 1821, American
Former Vice President of the United States
Sepp Dietrich28 May 1892, German
Military Officer
Alfred Thayer Mahan27 September 1840, American
Naval Officer
J. E. B. Stuart06 February 1833, American
Military Leader
Braxton Bragg22 March 1817, American
Military Leader
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800, German
General, Historian
Erich Raeder24 April 1876, German
Admiral
Ambrose Burnside23 May 1824, American
Military Leader
John Bell Hood01 June 1831, American
Confederate General
Joseph E. Johnston03 February 1807, American
Officer
Michel Ney10 January 1769, French
Soldier
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia04 December 1878, Russian
Military Leader
George Dewey26 December 1837, American
Military Leader
Benjamin Tallmadge25 February 1754, American
Military Leader
Vicente Guerrero10 August 1782, Mexican
President
Victoriano Huerta22 March 1850, Mexican
Former President of Mexico
Abner Doubleday26 June 1819, American
Military Leader
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres28 September 1852, British
British Army Officer
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein17 November 1887, British
Allied Commander in World War II
Henry Ossian Flipper21 March 1856, American
Military Leader
George Patton11 November 1885, German, American
Military Officer
P.G.T. Beauregard28 May 1818, American
Army General
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,
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán1801 AD, Salvadoran
Former President of El Salvador
Anton Haus13 June 1851, Austrian, Croatian, Slovenian
Naval officer
William Barret Travis01 August 1809, American
Military Leader
Hermann Goring12 January 1893, German
German Military Leader
Józef Piłsudski05 December 1867, Polish
Statesman
Walter Krueger26 January 1881, American
Military personnel
Antonio López de Santa Anna21 February 1794, Mexican
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Alvin York13 December 1887, American
Soldier
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.13 September 1887, American
Military Leader
Richard E. Byrd25 October 1888, American
Naval officer
Prescott Bush15 May 1895, American
Politician
Jan Smuts24 May 1870, South African
Botanist, Officer, Lawyer
Raymond A. Spruance03 July 1886, American
Officer, Diplomat
Horatio Gates26 July 1727, American
Army General
P. G. T. Beauregard28 May 1818, American
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
Carlos P. Garcia04 November 1896, Filipino
Former President
William B. Travis01 August 1809, American
Military personnel
Nestor Makhno07 November 1888, Ukrainian
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