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
Charles de Gaulle22 November 1890, French
Former President of France
Otto von Bismarck01 April 1815, German
German Statesman
Rudolf Hess26 April 1894, German
Deputy Führer
George Armstrong Custer05 December 1839, American
Military Officer
Stonewall Jackson21 January 1824, American
General
William Tecumseh Sherman08 February 1820, American
General in the Union Army During the American
Georgy Zhukov01 December 1896, Russian
Military Commander
Paul von Hindenburg02 October 1847, German
General, Second President of Weimar Republic
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
Nathan Bedford Forrest13 July 1821, American
Military commander
Giuseppe Garibaldi04 July 1807, Italian
Italian Nationalist
George Marshall31 December 1880, American
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Kit Carson24 December 1809, American
Explorer & Soldier
Erich Ludendorff09 April 1865, German
General of German Army
Smedley Butler30 July 1881, American
Charles George Gordon28 January 1833, British
British soldier and Administrator
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell22 February 1857, British
Founder of the Scout Movement
Alfred Jodl10 May 1890, German
Military Commander, Nazi War Criminal
Joshua Chamberlain08 September 1828, American
Educator & War Hero
John Graves Simcoe25 February 1752, British
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
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
Manuel González Flores18 June 1833, Mexican
31st President of Mexico
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk19 May 1881, Turkish
Founder of the Republic of Turkey,
Juan José Flores19 July 1800, Ecuadorian
First President of Ecuador
Hermann Goring12 January 1893, German
German Military Leader
Anton Haus13 June 1851, Austrian, Croatian, Slovenian
Naval officer
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Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán1801 AD, Salvadoran
Former President of El Salvador
Sun Yat-sen12 November 1866, Chinese, American
Politician, Physician, Philosopher
Reginald Dyer09 October 1864, British
Antonio López de Santa Anna21 February 1794, Mexican
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
John J. Pershing13 September 1860, American
Officer, Lawyer, Politician
Jimmy Doolittle14 December 1896, American
Aviator, Officer
Chester W. Nimitz24 February 1885, American
Officer
Gerd von Rundstedt12 December 1875, German
Officer
George B. McClellan03 December 1826, American
Officer
Erich von Manstein24 November 1887, German
Officer
James Longstreet08 January 1821, Indonesian, American
Diplomat, Military personnel
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener24 June 1850, Irish, British
Politician, Diplomat, Engineer, Officer
Friedrich Paulus23 September 1890, German
Officer
Nana Sahib19 May 1824, Indian
Rebel
Jan Smuts24 May 1870, South African
Botanist, Officer, Lawyer
Alfred Dreyfus09 October 1859, French
Military personnel
Walter Model24 January 1891, German
Officer
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig19 June 1861, British
Politician, Officer
Wilhelm Canaris01 January 1887, German
Intelligence officer, Submariner, Navy officer
P. G. T. Beauregard28 May 1818, American
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
J. E. B. Stuart06 February 1833, American
Politician, Officer
John Bell Hood01 June 1831, American
military personnel
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim04 June 1867, Finnish, Polish
Statesman, Explorer, Politician, Officer
Philip Sheridan06 March 1831, American
Officer, Politician
Albert Pike29 December 1809, American
Judge, Lawyer, Diplomat, Journalist, Poet lawyer
George Pickett16 January 1825, American
Military personnel
George Meade31 December 1815, Spanish, American
Military personnel
Paul Kruger10 October 1825, South African
Politician
Ambrose Burnside23 May 1824, American
Politician, Officer
Nestor Makhno07 November 1888, Ukrainian
Author
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880, German
Writer, Military personnel
William B. Travis01 August 1809, American
Military personnel
Erich Raeder24 April 1876, German
Navy officer
Braxton Bragg22 March 1817, American
Officer, Military personnel
Fedor von Bock03 December 1880, German
Officer
Joseph E. Johnston03 February 1807, American
Politician, Military personnel
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800, German
Writer, Officer, Historian
Tokugawa Yoshinobu28 October 1837, Japanese
Photographer, Shogun
Enver Pasha22 November 1881, Turkish
Military officer
Mark W. Clark01 May 1896, American
Officer
Joseph Hooker13 November 1814, American
Officer, Soldier
Walther von Brauchitsch04 October 1881, German
Military personnel
Francisco I. Madero30 October 1873, Mexican
Politician, Writer, Musician, Military personnel
August von Mackensen06 December 1849, German
Officer, Military leader
Mikhail Tukhachevsky16 February 1893, Russian
Military personnel, Officer
Joseph Stilwell19 March 1883, American
Basketball coach, Military personnel
Paul Hausser07 October 1880, German
Officer, Military personnel
Raymond A. Spruance03 July 1886, American
Officer, Diplomat
Tadamichi Kuribayashi07 July 1891, Japanese
Poet, Writer, Officer
Robert Ritter von Greim22 June 1892, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Günther von Kluge30 October 1882, German, Polish
Officer
Franz Halder30 June 1884, German
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Werner von Blomberg02 September 1878, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Erwin von Witzleben04 December 1881, German, Polish
Military personnel, Officer
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870, German
Politician, Writer, Officer
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger23 May 1848, German
officer
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis10 December 1891, British
Politician, Officer
William D. Leahy06 May 1875, American
Officer, Diplomat
François Darlan07 August 1881, French
Politician, Military personnel
Peng Dehuai24 October 1898
Politician, Military personnel
Ivan Konev16 December 1897, Russian
officer