Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Military Leaders, including Chris Kyle, Che Guevara, Erwin Rommel, Heinrich Himmler and Vasili Arkhipov

Famous 20th Century Military Leaders

Che GuevaraChe Guevara

14 June 1928

Argentinian

Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Himmler

07 October 1900

German

Reinhard HeydrichReinhard Heydrich

07 March 1904

German

Erwin RommelErwin Rommel

15 November 1891

German

Colin PowellColin Powell

05 April 1937

American

Erich LudendorffErich Ludendorff

09 April 1865

German

Vidkun QuislingVidkun Quisling

18 July 1887

Norwegian

Chesty PullerChesty Puller

26 June 1898

American

Hosni MubarakHosni Mubarak

04 May 1928

Egyptian

Wilhelm KeitelWilhelm Keitel

22 September 1882

German

Pervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf

11 August 1943

Pakistani

Herbert SobelHerbert Sobel

26 January 1912

American

Ariel SharonAriel Sharon

26 February 1928

Israeli

Enoch PowellEnoch Powell

16 June 1912

British

Vasili ArkhipovVasili Arkhipov

30 January 1926

Russian

Ahmad Shah MassoudAhmad Shah Massoud

02 September 1953

Afghan

Rick RescorlaRick Rescorla

27 May 1939

British

Olusegun ObasanjoOlusegun Obasanjo

05 March 1937

Nigerian

Moshe DayanMoshe Dayan

20 May 1915

Israeli

Hermann FegeleinHermann Fegelein

30 October 1906

German

Sam ManekshawSam Manekshaw

03 April 1914

Indian

Carwood LiptonCarwood Lipton

30 January 1920

American

Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei)Wang Jingwei

04 May 1883

Chinese

Thein SeinThein Sein

20 April 1945

Burmese

George PattonGeorge Patton

11 November 1885

German,American

Edward DunlopEdward Dunlop

12 July 1907

Australian

Curtis LemayCurtis Lemay

15 November 1906

American

George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton

11 November 1885

American

Manfred von RichthofenManfred von Richthofen

02 May 1892

German

William H. McRavenWilliam H. McRaven

06 November 1955

American

David PetraeusDavid Petraeus

07 November 1952

American

Stanley A. McChrystalStanley A. McChrystal

14 August 1954

American

Kim PhilbyKim Philby

01 January 1912

Indian,British

Heinz GuderianHeinz Guderian

17 June 1888

German,Polish

Otto SkorzenyOtto Skorzeny

12 June 1908

Austrian

Erich von MansteinErich von Manstein

24 November 1887

German

William WestmorelandWilliam Westmoreland

26 March 1914

American

Erich HartmannErich Hartmann

19 April 1922

German

Kyle CarpenterKyle Carpenter

17 October 1989

American

Ngo Dinh DiemNgo Dinh Diem

03 January 1901

Vietnamese

Friedrich PaulusFriedrich Paulus

23 September 1890

German

Alexander HaigAlexander Haig

02 December 1924

American

Hans-Ulrich RudelHans-Ulrich Rudel

02 July 1916

German

Paul TibbetsPaul Tibbets

23 February 1915

American

Wilhelm CanarisWilhelm Canaris

01 January 1887

German

Walter ModelWalter Model

24 January 1891

German

Võ Nguyên GiápVõ Nguyên Giáp

25 August 1911

French,Vietnamese

Michael WittmannMichael Wittmann

22 April 1914

German

Yonatan NetanyahuYonatan Netanyahu

13 March 1946

Israeli,American

Bradford BishopBradford Bishop

01 August 1936

American

Creighton AbramsCreighton Abrams

15 September 1914

American

Nestor MakhnoNestor Makhno

07 November 1888

Ukrainian

John EisenhowerJohn Eisenhower

03 August 1922

American

Hassan NasrallahHassan Nasrallah

31 August 1960

Lebanese

Mikhail TukhachevskyMikhail Tukhachevsky

16 February 1893

Russian

Hyman G. RickoverHyman G. Rickover

27 January 1900

American

Qasem SoleimaniQasem Soleimani

11 March 1954

Iranian

Paula BroadwellPaula Broadwell

09 November 1972

American

Tadamichi KuribayashiTadamichi Kuribayashi

07 July 1891

Japanese

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisHarold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

10 December 1891

British

Maxwell D. TaylorMaxwell D. Taylor

26 August 1901

American

Tommy FranksTommy Franks

17 June 1945

American

Leopoldo GaltieriLeopoldo Galtieri

15 July 1926

Argentinian

Erhard MilchErhard Milch

30 March 1892

German

Zhang XueliangZhang Xueliang

03 June 1901

American

Dokka UmarovDokka Umarov

13 April 1964

Russian

Andrey VlasovAndrey Vlasov

14 September 1901

Russian

Georgios PapadopoulosGeorgios Papadopoulos

05 May 1919

Greek

Ivan KonevIvan Konev

16 December 1897

Russian

Kurt StudentKurt Student

12 May 1890

German

Italo BalboItalo Balbo

06 June 1896

Italian

James L. JonesJames L. Jones

19 December 1943

American

Bruce ShandBruce Shand

22 January 1917

British

Walter SisuluWalter Sisulu

18 May 1912

South African

Gotthard HeinriciGotthard Heinrici

25 December 1886

German,Russian

Aleksandr VasilevskyAleksandr Vasilevsky

18 September 1895

Russian

Ibn al-KhattabIbn al-Khattab

14 April 1969

Saudi Arabian

William KunstlerWilliam Kunstler

07 July 1919

American

Gilad ShalitGilad Shalit

28 August 1986

French,Israeli

Tikka KhanTikka Khan

07 July 1915

Pakistani

Hermann HothHermann Hoth

12 April 1885

German

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