Line #38 UsefulNotes/MilitaryPersonnel


1	A list of all the articles on this site about real-life military personnel; including warriors and soldiers, officers and commanders, warlords and conquerors.
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7	* UsefulNotes/JuanDelAguila: 16th century Spanish general.
8	* UsefulNotes/LopeDeAguirre: 16th century Spanish conquistador and rebel.
9	* UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide: 16th century Japanese samurai and warlord.
10	* UsefulNotes/BuzzAldrin: American astronaut and engineer, the second person to walk on the Moon. He served in the U.S. Air Force, participating in UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
11	* [[UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfAlba Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Duke of Alba]]: 16th century Spanish general.
12	* UsefulNotes/PedroDeAlvarado: Spanish conquistador.
13	* UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong: American astronaut and engineer, and the first man to walk on the Moon. He served in both the U.S. Navy (participating in UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar) and the U.S. Air Force.
14	* UsefulNotes/JeronimoDeAyanz: Spanish soldier and engineer of the 16-17th century.
15	* UsefulNotes/RalphBagnold: British soldier, geologist, and desert explorer who fought in both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]].
16	* UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca: Carthaginian commander who battled Rome in the [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Second Punic War]] and afterwards.
17	* UsefulNotes/AntonioBarcelo: Spanish privateer and admiral.
18	* UsefulNotes/AlvaroDeBazan: 16th century Spanish admiral, famous for dying without having been ever defeated.
19	* UsefulNotes/CardinalInfanteFerdinand: 17th century Spanish general and cardinal, also undefeated.
20	* UsefulNotes/FlaviusBelisarius: Byzantine general who lived during the 6th century.
21	* UsefulNotes/GotzVonBerlichingen: 16th century German Imperial knight and mercenary.
22	* UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden: Saudi guerrilla warlord who was the founding leader of Al-Qaeda, a Sunni Islamic jihadist organization that conducted insurgency and terrorism around the world. He began his paramilitary career as a mujaheddin volunteer against the [[UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan]]. After plotting the 9/11 attacks against the United States, his forces became the prime target of an [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror American military campaign]].
23	* UsefulNotes/FranciscoDeCarvajal: Spanish soldier, conquistador and warlord.
24	* UsefulNotes/AlonsoDeContreras: 17th century Spanish soldier, sailor and adventurer.
25	* UsefulNotes/HernanCortez: Spanish conquistador who led a military expedition which resulted in the conquest of the Aztec Empire for Spain.
26	* UsefulNotes/DateMasamune: 16th century Japanese warlord.
27	* Creator/BernalDiazDelCastillo: Spanish conquistador and chronicler from Cortés' camp.
28	* [[UsefulNotes/ElCidCampeador Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar]]: 11th century Spanish mercenary and warlord, also known as El Cid Campeador.
29	* UsefulNotes/BlackDouglas: 14th century Scottish knight and warlord.
30	* UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake: English admiral[=/=]{{pirate}}[=/=]{{privateer}} whose naval forces fought and defeated the Spanish Armada during the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOfTheSpanishArmada Anglo-Spanish War]].
31	* UsefulNotes/AlexanderFarnese: Third Duke of Parma, Italian general for the Spanish Empire in the 16th century.
32	* UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro: Japanese ninja of the Sengoku period.
33	* UsefulNotes/GonzaloFernandezDeCordoba: Spanish general of the 15th and 16th century, who revolutioned warfare by popularizing the pike and shot combination.
34	* UsefulNotes/YuriGagarin: Soviet Air Force pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human in history to ever visit outer space.
35	* UsefulNotes/BlascoDeGaray: Spanish naval captain and engineer.
36	* UsefulNotes/DiegoGarciaDeParedes: Spanish soldier and mercenary of the 15th and 16th centuries, famed as the greatest warrior of his era.
37	* UsefulNotes/GuanYu: Chinese general during [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu the Three Kingdoms Era]], serving the Shu kingdom and eventually worshiped as a deity in [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chinese folk religion]].
38	* UsefulNotes/CheGuevara: Argentine communist guerrilla who was one of the leading figures of the Cuban Revolution, though nowadays he is possibly [[{{Irony}} more famous for his image being used to sell T-shirts at The Gap]].
39	* UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo: Japanese samurai, ninja, and a retainer of UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu.
40	* UsefulNotes/SimoHayha: Finnish soldier during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Winter War]], who is possibly the [[ImprobableAimingSkills single deadliest sniper]] in history (with approximately ''[[OneManArmy 500 kills attributed to him]]''). He was so feared by the Soviet Red Army, that he was nicknamed the "White Death".
41	* UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich: High-ranking government/military official in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. He started his career in the German Navy, flew a few missions as a Luftwaffe reserve officer, and oversaw the Schutzstaffel's infamous [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Einsatzgruppen death squads]].
42	* UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler: Head of the Schutzstaffel before and during World War II. Through the SS he built up his own field army in the form of the Waffen-SS, which operated separately from the Wehrmacht chain-of-command. He also briefly commanded the Army Group Vistula ([[GeneralFailure badly]]).
43	* UsefulNotes/WilliHerold: A young World War II German soldier from the ''Heer'' who passed as a ''Luftwaffe'' officer and ordered the massacre of 90 German deserters.
44	* UsefulNotes/HondaTadakatsu: 16th century Japanese samurai and general.
45	* UsefulNotes/ImagawaYoshimoto: Japanese warlord who was defeated as an example of a cunning war maneuver by UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.
46	* UsefulNotes/IshidaMitsunari: Japanese warlord of the Sengoku period.
47	* UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc: French [[LadyOfWar female warrior]] who participated in UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, though her career and life ended shortly when she was executed at age 19. She's regarded as being a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.
48	* UsefulNotes/RobertELee: American Colonel, Confederate General.
49	* UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLafayette: French general famous for his roles in both the {{UsefulNotes/American\|Revolution}} and {{UsefulNotes/French Revolution}}s.
50	* UsefulNotes/TELawrence: British archaeologist turned military officer, he joined the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and fought with Arab rebels against the Ottoman Empire. After the war he enlisted in the Royal Air Force.
51	* UsefulNotes/BlasDeLezo: Spanish admiral and HandicappedBadass of the 15-16th century.
52	* UsefulNotes/LuBu: Chinese general and warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty.
53	* UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur: American general who fought in UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution, both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]], and UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, but he's most famous for his exploits in WWII and Korea.
54	* UsefulNotes/LeoMajor: Canadian soldier who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar. In the former conflict, he single-handedly liberated the city of Zwolle, Netherlands from German occupation.
55	* UsefulNotes/LaMalinche: Popoluca princess who served the Spanish army during the Spanish conquest of Mexico as a translator and advisor.
56	* UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune: Medieval Japanese samurai and general.
57	* UsefulNotes/BernardLawMontgomery: British general with a career spanning both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]], along with colonial rebellions in [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution Ireland]] and [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict Palestine]].
58	* UsefulNotes/JamesGrahamMarquisOfMontrose: Scottish general during the UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar.
59	* UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad: Arab religious, political, and military leader who founded {{UsefulNotes/Islam}}. During his lifetime, he led Muslim armies to battle against the Quraysh tribe and other factions in the Arabian Peninsula, eventually leading to most of the region converting to Islam.
60	* UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei: Japanese WarriorMonk who was a retainer of UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune.
61	* UsefulNotes/HoratioNelson: British admiral who served the Royal Navy during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution and UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
62	* UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga: 16th century Japanese warlord who attempted to unite Japan.
63	* UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa: Spanish conquistador and soldier.
64	* UsefulNotes/AlonsoDeOjeda: Spanish conquistador.
65	* UsefulNotes/RobinOlds: American fighter pilot and general who served the U.S. (Army) Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
66	* UsefulNotes/FranciscoDeOrellana: Spanish conquistador and explorer. Discovered and named the Amazonas river.
67	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton: American general who fought in UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution and both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]].
68	* UsefulNotes/IsaacPeral: Spanish naval commander and engineer of the 19th century.
69	* UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro: Spanish conquistador who led a military expedition which resulted in the conquest of the Inca Empire for Spain.
70	* UsefulNotes/JuanPonceDeLeon: Spanish soldier and conquistador.
71	* UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais: French general who fought alongside UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc in UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, but became more known as a SerialKiller in his late life.
72	* UsefulNotes/JulianRomero: Spanish general, mercenary and HandicappedBadass of the 16th century, famous for being hard to kill.
73	* UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel: German general who served in both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]]. Most famous for his role in the North African campaign of WWII.
74	* UsefulNotes/SakamotoRyoma: Japanese samurai warrior of the late Edo period, his actions would lead to the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Meiji Restoration]] although he himself would not live to see it.
75	* UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura: Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period.
76	* UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro: Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, rival to Musashi Miyamoto.
77	* UsefulNotes/AmbrogioSpinola: Genoese general for the Spanish Empire in the 17th century.
78	* UsefulNotes/WilliamTecumsehSherman: American general of the Union Army during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, who is best known for burning down Atlanta, Georgia.
79	* UsefulNotes/DomJustoTakayamaUkon: Japanese Christian samurai.
80	* UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen: Japanese warlord, famous for his epic rivalry with Uesugi Kenshin.
81	* {{UsefulNotes/Tarrare}}: A French soldier who fought in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution French Revolutionary Wars]], best known for his legendary [[ExtremeOmnivore insatiable appetite]].
82	* UsefulNotes/TomoeGozen: Japanese ''onna-bugeisha'' ([[LadyOfWar female samurai warrior]]), who served under her husband Minamoto no Yoshinaka in the Genpei War during the Kamakura era.
83	* UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin: Japanese warlord of the Sengoku period.
84	* UsefulNotes/RomanVonUngernSternberg: Russian general and warlord who served in the Imperial Russian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and the anti-communist White Army during the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]]. He's most famous for his alliance with the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, fighting against both Russian/Mongolian communists and Chinese forces for control of this nation.
85	* UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei: Japanese samurai of the Edo period.
86	* UsefulNotes/IsorokuYamamoto: Japanese admiral who served the Imperial Japanese Navy during the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar, UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
87	* UsefulNotes/JanZizka: Medieval Czech general and Hussite leader.
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90	[[folder:Politicians and royalty with military experience]]
91	* [[UsefulNotes/DukeOfCaxias Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias]]: Brazilian general and politician, who was later appointed as the "President of the Council of Ministers" (prime minister) of his country.
92	* UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat: Ancient Greek king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Macedonian Empire.
93	* UsefulNotes/IdiAmin: Ugandan general who became the dictator and President of Uganda by coup from 1971 to 1979.
94	* UsefulNotes/ChesterAArthur: American lawyer who served as an officer in the New York Militia during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, and later became the 21st U.S. President.
95	* UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun: Hunnic king, warlord, and conqueror who ruled a multi-ethnic empire in Central/Eastern Europe during the 5th century.
96	* UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista: Cuban military officer and politician who was (twice) the dictator and President of Cuba.
97	* UsefulNotes/DavidBenGurion: Russian-born Israeli politician. He served both the Ottoman and British Armies during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. He eventually became the 1st Prime Minister of Israel, on the onset of the [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict 1948 Arab-Israeli War]].
98	* UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar: South American military and political leader who participated in the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWarsOfIndependence, and went on to become the President of multiple nations in South America.
99	* UsefulNotes/JairBolsonaro: Brazilian military officer turned politician. He held the rank of Captain in the [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] during [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime the era of military rule]], before he eventually became the President of Brazil three decades later.
100	* UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte: French general who became the Emperor of the French, leading armies himself during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
101	* {{UsefulNotes/Boudica}}: A Celtic tribal queen from ancient Britain who led an uprising against the Roman occupation.
102	* UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan: The 15th U.S. President, who served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812.
103	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush: The 41st U.S. President, who served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
104	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush: George Bush Sr's son was the 43rd U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Air National Guard.
105	* UsefulNotes/CarolusRex: Swedish king and military leader.
106	* UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar: Ancient Roman general and politician, who ruled as the Dictator of the Roman Republic.
107	* UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter: The 39th U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer.
108	* UsefulNotes/FidelCastro: Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista and became the next dictator of Cuba.
109	* {{UsefulNotes/Charlemagne}}: Frankish king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Carolingian Empire.
110	* UsefulNotes/HugoChavez: Venezuelan military officer who led a coup against the Venezuelan government in 1992. After being released from prison, he founded the MBR-200 political party, and was elected President in 1998.
111	* UsefulNotes/ChiangKaiShek: Chinese general and politician of the Republic of China. He was one of the leaders of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), and was also the commander of the National Revolutionary Army. He [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors fought with various rival warlords and political factions]] ([[UsefulNotes/ChineseCivilWar especially the Chinese Communist Party]]) for control of China, while also having to [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar resist a massive Japanese invasion during]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. His government was ultimately defeated by the Communists, forcing them into exile on Taiwan.
112	* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill: British military officer turned politician, he served in the British Army during [[UsefulNotes/TheRiverWar The Mahdist War]], UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar, and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. He was later elected as the UK Prime Minister during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
113	* UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett: American soldier and politician. He served in the Tennessee militia during the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, and was later elected as a Tennessee state legislator and U.S. Congressman. After that, he moved down south to Mexican Texas and participated in the Texas Revolution, where he was ultimately killed in the Battle of the Alamo.
114	* UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell: English warlord and politician who led Parliamentarian forces during the UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar, and later became the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
115	* UsefulNotes/CyrusTheGreat: Persian king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Achaemenid Empire.
116	* UsefulNotes/JeffersonDavis: American military officer turned politician. He served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War and the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar. He was also the Confederate President during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
117	* UsefulNotes/BobDole: US Senator and former presidential candidate served in the army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and earned the Bronze star and the Purple Heart.
118	* UsefulNotes/MichaelDukakis: US Governor and former presidential candidate served in the army from 1955-1957.
119	* UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower: American general who served in both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]], later became the 34th U.S. President.
120	* UsefulNotes/ElizabethII: The longest-reigning Queen of the United Kingdom (and other Commonwealth realms), from 1952 until 2022, who as a young princess served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (the women's branch of the British Army) during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
121	* UsefulNotes/GeraldFord: The 38th U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
122	* UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco: Spanish general who led the Nationalist side during the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and then became the dictator of Spain from 1936 to 1975. He is [[Series/SaturdayNightLive still dead]].
123	* UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi: Libyan colonel who became the military dictator of Libya by coup from 1969 until 2011.
124	* UsefulNotes/BernardoDeGalvez: Spanish viceroy who fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.
125	* UsefulNotes/JamesAGarfield: The 20th U.S. President, who was a Union Army general in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
126	* UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle: French general who fought in both [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]], and later became the President of France.
127	* UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan: Mongolian king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Mongol Empire.
128	* UsefulNotes/JohnGlenn: American astronaut and US Senator who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
129	* UsefulNotes/BarryGoldwater: American Senator who served in the US Army and Air Force during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/KoreanWar.
130	* UsefulNotes/HermannGoring: German AcePilot during World War I, held various high political positions in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany and was Chief of the Luftwaffe's High Command during World War II.
131	* UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant: American general who served in the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar and UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, and later became the 18th U.S. President.
132	* UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton: American politician who was one of the Founding Fathers. He was also a U.S. Army general during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution and [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution The Quasi-War]].
133	* UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison: American lawyer and politician who was a Union Army general during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, and later became the 23rd U.S. President.
134	* UsefulNotes/WilliamHenryHarrison: Benjamin Harrison's grandfather was a U.S. Army general who fought in the Northwest Indian War and the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, and was later elected as the 9th U.S. President (though he only lasted a month before he died).
135	* UsefulNotes/RutherfordBHayes: American lawyer turned Union Army general of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, and was later elected as the 19th U.S. President.
136	* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler: The Austrian-born dictator of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. He served as a ''Gefreiter'' (lance corporal) in the {{UsefulNotes/Imperial German\|y}} Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, from which he received the Iron Cross, Second Class. After he eventually seized power as the Chancellor and Führer of Germany, he started UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust in Europe.
137	* UsefulNotes/DanielInouye: American soldier of Japanese descent who served with the U.S. Army in Europe during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, where he lost his right arm to a grenade and won the Medal of Honor. After the war, he became a politician and served as a Congressman from Hawaii for 53 years until his death.
138	* UsefulNotes/IsmailI: Persian king, [[ChurchMilitant military and religious leader]], and founder of the Safavid Empire.
139	* UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson: American general and politician who fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, and the First Seminole War. He was later elected as the 7th U.S. President.
140	* UsefulNotes/AndrewJohnson: American politician who was a Union Army general during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, and became the 17th U.S. President soon after UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln was assassinated.
141	* UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson: The 36th U.S. President, he served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
142	* UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy: The 35th U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
143	* UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy: JFK's younger brother was also a fellow U.S. Navy veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII turned politician.
144	* UsefulNotes/TedKennedy: JFK's and RFK's younger brother who served in the Army as a Private First Class from 1951-1953.
145	* UsefulNotes/JohnKerry: American politician who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
146	* UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger: American politician and US Secretary of State who served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a Sergeant in the US Army from 1943 to 1946.
147	* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln: American lawyer and politician, who served in the Illinois state militia during the Black Hawk War, and as the 16th U.S. President he was in charge of the Union military during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
148	* UsefulNotes/FitzroyMaclean: British general and politician who served in the British Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and later became a Member of Parliament.
149	* UsefulNotes/GustavMannerheim: Finnish general and politician. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, commanded the White Guard (anti-communist forces) in the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Finnish Civil War]], and led the Finnish Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He also became the President of Finland in the later years of WWII.
150	* UsefulNotes/MaoZedong: Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was one of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and its armed forces, the People's Liberation Army. The Communists clashed with the ruling Nationalists during the UsefulNotes/ChineseCivilWar, while also engaging in guerrilla warfare against the [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar Japanese invasion]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After the Communist victory in the Civil War, Mao ruled China until his death in 1976.
151	* UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain: Arizona Senator and 2008 presidential candidate, was a Navy pilot during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar and was a prisoner of war for five and a half years in the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
152	* UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy: American senator who served in the United States Marine Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as an intelligence officer.
153	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeMcGovern: American representative and senator who became the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a B-24 Liberator pilot.
154	* UsefulNotes/WilliamMcKinley: The 25th U.S. President, who served in the Union Army during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
155	* UsefulNotes/RobertMcNamara: (Republican until 1978, Democrat from 1978 to his death) 8th US Secretary of Defense, served in United States Army as a Lt. Col. from 1940 to 1946.
156	* UsefulNotes/HarveyMilk (D-CA): Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who served in the US Navy from 1951 - 1955 on the USS ''Kittiwake''.
157	* UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe: The 5th U.S. President, who served in the Continental Army during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.
158	* UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini: Italian politician who served in the Italian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. He later became the fascist dictator of Italy, and oversaw Italian military campaigns in Libya, Ethiopia, [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Spain]], Albania, and of course UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
159	* UsefulNotes/GamalAbdelNasser: Egyptian Army officer, who later became the Prime Minister and President of Egypt from 1954 until 1970.
160	* UsefulNotes/BenjaminNetanyahu: Israeli Prime Minister who served in the Israeli Army special forces.
161	* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon: The 37th U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Navy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
162	* UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron: Argentine Army officer who later served once as the Vice President of Argentina, and twice became the country's President.
163	* UsefulNotes/FranklinPierce: American general of the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar who later became the 14th U.S. President.
164	* UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet: Chilean general who became the dictator and President of Chile by coup from 1973 to 1990.
165	* UsefulNotes/PompeyTheGreat: Ancient Roman general and politician.
166	* UsefulNotes/ColinPowell: The United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005, served in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and was later a four-star general who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.
167	* UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin: Russian politician who served in the Soviet [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]]. In the post-Soviet era, he has ruled as the President (or Prime Minister) of the Russian Federation since 1999.
168	* UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan: The 40th U.S. President, he was a reservist in the U.S. Army Air Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but never saw combat.
169	* UsefulNotes/PaulRevere: Patriot who served in the American colonial army and famous for the Midnight Ride.
170	* UsefulNotes/RichardIII: As King of England, he fought in the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, and was killed in battle.
171	* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt: The 26th U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Army during the UsefulNotes/SpanishAmericanWar.
172	* UsefulNotes/HassanRouhani: Iranian politician who was the commander of Iran's Air Defense Force during the UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar. He later became the President of Iran in 2013.
173	* UsefulNotes/DonaldRumsfeld: American politician who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 and again from 2001 to 2006, he served in the U.S. Navy for three years.
174	* UsefulNotes/PrinceRupertOfTheRhine: English-German commander during the English Civil War.
175	* UsefulNotes/LeoRyan: American politician who served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946 and was later assassinated while in Jonestown.
176	* UsefulNotes/JoseDeSanMartin
177	* UsefulNotes/DomingoFaustinoSarmiento: Argentine military officer turned politician. He served as a Divisional General in the Argentine Army, before he eventually became the 7th President of Argentina.
178	* UsefulNotes/ShakaZulu: Zulu king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Zulu Kingdom.
179	* {{UsefulNotes/Skanderbeg}}: Albanian prince and warlord who led a rebellion against Ottoman rule in the Balkans.
180	* UsefulNotes/IanSmith: Rhodesian Flight Lieutant who served in the Royal Air Force during the UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar. Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}}).
181	* UsefulNotes/ZacharyTaylor: American general who was a veteran of the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, the American Indian Wars, and the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar. He was later elected as the 12th U.S. President.
182	* UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame: Turko-Mongol king, warlord, and conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire.
183	* UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito: Yugoslav general and politician. He was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, joined the Red Army during the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]], and led the Yugoslav Partisans during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After the war, he became the dictator of Yugoslavia until his death in 1980.
184	* UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo: Japanese general and politician. He served the Imperial Japanese Army during the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]], the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. During most of WWII, he was also the War Minister and Prime Minister of Japan. After Japan surrendered to the Allies, Tojo was convicted and executed for war crimes.
185	* UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu: Japanese warlord who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate.
186	* UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi: 16th century Japanese warlord and politician, he was appointed as an imperial regent and chancellor.
187	* UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman: The 33rd U.S. President, who served in the U.S. Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
188	* UsefulNotes/JohnTyler: The 10th U.S. President, who served in a local Virginia militia during the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812.
189	* UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler: Romanian prince and warlord from Wallachia. Vlad's brutality against his enemies (which often involved impalement on wooden spikes, hence his nickname) made him legendary enough to eventually inspire the fictional vampire {{Dracula}}.
190	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington: American military officer who served in the British Army during the [[UsefulNotes/SevenYearsWar French and Indian War]], and later went on to become the commander of the Continental Army during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution. He was later elected as the 1st U.S. President.
191	* [[UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]]: British general and politician who fought in UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, notably defeating UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became the UK Prime Minister.
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