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419 famous people found
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Michael Collins
American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface
1930 - 2021 -
Robert BADEN-POWELL
British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement
1857 - 1941 -
Wolfram Freiherr VON RICHTHOFEN
German Generalfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal) of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during the Second World War
1895 - 1945 -
Colin Powell
American politician, diplomat and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005
1937 - 2021 -
Douglas FAIRBANKS
American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II
1909 - 2000 -
George S. PATTON
United States Army officer
1885 - 1945 -
Augusto PINOCHET
Chilean army general who was brought to power as president by a coup d'etat
1915 - 2006 -
Jean Marie CAUJOLLE
First disabled war veteran in France
1889 - 1928 -
Auguste Joseph RENAULT
Last French soldier killed during WWI
1897 - 1918 -
Ferdinand FOCH
French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, a military theorist and the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War
1851 - 1929 -
George Washington Custis LEE
Confederate general in the American Civil War, president of Washington and Lee University
1832 - 1913 -
Alfred DREYFUS
French artillery officer who was convicted in 1894 on charges of treason
1859 - 1935 -
Philippe LECLERC de HAUTECLOCQUE
French general during World War II
1902 - 1947 -
Jean-Louis GEORGELIN
French Army general
1948 - 2023 -
Hubert GERMAIN
French politician who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II
1920 - 2021 -
Robert NIVELLE
French artillery officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion, and the First World War
1856 - 1924 -
Ollie NORTH
American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel
1943 -
Philippe RONDOT
French general
1936 - 2017 -
François DARLAN
French Admiral and political figure
1881 - 1942 -
Gaston DE GALLIFFET
French general
1830 - 1909