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156 famous people found

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  George S. PATTON

  United States Army officer

  1885 - 1945
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  Lewis Strauss

  American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer

  1896 - 1974
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  George Armstrong CUSTER

  United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars

  1839 - 1876
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  Douglas MacARTHUR

  American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army

  1880 - 1964
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  Ambrose BURNSIDE

  American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island

  1824 - 1881
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  Lewis POWELL

  American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot

  1844 - 1865
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  John A. LOGAN

  American soldier and political leader

  1826 - 1886
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  George B. MCCLELLAN

  Major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864

  1826 - 1885
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  Braxton Bragg

  American army officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate army officer who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

  1817 - 1876
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  Edmund Kirby SMITH

  United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War, president of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company

  1824 - 1893
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  Earl Winfield SPENCER JR.

  Pioneering U.S. Navy pilot, first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later went on to marry Edward VIII

  1888 - 1950
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  Claire Lee CHENNAULT

  American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force in World War II

  1893 - 1958
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  James J. ARCHER

  Lawyer, officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

  1817 - 1864
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  John Charles FREMONT

  American military officer, math instructor, explorer, author, U.S. Senator, and politician

  1813 - 1890
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  Isaac C. KIDD

  American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, he was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

  1884 - 1941
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  Franklin VAN VALKENBURGH

  Last captain of the USS Arizona, he was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor

  1888 - 1941
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  Millard HARMON

  Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in World War II

  1888 - 1945
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  David FARRAGUT

  Flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War

  1801 - 1870
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  Sylvanus THAYER

  Also known as "the Father of West Point", he was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point

  1785 - 1872
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  John Jacob ASTOR IV

  American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family

  1864 - 1912