Military

338 famous people found

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  James MATTIS

  Retired United States Marine Corps general, nominated to serve as United States Secretary of Defense in the Donald Trump administration

  1950
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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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  George T. BABBITT

  Retired United States Air Force four-star general, original drummer for The Ventures rock group

  1942
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  Martin Davis HARDIN

  Brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War

  1837 - 1923
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  John ADAIR

  American pioneer, soldier, and politician, he was the eighth Governor of Kentucky

  1757 - 1840
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  Paul CARAWAY

  United States Army Lieutenant General and the 3rd High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

  1905 - 1985
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  Mary Edwards WALKER

  American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and surgeon

  1832 - 1919
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  Zebulon PIKE

  American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named

  1779 - 1813
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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 Gill LEMMON

  American botanist and Civil War veteran and former prisoner of Andersonville

  1832 - 1908
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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
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  Winfield Scott HANCOCK

  U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880

  1824 - 1886
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  Peter GANSEVOORT

  Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

  1749 - 1812
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  Persifor Frazer SMITH

  U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state

  1798 - 1858
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  Lucius M. WALKER

  Confederate general during the American Civil War, he was mortally wounded in a duel with fellow general John S. Marmaduke

  1829 - 1863
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  Frank Crawford ARMSTRONG

  United States Army cavalry officer and later a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

  1835 - 1909
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  Sybil LUDINGTON

  Heroine of the American Revolutionary War who is famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British

  1761 - 1839
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  George MARSHALL

  American soldier and statesman famous for his leadership roles during World War II and the Cold War

  1880 - 1959
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  Nathan Bedford FORREST

  American lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

  1821 - 1877