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374 famous people found

  • Michael Collins

    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

    American1930 - 2021
  • Francisco FRANCO

    Francisco FRANCO

    Spanish general who ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator

    Spanish1892 - 1975
  • Wolfram Freiherr VON RICHTHOFEN

    Wolfram Freiherr VON RICHTHOFEN

    German Generalfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal) of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during the Second World War

    German1895 - 1945
  • Colin Powell

    Colin Powell

    American politician, diplomat and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005

    American1937 - 2021
  • Douglas FAIRBANKS

    Douglas FAIRBANKS

    American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II

    American1909 - 2000
  • George S.  PATTON

    George S. PATTON

    United States Army officer

    American1885 - 1945
  • Augusto PINOCHET

    Augusto PINOCHET

    Chilean army general who was brought to power as president by a coup d'etat

    Chilean1915 - 2006
  • Charles DE GAULLE

    Charles DE GAULLE

    French army officer and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II

    French1890 - 1970
  • Bernard Law MONTGOMERY

    Bernard Law MONTGOMERY

    British Army officer

    English1887 - 1976
  • Jean Marie CAUJOLLE

    Jean Marie CAUJOLLE

    First disabled war veteran in France

    French1889 - 1928
  • Auguste Joseph RENAULT

    Auguste Joseph RENAULT

    Last French soldier killed during WWI

    French1897 - 1918
  • Chris KYLE

    Chris KYLE

    United States Navy SEAL, and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history

    American1974 - 2013
  • Ferdinand FOCH

    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

    French1851 - 1929
  • Philippe LECLERC de HAUTECLOCQUE

    Philippe LECLERC de HAUTECLOCQUE

    French general during World War II

    French1902 - 1947
  • Douglas MacARTHUR

    Douglas MacARTHUR

    American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army

    American1880 - 1964
  • Philippe PETAIN

    Philippe PETAIN

    French general, Marshal of France, and Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944

    French1856 - 1951
  • Hubert GERMAIN

    Hubert GERMAIN

    French politician who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II

    French1920 - 2021
  • Robert NIVELLE

    Robert NIVELLE

    French artillery officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion, and the First World War

    French1856 - 1924
  • Ollie NORTH

    Ollie NORTH

    American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel

    American1943
  • Arnaud BELTRAME

    Arnaud BELTRAME

    Lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie nationale

    French1973 - 2018
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