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Alonso de Alvarado
Alonso de Alvarado (ca. 1490, Burgos – 1555, Lima) was a Spanish conquistador who served under Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of Peru and founded Chachapoyas.
Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Pierre Juin (1888–1967), Marshal of France from Bône, Algeria; commanded the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy 1943–44 (Garigliano, Rome), resident general in Morocco 1947–51, NATO Central Europe commander.
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Bon-Adrien Jeannot (Jannot) de Moncey, duc de Conegliano (1754–1842), Marshal of the Empire and first Inspector General of the French Gendarmerie (1801–1815); later Governor of the Invalides who received Napoleon's ashes in 1840.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951), Finnish baron, field marshal and statesman: Russian Imperial cavalry officer and Asian explorer, 1918 White commander, Regent 1918–1919, commander-in-chief 1939–1944, sixth President of Finland 1944–1946.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and statesman, leader of Free France from the 18 June 1940 BBC appeal, and first President of the Fifth Republic (1959–1969), architect of its constitution and of France's independent nuclear and foreign policy.
Charles Leclerc (French general)
Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc (1772–1802) was a French general and brother-in-law of Napoleon who commanded the 1802 expedition against Toussaint Louverture in Saint-Domingue and died there of yellow fever.
Cyrille Youchtchenko
Cyrille Youchtchenko (born 1967) is a French général de brigade commanding the Foreign Legion since 1 August 2023; Saint-Cyr graduate, veteran of Central Africa, Afghanistan, 4e RE, 2e REI, and 13e DBLE.
Dimitrios Plapoutas
Dimitrios Plapoutas (Δημήτριος Πλαπούτας, also known as Koliopoulos, 1786–1864) was a Greek revolutionary chieftain and general of the War of Independence of 1821 and a close collaborator of Theodoros Kolokotronis.
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813) was a French general, son of the marshal de Rochambeau of the American Revolutionary War, and the last French captain-general of Saint-Domingue.
Emilio Mola
Emilio Mola Vidal (1887-1937), Spanish general born in Cuba, directed the July 1936 coup against the Second Republic, coined 'fifth column,' commanded the Nationalist Army of the North, and died in a 1937 plane crash.
Francisco Hernández Girón
Francisco Hernández Girón was a Spanish conquistador and encomendero in Peru who led the last major encomendero uprising against royal authority from 1553 to 1554.
François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé
François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé (1739–1800) was a French general and colonial administrator who seized several British Caribbean islands and organized Louis XVI's 1791 flight from Paris.
François Joseph Lefebvre
François Joseph Lefebvre, duc de Dantzig (1755-1820), French marshal and peer; sergeant in the gardes françaises who fought at Fleurus, backed 18 Brumaire, took Danzig's 1807 capitulation, and led the Old Guard in Russia and France.
Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος)
Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος), 1919–1999, Greek artillery colonel who led the 21 April 1967 coup, ruled the Regime of the Colonels as prime minister and later president, and died in prison after a treason conviction.
Gil González Dávila
Gil González Dávila, also written Gil González de Ávila, was a Spanish conquistador from Ávila who led the first formal Spanish expedition into Costa Rica and Nicaragua in 1522–1523.
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), French aristocrat and major general in the Continental Army; wounded at Brandywine, secured 6,000 French troops, led the 1781 Virginia campaign, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and toured all 24 U.S. states in 1824-25.
Gomes Freire de Andrade
Gomes Freire de Andrade (1757–1817) was a Portuguese field marshal who served under Catherine II of Russia and was hanged in 1817 over an unproven liberal conspiracy.
Henri Winkelman
Henri Gerard Winkelman (1876–1952), Dutch general, commander-in-chief of land and sea forces during the German invasion of May 1940; signed the capitulation at Rijsoord on 15 May 1940, held governmental authority from 13 May, and was a POW at Oflag IV-B Königstein until 1945.
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), French marshal and commander of the 1780 expédition particulière; landed at Newport July 11, 1780, and led French forces at the 1781 siege of Yorktown.
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765-1844), French general and marshal of France; I Corps commander at Waterloo whose corps missed Ligny and Quatre Bras; later governor-general of Algeria.
John Joseph of Austria
John Joseph of Austria, also known as Juan José de Austria, was a Spanish general and political figure, the acknowledged illegitimate son of King Philip IV.
José de Canterac
José de Canterac was a French-born Spanish general, chief of staff and commander in chief of the royalist army in Peru during the Spanish American wars of independence.
José Ramón Rodil
José Ramón Rodil was a Spanish general best known as commander of the Real Felipe fortress at Callao, Peru, the last Spanish stronghold in South America, until 1826.
Jules Brunet
Jules Brunet (1838–1911), French horse artillery officer of the first French military mission to Japan (1867); defected to the Tokugawa shogunate in the Boshin War and advised the Republic of Ezo's defense, later became a French general and an inspiration for The Last Samurai.
Louis Delgrès
Louis Delgrès (1766–1802) was a French Republican military officer of mixed race who led Guadeloupe's 1802 resistance against Napoleon's expedition to restore slavery, dying with 300 companions at Matouba rather than surrender.
Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu
Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu (1696-1788), French marshal, diplomat, and académicien; godson of Louis XIV, conqueror of Minorca in 1756, victor at Kloster Zeven 1757.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas Davout (d'Avout), Duke of Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmühl, French marshal (1770-1823); undefeated except alongside Suchet, victor of Auerstaedt 1806, governor of Hamburg, war minister in 1815.
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898-1970), French general and posthumous Marshal of France, commanded the 1st Free French Brigade at Bir Hakeim in 1942, led the FFI in 1944, governed liberated Paris, and later served as defense minister.
Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand (1867–1965) was a French general, chief of staff to Foch in World War I and supreme commander of Allied armies in May 1940.
Michel Ney
Michel Ney (1769-1815), duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskowa, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon, famed as 'the bravest of the brave' for the 1812 Russian rearguard; executed for treason in 1815, the only marshal shot after the Hundred Days.