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Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Nigerian Army general born 1941 in Minna, ruled Nigeria as military president 27 August 1985 to 26 August 1993 after ousting Buhari, led the 1986 Structural Adjustment Program, and is chiefly known for annulling the June 12, 1993 election won by MKO Abiola.
Ibrahim Traoré
Ibrahim Traoré (born 1988, Kéra, Bondokuy) is a Burkinabè army captain, President of Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup that ousted Paul-Henri Damiba; he leads MPSR2, extended military rule in 2024, and aligns Burkina Faso with Russia and the Alliance of Sahel States.
Idriss Déby
Idriss Déby Itno (1952–2021), Chadian general and president 1990–2021, overthrew Hissène Habré in 1990, ruled via the MPS through contested elections, channeled oil revenues into patronage, and died fighting rebels in 2021, succeeded by his son Mahamat.
Ignacio Zaragoza
Ignacio Zaragoza was a Mexican general and Secretary of War under President Benito Juárez who defeated French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Igor Girkin
Igor Girkin (Igor Strelkov), born 1970, former FSB colonel, DPR defense minister and Sloviansk commander in 2014; convicted in absentia by The Hague in 2022 of murdering 298 people aboard MH17; jailed in Russia since 2023 for extremism.
Igor Kirillov (Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов) (general)
Igor Kirillov (Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов), Russian lieutenant general, chief of the RKhBZ nuclear, chemical, and biological defence troops from 2017; sanctioned by the UK in 2024 and assassinated by a scooter bomb in Moscow on 17 December 2024, claimed by Ukraine's SBU.
Imru Haile Selassie
Imru Haile Selassie (ዕምሩ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, 1892–1980) was an Ethiopian noble and soldier who commanded armies against Fascist Italy in 1935 and later served as regent and ambassador.
Ioan Culcer
Ioan Culcer, often spelled Ion Culcer, was a Romanian engineer general who commanded the First Army at the start of the 1916 campaign in World War I.
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu (1882–1946), Romanian general and Marshal, dictator of Romania 1940–1944, Hitler's key eastern ally, overseer of the murder of about 220,000 Romanian Jews, overthrown 23 August 1944, tried 6–17 May 1946, executed 1 June 1946.
Isaac Brock
Sir Isaac Brock was a British major-general born in Guernsey who commanded Upper Canada's forces, captured Detroit in August 1812, and was killed at Queenston Heights eight weeks later.
Israel Tal (ישראל טל)
Israel Tal (ישראל טל, "Talik"), 1924–2010, IDF major general, Armored Corps commander 1964–1969, Six Day War division commander, deputy Chief of Staff in 1973, and father of the Merkava tank.
Ivan Konev (Иван Степанович Конев)
Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Иван Степанович Конев, 1897–1973), Soviet Marshal, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, commanded the 1st Ukrainian Front at Berlin and Prague, led Warsaw Pact forces 1955–1960, suppressed Hungary 1956, and commanded Soviet forces in Germany 1961–1962.
Ivan Kononov (Иван Никитич Кононов)
Ivan Nikitich Kononov (Иван Никитич Кононов) was a Don Cossack Red Army major who defected with his regiment to the Germans in 1941 and ended the war as a Wehrmacht major-general.
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (عزت إبراهيم الدوري)
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (عزت إبراهيم الدوري), born 1942 in Ad Dawr, Iraq, was vice-chairman of Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council 1979-2003, then led the Ba'athist Naqshbandi Army insurgency until his death in 2020.
J. E. B. Stuart
J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864), "Jeb," was the Confederate major general commanding the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, famed for the 1862 Ride around McClellan, Chancellorsville, the Brandy Station and Gettysburg controversies, and death at Yellow Tavern.
J. F. R. Jacob
Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob (Jacob Farj Rafael Jacob, 1923–2016), Indian Army officer of Baghdadi Jewish origin; as Chief of Staff, Eastern Command, he planned the 1971 campaign and negotiated the 16 December 1971 surrender of 93,000 Pakistani troops in Dhaka; later governor of Punjab.
J. H. Morgan
J. H. Morgan (John Hartman Morgan, 1876–1955) was a British brigadier-general and barrister who investigated German atrocities in 1914 and advised the Nuremberg war crimes commission.
Jaan Maide
Jaan Maide (1896–1945) was an Estonian military officer who served as commander-in-chief of the Estonian Armed Forces under Otto Tief's government in 1944, was arrested by the Soviets, and executed in 1945.
Jack Keane
Jack Keane (John F. Keane) is a retired U.S. Army four-star general and former vice chief of staff who, with Frederick Kagan, devised and promoted the 2007 Iraq troop surge of 30,000 troops, later chairing the Institute for the Study of War and serving as a Fox News analyst.
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British lieutenant-general, colonel of the 11th Hussars, commander of the Light Brigade at Balaclava 1854; also tried by the House of Lords over the 1840 Black Bottle duel.
James C. McConville
James C. McConville (born 1959), retired U.S. Army general, 40th Chief of Staff of the Army 2019-2023, former 101st Airborne commander and first aviator chief, known for the BCAP command assessment programs.
James M. Gavin
James M. Gavin (1907-1990), "Jumpin' Jim" or "the Jumping General," was a US Army lieutenant general who commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II, made four combat jumps, and later served as Ambassador to France, 1961-1962.
James P. Isenhower III
James P. Isenhower III, U.S. Army lieutenant general, Combined Arms Command and Fort Leavenworth commanding general since 2025; former 1st Armored Division commander and 1st Multi-Domain Task Force leader; West Point 1992, Duke history PhD.
James Wolfe
James Wolfe (1727-1759), British major-general, commanded the 1759 Quebec expedition and died at the Plains of Abraham after defeating Montcalm, securing the fall of New France and posthumous fame as Britain's heroic martyr of Quebec.
Jan Krukowiecki
Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (1772–1850) was a Polish count and general of infantry who led the National Government in 1831 and concluded the controversial capitulation of Warsaw.
Jan Smuts
Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870–1950), South African statesman, soldier, and philosopher; twice prime minister (1919–24, 1939–48), founder-figure of the League of Nations, Commonwealth, and United Nations, and author of the holism philosophy.
Jan Syrový
Born 1888, Jan Syrový was a highly influential Czechoslovak general, serving as the first in his post as Chief of the General Staff and PM during the Munich crisis.
Jan Tarnowski
Jan Tarnowski, full name Jan Amor Tarnowski, was a Polish magnate and soldier who served as Grand Hetman of the Crown and won the Battle of Obertyn in 1531.
Jānis Balodis
Jānis Balodis (1881–1965) was a Latvian general who commanded the army during the War of Independence, then served as Minister of War and deputy prime minister under Kārlis Ulmanis.
Jasper Jeffers
Jasper Jeffers III (born 1970) is a US Army major general, Virginia Tech-commissioned infantry and Ranger officer, former SOCCENT commander, Lebanon ceasefire overseer, and since January 2026 commander of the International Stabilization Force in Gaza.