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John Swinton of Kimmerghame
Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame was a British Army officer who commanded the Household Division and London District from 1976 to 1979, and the father of actress Tilda Swinton.
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886-1946), British field marshal nicknamed Tiger, Victoria Cross winner at Canal du Nord, commanded the BEF in 1939-1940 and ordered the Dunkirk withdrawal, later Governor of Gibraltar and Malta.
John William Vessey Jr.
John William Vessey Jr. (1922–2016), American Army general and tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985) under Reagan; last WWII combat veteran chairman, later US envoy to Vietnam for POW/MIA affairs.
Johnny Cooper (British Army officer)
Johnny Cooper (John Murdoch Cooper, 6 June 1922 – 12 July 2002), British Army officer and founding member of the Special Air Service, one of 'The Originals'; DCM 1942, escaped after Stirling's 1943 capture, served Malaya, Jebel Akhdar, and Oman's Muscat Regiment.
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924–1966), Nigerian Igbo general, first military head of state, UN Congo commander, GOC 1965, ruled January–July 1966, killed in July countercoup, succeeded by Gowon.
Jonathan Conricus
Jonathan Conricus, Swedish-Israeli retired IDF lieutenant colonel, International Spokesperson 2017-2021; combat commander in Lebanon and Gaza, first IDF officer at UN HQ, later senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)
Jonathan M. Wainwright was an American Army general who surrendered Corregidor to the Japanese in 1942, spent over three years as a prisoner of war, and received the Medal of Honor.
Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013), Argentine general and de facto president 1976–1981, led the 1976 junta dictatorship, was convicted in the 1985 Juntas trial and the 2012 stolen-babies case, and died in prison.
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 de San Martín
José de San Martín (1778–1850), Argentine general and Liberator with Bolívar of Argentina, Chile, and Peru; led the 1817 Andes crossing, won Chacabuco and Maipú, served as Protector of Peru, resigned after Guayaquil, died in exile in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
José Dolores Estrada
José Dolores Estrada (1792–1869) was a Nicaraguan soldier who rose from private to General of Division and won the 1856 Battle of San Jacinto against William Walker's filibusters.
José Félix Ribas
José Félix Ribas (1775–1815) was a Venezuelan independence general who led a force of students and seminarians to victory at La Victoria in 1814, an action commemorated as Venezuela's Day of Youth.
José Joaquín Puello
José Joaquín Puello was a Dominican general and statesman who helped lead the 27 February 1844 revolt that founded the Dominican Republic and was executed under President Pedro Santana in 1847.
José María Cañas
José María Cañas was a Salvadoran-born general in Costa Rica who fought William Walker in the National War of 1856–1857 and was executed in 1860.
José María Paz
José María Paz (1791–1854) was an Argentine general and Unitarian leader who fought in the independence and civil wars and led the Liga del Interior opposing Juan Manuel de Rosas.
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.
Joseph A. Ryan
Joseph A. Ryan is a US Army four-star general, West Point class of 1991 Infantry officer, former 25th Infantry Division commander and Army G-3/5/7, now commanding US Army Western Hemisphere Command at Fort Bragg since December 2025.
Joseph Chatoyer
Joseph Chatoyer was the paramount chief of the Black Caribs (Garifuna) of St Vincent who led Carib resistance in the Carib Wars and was killed by British forces in 1795.
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (Josef Václav Radecký z Radče) was a Bohemian-born Austrian field marshal who won at Custoza and Novara, restoring Austrian rule over Lombardy-Venetia.
Joseph Stilwell
Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946), 'Vinegar Joe,' was the US Army general and Chinese-speaking chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek who commanded American CBI forces 1942-44 until his recall at Chiang's demand.
Joseph Taylor (colonel)
Joseph Taylor (1741/42-1815) was Colonel/Commandant of the Granville County, North Carolina militia, 1775-1783, leading it at Moore's Creek Bridge and Guilford Court House; later NC Senator (1781, 1803). Distinct from the Philadelphia politician, Joseph Pannell Taylor, and other same-era namesakes.
Joseph Votel
Joseph L. Votel, retired U.S. Army four-star general; commanded 75th Rangers, JSOC, SOCOM (2014-2016), and CENTCOM (2016-2019), leading the 79-nation coalition that defeated the ISIS caliphate.
Józef Chłopicki
Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) was a Polish major general, a veteran of the Kościuszko Uprising and the Napoleonic wars, and dictator of the November Uprising of 1830–1831.
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki
Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (1867–1937) was a Polish general who commanded the I Polish Corps in revolutionary Russia in 1917–1918 and led the victorious Greater Poland Uprising, building it into the regular Wielkopolska Army.
Józef Haller
Józef Haller (1873–1960) was a Polish general who commanded the Blue Army in France and in 1920 performed the wedding of Poland to the sea at Puck.
Józef Hauke-Bosak
Józef Hauke-Bosak (1834–1871) was a Polish general who served in the Imperial Russian Army before commanding insurgent units in southern Poland during the January Uprising of 1863.
Józef Poniatowski
Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) was a Polish general and Marshal of France who commanded the Duchy of Warsaw's army and died at the Battle of Leipzig.
Józef Sowiński
Józef Sowiński (1777–1831) was a Polish artillery general and one-legged veteran of Borodino who died defending Warsaw's Wola redoubt during the November Uprising against Russia in 1831.
Józef Wysocki
Józef Wysocki (1809–1873) was a Polish general who commanded the Polish Legion in Hungary during the Revolution of 1848 and took part in the 1830 and 1863 risings.
József Alvinczi
József Alvinczi (1735–1810) was a Hungarian field marshal of the Habsburg army who led the failed Austrian attempts to relieve Napoleon's siege of Mantua in 1796–1797.