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Ali Noureddine al-Naasan
Ali Noureddine al-Naasan (علي نور الدين النعسان), nicknamed Abu Hamza, is a Syrian major general and chief of the General Staff since January 2025; a former Syrian Arab Army officer who defected in 2011, he commanded HTS's Second Division and helped lead the offensive that toppled Assad.
Aliagha Shikhlinski
Aliagha Shikhlinski (Əliağa Şıxlinski) was an Azerbaijani artillery officer who became a lieutenant general in the Russian Imperial Army and later deputy war minister of Azerbaijan.
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.
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), Sonoran general and president of Mexico 1920–1924, defeated Pancho Villa at Celaya in 1915, reformed the Army, and was elected for 1928–1932 before being assassinated by José de León Toral at La Bombilla.
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (c.1528/1530–1590), Tudor nobleman, son of the Duke of Northumberland and brother of the Earl of Leicester; Master of the Ordnance, commander at Newhaven 1562–63, lieutenant against the 1569 Northern Rebellion, died childless after a leg amputation.
Amer Ahsan Nawaz
Amer Ahsan Nawaz is a lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) recipient, former GOC 12 Division Murree and Commandant Command and Staff College Quetta (2020-2023), Military Secretary at GHQ, and Corps Commander X Corps Rawalpindi since 26 August 2025.
Amin al-Hafiz (أمين الحافظ)
Amin al-Hafiz (أمين الحافظ), 1921–2009, Syrian Sunni general who led Syria's first Ba'athist government 1963–1966, nationalized banks, executed spy Eli Cohen, and was deposed by Salah Jadid's February 1966 coup.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika (阿南惟幾, 1887–1945) was a Japanese army general who served as Minister of War in the Suzuki cabinet, advocated conditional surrender, and took his own life when Japan capitulated.
András Hadik
András Hadik (1710–1790) was a Hungarian field marshal in Habsburg service, best known for his 1757 raid that seized and ransomed Berlin during the Seven Years' War, and later President of the Vienna Hofkriegsrat.
Andrew Parker Bowles
Andrew Parker Bowles (born 27 December 1939) is a retired British Army brigadier of the Household Cavalry and first husband of Queen Camilla; commanded the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment during the 1982 Hyde Park bombing.
Andrey Vlasov
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Андрей Андреевич Власов, 1901–1946) was a Soviet Red Army lieutenant general who, captured by German forces in 1942, defected and led the Russian Liberation Army.
Anil Chauhan (अनिल चौहान)
General Anil Chauhan (अनिल चौहान), born 1961, is a retired Indian Army officer of the 11 Gorkha Rifles who served as India's second Chief of Defence Staff from 30 September 2022 to 30 May 2026, championing jointness, theatre commands, and Operation Sindoor reforms.
Anindya Sengupta
Anindya Sengupta is a retired general officer of the Indian Army. He commanded the XIV Corps during the India-China standoff and later served as GOC-in-C of Central Command.
Anthony Aguilar
Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army Special Forces officer, alleged witnessing war crimes at Gaza aid sites in 2025. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation rejected his account.
Anthony McAuliffe
Anthony C. McAuliffe (1898–1975), U.S. Army general, acting commander of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; famous for replying "Nuts!" to a German surrender demand on 22 December 1944; later Chief of Chemical Corps and commander of U.S. Army Europe.
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), 'Mad Anthony,' Continental Army general of the American Revolution and commander of the Legion of the United States; won the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794) and secured the Treaty of Greenville.
Antin Holovaty
Antin Holovaty (Антін Головатий, 1744–1797) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader and poet who served as military judge and kish otaman of the Black Sea Cossack Host.
Anton Denikin (Антон Иванович Деникин)
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Антон Иванович Деникин), 1872–1947, Russian general, commander of the White Armed Forces of South Russia; led the 1919 Moscow offensive, resigned to Wrangel in 1920, died in exile in Michigan, reburied at Moscow's Donskoy Monastery in 2005.
Antoni Chruściel
Antoni Chruściel (1895–1960), known by the nom de guerre "Monter", was a Polish brigadier general who commanded the Polish insurgent forces in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Antoni Madaliński
Antoni Madaliński (1739–1804) was a Polish cavalry general who, ordered to disband his brigade, marched it from Ostrołęka toward Kraków in March 1794, triggering the Kościuszko Insurrection.
Antonio Luna
Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Filipino chemist, journalist, and general of the First Philippine Republic; brother of painter Juan Luna; founded La Independencia and the Malolos military academy; assassinated at Cabanatuan in 1899.
Antonio Nafarrete
Antonio Gustilo Nafarrete (born 1969) is a Filipino general, 61st Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines since July 2026 and former 67th Commanding General of the Philippine Army, a PMA Bigkis-Lahi 1990 Scout Ranger.
Apti Alaudinov
Apti Alaudinov, born 1973, is a Russian lieutenant general commanding the Akhmat special forces and deputy head of the Defense Ministry's Main Military-Political Directorate; a former Chechen police deputy minister, Hero of Russia, and prominent war commentator.
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (Erzherzog Karl) was an Austrian field marshal, brother of Emperor Francis, who defeated Napoleon at Aspern-Essling in 1809 before losing at Wagram.
Archibald Roosevelt
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt (Archie, 1894-1979), third son of President Theodore Roosevelt, US Army officer wounded in both world wars, the only American medically discharged twice for the same wound, and founder of investment firm Roosevelt and Cross.
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), British field marshal and Viceroy of India: victor over the Italians in North and East Africa 1940–41 (130,000 prisoners), later ABDA commander, and author of Generals and Generalship and Other Men's Flowers.
Ariel Sharon (אריאל שרון)
Ariel Sharon (אריאל שרון, born Ariel Scheinermann, 1928–2014) was an Israeli general and the 11th prime minister, 2001–2006. Known for Unit 101, the 1973 Suez crossing, the 1982 Lebanon war and Kahan Commission removal, and the 2005 Gaza disengagement before his fatal stroke.
Arnaldo Ochoa
Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez (1930–1989) was a Cuban division general who commanded troops in Angola and Ethiopia, was convicted of drug trafficking and treason in 1989, and was executed by firing squad in Havana.
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845-1912), Union Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient at Missionary Ridge, later Major General and U.S. military governor of the Philippines 1900-1901, father of Douglas MacArthur.