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Bo Gritz
Bo Gritz (James Gordon Gritz, 1939-2026), decorated US Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel of the Vietnam War, led private 1980s POW rescue missions into Laos, ran for president in 1992, and negotiated at Ruby Ridge.
Bo Hmu Aung
Bo Hmu Aung (ဗိုလ်မှူးအောင်, 1910–2004) was a Burmese military officer and politician, one of the Thirty Comrades trained by Japan and regarded as a founder of the Tatmadaw.
Bo Setkya
Bo Setkya (ဗိုလ်စကြာ), born Thakin Aung Than, was a Burmese soldier and politician, one of the Thirty Comrades and at various times Chief-of-Staff and military attaché to Tokyo.
Bo Teza
Bo Teza (ဘိုတေဇ) was the military nom de guerre of Aung San, the Burmese independence leader who founded the Tatmadaw; adopted with the Thirty Comrades, Teza means "fire".
Bohdan Ruzhynsky
Bohdan Ruzhynsky (Богдан Ружинський), also called Bohdanko, was a Cossack hetman of a Lithuanian-Ruthenian princely family who died in 1576 besieging the Tatar fortress Aslan Kermen.
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.
Bonner Fellers
Bonner Frank Fellers (1896–1973), US Army brigadier general, military attaché in Cairo 1940–1942 whose intercepted Black Code reports aided Rommel, and MacArthur's military secretary who helped shield Emperor Hirohito from trial.
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant (Harry Harbord Morant, born Edwin Henry Murrant, 1864-1902), Australian drover, Bulletin balladist, and Bushveldt Carbineers lieutenant executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902 for murdering Boer prisoners in the Boer War.
Bronislav Kaminski (Бронислав Владиславович Каминский)
Bronislav Kaminski (Бронислав Владиславович Каминский, 1899–1944), also Bronisław Kaminski, led the Lokot Autonomy and the RONA (Russian National Liberation Army) brigade, later a Waffen-SS unit, noted for anti-partisan atrocities, the 1944 Ochota massacre in Warsaw, and his execution by the Germans.
Bùi Thị Xuân
Bùi Thị Xuân (裴氏春, died 1802) was a Vietnamese female general of the Tây Sơn rebellion and the only woman made a Đô đốc under that dynasty.
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.
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz, full name Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780–1831), was a Prussian major-general and military theorist whose treatise On War, published posthumously in 1832, shaped strategic thought.
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
Carl-Heinrich Rudolf Wilhelm von Stülpnagel (1886–1944), German general of infantry, 17th Army commander in the 1941 USSR invasion, Military Commander in occupied France 1942–1944, and executed 20 July 1944 plotter against Hitler.
Carsten Breuer
Carsten Breuer (born 1964) is a German general, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr since March 2023, former head of the Corona crisis staff and first commander of the Territoriales Führungskommando, elected 2026 as next NATO Military Committee chair.
Carwood Lipton
Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton (1920–2001), Easy Company first sergeant and second lieutenant in the 101st Airborne's 506th PIR; Brécourt Manor and Foy leader who suggested the title Band of Brothers, from Ambrose's book and the HBO series in which Donnie Wahlberg played him.
Casimir Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), 1745–1779, Polish nobleman and Bar Confederation cavalry leader who became a Continental Army brigadier general, founded Pulaski's Legion, died at Savannah, and is called the Father of the American Cavalry.
Chaim Herzog (חיים הרצוג)
Chaim Herzog (חיים הרצוג), Irish-born Israeli major general, diplomat and sixth President of Israel (1983–1993), head of IDF military intelligence, UN ambassador who tore up Resolution 3379, father of President Isaac Herzog.
Chalermsuk Yugala (เฉลิมศึกยุคล)
Chalermsuk Yugala (เฉลิมศึกยุคล), Thai royal and Royal Thai Army General, CBRN defense specialist, UN chemical weapons inspector in Iraq (UNSCOM 1991, UNMOVIC 2002-2003), elevated to Phra Ong Chao on 16 June 2024.
Charles Alvin Beckwith
Charles Alvin "Chargin' Charlie" Beckwith (1929-1994), US Army Special Forces colonel, University of Georgia football player who turned down the Green Bay Packers, founded Delta Force on 19 November 1977 with Col. Thomas Henry and led Operation Eagle Claw.
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), British general and statesman; surrendered at Yorktown 1781, Governor-General of India 1786–1793 (Permanent Settlement, Third Mysore War), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1798–1801, died at Ghazipur in 1805.
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 George Gordon
Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), 'Chinese Gordon', British Royal Engineers officer who led the Ever Victorious Army against the Taiping Rebellion, governed the Sudan for Egypt, and died at the fall of Khartoum in January 1885.
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (1729–1807) was a British Army general nicknamed "No-flint Grey" who captured Martinique and other French West India islands in 1794.
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank (1938-2025), Field Marshal and Blair-era Chief of the Defence Staff 1997-2001, known as 'Tony's General'; Welsh Guards and SAS officer, later crossbench peer and critic of defence underfunding.
Charles James Napier
Sir Charles James Napier (1782–1853), British general, conqueror and first governor of Sind after Miani and Hyderabad (1843); also Cephalonia resident, Chartist-era commander, and Indian commander-in-chief; not Admiral Sir Charles Napier.
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.
Charles Lee (general)
Charles Lee (1731/1732-1782), British-born soldier of fortune and Continental Army major general, second in command under Washington; captured in 1776, disgraced by the Monmouth court-martial of 1778, dismissed in 1780.
Charles Pelot Summerall
Charles Pelot Summerall (1867-1955), American general and Army Chief of Staff 1926-1930, commanded the 1st Division and V Corps in World War I France and later served as president of The Citadel, 1931-1953.
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
Charles William Stewart, later Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854): Anglo-Irish soldier, diplomat and coal owner; half-brother and client of Castlereagh, Peninsular adjutant general under Wellington, envoy to Prussia and ambassador to Vienna.
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1735–1806), ruler of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1780, Prussian field marshal, author of the 1792 Brunswick Manifesto; defeated at Valmy and mortally wounded at Auerstädt in 1806.