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Gheorghe Magheru
Gheorghe Magheru was a Wallachian general and politician, a leading figure in the 1848 Revolution in Wallachia, best remembered as organizer and commander of the great volunteer camp at Râureni, the revolution's last armed stronghold.
Ghiath Dalla
Ghiath Dalla (غياث سليمان دلا), Syrian brigadier general born 1971 in Beit Yashout, Latakia; commanded the Fourth Division's 42nd Brigade, founded Quwat al-Ghaith, was US-sanctioned in 2020 and UN/EU-designated in 2025, and now leads the Military Council for the Liberation of Syria.
Gholamreza Soleimani (غلامرضا سلیمانی)
Gholamreza Soleimani (غلامرضا سلیمانی) was an Iranian brigadier general and commander of the Basij, the IRGC's internal security force, who was killed in a strike in Tehran in March 2026.
Gideon Johnson Pillow
Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806–1878), Tennessee lawyer and planter, brigadier general under Polk in the Mexican-American War and Confederate general best known for escaping the surrender of Fort Donelson in 1862.
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.
Giorgi Kvinitadze
Giorgi Kvinitadze (გიორგი კვინიტაძე), born Giorgi Chikovani, was a Georgian general who led the army of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the 1921 Russo-Georgian War.
Giorgi Saakadze
Giorgi Saakadze (გიორგი სააკაძე), c. 1570 to 1629, was a Georgian noble commander and Mouravi of Tbilisi who led the 1625 rebellion against Safavid Iran.
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.
Gordon Bennett (general)
Henry Gordon Bennett (1887–1962), Australian lieutenant general, commanded the 8th Division in Malaya and escaped Singapore after the 15 February 1942 surrender; postwar enquiries found the escape unjustified, ending his career.
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594–1632), imperial field marshal of the Thirty Years' War, commander of the 'Pappenheimer' cuirassiers, stormer of Magdeburg 1631, mortally wounded at Lützen; namesake of Schiller's proverbial phrase and the Pappenheimer helmet.
Gotthard Heinrici
Gotthard Heinrici (1886-1971) was a German Generaloberst, the Wehrmacht's leading defensive specialist, commanding the 4th Army and Army Group Vistula; his diaries, edited by Johannes Hürter, document the German war of annihilation in the Soviet Union.
Gregorio del Pilar
Gregorio del Pilar (Goyo, the Boy General), 1875–1899, Filipino revolutionary general of Bulacan, nephew of Marcelo H. del Pilar, hero of Tirad Pass where he died covering Aguinaldo's retreat.
Gregory D. Gadson
Gregory D. Gadson, born 1966, retired U.S. Army colonel and West Point football player who lost both legs to a 2007 Iraq IED, stayed on duty, commanded Fort Belvoir, inspired the 2007 Giants' Super Bowl win, and starred in Battleship.
Guillermón Moncada
Guillermón Moncada, full name Guillermo Moncada, was a Cuban general known as the "ebony giant" who fought in all three of Cuba's wars of independence against Spain.
Günther von Kluge
Günther von Kluge, also Hans Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German Wehrmacht field marshal; commanded 4th Army in Poland and France, Army Group Center 1941–43, and OB West in 1944; refused the 20 July plotters and died by poison in August 1944.
György Kmety
György Kmety, known as Ismail Pasha in Ottoman service, was a Hungarian honvéd general of the 1848–1849 War of Independence who later defended Kars in 1855.
H. R. McMaster
H.R. McMaster (Herbert Raymond McMaster), retired US Army lieutenant general and military historian; Gulf War Battle of 73 Easting Silver Star recipient, Tal Afar counterinsurgency commander, author of Dereliction of Duty, and Trump's national security adviser 2017–2018.
Hal Moore
Hal Moore (1922–2017), U.S. Army lieutenant general, commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Ia Drang (1965), earned the Distinguished Service Cross, and co-authored We Were Soldiers Once...and Young.
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977) was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin who became Chief Marshal of the Armored Troops in 1975 and led the Soviet Army's tank forces from 1969 until his death.
Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general)
Hans Krebs (Hans Otto Wilhelm Eugen Krebs, 1898-1945), German General of Infantry, last acting Chief of Staff of the OKH. Eastern Front staff chief, former Moscow military attache; negotiated with Chuikov on 1 May 1945, then died by suicide in Berlin.
Hans Kundt
Hans Kundt (1869–1939) was a German general who spent 25 years in Bolivian service and commanded the army in the Chaco War until the surrender of 7,500 soldiers at Campo Vía ended his command.
Hans Oster
Hans Paul Oster (9 August 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a Wehrmacht general, chief of staff in the Abwehr under Canaris, organizer of the 1938 coup plot, informer of the Dutch attaché in 1940, and executed at Flossenbürg.
Hans Speidel
Hans Speidel (1897–1984), German general: Rommel's chief of staff in Normandy, 20 July 1944 resistance participant, Bundeswehr founding figure, and first German NATO LANDCENT commander 1957–1963.
Hans von Seeckt
Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), German colonel general, Mackensen's chief of staff in WWI, then Chef der Heeresleitung 1920–1926 who built the Versailles-limited 100,000-man Reichswehr, held executive power in 1923, and later advised Chiang Kai-shek in China.
Hardev Singh Kler (ਹਰਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਲੇਰ)
Hardev Singh Kler (ਹਰਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਲੇਰ), also known as Harry Kler, was an Indian Army major general of the Corps of Signals who commanded 95 Mountain Brigade in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, took Jamalpur, and won the Maha Vir Chakra; distinct from the Nirankari Baba and hockey official of the same name.
Hari Singh Nalwa
Hari Singh Nalwa (1791–1837), Sikh general and Commander-in-Chief on the North West Frontier under Maharaja Ranjit Singh; governed Kashmir, Hazara, and Peshawar, founded Haripur, built Fort Jamrud at the Khyber, and died at the Battle of Jamrud, 30 April 1837.
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), British field marshal; commanded the Dunkirk rearguard, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, was last British Governor General of Canada 1946–52 and Minister of Defence 1952–54.
Hasso von Manteuffel
Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel (1897–1978), German panzer general who commanded the 7th Panzer Division, Großdeutschland, and the 5th Panzer Army in the Ardennes; later FDP Bundestag deputy credited with coining "Bundeswehr".
Hazi Aslanov
Hazi Aslanov (Həzi Aslanov; 1910–1945) was a Soviet tank general from Azerbaijan who fought at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk and was twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union.