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Franz Halder
Franz Halder (1884–1972), German Generaloberst and Chief of the Army General Staff 1938–1942, planned the Poland, France, and Soviet campaigns; later led the US Army Historical Division and helped shape the clean Wehrmacht myth.
Franz Moritz von Lacy
Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725–1801) was an Austrian field marshal and military reformer who, as president of the Hofkriegsrat, directed the reforms of the Maria-Theresian and Josephine era.
Franz Stangl
Franz Paul Stangl was an Austrian SS officer and police official who served as the first commandant of Sobibor and second commandant of Treblinka in occupied Poland.
Franz von Werra
Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra (1914–1941), Swiss-born Luftwaffe ace captured in the Battle of Britain, escaped Canadian captivity, reached the neutral United States, and returned to Germany in April 1941.
Fred G. Benning
Fred G. Benning (1900-1974), World War I Distinguished Service Cross recipient of the 16th Infantry Regiment at Exermont, France, 1918; later Neligh, Nebraska mayor and 2025 Fort Benning namesake.
Freddie Scappaticci
Freddie Scappaticci (1946-2023), Belfast IRA internal security commander widely identified as the British agent codenamed Stakeknife, who always denied it and died without being charged.
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, was a British Army general who led the 1879 invasion of Zululand, suffering defeat at Isandlwana before winning at Ulundi.
Frederick Abberline
Frederick George Abberline (1843–1929), Metropolitan Police Chief Inspector and lead on-the-ground detective in the 1888 Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders; also investigated the Fenians and Cleveland Street scandal; later named George Chapman as his suspect.
Frederick Browning
Sir Frederick "Boy" Browning (1896-1965), British lieutenant-general, Grenadier Guards DSO winner, husband of Daphne du Maurier, builder of Britain's airborne forces and corps commander at Operation Market Garden.
Frederick Heyliger
Frederick Theodore "Moose" Heyliger (1916–2001), American Army officer and fourth commander of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne; led the Operation Pegasus Rhine evacuation and was wounded by friendly fire in October 1944.
Frederick Kagan
Frederick W. Kagan (born 1970) is an American military historian, AEI senior fellow, and director of its Critical Threats Project. A Yale-trained historian of Russia and former West Point professor, he authored Choosing Victory (2007), the plan behind the Iraq troop surge, and later advised on Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), 'Bobs', British field marshal; Victoria Cross winner in the Indian Mutiny, victor of Kandahar 1880, commander in the Boer War, and last Commander-in-Chief of the British Army.
Friedrich Fromm
Friedrich Fromm (1888–1945), German Generaloberst, Chief of Army Armament and Commander of the Replacement Army 1939–1944. Urged peace from 1941, tolerated the 20 July 1944 plot, then had Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators shot; executed by the Nazi regime in March 1945.
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel (1784–1877), "Papa Wrangel", Prussian Generalfeldmarschall born in Stettin; suppressed the 1848 Berlin revolution, commanded Confederation troops against Denmark in 1848 and 1864, became count in 1864.
Friedrich Olbricht
Friedrich Olbricht (1888–1944), German General der Infanterie and head of the Allgemeines Heeresamt, reworked Operation Valkyrie into a coup plan, triggered it on July 20, 1944, and was shot that night in the Bendlerblock courtyard.
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (1890–1957), German field marshal, commanded the Sixth Army at Stalingrad, surrendered 31 January 1943, later joined the National Committee for a Free Germany and testified at Nuremberg.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730-1794), Baron von Steuben, Prussian officer and Continental Army inspector general who trained American troops at Valley Forge, wrote the 1779 Blue Book drill manual, shaped the Army NCO corps, and founded the Inspector General system.
Frogman
Frogman: military combat diver trained for underwater demolition, reconnaissance, and covert operations; term first recorded 1945, tied to WWII British divers, Italian Decima MAS swimmers, and US Navy UDTs, predecessors of the Navy SEALs.
Fuad Shukr (فؤاد شكر)
Fuad Shukr (فؤاد شكر), alias Al-Hajj Mohsin, was a founding Hezbollah commander, Jihad Council member and head of its Strategic Unit; US-designated SDGT with a $5m bounty, killed in Israel's 30 July 2024 strike on Haret Hreik, Beirut.
G. D. Bakshi
G. D. Bakshi (Gagandeep Bakshi, born 1950, Jabalpur) is a retired Indian Army major general, SM and VSM, PhD in strategic studies, prolific military-history author, and combative Republic TV defence commentator known for hawkish views on Pakistan and Bose-centered historical claims.
Gabby Gabreski
Gabby Gabreski (Francis Stanley Gabreski, born Gabryszewski, 1919–2002) was a Polish-American USAF colonel, top American ace in Europe in World War II with 28 P-47 victories, and a Korean War F-86 jet ace with 6.5 MiG kills.
Gabriela Silang
Gabriela Silang (Maria Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang), Filipina revolutionary, led the Ilocos Revolt against Spain for about four months after her husband Diego Silang's 1763 assassination; executed September 20, 1763; first woman to lead a Philippine revolt.
Gadyaces S. Serralta
Gadyaces S. Serralta (Gady Serralta), Cuban-American law enforcement officer, 13th Director of the U.S. Marshals Service since August 1, 2025; former U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Florida and Miami-Dade Police Major.
Gail Halvorsen
Gail S. Halvorsen (1920–2022), the Berlin Candy Bomber or Uncle Wiggly Wings, was a US Air Force colonel who dropped candy on handkerchief parachutes to Berlin children during the 1948–1949 Berlin Airlift's Operation Little Vittles.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius Longinus (c. 86–42 BCE), Roman tyrannicide, instigator of Julius Caesar's assassination with Brutus, Parthia defender at Antioch, died by suicide at the first Battle of Philippi, 3 October 42 BCE.
Gajah Mada
Gajah Mada (c. 1290–c. 1364), mahapatih or chief minister of Majapahit, famed for the Sumpah Palapa oath recorded only in the later Pararaton; led expansion under Tribhuwana and Hayam Wuruk, died 1364, namesake of Universitas Gadjah Mada and the Palapa satellites.
Gakirah Barnes
Gakirah Barnes, aka K.I. or Lil Snoop (1997–2014), was a Chicago Woodlawn teenager and Fly Boy Gang/Gangster Disciples member whose prolific Twitter record became research data on grief and gang violence after her fatal shooting at 17.
Gale Cleven
Gale Winston "Buck" Cleven, WWII B-17 pilot, commander of the 100th Bomb Group's 350th Bomb Squadron, Distinguished Service Cross recipient, Stalag Luft III prisoner, later Air Force colonel and astrophysics PhD, portrayed in Masters of the Air.
Galvarino
Galvarino (died 1557) was a Mapuche warrior and leader in Chile's Arauco War, best known for fighting on against the Spanish after they cut off both his hands.
Gangadhar Nehru (गंगाधर नेहरू)
Gangadhar Nehru (गंगाधर नेहरू) was a Delhi police officer who served as the last Kotwal of Delhi before the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and was the father of Motilal Nehru.