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George S. Patton
George S. Patton (1885–1945), US Army general, led the Third Army across Europe in World War II after commanding in North Africa and Sicily; also a 1912 Olympic modern pentathlete.
George Somers
Sir George Somers (1554–1610) was an English privateer and admiral of the 1609 Jamestown resupply voyage whose flagship, the Sea Venture, was wrecked on Bermuda.
George Stephen Morrison
George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008), U.S. Navy rear admiral from Rome, Georgia, father of Doors singer Jim Morrison; Naval Academy 1941, Pearl Harbor survivor aboard USS Pruitt, Bon Homme Richard captain during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, Guam refugee commander in 1975.
George Stoneman
George Stoneman (1822–1894), Union major general and California governor, led the 1863 Chancellorsville cavalry raid and the 1865 Carolina raid, was captured near Macon in 1864, and governed Virginia and California.
George Tenet
George Tenet, born 1953, American intelligence official; Director of Central Intelligence 1997-2004 under Clinton and Bush; led CIA through 9/11, Iraq WMD failure, and interrogation program; author of At the Center of the Storm.
George W. Bush military service controversy
Dispute over George W. Bush's 1968-1973 Texas Air National Guard service, focused on his unproven 1972-73 Alabama duty, and the separate 2004 CBS Killian memos forgery scandal that ended Dan Rather's anchor tenure.
George Washington Custis Lee
George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), eldest son of Robert E. Lee, Confederate staff officer under Jefferson Davis captured at Sailor's Creek, VMI engineering professor, and president of Washington and Lee University 1871-1897 who recovered Arlington.
George Washington in the American Revolution
George Washington in the American Revolution: his 1775-1783 service as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, from the Siege of Boston and Trenton through Valley Forge to the French-allied victory at Yorktown and his December 1783 resignation.
Georges Guynemer
Georges Guynemer (1894–1917), French First World War fighter ace with 53 confirmed victories, captain and Legion of Honor officer, killed 11 September 1917; his motto "Faire face" was adopted by the French Air Force.
Georgi Benkovski
Georgi Benkovski (Георги Бенковски), born Gavril Gruev Hlutev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who organized and led the April Uprising of 1876 against Ottoman rule, heading the Fourth revolutionary district.
Georgi Izmirliev
Georgi Izmirliev (Георги Измирлиев), known as Makedoncheto, was a Bulgarian revolutionary, assistant-apostle and military leader of the Tarnovo district in the April Uprising of 1876, hanged at age 25.
Georgi Todorov (general)
Georgi Stoyanov Todorov (Георги Стоянов Тодоров, 1858–1934) was a Bulgarian general of infantry who fought in five consecutive wars, from the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 to the First World War.
Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος)
Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος), 1919–1999, Greek artillery colonel who led the 21 April 1967 coup, ruled the Regime of the Colonels as prime minister and later president, and died in prison after a treason conviction.
Georgy Zhukov (Георгий Константинович Жуков)
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Георгий Константинович Жуков, 1896–1974), Marshal of the Soviet Union and four-time Hero, led Leningrad's defense, Moscow, Kursk coordination, Operation Bagration, and Berlin, and accepted Germany's 1945 surrender.
Gerald Templer
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer (1898–1979) was a British Army officer who led the campaign against the Malayan Emergency from 1952 and coined "hearts and minds".
Gerard John Schaefer
Gerard John Schaefer Jr. (1946–1995), the "Killer Cop" and "Hangman," was a Martin County, Florida deputy sheriff convicted in 1973 of murdering Susan Place and Georgia Jessup, suspected in over twenty killings, and stabbed to death in prison.
Gerard of Ridefort
Gerard of Ridefort was a Fleming who served as Marshal of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and later became Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He advised King Guy of Lusignan.
Gerd von Rundstedt
Gerd von Rundstedt, born Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, was a German field marshal who commanded German forces on the Western Front from 1942 to 1945.
German Jewish military personnel of World War II
German Jewish military personnel of World War II: refugees who fought for the Allies, notably the roughly 2,000 German Jewish Ritchie Boys at Camp Ritchie, and Mischlinge of Jewish descent drafted into the Wehrmacht.
Geronimo
Geronimo (Goyahkla, 'one who yawns', c. 1829–1909) was a Bedonkohe medicine man and war leader of the Chiricahua Apache, not a chief, who led decades of resistance in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and made the final Native American surrender to the U.S. Army in September 1886.
Geronimo Pratt
Elmer "Geronimo" ji Jaga Pratt (1947-2011), Black Panther Party leader in Los Angeles, wrongly imprisoned 27 years for a 1968 murder; conviction overturned in 1997 over concealed informant evidence, $4.5 million settlement followed.
Ghassan Duhine
Ghassan Duhine (غسان الدهيني) leads Gaza's Popular Forces, also called the Counterterrorism Service, in east Rafah. He succeeded Yasser Abu Shabab after the founder's December 2025 killing and directs anti-Hamas tunnel dismantling.
Gheorghe Cantacuzino-Grănicerul
Gheorghe Cantacuzino-Grănicerul (1869–1937) was a Romanian general and aristocrat of the Cantacuzino princely family who joined the Iron Guard and founded and led its legal political party, All for the Fatherland.
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.
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, also known as Ghazi Malik, founder of the Tughluq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate (r. 1320–1325): frontier governor of Dipalpur who overthrew Khusrau Khan, reformed revenue, built Tughluqabad, and died at Afghanpur in 1325.
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.
Gil Hill
Gil Hill (Gilbert Roland Hill, 1931-2016), Detroit homicide division head, played Inspector Douglas Todd in three Beverly Hills Cop films, then served on and presided over the Detroit City Council and lost the 2001 mayoral race to Kwame Kilpatrick.