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Oskar Dirlewanger
Oskar Dirlewanger (1895-1945) was a German SS-Oberführer who commanded the SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger, a penal unit of convicted poachers and criminals that massacred civilians in Belarus and Warsaw's Wola district in 1944. He died in French custody at Altshausen in June 1945.
Oskar Potiorek
Oskar Potiorek (1853–1933), Austro-Hungarian Feldzeugmeister, deputy chief of the General Staff and governor of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1911; survived the Sarajevo assassination he was meant to protect against, then commanded the failed 1914 Serbian invasions and was dismissed in December 1914.
Oskars Kalpaks
Oskars Kalpaks (1882–1919) was a Latvian colonel, first commander of the armed forces of Latvia's Provisional Government, killed in a friendly-fire clash near Airītes in 1919.
Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed
Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed (born 1966, Kadiqali, South Darfur) is a Sudanese major general, former army officer, and head of the Rapid Support Forces operations department, sanctioned by the US in May 2024 and by the UN Security Council on 8 November 2024 under resolution 1591 (2005) for Darfur abuses.
Ōtomo no Fukei
Ōtomo no Fukei (大伴吹負) was a Japanese military commander of the Ōtomo clan who raised troops in Yamato for Prince Ōama during the Jinshin War of 672.
Ōtomo no Otomaro
Ōtomo no Otomaro was a Japanese commander of the Ōtomo clan who became Seii Taishogun in 794, the first recorded holder of the title later translated as shogun.
Otoya Yamaguchi (山口二矢)
Otoya Yamaguchi (山口二矢) was a 17-year-old Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated Japan Socialist Party chairman Inejirō Asanuma on live television at Hibiya Hall on 12 October 1960, then hanged himself in custody on 2 November 1960.
Otozō Yamada (山田乙三)
Otozō Yamada (山田乙三, 1881–1965), Japanese cavalry general and last commander of the Kwantung Army (1944–45); convicted at the 1949 Khabarovsk bacteriological warfare trial, sentenced to 25 years, released 1956.
Ottavio Piccolomini
Ottavio Piccolomini (1599–1656) was an Italian soldier who served the Habsburgs as a general in the Thirty Years' War and helped bring about Wallenstein's fall.
Otto Günsche
Otto Günsche, Waffen-SS Sturmbannführer and Hitler's last personal adjutant, carried out Hitler's order to burn the Führer's body on 30 April 1945, spent 11 years in Soviet captivity, testified in West Germany, and was never tried at Nuremberg.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), Austrian-born SS-Obergruppenführer, headed the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) 1940–1943, attended the Wannsee Conference, and was sentenced to 25 years at the 1948 RuSHA Trial, released in 1954.
Otto Warmbier
Otto Warmbier, born Otto Frederick Warmbier, was an American University of Virginia student detained in North Korea for 17 months who died days after his 2017 release.
Pablo González (Mexican revolutionary general)
Pablo González, born Pablo González Garza (1879–1950), was a Mexican Constitutionalist general from Nuevo León, a top commander under Carranza who organized Zapata's 1919 assassination.
Paddy Mayne
Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne (1915–1955) was a Northern Irish rugby international and solicitor who became a founding SAS officer, destroyed over 100 aircraft in North Africa, commanded 1 SAS from 1943, won the DSO with three bars, and was controversially denied the Victoria Cross.
Paillamachu
Paillamachu, also spelled Paillamacu, was a Mapuche toqui who led the 1598 uprising that destroyed Spanish rule south of the Bío Bío river in Chile.
Pál Kinizsi
Pál Kinizsi (Kinizsi Pál, c. 1431–1494) was a Hungarian general under King Matthias Corvinus, celebrated as a hero of the 1479 Battle of Breadfield against the Ottomans.
Pan Zhang (Eastern Wu general)
Pan Zhang (潘璋), courtesy name Wengui, was an Eastern Wu general under Sun Quan who helped capture Guan Yu in 220 and fought at Yiling in 222.
Panayot Hitov
Panayot Hitov (Панайот Хитов) was a Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary voivode, born in Sliven in 1830, who led the 1867 band with Vasil Levski as standard-bearer.
Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, born José Doroteo Arango Arambula (1878–1923), was a Mexican revolutionary general who commanded the División del Norte, governed Chihuahua, and raided Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916.
Pangeran Antasari
Pangeran Antasari was a Banjar noble who led the war against Dutch rule in southern Borneo from 1859 until his death in 1862, and is an Indonesian National Hero.
Pangeran Hidayatullah
Pangeran Hidayatullah (Sultan Hidayatullah II, born Gusti Andarun) was a prince of the Banjar Sultanate who commanded resistance against Dutch rule in the Banjarmasin War of 1859 to 1863.
Parag Jain
Parag Jain (पराग जैन), 1989-batch IPS Punjab cadre officer, appointed June 2025 as Secretary of India's R&AW for a two-year term from July 1, 2025, succeeding Ravi Sinha; former ARC head credited with Operation Sindoor intelligence.
Patricia Soltysik
Patricia Michelle Soltysik, nicknamed "Mizmoon" (SLA name "Zoya"), was a co-founder of the Symbionese Liberation Army in Berkeley in 1973, took part in the Marcus Foster killing, was charged in the 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery, and died in the May 1974 LAPD Compton shootout.
Patricio Montojo y Pasarón
Patricio Montojo y Pasarón, Spanish rear admiral commanding Philippine naval forces in 1898, led the Spanish squadron destroyed by Dewey at Manila Bay on 1 May 1898, after his Subic Bay defense plan failed.
Patrick Ferguson
Patrick Ferguson (1744-1780), Scottish British Army officer, inventor of the Ferguson breech-loading rifle patented 1776, and Loyalist commander killed by Overmountain Men at Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780.
Patrick M. Shanahan
Patrick M. Shanahan, Boeing executive for 31 years, was the 33rd US Deputy Secretary of Defense (2017) and longest-serving Acting Secretary of Defense (Jan–June 2019); his Secretary nomination was withdrawn in 2019, and he now leads Spirit AeroSystems.
Paul Beattie (Royal Navy officer)
Paul Beattie is a Royal Navy vice admiral appointed Second Sea Lord in September 2025, overseeing the Navy's future capabilities and serving as Principal Personnel Officer.
Paul Hausser
Paul Hausser (1880–1972), German Reichswehr generalleutnant turned SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, built Waffen-SS officer training, led Das Reich and II SS Panzer Corps, and later championed Waffen-SS rehabilitation through HIAG.
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954), German Generalfeldmarschall, led Panzergruppe Kleist at Sedan in 1940 and 1st Panzer Army and Army Group A on the Eastern Front; dismissed by Hitler in 1944, he died in Soviet captivity.
Paul Ricca
Paul Ricca (Felice DeLucia, 1897-1972), 'the Waiter,' Chicago Outfit leader and Commission liaison; convicted in the 1943 Hollywood extortion case, paroled 1947, later consigliere under Tony Accardo.