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Antiquity
- David, conquered an empire from Homs to Eilat
- Thutmose I, conquerer of the Hyksos tribe in the Nile-Delta and Nubia(present day Sudan)
- Thutmose III, "Napoleon" of Egypt, conquering large territories in the Middle-East until the Euphrates river and Nubia
- Ramesses II, he conquered Nubia, until the 1st cataract and waged campaigns in the Near-East (present-day Israel, Palestine and Syria)
- Merneptah Son of Ramesses II, he waged war in the Levant and the eastern Lybia
- Cyrus the Great (King of Persia who conquered Babylon)
- Artaphernes (Persian general)
- Darius I of Persia, conquered all the territories between Asia Minor, north Greece and the Danube
- Xerxes I of Persia conquerer of several Greek cities, including the (then) mighty Athens
- Sun Tzu (Chinese general and author of "The Art of War")
- Themistocles (Athenian admiral during the Persian Wars)
- Miltiades (Athenian general during the Persian Wars)
- Callimachus (Athenian general during the Persian Wars)
- Leonidas (Spartan king and general during the Persian Wars)
- Eurybiades (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Pausanias (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Mardonius (Persian general during the Persian Wars)
- Cimon (Athenian general)
- Callias (Athenian general)
- Pericles (Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Demosthenes (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Cleon (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Nicias (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thucydides (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Brasidas (Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Alcibiades (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Phormio (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thrasybulus (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Lycophron (Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesain War)
- Epaminondas (Theban general)
- Philip II of Macedon (Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great)
- Alexander the Great (King of Macedon)
- Ptolemy I Soter, One of Alexander the Great's generals, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, he was the first king
- Demetrius I of Bactria, a Greek-born king who conquered much of what is now Iran, Pakistan and northern India. He was nicknamed "The Invincible"
- Memnon (Greek mercenary in Persian service)
- Ashoka (Emperor of India)
- Qin Shi Huang (First emperor of Qin)
- Pyrrhus of Epirus (King of Epirus who invaded Italy)
- Hamilcar Barca, (Military commander of ancient Carthage, involved in the First Punic War)
- Hannibal Barca (Military commander of ancient Carthage, involved in the Second Punic War)
- Hasdrubal, son of Hamilcar Barca and brother to Hannibal, at first, he stayed in Hispania to repell any Roman invaders. Lateron, he followed his brother to Italy. He's sometimes called the 2nd Hannibal
- Scipio Africanus(Scipio Africanus Major) (Defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in Second Punic War)
- Fabius Maximus (Roman general)
- Titus Quinctius Flamininus (Roman general)
- Scipio Asiaticus, he was a brother of Scipio Africanus Maior, he got his nickname "Asiaticus" when he defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire
- Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus Minor), adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, he was active during the Third Punic War
- Gaius Marius (Roman general)
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Roman general and dictator)
- Quintus Sertorius (Roman general)
- Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman general)
- Julius Caesar (Roman military leader and dictator)
- Vercingetorix (Gallic warlord who led a rebellion against Rome)
- Surena (Parthian general)
- Augustus Caesar (The first Roman Emperor, successor of Julius Caesar)
- Marcus Agrippa (Roman general serving Augustus)
- Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman Emperor)
- Stilicho (also a late Roman general)
- Alaric (Gothic King, sacked Rome)
- Arminius (War chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci)
- Attila the Hun (King of the Huns, often referred as "Scourge of God")
- Aëtius (Roman general, defeated Attila)
- Samudragupta ( King of India )
- Cao Cao (Chinese warlord)
- Zhuge Liang (Chinese military strategist)
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Middle ages
- Muhammad(Prophet of Islam)
- Tariq ibn Ziyad (Berber General at the Battle of Guadalete)
- Theodoric the Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy)
- Clovis (First Christian King of the Franks)
- Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan warrior king)
- Ulji Moonduk (Korean General)
- Yang Man-chun (Korean General)
- Kim Yu-shin (Korean General)
- Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks)
- Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor)
- King William I of England (Duke of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror)
- Wang Geon (King of Korea)
- General Belisarius (Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I)
- Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I)
- Mundus (another general under Justinian)
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl Toltec leader and conqueror
- Basil II Byzantine emperor
- George Maniaces (11th century Byzantine general)
- Nicephorus Botaniates (11th century Byzantine general, later emperor)
- Nicephorus Bryennius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Taticius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Robert Guiscard (Norman conqueror of Naples and S. Sicily)
- Godfrey of Bouillon (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Boulogne (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin of Bourcq (leader of the First Crusade)
- Bohemond of Taranto (leader of the First Crusade)
- Tancred (leader of the First Crusade)
- Raymond IV of Toulouse (leader of the First Crusade)
- Stephen, Count of Blois (leader of the First Crusade)
- Hughes de Payens (founder of the Knights Templar)
- George of Antioch
- Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor and Crusader)
- Raymond III of Tripoli (Crusader general)
- Raynald of Chatillon (Crusader general)
- Gerard de Ridefort (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
- Jobert of Syria (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Roger de Moulins (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller)
- Richard I of England (King of England, often referred as Richard the Lionhearted, known for his participation in the Third Crusade)
- al-Afdal Shahanshah (Fatimid vizier)
- Saladin (Leader of the Muslims, known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the crusaders' hand)
- Yoon Gwan (Korean General)
- Boniface of Montferrat (leader of the Fourth Crusade)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (leader of the Fifth Crusade and Sixth Crusade)
- Hermann of Salza (Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights)
- Yi Seong-gye (Emperor of Korea)
- Yi Sun-shin (Korean Admiral)
- Kwon Yul (Marshal of Korea)
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Japanese general whose decisive victories brought down the Taira clan during the Gempei War)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Japanese general, he seized control over Japan after the death of Oda Nobunaga)
- John III Sobieski (King of Poland Savior of Vienna and Western European civilization)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (daimyo, the first to unite the whole Japan and a founder of a shogunate that lasted over 250 years)
- Genghis Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Ögedei Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
- Subutai Bahadur (General and childhood friend of Genghis Khan)
- Batu Khan (Mongolian conqueror)
- Tran Hung Dao (Vietnamese Grand General, under his guidance, Vietnamese defeated the Mongols twice)
- Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols, conqueror of China)
- Alexander Nevsky (Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Vladimir, saint and national hero of Russia)
- Wolter von Plettenberg (Master of the Livonian Order)
- Edward I of England (known as the Hammer of the Scots)
- William Wallace (Scottish Knight and freedom fighter)
- Robert the Bruce (Scottish King and freedom fighter)
- Khair ad Din (Also known as Barbarossa, an Admiral in the Ottoman Empire)
- Khalid ibn al-Walid (Muslim Arab soldier and general, undfeated throughout his career)
- Louis IX of France (leader of the Seventh Crusade and Eighth Crusade)
- Edward III of England (English King in the Hundred Years' War)
- Edward the Black Prince, heir to the throne of England
- Roger de Flor (leader of the Catalan Company)
- Scanderbeg Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443-1468
- Mehmed II the Conqueror (Ottoman Sultan, conquered Constantinople in 1453)
- Mehmed Pasa Sokollu (Ottoman military leader and Grand Vizier during the reign of Suleiman and Selim II)
- Joan of Arc (National heroine of France and saint of Catholic Church)
- El Cid (Spanish knight and hero)
- Tamerlane (Timur Lenk, Mongol-Turk conqueror)
- King Henry V of England, a seasoned warrior at the age of sixteen
- Jan Zizka (Commander of Taborite Army in Bohemia's Hussite Wars)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
- Alp Arslan (Sultan of the Seljuk Empire)
- Don John of Austria (Spanish admiral)
- Lapu-Lapu (Datu in Mindanao Island, Phils.)
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Early Modern Era
- Nadir Shah, Iran
- Hernán Cortés (Spanish conquistador)
- Konstanty Ostrogski
- Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Warrior Queen of the Mbundu people; kept Portugal at bay)
- Shivaji (Ruler of the Maratha empire)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (English Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I)
- Francisco Pizarro (Spanish conquistador, conquered the Inca)
- Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky
- Louis II de Condé
- Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
- Koxinga (Ming general, took over Taiwan)
- Jan Sobieski
- Prince Eugene of Savoy (Austria)
- Maurice, comte de Saxe (France)
- Oliver Cromwell (English Civil War)
- Albrecht von Wallenstein (general in the Thirty Years' War)
- Johan t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly(general in the Thirty Year's War)
- Louis of Nassau, brother of William the Silent commander in the Eighty Years' War
- Charles de Héraugière, the Eighty Years' War commander of a special force, which conquered Breda in a "Trojan Horse" action.
- Ernst Casimir van Nassau-Dietz military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe for the Dutch Republic
- Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, overall commander of the Dutch forces (Captain and Admiral-General) in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,Stadtholder, military commander in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Hendrik Casimir I van Nassau-Dietz, military commander in the Eighty Years' War, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein, vice-admiral and admiral during the Eighty Years' War
- Maarten Tromp, Admiral during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Michiel de Ruyter, The Netherlands (admiral in the First Anglo-Dutch War, the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Franco-Dutch War
- Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (Austria)
- Duke of Marlborough (War of the Spanish Succession)
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
- Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim
- Alexander Menshikov
- Charles XII of Sweden
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Peter Rumyantsev
- Alexander Suvorov
- Feodor Ushakov
- George Washington
- John Stark (Victor at the Battle of Bennington)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France)
- Jean Baptiste Bessieres
- Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
- Joachim Murat
- Louis Nicolas Davout
- Louis Alexandre Berthier
- Michel Ney
- Jean Lannes
- Auguste Marmont
- Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
- Nicolas Oudinot
- Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
- Guillaume Brune
- Jean Baptiste Jourdan
- André Masséna
- Louis Gabriel Suchet
- Jose de San Martin (Argentine General. Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru)
- Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Horatio Nelson British Navy Officer (late 1700 to 1805)
- Isaac Brock (British major general in Canada during War of 1812)
- François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie
- Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Peter Wittgenstein
- Petr Bagration
- Andres Bonifacio (Katipunero)
- Shaka (Changed the Zulu tribe from a small clan into a nation)
- Sir George Howard (UK)
- Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (Caucasian wars)
- Simón Bolívar (South American nationalist and general)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (South American and Italian independence wars general)
- Zuo Zongtang (Chinese general)
- Zeng Guofan (Chinese military commander)
- Li Hongzhang (Chinese general)
- Winfield Scott (Mexican-American War)
- P.G.T. Beauregard (US Civil War)
- Robert E. Lee (US Civil War)
- Ulysses S. Grant (US Civil War)
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (US Civil War)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (US Civil War)
- Beverly Robertson (US Civil War)
- Braxton Bragg (US Civil War)
- Joseph E. Johnston (US Civil War)
- Henry Jackson Hunt (US Civil War)
- Phillip H. Sheridan (US Civil War)
- James Longstreet (US Civil War)
- Joseph Gilbert Totten (US Civil War)
- Sir Harry Smith (UK)
- Pavel Nakhimov (Crimean War)
- Mikhail Skobelev (Central Asian wars)
- Joseph Gurko (Bulgarian war)
- Pancho Villa
- Horatio Kitchener
- Yuan Shikai (China)
- Yamagata Aritomo (Japan)
- Kemal Atatürk (Balkan Wars, WWI Turkey)
- Douglas Haig (WWI UK)
- Aleksei Brusilov (WWI Russia)
- Ferdinand Foch (WWI France)
- Erich Ludendorff (WWI Germany)
- Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck (WWI Germany Never Defeated lead campaign in East Africa)
- Paul von Hindenburg (WWI Germany)
- John Monash (WW1 Australia)
- Arthur Currie (WWI Canada)
- John J. Pershing (WWI US)
- Erich von Falkenhayn (WWI Germany)
- William S. Harney (US)
- Sterling Price (US Civil War)
- Hermann von François (German general, World War I)
- Helmuth von Moltke (Prussian/German general, Franco-Prussian War)
- Patrice MacMahon (Marshal of France, Franco-Prussian War)
- Michael Collins (Irish War of Independence)
- Emilio Aguinaldo (First Philippine President, Philippine-Spanish War)
- Macario Sakay (Filipino General;80 years of rebellion against Spain)
- Gabriela Silang (Filipina Revolutionary Leader)
- Baibars (Mamluke General)
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World War 2 - 1990
- Abraham Adan (1947-1973 Israel)
- Harold Alexander (WWII UK)
- Claude Auchinleck (WWII UK)
- Harvey Ball (WWII US)
- Lin Biao (WWII China)
- Thomas Blamey (WWII Australia)
- Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. (WWII US)
- Omar Bradley (WWII US)
- Adrian Carton De Wiart (WWII UK)
- Fidel Castro (1950s Cuba)
- Vasily Chuikov (WWII Soviet Union)
- Mark Clark (WWII US)
- Michael O'Moore Creagh (WWII UK)
- Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (Canada's leading general during WWII)
- Alan Gordon Cunningham (WWII UK)
- Andrew Brown Cunningham (WWII UK)
- Moshe Dayan (Israel)
- Miles Dempsey (WWII UK)
- Petre Dumitrescu (WWII Romania)
- Zhu De (Chinese communist revolutionary leader)
- Dwight Eisenhower (WWII US)
- Simon Fraser (WWII UK)
- Bernard Freyberg (WWI WWII NZ)
- Hermann Goering(WWI WWII Germany)
- William Gott (WWII UK)
- Vo Nguyen Giap (North Vietnam)
- Arjan Singh (India)
- Che Guevara (1950s Cuba)
- Rodolfo Graziani (WWII Italy)
- Heinz Guderian (WWII Germany)
- Brian Horrocks (WWII UK)
- Ivan Konev (WWII Soviet Union)
- Walter Krueger (WWII US)
- Oliver Leese (WWII UK)
- Douglas MacArthur (WWII and Korea, US)
- Sam Manekshaw (Indo-Pak War 1971, India)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Winter War and WWII Finland)
- Mitsuru Ushijima (WWII Japan)
- Field Marshal Montgomery (WWII UK)
- Leslie Morshead (WW II Australia)
- Louis Mountbatten (WWII UK)
- Omar Mukhtar (Libyan freedom fighter who fought against the Italians in WWII)
- Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko (WWII Japan)
- Chester Nimitz (WWII US Navy)
- Richard O'Connor (WWII UK)
- George Patton (WWII US)
- Friedrich Paulus (WWII Germany)
- "Chesty" Puller (WWII US Marine)
- Matthew B. Ridgway (WWII and Korea, US)
- Neil Ritchie (WWII UK)
- Konstantin Rokossovsky (WWII Sovet Union)
- Erwin Rommel (WWII Germany)
- Gerd von Rundstedt (WWII Germany)
- Erich von Manstein (WWII Germany)
- Franc Rozman Stane (WWII Slovene partisans)
- William Slim (WWII UK)
- Raymond Spruance (WWII US)
- Kurt Student (WWII Germany)
- Josip Broz Tito (WWII Yugoslav partisans)
- Archibald Wavell (WWII UK)
- William Westmoreland (Vietnam War US)
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky (WWII Soviet Union)
- Nikolai Vatutin (WWII Soviet Union)
- Kliment Voroshilov (Winter War and WWII)
- Yamamoto Isoroku (WWII Japan)
- Chen Yi(WWII China )
- Peng Dehuai(WWII, Chinese Civil War and Korean War, China)
- Mao Zedong (Chinese communist leader)
- Georgy Zhukov (WWII Soviet Union)
- Fidel Ramos (Korean War)
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After 1990
- Peter de la Billiere (Gulf War UK)
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (Operation Desert Storm Allied Coalition Commander)
- Romeo Dallaire - Canadian Force Commander of UNAMIR who tried to stop the Rwandan Genocide
- Subcomandante Marcos leader of the Zapatista Rebellion
- Wesley Clark NATO Supreme Commander
- Tommy Franks Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command - 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Mike Jackson Chief Of Staff of the British Army
- Peter John Cosgrove Led the international forces (INTERFET) in a peace keeping role in East Timor
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