List of military commanders

Antiquity

• Julius Caesar (Roman military leader and dictator)
• Pompey (Roman general)
• Marius (Roman general)
• Augustus Caesar (The first Roman Emperor, successor of Julius Caesar)
• Hannibal Barca (Millitary commander of ancient Carthage, involved in the Second Punic War)
• Alexander the Great (King of Macedon)
• Cyrus the Great (King of Persia who conquered Babylon)
• Arminius (War chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci)
• Attila the Hun (King of the Huns, often referred as "Scourge of God")

Middle Ages

• Theodoric the Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy)
• Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks)
• Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor]]
• William I of England (Duke of Normandy, King of Briton, also known as William the Conqueror)
• General Belisarius (Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I)
• Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I)
• Richard I of England (King of England, often referred as Richard the Lionhearted, known for his participation in the Third Crusade)
• Saladin (Leader of the Muslims, known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the crusaders' hand)
• Genghis Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols)
• Alexander Nevsky (Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Vladimir, saint and national hero of Russia)
• Joan of Arc (National heroine of France and saint of Catholic Church)
• El Cid (Spanish knight and hero)
• Tamerlane (Mongolian conqueror)

Renaissance

• Hernan Cortes (Spanish conqueror)

Great Empires

• Gustav II Adolf
• Charles XII of Sweden
• Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France)
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• Horatio Nelson British Navy Officer (late 1700 to 1805)
• George Washington

Early Modern Times

• Simon Bolivar
• P.G.T. Beauregard
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• Pancho Villa

Mechanized Warfare

• Dwight Eisenhower (WWII US)
• Heinz Guderian (WWII Germany)
• Field Marshall Montgomery (WWII UK)
• George Patton (WWII US)
• "Chesty" Puller (WWII US Marine)
• Erwin Rommel (WWII Germany)
• Gerd von Rundstedt (WWII Germany)
• Franc Rozman Stane (WWII Slovene partisans)
• Josip Broz Tito (WWII Yugoslav partisans)
• Mao Zedong (Chinese communist leader)
• Georgi Zhukov (WWII Soviet Union)

Early Space-Age Warfare

• Norman Schwarzkopf Operation Desert Storm Allied Coalition Commander

See also

• List of British Field Marshals
• List of German Field Marshals
• List of Swedish Field Marshals