Home›Commanders›All CommandersBrowse ByAll CommandersReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe people who led forces in war: generals, admirals and field commanders, this founding's own section entities, spanning distinct eras and traditions from Alexander the Great and Hannibal Barca through Saladin, Genghis Khan and Napoleon Bonaparte. Belongs here: a person notable chiefly for military command. Does not belong here: a ruler or statesman notable chiefly for governance rather than command, who belongs to Political or History instead, cross-linked by same-as if this atlas needs to reference them.FactsAll CommandersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 1All CommandersFilter Results47 entriesRankAllDictator and Consul of the Roman Republic (multiple terms) (1)Field Marshal (1)Founder and first Khan of the Mongol Empire (1)General and Commander-in-Chief of the Carthaginian army (1)General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1)General in Chief, Armies of the Confederate States (1)General of the Armies (1)General, Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Army/Air Force) (1)Major General (1)Major General, United States Army (1)Rear Admiral, United States Navy (1)Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1174-1193) (1)NationalityAllAmerican (2)British (1)Carthaginian (1)Frankish (1)Italy (1)Kurdish (1)Mongol (1)Roman (1)Russian (Soviet) (1)Russian Empire (1)United States (1)United States (Union) (1)United States of America (1)Wars Fought InAllAmerican Civil War (4)American Revolutionary War (1)Arab-Byzantine Wars (1)Chinese Civil War (1)French and Indian War (1)Gothic War (1)Greco-Persian Wars (1)Mexican-American War (1)Mongol Conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire (1)Mongol Invasions and Conquests (1)Napoleonic Wars (2)Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (2)Second Punic War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)Seven Years' War (1)Spanish American Wars of Independence (1)Umayyad Invasion of Gaul (1)War of the Spanish Succession (2)War of the Third Coalition (1)World War I (6)World War II (5)Force Served InAllAfrika Korps (1)British Army (3)Continental Army (1)Imperial Japanese Navy (1)Royal Navy (1)Samurai (1)Union Army (1)United States Army (2)United States Navy (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 47Alexander the GreatAncientAlfred Thayer MahanModernArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonModernAttila the HunAncientBelisariusMedievalBernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of AlameinModernCharles MartelMedievalDouglas MacArthurModernDwight D. EisenhowerModernEl CidMedievalErich LudendorffModernErwin RommelModernFerdinand FochModernFrederick the GreatEarly ModernGenghis KhanMedievalGeorg von der MarwitzModernGeorge B. McClellanModernGeorge G. MeadeModernGeorge WashingtonModernGeorgy ZhukovModernGiulio DouhetModernHannibal BarcaAncientHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonEarly ModernIsoroku YamamotoModernJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of MarlboroughEarly ModernJohn J. PershingModernJulian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of VimyModernJulius CaesarAncientKhalid ibn al-WalidMedievalMao ZedongModernMikhail KutuzovModernNapoleon BonaparteModernPaul von HindenburgModernPrince Eugene of SavoyEarly ModernQuintus Fabius MaximusAncientRobert E. LeeModernSaladinMedievalScipio AfricanusAncientShaka ZuluModernSimon BolivarModernSubutaiMedievalSuleiman the MagnificentEarly ModernSun TzuAncientThemistoclesAncientTimurMedievalTokugawa IeyasuEarly ModernUlysses S. GrantModernSources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, commander has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, commander has a live Ancient subcategoryAncient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.