Famous Military

Togolese military officer and politician who served as President of Togo from 1967 to 2005, becoming Africa's longest-serving head of state

American politician and writer who rose from poverty to become Vice President and a staunch opponent of slavery, tirelessly building anti-slavery coalitions and championing civil rights

American politician and military officer who became the youngest U.S. Vice President and later a Confederate general

American baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color line in 1947 and became a leading voice in the civil rights movement

French moralist and writer who, despite a short life and ill health, published influential reflections on human nature

French writer and botanist, best known for his romantic novel <i>Paul et Virginie</i> and his philosophical writings on nature

French novelist and military officer best known for his influential and scandalous epistolary novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses

French military officer and Marshal of the Empire known for his exceptional bravery and leadership during the Napoleonic Wars

German-Prussian general and military theorist whose On War explored the political and psychological dimensions of warfare

American frontiersman and showman who founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West, a spectacle that popularized the image of the American Old West

American astronaut, test pilot, and naval officer who walked on the Moon and commanded the first Space Shuttle mission

American film director known for his revisionist Westerns and explicit action sequences

American actor and decorated military officer known for his Academy Award-winning performance in "Cool Hand Luke" and his roles in the "Airport" and "Naked Gun" film series

American talk show host and comedian best known for hosting The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years

American astronaut and lunar explorer who was the third person to walk on the Moon and commander of Skylab 2

American naval officer and aviator who pioneered polar exploration by air and led expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic

American World War II flying ace and test pilot, known as the first person to fly faster than sound

American lawyer and politician who served as the 15th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln

American statesman who was the first and longest-serving Governor of New York, a Revolutionary War general, and the fourth Vice President of the United States

American writer and Scientology founder who authored Dianetics and established a global religious movement

United States Army general known for commanding the largest American army group in WWII and serving as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

American actor best known for his iconic villainous roles in spaghetti Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

American Army General and mentor to World War II leaders who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I