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Joseph Sestak
Military Leader, U.S. Representative / 1951 -
Joseph Sestak was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, overseeing the Navy's warfare budget. He became the highest-ranking officer ever elected to Congress.
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(1951-)
Military Leader, U.S. Representative
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Ariel Sharon
Military Leader, Prime Minister / 1928 -
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel's 11th prime minister.
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(1928-)
Military Leader, Prime Minister
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William Tecumseh Sherman
General / 1820 - 1891
William Tecumseh Sherman was a U.S. Civil War Union Army leader known for "Sherman's March," in which he and his troops laid waste to the South.
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(1820-1891)
General
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Yuan Shikai
Military Leader, World Leader, Government Official / 1859 - 1916
Yuan Shikai was a Chinese army leader and reformist minister in the twilight of the Qing dynasty and then first president of the Republic of China.
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(1859-1916)
Military Leader, World Leader, Government Official
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Sargent Shriver
Activist, Legal Professional, Military Leader, Diplomat / 1915 - 2011
Sargent Shriver was a political administrator and diplomat perhaps best known for designing the U.S. Peace Corps, which was established in 1961. Shriver served as first director of the organization from its inception until 1966.
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(1915-2011)
Activist, Legal Professional, Military Leader, Diplomat
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Spartacus
Folk Hero, Warrior / 109 - 71
Spartacus was a Roman slave and gladiator in the first century BCE who led an uprising against Rome.
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(109-71)
Folk Hero, Warrior
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Myles Standish
Military Leader / 1584 - 1656
Myles Standish sailed to the New World with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and served as military leader for the Plymouth colony.
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(1584-1656)
Military Leader
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Jeb Stuart
General / 1833 - 1864
Jeb Stuart was a General and cavalry leader for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He worked closely with General Robert E. Lee.
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(1833-1864)
General
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Taksin
Military Leader, King / 1734 - 1782
Taksin was an 18th century Thai general and king.
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(1734-1782)
Military Leader, King
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Military Leader, Government Official / 1901 - 1987
Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a U.S. Army officer who helped organize the army's first airborne division during World War II.
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(1901-1987)
Military Leader, Government Official
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Zachary Taylor
General, U.S. President / 1784 - 1850
Zachary Taylor was an American military war hero best known as the 12th president of the United States.
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(1784-1850)
General, U.S. President
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Tecumseh
Military Leader / 1768 - 1813
Tecumseh, a Shawnee Native American chief, opposed white settlement in the United States during the early 1800s. He died in the War of 1812.
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(1768-1813)
Military Leader
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Thutmose III
Military Leader, King / - 1426
Pharaoh Thutmose III was the warrior king of Egypt’s 18th and largest dynasty. During his reign, he reestablished Egyptian rule of Syria and Palestine.
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(-1426)
Military Leader, King
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Paul Tibbets
Military Leader / 1915 - 2007
Paul Tibbets was a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force and is best known for piloting the aircraft to drop the first atomic bomb in the history of warfare.
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(1915-2007)
Military Leader
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Tiberius
Military Leader, Emperor / 42 - 37
Tiberius was an ancient Roman emperor who ruled from year 14 to 37.
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(42-37)
Military Leader, Emperor
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Titus
Military Leader, Political Leader, Emperor / 39 - 81
Titus was Roman Emperor from 79-81 AD who--during his short reign--completed the Colosseum and dealt with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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(39-81)
Military Leader, Political Leader, Emperor
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Wolfe Tone
Military Leader, Political Leader / 1763 - 1798
Irish republican and rebel Wolfe Tone led a French military force to Ireland during the insurrection of 1798.
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(1763-1798)
Military Leader, Political Leader
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Omar Torrijos
General, Political Leader / 1929 - 1981
Omar Torrijos held dictator-like control over Panama from 1968 to 1978. During that time, he signed a treaty with the U.S. to bring the canal under Panamanian control.
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(1929-1981)
General, Political Leader
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Mao Tse-tung
Military Leader, Political Leader / 1893 - 1976
Mao Tse-tung was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who led his nation's Cultural Revolution.
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(1893-1976)
Military Leader, Political Leader
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Jorge Rafaél Videla
Murderer, General, World Leader / 1925 -
Military officer Jorge Rafaél Videla was president of Argentina 1976–1981. His government was responsible for human-rights abuses during the “dirty war.”
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(1925-)
Murderer, General, World Leader
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Pancho Villa
Military Leader / 1878 - 1923
Pancho Villa was a top military leader of the Mexican Revolution whose exploits were regularly filmed by a Hollywood company.
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(1878-1923)
Military Leader
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Paul von Hindenburg
General, World Leader / 1847 - 1934
Paul von Hindenburg served as the second President of Germany from 1925 - 1934 and played an important role in the Nazi's rise to power.
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(1847-1934)
General, World Leader
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William Wallace
Military Leader, Royalty / 1270 - 1305
William Wallace, a Scottish knight, became a central early figure in the wars to secure Scottish freedom from the English, becoming one of his country's greatest national heroes.
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(1270-1305)
Military Leader, Royalty
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George Washington
General, U.S. President / 1732 - 1799
George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president.
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(1732-1799)
General, U.S. President
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Anthony Wayne
General, U.S. Representative / 1745 - 1796
Anthony Wayne was an American general and U.S. Representative best known for winning the Battle of Fallen Timbers which removed Native American claims to Ohio and the surrounding area.
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(1745-1796)
General, U.S. Representative
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Wesley Clark
General / 1944 -
Wesley Clark is a military leader who rose to the top tier of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and was NATO Supreme Allied Commander.
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(1944-)
General
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William Westmoreland
General / 1914 - 2005
William Westmoreland was a U.S. Army general who made a name for himself as commander of American troops in Vietnam.
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(1914-2005)
General
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William the Conqueror
Military Leader, King / 1028 - 1087
The policies of William the Conqueror, king of England from 1066 until his death in 1087, may be largely responsible for eventually making Britain the most powerful nation in Europe.
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(1028-1087)
Military Leader, King
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Charlie Wilson
Military Leader, U.S. Representative, Spy / 1933 - 2010
Former congressman Charlie Wilson helped fund Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union. His story was told in the book and film Charlie Wilson's War.
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(1933-2010)
Military Leader, U.S. Representative, Spy
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Henry Wirz
Military Leader / 1823 - 1865
During the Civil War, Confederate soldier Henry Wirz commanded the Andersonville Prison, where many Union prisoners-of-war died as a result of poor conditions.
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(1823-1865)
Military Leader
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Leonard Wood
Doctor, Military Leader, Political Leader / 1860 - 1927
Leonard Wood was a medical officer who became chief of staff of the U.S. Army and governor general of the Philippine Islands (1921–27).
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(1860-1927)
Doctor, Military Leader, Political Leader
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Wudi
Military Leader, Emperor / 1156 - 1987
Wudi was a Chinese emperor who vastly increased the authority of the Han dynasty and extended Chinese influence abroad.
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(1156-1987)
Military Leader, Emperor
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Chuck Yeager
Military Leader, Pilot / 1923 -
A World War II fighter pilot ace, Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 670 mph in level flight in 1947.
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(1923-)
Military Leader, Pilot
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Emiliano Zapata
Military Leader / 1879 - 1919
Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920), during which he formed and commanded the Liberation Army of the South, an important revolutionary brigade. Followers of Zapata were known as Zapatistas.
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(1879-1919)
Military Leader