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19th-century military officers

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Abraham LincolnAuthor · BooksAbraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Åge LundströmArtist · PaintingsMajor General Johan August "Åge" Lundström (8 June 1890 – 26 September 1975) was a Swedish Air Force officer and horse rider who competed in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
Albert William StevensPhotographer · PhotographyAlbert William Stevens (March 13, 1886 – March 26, 1949) was an officer of the United States Army Air Corps, balloonist, and aerial photographer.
Aleksander WarmaArtist · PaintingsAleksander Warma VR I/3 (also Varma; 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1890 – 23 December 1970) was an Estonian navy officer, diplomat, and painter.
Alexander OdoevskyAuthor · BooksAlexander Ivanovich Odoevsky (Aleksandr Ivanovich Odoevskiy, November 26 (December 8), 1802 – October 10 (22) or August 15 (27), 1839) was a Russian poet and playwright, one of the leading…
Alexander von KotzebueAuthor · BooksAlexander Friedrich Wilhelm Franz von Kotzebue or Alexander Yevstafiyevich Kotzebue (Aleksandr Yevstafiyevich Kotsebu;
Anatoly PepelyayevAuthor · BooksHe was born in Tomsk and died in Novosibirsk.
André-Louis CholeskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesAndré-Louis Cholesky (15 October 1875, in Montguyon – 31 August 1918, in Bagneux) was a French military officer, geodesist, and mathematician.
Andrejs PumpursAuthor · BooksAndrejs Pumpurs (on the left bank of the Daugava, in Lieljumprava civil parish, now Birzgale Parish – in Riga) was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis (The Bear Slayer, first…
Anton DenikinAuthor · BooksSouth Russia (1919–1920) White Movement in Southern Russia (1917–1920)
Anton KaringerArtist · PaintingsHe was a pupil of Steinfeld in Vienna and is known for landscapes and seascapes, mostly views of Carinthia and the Adriatic coast.
Bolesław Wieniawa-DługoszowskiAuthor · BooksBolesław Ignacy Florentyn Wieniawa-Długoszowski (26 July 1881 – 1 July 1942)) was a Polish general, adjutant to Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, politician, freemason, diplomat, poet, artist…
Boris VilkitskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesBoris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor.
Buffalo BillAuthor · BooksWilliam Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), better known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.
C. G. Finch-DaviesArtist · PaintingsClaude Gibney Finch-Davies (24 May 1875 – 4 August 1920) was a British soldier, ornithologist and painter who produced a series of paintings of birds of South Africa in the early part of…
Cassius M. ClayPhotographer · PhotographyCassius Marcellus Clay (October 9, 1810 – July 22, 1903) was an American planter, politician, military officer and abolitionist who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from…
Cayetano Alberto SilvaPerson · Music memorabiliaCayetano Alberto Silva (August 7, 1868 — January 12, 1920) was an Uruguayan musician, naturalized Argentine, and author;
Charles Francis Adams Jr.Author · BooksCharles Francis Adams Jr. (May 27, 1835 – March 20, 1915) was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad…
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Claes AdelsköldDesigner · DesignClaes Adolf Adelsköld (7 September 1824 – 1 October 1907) was a Swedish civil engineer, railway engineer, author, Army officer and member of the upper house of the Parliament of Sweden.
Curt von FrançoisAuthor · Maps and atlasesCurt Karl Bruno von François (2 October 1852 – 28 December 1931) was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German…
Edmond Jurien de La GravièreAuthor · BooksJean Pierre Edmond Jurien de La Gravière (19 November 1812 in Brest, Finistère5 March 1892) was a French admiral, son of Admiral Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière, who served through the…
Edmund Heusinger von WaldeggAuthor · BooksEdmund Heusinger von Waldegg (12 May 1817 – 2 February 1886) was a German mechanical engineer and railway engineer.
Emil von SydowAuthor · Maps and atlasesEmil von Sydow (15 July 1812 – 13 October 1873) was a German military officer, geographer and cartographer born in Freiberg, Saxony.
Erich LudendorffAuthor · BooksErich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a Prussian-born German general and politician.
Ernst WiechertAuthor · BooksErnst Wiechert (18 May 1887 – 24 August 1950) was a German teacher, poet and writer.
Francis YounghusbandAuthor · BooksLieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer.
Friedrich Wilhelm RüstowAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Rüstow (25 May 1821 – 14 August 1878) was a Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer.
George Brinton McClellanDesigner · Modern designGeorge Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as…
George DeweyAuthor · BooksGeorge Dewey (December 26, 1837January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank.
Grigore AlexandrescuAuthor · BooksGrigore Alexandrescu (ɡriˈɡore aleksanˈdresku; 22 February 1810, Târgoviște – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with…
Günther AngernPerson · Music memorabiliaGünther Angern (5 March 1893 – 2 February 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 16th Panzer Division during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Hans HausamannPhotographer · PhotographyErnst Johann Hausamann (informally Hans Hausamann; 6 March 1897 – 17 December 1974) was a Swiss photographer and businessman who later became an intelligence officer.
Henri Alexis BrialmontDesigner · DesignHenri-Alexis Brialmont (Venlo, 25 May 1821 – Brussels, 21 July 1903), nicknamed The Belgian Vauban after the French military architect, was a Belgian army officer, politician and writer of…
Henry JamesAuthor · Maps and atlasesDirector of the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office, 1857–70
Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron RawlinsonAuthor · BooksGeneral Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior British Army officer…
Henryk MinkiewiczIllustrator · IllustrationHenryk Minkiewicz (19 January 1880 – 9 April 1940) was a Polish socialist politician and a general of the Polish Army.
Hermann von FrançoisAuthor · BooksHermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German General der Infanterie during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the…
Hermann WissmannAuthor · BooksHermann Wilhelm Leopold Ludwig Wissmann, after 1890 Hermann von Wissmann (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905), was a German military officer, colonial explorer and served as an administrator…
Hippolyte LangloisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Hippolyte Langlois on the day of his reception at the Académie française in 1911
Ioan IvanoviciPerson · Music memorabiliaIon Ivanovici (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Ивановић) (alternatively: Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovich) (1845 – 28 September [O.S.
Isaac StevensAuthor · Maps and atlasesIsaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later…
Jan Christiaan SmutsAuthor · BooksField Marshal Jan Christian Smuts (Afrikaans: [jan smœts]), (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military officer and…
Jaroslav VěšínArtist · PaintingsJaroslav František Julius Věšín (Yaroslav Frantishek Yulius Veshin; 23 May 1860 – 9 May 1915)[1] was a Czech painter who mainly worked in Bulgaria and who was noted as a master of genre…
Johan Peter KochAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohan Peter Koch (15 January 1870 – 13 January 1928) was a Danish captain and explorer of the Arctic dependencies of Denmark, born in Vestenskov.
John C. FrémontAuthor · BooksMajor-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician.
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of QueensberryAuthor · BooksJohn Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900) was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish…
John Miller AdyeArtist · PaintingsGeneral Sir John Miller Adye, GCB (1 November 181926 August 1900) was a British soldier and painter.
José de EsproncedaAuthor · BooksJosé Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (25 March 1808 – 23 May 1842) was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century.
Josef LauffAuthor · BooksIllustration — Josef Lauff, c.
Juan GalindoArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Juan Galindo
Karl HaushoferAuthor · BooksKarl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat.
Laurence WaddellAuthor · BooksIllustration — Laurence Austine Waddell.
Lew WallaceAuthor · BooksLewis Wallace (April 10, 1827February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, inventor,…
Louis Jules TrochuAuthor · BooksLouis-Jules Trochu (lang; 12 March 18157 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician.
Ludwik MierosławskiAuthor · BooksLudwik Adam Mierosławski (ˈludvik mjɛrɔˈswafskʲi; January 17, 1814 – November 22, 1878) was a Polish general, writer, poet, historian and political activist.
Max von GallwitzAuthor · BooksMax Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and…
Mehmed Ali PashaAuthor · BooksMehmed Ali Pasha (November 18, 1827 – September 7, 1878) was a Prussian-born Ottoman career officer and marshal.
Merian C. CooperPerson · Film memorabiliaMerian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American filmmaker, actor, producer and military aviator.
Mikhail LermontovArtist · PaintingsMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (USalso; mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf; –) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important…
Milan Rastislav ŠtefánikPhotographer · PhotographyMilan Rastislav Štefánik (21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer.
Montgomery C. MeigsDesigner · DesignNational Academy of Sciences, member, builder of Arlington National Cemetery
Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of LyttonArtist · PaintingsNeville Stephen Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton, (6 February 1879 – 9 February 1951) was a British Army officer, Olympian and artist.
Nikolay GumilevAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium
Oliver Otis HowardAuthor · BooksOliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War.
Ömer SeyfettinAuthor · Books
Oskar von NiedermayerAuthor · BooksOskar Ritter von Niedermayer (8 November 1885 – 25 September 1948) was a German general, professor and a German spy.
Otto von BismarckAuthor · BooksOtto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of…
Paul LancrenonPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — The Abbaye Saint-Maurice de Carnoët photographed in 1893 by Paul Lancrenon
Philip SheridanAuthor · BooksPhilip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Philip, Prince of EulenburgPerson · Music memorabiliaPhilipp, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, Count of Sandels (12 February 1847 – 17 September 1921) was a diplomat of the German Empire who achieved considerable influence as close friend…
Prince Adalbert of BavariaAuthor · BooksPrince Adalbert of Bavaria was a German writer, diplomat, historian, politician, military officer and ambassador (1886–1970). He was born in Nymphenburg Palace and died in Munich.
Prince Albert of PrussiaPerson · Music memorabiliaPrince Albert of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Albrecht; 8 May 1837 – 13 September 1906) was a Prussian general field marshal, Herrenmeister (Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John…
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of BavariaPerson · Music memorabiliaPrince Ludwig Ferdinand Maria Karl Heinrich Adalbert Franz Philipp Andreas Konstantin of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949) was a member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and a…
Richard Francis BurtonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Robert E. LeeAuthor · Maps and atlasesRobert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the…
Samuel BakerAuthor · BooksSir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist.
Semyon BudyonnyAuthor · BooksSemyon Mikhailovich Budyonny[1] (Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian and Soviet cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War…
T. E. LawrenceAuthor · BooksThomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine…
Tadamichi KuribayashiAuthor · Books
Taha al-HashimiAuthor · BooksTaha al-Hashimi (1888-1961) was an Iraqi politician and military officer, he served in the Ottoman army then the Iraqi army between 1906 and 1936, and as Prime Minister of Iraq in 1941.
Theodor ScheimpflugPhotographer · PhotographyTheodor Scheimpflug (ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃaɪmˌpfluːɡ; 7 October 1865 - 22 August 1911) was an Austrian army Captain who elaborated a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective…
Walter FlexAuthor · BooksWalter Flex (6 July 1887 – 16 October 1917) was a German author of The Wanderer between the Two Worlds: An Experience of War (Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten) of 1916, a war novel…
Willem Marinus DudokArtist · SilverWillem Marinus Dudok (6 July 1884 – 6 April 1974) was a famous Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam.
William Alexander HammondAuthor · Books
William Farrar SmithAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Farrar Smith (February 17, 1824February 28, 1903), known as "Baldy" Smith, was a Union general in the American Civil War, notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame.
William H. EmoryAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer of the 19th century.
William Harry EvansAuthor · Books
Władysław BroniewskiAuthor · BooksWładysław Kazimierz Broniewski (17 December 1897 – 10 February 1962) was a Polish poet, writer, translator and soldier, known for his revolutionary and patriotic writings.
Władysław DobrowolskiAuthor · BooksWładysław Dobrowolski (2 January 1896 – 25 February 1969) was a Polish fencer and track and field athlete and major of the Polish Army in the defense of Warsaw during World War II.
Wolff SchoemakerArtist · SculptureIllustration — The Villa Isola in Bandung, designed by Wolff Schoemaker
Ze'ev JabotinskyAuthor · BooksZe'ev Jabotinsky (born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky; 17 October 1880 – 3 August 1940) was a Zionist leader, orator, writer, and soldier.

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