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19th-century military personnels

106 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abd el-KrimAuthor · BooksMohammed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, better known as Abd el-Krim (12 January 1882 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan revolutionary, religious, political and military leader and the president…
Alan SeegerAuthor · BooksAlan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion.
Alberto BayoAuthor · BooksAlberto Bayo y Giroud (27 March 1892 – 4 August 1967) was a Cuban military commander of the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War.
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.
Alexandros Rizos RangavisAuthor · BooksAlexandros Rizos Rangavis or Alexander Rizos Rakgabis (Alexandre Rizos Rangabé; 27 December 180928 June 1892), was a Greek man of letters, poet and statesman.
Alexei KhomyakovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Self-portrait (1842)
Alexei MateeviciAuthor · BooksAlexei (or Alexie) Mateevici (27 March 1888 – 24 August 1917) was one of the most prominent Romanian poets in Bessarabia.
Ali Fuat CebesoyAuthor · BooksAli Fuat Cebesoy (23 September 1882 – 10 January 1968) was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army and then in the Turkish army and politician.
Antoni PiotrowskiIllustrator · IllustrationAntoni Adam Piotrowski (Bulgarian: Антони Пьотровски, Antoni Pyotrovski; 1853–1924) was a Polish Romanticist and realist painter who worked as war correspondent and illustrator for various…
Antonio Ros de OlanoAuthor · BooksAntonio José Teodoro Ros de Olano y Perpiñá, 1st Marquess of Guad-el-Jelú, GE (9 November 1808 – 24 July 1886) was a Spanish writer, politician and military officer who served in the First…
Arnold RidleyAuthor · BooksWilliam Arnold Ridley (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the…
Arthur RimbaudAuthor · BooksJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts,…
August Aleksander JärnefeltAuthor · Maps and atlasesAugust Alexander Järnefelt (2 April 1833 – 15 April 1896) was a Finnish general, topographist, governor and senator.
Benito Vicetto PérezAuthor · BooksIllustration — Benito Vicetto Pérez.
Boris LavrenyovAuthor · BooksBoris Andreyevich Lavrenyov (Russian: Борис Андреевич Лавренёв) (real name Sergeyev), (16 July [O.S. 4 July] 1891 – 7 January 1959) was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright.
Buster KeatonPerson · Film memorabiliaJoseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker.
Carlos Viegas Gago CoutinhoAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, GCTE, GCC (17 February 1869 – 18 February 1959), generally known simply as Gago Coutinho, was a Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian…
Cesar von DübenPhotographer · PhotographyCesar von Düben (24 November 1819 – 18 September 1888) was a Swedish photographer, explorer and writer.
Charles PéguyAuthor · BooksCharles Pierre Péguy (lang; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism;
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Constant von WurzbachAuthor · BooksConstantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author.
Corrado AlvaroAuthor · BooksCorrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays.
Domingo Faustino SarmientoAuthor · BooksDomingo Faustino Sarmiento (15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874.
Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-StrelitzPerson · Music memorabiliaDuke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Russian: Георгий Георгиевич Мекленбург-Стрелицкий, romanized: Georgy Georgiyevich Meklenburg-Strelitsky;
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron IronsideAuthor · Books
Eduard WiiraltEngraver · PrintsEduard Wiiralt (20 March 1898 – 8 January 1954) was an Estonian graphic artist. In art history, Wiiralt is considered as the most remarkable master of Estonian graphic art in the first half…
Ernst von WildenbruchAuthor · BooksErnst von Wildenbruch (3 February 1845 – 15 January 1909) was a German poet and dramatist.
Euclides da CunhaAuthor · BooksEuclides da Cunha (January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer.
Francisco Cunha LealAuthor · BooksFrancisco Pinto da Cunha Leal (22 August 1888 – 26 April 1970) was a Portuguese politician during the period of the Portuguese First Republic.
Francisco I. MaderoAuthor · BooksFrancisco Ignacio Madero González (fɾanˈsisko jɣˈnasjo maˈðeɾo ɣonˈsales; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician, and statesman who…
Friedrich HoßbachAuthor · BooksFriedrich Hossbach (22 November 1894 – 10 September 1980) was a German staff officer in the Wehrmacht who, as a military adjutant to Adolf Hitler in 1937, created the document detailing…
Friedrich von BernhardiAuthor · BooksFriedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi (22 November 1849 – 11 July 1930) was a Prussian general and military historian. He was a best-selling author prior to World War I.
Friedrich Wilhelm RüstowAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Rüstow (25 May 1821 – 14 August 1878) was a Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer.
Giorgio MorandiEngraver · PrintsGiorgio Morandi (20 July 1890 – 18 June 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giuseppe GaribaldiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Maria Garibaldi (4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican.
Grigol OrbelianiAuthor · BooksPrince Grigol Orbeliani or Jambakur-Orbeliani (გრიგოლ ორბელიანი; ჯამბაკურ-ორბელიანი) (2 October 1804 – 21 March 1883) was a Georgian Romanticist poet and general in Imperial Russian…
Halide Edib AdıvarAuthor · BooksHalide Edip Adıvar (sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish novelist, teacher, and a nationalist and feminist intellectual.
Hans PoelzigDesigner · DesignHans Poelzig (ˈhans ˈpœltsɪç; 30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter and set designer.
Henri RouartArtist · PaintingsStanislas-Henri Rouart (2 October 1833, Paris – 2 January 1912, Paris) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter.
Henry YuleAuthor · BooksColonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
Hermann von RosenbergAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Karl Benjamin von Rosenberg (April 7, 1817 – November 15, 1888) was a German naturalist born in Darmstadt.
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…
Ivor Thord-GrayAuthor · BooksIvor Thord-Gray (born Thord Ivar Hallström) (April 17, 1878 – August 18, 1964) was a Swedish-born adventurer, sailor, prison guard, soldier, government official, police officer, rubber…
J. Johnston PettigrewAuthor · BooksJames Johnston Pettigrew (July 4, 1828 – July 17, 1863) was an American writer, lawyer, and soldier.
James A. GarfieldAuthor · BooksJames Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in…
Jim CorbettAuthor · BooksJames Corbett (disambiguation)James Corbett
Joaquín García IcazbalcetaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Joaquín García Icazbalceta
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.
Johannes VaresAuthor · BooksJohannes Vares (pen name Barbarus or Vares-Barbarus 12 January 1890 [O.S. 31 December 1889] – 29 November 1946) was an Estonian and Soviet poet, medical doctor, and politician.
John BuchanAuthor · BooksJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of…
John McCraeAuthor · BooksLieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of…
John Philip SousaPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for US military marches.
Jorma Gallen-KallelaArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Jorma Gallen-Kallela in Paris in the 1920s.
José HernándezAuthor · BooksJosé Hernández (born José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón; 10 November 1834 in Chacras del Perdriel – 21 October 1886 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best…
José MartíAuthor · BooksJosé Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who…
José Ortiz-EchagüePhotographer · PhotographyJosé Ortiz-Echagüe (2 August 1886 in Guadalajara – 7 September 1980 in Madrid) was a Spanish entrepreneur, industrial and military engineer, pilot and photographer, founder of…
Josip JelačićAuthor · BooksCount Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled Jellachich, Jellačić or Jellasics; Josip grof Jelačić Bužimski;
Jules GarnierAuthor · BooksJacque Jules Garnier (25 November 1839 in Saint-Étienne – 8 March 1904 in Gorbio) was a French engineer and industrialist.
Julio MangadaAuthor · BooksJulio Mangada Rosenörn (30 June 1877 Sancti Spíritus, Cuba – 14 April 1946, Mexico City) was a prominent Spanish Republican Army officer during the Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish…
Katsu KaishūAuthor · Books
Kâzım KarabekirPerson · Music memorabiliaMusa Kâzım Karabekir (also Kiazim in English, pron; 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Turkish general and politician.
Kuno von MoltkePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Kuno von Moltke
Larisa ReisnerAuthor · BooksLarissa Mikhailovna Reissner (– 9 February 1926) was a Russian writer and revolutionary.
Leopoldo CanoAuthor · BooksLeopoldo Cano y Masas (13 November 1844 – 9 April 1934) was a Spanish soldier, poet and playwright associated with the Realist movement.
Lester B. PearsonAuthor · BooksLester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.
Louis Jules TrochuAuthor · BooksLouis-Jules Trochu (lang; 12 March 18157 October 1896) was a French military leader and politician.
Maksim HaretskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Maksim Harecki
Manuel PaynoAuthor · BooksManuel Payno (21 June 1810 – 5 November 1894) was a Mexican writer, journalist, politician and diplomat. His political ideology was moderate liberal.
Michael SeymourArtist · PaintingsAdmiral Sir Michael Seymour, GCB (3 December 1802 – 23 February 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
Michał CzajkowskiAuthor · BooksMehmet Sadyk Pasha (29 September 180418 January 1886; Mehmed Sâdık Paşa; Sadik Basza), born Michał Czajkowski, was a Polish writer and political émigré of distant Cossack heritage who…
Mikhail Bonch-BruyevichAuthor · Maps and atlasesMikhail Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (24 February 1870 – 3 August 1956) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military commander (Lieutenant General from 1944).
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Natanael BergPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879 – 14 October 1957) was a Swedish composer.
Nestor MakhnoArtist · PaintingsNestor Ivanovych Makhno (7 November 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno (Father Makhno), was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary…
Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
Oskar von NiedermayerAuthor · BooksOskar Ritter von Niedermayer (8 November 1885 – 25 September 1948) was a German general, professor and a German spy.
Pál FunkDesigner · FashionPál Funk, born Pál Pinkász, known professionally also as Angelo, (31 January 1894, Budapest, Hungary –13 December 1974, Budapest, Hungary) was a leading twentieth-century photographer in…
Patricio de la EscosuraAuthor · BooksPatricio de la Escosura Morrogh (5 September 1807–22 January 1878) was a Spanish politician, journalist, playwright and author associated with the Romantic school.
Paul LancrenonPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — The Abbaye Saint-Maurice de Carnoët photographed in 1893 by Paul Lancrenon
Paul Le FlemPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie-Paul Achille Auguste Le Flem (18 March 1881 – 31 July 1984) was a French composer and music critic.
Práxedis GuerreroAuthor · BooksPráxedis Gilberto Guerrero Hurtado (28 August 1882 – 30 December 1910) was a Mexican anarchist poet, journalist and fighter who served as an insurgent leader during the 1910 Revolution.
Prince Eugen, Duke of NärkeArtist · PaintingsPrince Eugen, Duke of Närke (Eugen Napoleon Nicolaus; 1 August 1865 – 17 August 1947) was a Swedish prince, who was a noted artist, art collector, and patron.
Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-IngelfingenAuthor · BooksPrince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a military personnel, writer and adjutant (1827–1892). He was born in Koszęcin and died in Dresden.
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…
Prince Paul of Thurn and TaxisPerson · Film memorabiliaPaul Maximilian Lamoral, Prince of Thurn and Taxis (full German name: Paul Maximilian Lamoral Fürst von Thurn und Taxis;
Pyotr LeshchenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Петро Константинович Лещенко; 2 June 1898 Isayevo, Odessa uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) – 16 July 1954 Bucharest), a…
Raul BrandãoAuthor · BooksRaul Germano Brandão (12 March 1867 in Foz do Douro, Porto – 5 December 1930 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary…
Richard AldingtonAuthor · BooksRichard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.
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…
Rodolfo Gustavo da PaixãoAuthor · BooksRodolfo Gustavo da Paixão (13 July 1853 - 18 November 1925) was a Brazilian marshal and politician, who served as the Governor of the state of Goiás twice, February 1890 to January 1891,…
Saleh al-AliAuthor · BooksSalih al-Ali (1883 – 13 April 1950) was a Syrian Alawite military commander who led the Alawite revolt of 1919–1921 against the French mandate of Syria.
Ting Chin-PanAuthor · BooksTing Chin-pan (19 January 1894 – 8 March 1988), also known by his courtesy names Si’an and Shi’an, and his studio name Buxianzhai, was a soldier, poet and calligrapher.
Vasily VereshchaginArtist · PaintingsVasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (26 October 184213 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveller.
Viktor PavičićAuthor · BooksViktor Pavičić (15 October 1898 – 20 January 1943) was a Croatian military commander who led the 369th Reinforced Croatian Infantry Regiment, which fought on the Eastern Front and was…
Vladimir GardinPerson · Film memorabiliaVladimir Rostislavovich Gardin 28 May 1965, born Blagonravov) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian cinema.
Vladimir GilyarovskyAuthor · BooksVladimir Alekseyevich Gilyarovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Гиляро́вский; 26 November 1853 – 1 October 1935), was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his…
Vyacheslav TkachovAuthor · BooksVyacheslav Matveyevich Tkachov was a Russian pilot, general and writer.
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…
Wilfried Strik-StrikfeldtAuthor · BooksWilfried Karl Strik-Strikfeldt (23 July 1896 – 7 September 1977) was a Baltic German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II, known for his involvement with General Andrey Vlasov and…
Wilhelm WernerDesigner · DesignWilhelm Werner (6 June 1888 – 14 May 1945) was a German naval officer in the First World War and SS staff general in the Second World War.
Yuly ShokalskyAuthor · Maps and atlasesYuly Mikhailovich Shokalsky (Russian: Юлий Михайлович Шокальский; October 17, 1856 in Saint Petersburg – March 26, 1940 in Leningrad) was a Russian oceanographer, cartographer, and…

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