This is a compilation of famous military leaders whose strategic influence shaped the way history unfolded. This list includes the honorable, the despised, statesmen and the courageous military leaders who were not afraid to fight against all odds. The compilation includes leaders, those ranked or not and those whose command pre-dated the formal establishment of ranks, as well as senior commanders in irregular militaries who may not hold rank. Here are the greatest military leaders in history presented in no specific order.
- King David, 2. Cyrus the Great, 3. Sun Tzu, 4. Leonidas, 5. Pericles , 6. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), 7. Hannibal (247-183/182 BC), 8. Spartacus (c. 109-71 BC), 9. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC), 10. Tiberius (42 BC-37 AD), 11. Titus (39-81 AD), 12. Hadrian (76-138 AD), 13. Marcus Aurelius (121-180), 14. Constantine the Great, (c. 272-337), 15. Attila the Hun (c.406-453), 16. Macbeth (c. 1005-1057), 17. William the Conqueror, (c. 1028-1087), 18. Saladin (1137/1138-1193), 19. Genghis Khan (1162-1227), 20. Kublai Khan (1215-1294), 21. William Wallace (c. 1270-1305), 22. Timur (1336-1405), 24. Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431), 25. Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471/1476-1541), 26. Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), 27. Cuauhtemoc (c. 1495-1525), 28. Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), 29. Lautaro (1534-1557), 30. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), 31. Shivaji (1627-1680), 32. Louis XIV (1638-1715), 33. Peter the Great (1672-1725), 34. George Washington (1732-1799), 35. Ethan Allen (1738-1789), 36. John Paul Jones (1747-1792), 37. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, (1753-1811), 38. Tecumseh (1768-1813), 39. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), 40. Agustin de Iturbide (1783-1824), 41. Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840), 42. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), 43. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), 44. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 45. Geronimo (1829-1909), 46. Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919), 47. Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), 48. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), 49. Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969), 50. Mao Zedong (1893-1976), 51. Vo Nguyen Giap (born Aug 25, 1911), 52. Fidel Castro (born Aug 13, 1926), 53. Colin Powell (born Apr 5, 1937), 54. Akbar the Great Emperor (1542-c. 1605), 55 Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), 56. Winston Churchill (1874-1965), 57. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 58. Crazy Horse (1842-1877), 59. Sitting Bull (1831-1890), 60. Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329), 61. Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), 62. Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), 63. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 64. HO CHI MINH (1890-1969), 65. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948).
