Notable Alumni of United States Military Academy [Sorted List]

1. Oliver Otis Howard

1830-1909 (aged 79)

historian military officer biographer writer

Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor....

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2. Robert B. Abrams

1960-. (aged 66)

military personnel

Robert Bruce Abrams is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who last served as the commander of United States Forces Korea. He concurrently served as the commander of United Nations Command and commander of R.O.K.-U.S. Combined Forces Command. He previously served as the 22nd commanding general of United States Army Forces Command from 10 August 2015 to...

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3. George Henry Thomas

1816-1870 (aged 54)

military officer

George Henry Thomas was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.

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4. Lloyd Fredendall

1883-1963 (aged 80)

army officer

Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall was a general officer of the United States Army who served during World War II. He is best known for his leadership failure during the Battle of Kasserine Pass, leading to one of America's worst defeats of World War II, for which he was relieved of his command.

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5. Alfred Worden

1932-2020 (aged 88)

military flight engineer astronaut military officer aircraft pilot

Alfred Merrill Worden was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour.

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6. John Buford

1826-1863 (aged 37)

military officer

John Buford Jr. was a United States Army cavalry officer. He fought for the Union during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. Buford is best known for his actions in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, by identifying Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge as high ground that would be...

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7. George Crook

1828-1890 (aged 62)

military officer

George R. Crook was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. forces in the 1886 campaign that led to the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo. As a result, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Chief Wolf."

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8. Lesley J. McNair

1883-1944 (aged 61)

military commander military officer

Lesley James McNair was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He attained the rank of lieutenant general during his life; he was killed in action during World War II, and received a posthumous promotion to general.

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9. Jack Reed

1949-. (aged 77)

lawyer politician

John Francis Reed is an American politician, lawyer, and former Army officer serving as the senior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 1997. Reed graduated from the United States Military Academy...

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10. the class the stars fell on

1911-1915 (aged 4)

"The class the stars fell on" is an expression used to describe the class of 1915 at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. In the United States Army, the insignia reserved for generals is one or more stars. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 attained general officer rank, more than any other class in the...

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11. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV

1883-1953 (aged 70)

military personnel

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV was a United States Army general, the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines, and prisoner of war during World War II.

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12. Ambrose Powell Hill

1825-1865 (aged 40)

military officer

Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A. P. Hill to differentiate him from Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill, who was unrelated.

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13. Michael Erik Kurilla

1966-. (aged 60)

military personnel

Michael Erik Kurilla is a retired United States Army general who served as the 15th commander of United States Central Command from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps from 2019 to 2022 and before that as the chief of staff of Central Command from 2018 to 2019.

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14. John Sedgwick

1813-1864 (aged 51)

military officer

John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.

15. George Washington Custis Lee

1832-1913 (aged 81)

military personnel

George Washington Custis Lee, also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee, of the Lee Family of Virginia, and Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. His grandfather, George Washington Parke Custis was the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (the wife of George Washington). He served as a Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, primarily...

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16. Joseph Votel

1958-. (aged 68)

military officer

Joseph Leonard Votel is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who was commander of United States Central Command from March 2016 to March 2019. Before that, he served as commander of the United States Special Operations Command.

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17. Jubal Early

1816-1894 (aged 78)

military personnel army officer lawyer politician

Jubal Anderson Early was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his United States Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the Mexican–American War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics....

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18. Gregory D. Gadson

1966-. (aged 60)

actor military officer

Gregory Dimitri Gadson is an American actor and motivational speaker; and a retired colonel in the United States Army and former commander of the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir garrison. He is also a bilateral above-the-knee amputee. He served in the U.S. Army for 25 years of active duty as a field artillery officer. He served in Operations Desert Shield and...

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19. Joseph Mascolo

1929-2016 (aged 87)

actor

Joseph Peter Mascolo was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016. He also starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006.

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20. Edward A. Murphy, Jr

1918-1990 (aged 72)

aerospace engineer military personnel engineer

Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake "Murphy's law", which is said to be "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

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21. Joseph Hooker

1814-1879 (aged 65)

military personnel military officer

Joseph Hooker was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

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22. Albert Sidney Johnston

1803-1862 (aged 59)

army officer

General Albert Sidney Johnston was an American military officer who served as a general officer in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in the Black Hawk War, the Texas-Indian Wars, the Mexican–American War, the Utah War, and the American Civil...

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23. Abner Doubleday

1819-1893 (aged 74)

military officer

Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Gen. George...

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24. James C. McConville

1959-. (aged 67)

army officer

James Charles McConville is a retired United States Army general who served as the 40th chief of staff of the Army from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as the 36th vice chief of staff of the Army from 2017 to 2019.

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25. Edwin Walker

1909-1993 (aged 84)

military personnel politician

Edwin Anderson Walker was a United States Army major general who served in World War II and the Korean War. Walker resigned his commission during 1959, but Eisenhower refused to accept his resignation and gave Walker a new command of the 24th Infantry Division in Augsburg, Germany. Walker again resigned his commission in 1961 after being publicly and formally admonished...

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26. James M. Gavin

1907-1990 (aged 83)

diplomat military officer

James Maurice Gavin, sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as "The Jumping General" because of his practice of taking part in...

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27. Hun Manet

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Hun Manet is a Cambodian politician and military officer who has served as Prime Minister of Cambodia and Vice President of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) since 2023. He is the second child of Senate president and former prime minister Hun Sen and Bun Rany.

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28. Maxwell D. Taylor

1901-1987 (aged 86)

diplomat military personnel

Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat during the Cold War. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles."

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29. Winfield Scott Hancock

1824-1886 (aged 62)

politician military officer

Winfield Scott Hancock was a major general in the United States Army and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army as "Hancock the Superb", he was...

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30. Austin S. Miller

1961-. (aged 65)

military personnel

Austin Scott Miller is a retired four-star general in the United States Army and former Delta Force commander who served as the final commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan from 2 September 2018 to 12 July 2021. He previously served as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 30 March 2016 to August...

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31. Tatanka

1961-. (aged 65)

professional wrestler

Chris Chavis is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a legends contract. He is citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He is best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2007. His ring name is a...

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32. George Pickett

1825-1875 (aged 50)

military personnel

George Edward Pickett was an American military officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for being one of the commanders at Pickett's Charge, the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name.

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33. Robin Olds

1922-2007 (aged 85)

airman military officer aircraft pilot

Robin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service.

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34. Ambrose Burnside

1824-1881 (aged 57)

military officer politician writer businessperson inventor

Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist.

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35. Joseph Stilwell

1883-1946 (aged 63)

basketball coach military personnel

Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II. Stilwell served as commander of the US forces in the theater, and also as deputy for both Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader.

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36. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr

1886-1945 (aged 59)

military personnel

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of Attu and the Kiska Expedition. Following that assignment, he was promoted to command the Tenth Army, which...

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37. John Bell Hood

1831-1879 (aged 48)

military personnel

John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

38. Joseph E. Johnston

1807-1891 (aged 84)

army officer politician

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States in 1861, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers during the American Civil War.

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39. Henry H. Arnold

1886-1950 (aged 64)

aircraft pilot military personnel

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to...

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40. Lon Horiuchi

1954-. (aged 72)

military personnel

Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco siege. In 1997, Horiuchi was charged with manslaughter for killing Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge, who was unarmed while carrying an infant child. The charges...

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41. George Patton IV

1923-2004 (aged 81)

military personnel

George Smith Patton IV was a major general in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George S. Patton Jr. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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42. George Meade

1815-1872 (aged 57)

military personnel engineer

George Gordon Meade was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia...

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43. Mark W. Clark

1896-1984 (aged 88)

military officer

Mark Wayne Clark was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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44. J. E. B. Stuart

1833-1864 (aged 31)

politician military officer

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape,...

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45. John Eisenhower

1922-2013 (aged 91)

writer military historian diplomat biographer

John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. He was the second son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. His military career spanned from before, during, and after his father's presidency, and he left active duty in 1963 and then retired in 1974. From 1969 to 1971, Eisenhower served as...

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46. Matthew Ridgway

1895-1993 (aged 98)

army officer military officer soldier politician

Matthew Bunker Ridgway was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Although he saw no combat service in World War I, he was intensively involved in World War II, where he was the first Commanding General (CG) of the...

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47. Braxton Bragg

1817-1876 (aged 59)

army officer

Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing action in the Western Theater. His most important role was the commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee, from June 1862 until December 1863.

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48. Creighton Abrams

1914-1974 (aged 60)

military officer

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. He was then Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until his death in 1974.

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49. Philip Sheridan

1831-1888 (aged 57)

writer army officer military officer politician

Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army...

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50. David Scott

1932-. (aged 94)

test pilot astronaut military officer aircraft pilot

David Randolph Scott is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the only living commander...

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51. Frank Borman

1928-2023 (aged 95)

test pilot military flight engineer autobiographer aircraft pilot astronaut

Frank Frederick Borman II was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the...

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52. John Bel Edwards

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer politician

John Bel Edwards is an American politician and attorney who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A Southern Democrat, he previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2015. Edwards represented parts of the Florida Parishes and served as minority leader from 2012 to 2015.

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53. P. G. T. Beauregard

1818-1893 (aged 75)

human rights defender artillerist army officer writer inventor

Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult. He signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.

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54. James Longstreet

1821-1904 (aged 83)

diplomat military personnel

James Longstreet was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army...

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55. Alexander Haig

1924-2010 (aged 86)

businessperson army officer diplomat politician

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army...

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56. Ed White

1930-1967 (aged 37)

athletics competitor test pilot military flight engineer military officer astronaut

Edward Higgins White II was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1.

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57. William Westmoreland

1914-2005 (aged 91)

army officer politician

William Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.

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58. Anastasio Somoza Debayle

1925-1980 (aged 55)

politician

Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 until his assassination 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country between 1967 and 1979, even during the period when he was not...

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59. Wesley Clark

1944-. (aged 82)

actor military personnel politician

Wesley Kanne Clark, SSM, BVO, KBE is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree...

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60. Mark Valley

1964-. (aged 62)

film actor actor television actor

Mark Thomas Valley is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Brad Chase in the TV drama Boston Legal, Oliver Richard in the NBC drama Harry's Law, FBI Special Agent John Scott in the Fox sci fi series Fringe, Christopher Chance in Fox's action drama Human Target, and Tommy Sullivan in ABC's Body of Proof.

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61. George Brinton McClellan

1826-1885 (aged 59)

writer designer army officer military officer

George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881 and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862. He was also chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later president of the Ohio and Mississippi...

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62. Mark T. Esper

1964-. (aged 62)

lobbyist military officer

Mark Thomas Esper is an American politician and manufacturing executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 23rd U.S. secretary of the Army from November 2017 to July 2019.

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63. Stanley A. McChrystal

1954-. (aged 72)

university teacher military commander army officer

Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008 during which his organization was credited with the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. His final assignment was as Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, United States Forces –...

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64. Roy Moore

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer judge politician

Roy Stewart Moore is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each time being removed from office for judicial misconduct by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. He was the Republican Party nominee in the 2017 U.S. Senate special election...

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65. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr

1934-2012 (aged 78)

army officer

Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. KCB was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.

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66. Hal Moore

1922-2017 (aged 95)

army officer writer

Harold Gregory Moore Jr. was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The battle was detailed in the 1992 bestseller We Were Soldiers Once…and Young, co-authored by Moore and made into the film We Were...

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67. John J. Pershing

1860-1948 (aged 88)

lawyer military officer

General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing served as a mentor to many...

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68. David Petraeus

1952-. (aged 74)

politician military officer

David Howell Petraeus is a retired United States Army general who served as the fourth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from September 2011 until his resignation in November 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the...

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69. Omar Bradley

1893-1981 (aged 88)

military officer official

Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War.

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70. Lloyd J. Austin III

1953-. (aged 73)

politician military officer

Lloyd James Austin III is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense, from 2021 to 2025, under the Biden administration.

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71. William Tecumseh Sherman

1820-1891 (aged 71)

writer lawyer banker military officer

William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he implemented in his military campaign against the Confederate States. British military theorist and historian B....

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72. Stonewall Jackson

1824-1863 (aged 39)

military personnel teacher military leader

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the eastern theater of the war until his death. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. history.

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73. Mike Pompeo

1963-. (aged 63)

military officer politician lawyer businessperson business executive

Michael Richard Pompeo is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and former U.S. Army officer who served in the first administration of Donald Trump as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018, and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011...

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74. Jefferson Davis

1808-1889 (aged 81)

military officer political writer politician writer businessperson

Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the 23rd United States secretary of war from 1853 to 1857.

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75. George Armstrong Custer

1839-1876 (aged 37)

military officer

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.

76. Mike Krzyzewski

1947-. (aged 79)

basketball coach

Michael William Krzyzewski, nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Four appearances, 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden...

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77. Buzz Aldrin

1930-. (aged 96)

autobiographer science fiction writer fighter pilot engineer air force officer

Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and...

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78. Ulysses S. Grant

1822-1885 (aged 63)

explorer politician writer statesperson army officer

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. He previously led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 as commanding general.

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79. Douglas MacArthur

1880-1964 (aged 84)

army officer military officer

Douglas MacArthur was an American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945; as...

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80. Robert E. Lee

1807-1870 (aged 63)

cartographer military personnel army officer military officer

Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a reputation as one of the...

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81. Dwight D. Eisenhower

1890-1969 (aged 79)

army officer writer military personnel statesperson military officer

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in...

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82. Vincent Viola

1956-. (aged 70)

film producer philanthropist businessperson

Vincent "Vinnie" Viola is an American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran. For several weeks in 2016 he was President Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of the Army, before withdrawing from consideration. Viola is the owner of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Virtu Financial. He is also...

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83. Mickey Marcus

1901-1948 (aged 47)

military personnel military officer lawyer

David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a United States Army colonel, later Israel's first general, who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil-affairs policies, including the organization of the war-crimes trials in Germany and in Japan.

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84. H. R. McMaster

1962-. (aged 64)

military historian military officer army officer

Herbert Raymond McMaster is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 25th United States National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He is also known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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85. Martin Dempsey

1952-. (aged 74)

military personnel

Martin Edward "Marty" Dempsey is an American retired military officer who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2011 to September 2015. He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April to September 2011. Before that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December...

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86. Eric Ken Shinseki

1942-. (aged 84)

politician military commander

Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States secretary of veterans affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as the 34th chief of staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star...

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87. Raymond T. Odierno

1954-2021 (aged 67)

military personnel

Raymond Thomas Odierno /oʊdiˈɛərnoʊ/ was an American military officer who served as a four-star general of the United States Army and as the 38th chief of staff of the Army. Prior to his service as chief of staff, Odierno commanded United States Joint Forces Command from October 2010 until its disestablishment in August 2011. He served as Commanding General, United...

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88. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr

1912-2002 (aged 90)

aircraft pilot military officer

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.

89. Alejandro Villanueva

1988-. (aged 38)

military personnel American football player

Alejandro Villanueva Martín is a Spanish-American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Army Black Knights and fulfilled his service commitment after graduation, where he reached the rank of captain. Villanueva also served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, earning a Bronze Star. After...

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90. Curtis Scaparrotti

1956-. (aged 70)

military personnel

Curtis Michael "Mike" Scaparrotti is a retired United States Army four-star general who last served as the commander of United States European Command. He concurrently served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Scaparrotti previously served as the director of the Joint Staff. Prior to his tour with the Joint Staff, Scaparrotti served as commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command...

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91. Adam Vinatieri

1972-. (aged 54)

American football player

Adam Matthew Vinatieri is an American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 24 seasons with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. Vinatieri attended South Dakota State University (SDSU) from 1991 to 1994. Vinatieri is the NFL's all-time leading scorer at 2,673 points, in addition to holding the NFL records for field goals...

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92. Edgar Allan Poe

1809-1849 (aged 40)

poet literary critic writer novelist essayist

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's...

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93. Douglas Macgregor

1947-. (aged 79)

military personnel

Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired colonel in the United States Army, former government official, author, consultant, and political commentator.

94. George S. Patton

1885-1945 (aged 60)

autobiographer military personnel army officer swimmer

George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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95. Leslie Groves

1896-1970 (aged 74)

army officer military engineer

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II, leading to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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96. Anthony McAuliffe

1898-1975 (aged 77)

soldier

General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated for his one-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum: "Nuts!"

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97. Fidel Ramos

1928-2022 (aged 94)

military personnel military commander politician

Fidel Valdez Ramos CCLH GCS KGCR, popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer to reach the rank of five-star general. Rising from second lieutenant to commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Ramos is credited for...

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98. Paula Broadwell

1972-. (aged 54)

biographer writer journalist

Paula Dean Broadwell is an American writer, academic and former military officer. Broadwell served in the US Army on both active and reserve duty for over 20 years (including time as a military school undergraduate). In 2012, she co-authored, with Vernon Loeb, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, a biography of then-International Security Assistance Force commander David Petraeus....

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99. Michael Collins

1930-2021 (aged 91)

military officer aircraft pilot actor test pilot airman

Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He served in the government of the self-declared Irish Republic as the Minister for Home Affairs and later as the Minister for...

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100. Anne McClain

1979-. (aged 47)

test pilot military flight engineer rugby union player helicopter pilot astronaut

Anne Charlotte McClain is a colonel in the United States Army, engineer, and a NASA astronaut. Her call sign, "Annimal", dates back to her rugby career; she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a flight engineer for Expedition 58/59 and Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station.

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