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military personnels
112 notable military personnels on file — 10 still here, 102 not.
still with us
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Raúl Castro
aliveformer First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
born 1931
Sergei Shoigu
aliveSecretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
born 1955
Frederik X of Denmark
aliveKing of Denmark since 2024
born 1968
Scott Glenn
aliveAmerican actor
born 1941
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
alivepaternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; grandson of King George V and Queen Mary and first cousin once removed to King Charles III
born 1935
Maher al-Assad
aliveSyrian convicted fugitive and former general and commander of the Republican Guard
born 1967
Yaroslav Hunka
aliveUkrainian SS Galizien veteran
born 1925
Benoît Saint Denis
aliveFrench MMA fighter
born 1995
Monica Witt
aliveAmerican military personnel defecting to Iran
born 1979
Mike Vining
aliveAmerican special forces operator
born 1950
gone (30 of 102)
Saddam Hussein
deadIraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
1937 – 2006
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Saladin
deadSultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty
1138 – 1193
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Pervez Musharraf
deadPakistani soldier and politician
1943 – 2023
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Edward VIII
deadKing of the United Kingdom in 1936
1894 – 1972
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Alexander Hamilton
deadAmerican Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
1757 – 1804
Titus
deadtenth Roman Emperor (79–81)
39 – 81
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Muhammadu Buhari
deadformer President of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 and 2015 to 2025
1942 – 2025
Reza Shah
deadShah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty
1878 – 1944
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Guy Fawkes
deadEnglish member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
1570 – 1606
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Felix Baumgartner
deadAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper
1969 – 2025
Manuel Noriega
deadPanamanian head of state
1934 – 2017
Desi Bouterse
deadleader of Suriname (1980–1987, 2010–2020)
1945 – 2024
Harald III of Norway
deadKing of Norway from 1046 to 1066
1015 – 1066
Kamehameha I
deadfounder and ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii
died 1819
Timothy McVeigh
deadAmerican domestic anti-government terrorist
1968 – 2001
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
deadBritish prince (1767-1820); fourth son of George III
1767 – 1820
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Myint Swe
deadArmy officer and former Acting President of Myanmar
1951 – 2025
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Aziz Nasirzadeh
deadIranian military officer
1964 – 2026
Liamine Zéroual
deadPresident of Algeria (1941 - 2026)
1941 – 2026
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Khamtai Siphandone
deadformer Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
1924 – 2025
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Ali Shamkhani
deadIranian naval officer and politician
1955 – 2026
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Mohammad Pakpour
deadIranian military officer and ex-commander of the IRGC
1961 – 2026
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Hossein Salami
deadIranian military officer
1960 – 2025
Suchinda Kraprayoon
deadThai politician and general
1933 – 2025
Vyacheslav Zudov
deadSoviet cosmonaut
1942 – 2024
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Rifaat al-Assad
deadSyrian former military officer and politician
1937 – 2026
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
deadBulgarian cosmonaut
1951 – 2026
Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi
deadSyrian cosmonaut
1951 – 2024
Adrian Carton de Wiart
deadrecipient of the Victoria Cross
1880 – 1963
Mohammad-Reza Zahedi
deadIranian brigadier general
1961 – 2024