List of military figures by nickname

• "31-Knot Burke" – Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed during one operation due to limited recent maintenance) • "7, 8" – Yedi Sekiz Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Turkish Pasha who gained this nickname because of his signature consisting only of the Arabic letters seven (٧) and eight (٨) ==A==

• "ABC" – Andrew Browne Cunningham, Second World War British admiral • "ACE" – Ahmet Cem Ersever, Turkish Gendarmerie, and said to be one of the founders of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. • "Acey" – Albert C. Burrows, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander • "Achmed" – Erich Bey, German Kriegsmarine admiral • "Ajax" – Albert Baumler, Flying Tiger • Alfonso Cano (nom de guerre) - Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 2008–2011. • "Allegheny Johnson" or "Alleghany Johnson" – Edward Johnson, Confederate Army general • "Assi" – Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II • "Asker Aydoğan" (Turkish, Soldier Aydoğan) – Aydoğan Aydın, Turkish Major General • "The Auk" – Claude Auchinleck, British Indian Army field marshal • "The Angel warrior" – Angelo Polli, anti-Nazi Italian General Commander of Bersaglieri, first Italian high officer prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps captured on 9 September 1943 in Malles. Chronicles tell that he was directly tortured by Hitler to make him swear under him by giving a signal to the Italian rebel prisoners IMI. • "Autie" – George Custer, American army officer ==B==

• "Baba Oruç" (Turkish, Father Aruj/Oruç) – Barbaros Oruç Reis, Turkish Corsair and Sultan of Algiers also known as "Barbarossa" alongside his little brother Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha • "Babe" – • John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander • "Bad Hand" – Ranald S. Mackenzie, U.S. Army general in the American Civil War and Indian Wars • "Bad Old Man" – Jubal Early, Confederate Army general • "Bai Di Jiangjun 白地将军" (Chinese, literally "White Ground General") – Xiahou Yuan, general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty, for his death at the Battle of Mount Dingjun while fixing damaged chevaux de frise instead of being in command; "Bai Di" may have referred to Xiahou Yuan's lowly upbringing and thus his approach to attending to everything personally • "Bai Ma Jiangjun 白马将军" (Chinese, "White Horse General") – • Gongsun Zan, Eastern Han dynasty warlord, for his victories against the Wuhuan and Xianbei using his elite light cavalry force, the Bai Ma Yi Cong 白马义从 who solely rode white horses • Pang De, late Eastern Han dynasty general who served under numerous warlords, for always riding a white horse and landing an arrow on Guan Yu's forehead while doing so • "Bai Mian Shu Sheng 白面书生" (Chinese, literally "White Faced Scholar") – Lu Xun, general and statesman of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, for his perceived inexperience and lack of military qualities • "Bai Pao Jiangjun 白袍将军" (Chinese, literally "White Robed General") and like nicknames – • Chen Qingzhi, general of the Liang dynasty, for his prowess in the Battle of Xingyang • Xue Rengui, "Bai Yi Jiangjun 白衣将军" (Chinese, literally "White-Dressed General"), famous general of the early Tang dynasty, for the praise given by Emperor Taizong of Tang • "Balaclava Ned" – Edwin Hughes, last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade • "Baldy" – • Richard S. Ewell, Confederate Army general • Charles A. Pownall, American admiral in World War II • "Bandito" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II • "Barbara" – David G. M. Campbell, British general • "Barbarossa" – Hızır Hayreddin Pasha, Regent of Algiers, Turkish Corsair and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of Ottoman Navy • "Barney" – • Harvey C. Barnum Jr., U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient • Clifton W. Flenniken, Jr., U.S. Navy submarine commander • "Bazooka Charlie" – Charles Carpenter, American L-4 Grasshopper pilot who fitted Bazookas to his airplane to attack German Tanks in WWII. • "The Bear" – Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., United States Army general (the nickname he preferred over "Stormin' Norman") • "The Bearded Man" – Frank Messervy, British Army general (because he tended not to shave in battle) • "Beauty" – Harold M. Martin, U.S. Navy admiral • "Benny" – Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander • "The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" – Michael Collins, Irish general • "Big Minh" – Dương Văn Minh, Vietnamese general (for his height and bulk) • "Big Simp" – William Hood Simpson, American U.S. Army General in World War II • "Bimbo" – Miles Dempsey, British Second World War general • "Bing" – Kenneth Cross, British Second World War RAF pilot • "Bing Sheng 兵聖" (Chinese, literally "Soldier Saint") – Sun Wu, general, military strategist, and philosopher who served Wu in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China • "Birdy" – William Birdwood, British field marshal • "Black Baron" – Michael Wittmann, German tank ace • "Black Beast" – Mario Roatta, Italian general • "Black Bob" – Robert Craufurd, British Army general • "The Black Eagle" – Hubert Julian, Trinidadian colonel in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. • "Black Jack" – • Frederick Galleghan, Australian Army World War II general • John J. Pershing, U.S. Army World War I general • "Black Knight of the Confederacy" – Turner Ashby, Confederate Army general • "Black Knight" – Gerd von Rundstedt, German Army field marshal • "The Black Prince" = Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III of England, famed for his leadership in the Battle of Crécy and the Battle of Poitiers but also notorious for the massacre of the citizens of Limoges and other French cities. • "The Black Rider" – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek Army general and politician • "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot • "Blackie" – David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace • "Blinker" – W. R. Hall, British admiral, head of Room 40 during the First World War • "Blondie" – • Arnold Walker, RAF pilot • Herbert Hasler, Second World War Royal Marines officer • "Blood" – J. A. L. Caunter, British general • "Blood-n-Guts" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II (a nickname he rejected) • "Bloody Bill" – • William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader • William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina • "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general • "Bluey" – Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace • "Blutiger Ferdinand" ("Bloody Ferdinand") – Ferdinand Schörner, World War II German field marshal and convicted war criminal • "Bobbie" – George W. E. J. Erskine, British general during the Second World War • "Bobo" – Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Bobwire Bob" --- Robert C. Kingston, U.S. Army general, Korea-Vietnam • "Bohemian corporal" – Adolf Hitler (used by Erich von Manstein) • "Bohemian Private" (German: Böhmischer Gefreiter) – Adolf Hitler • "Bomb-run John" – John G. Crommelin, American Naval Officer • "Bomber" – Arthur T. Harris, British air chief marshal during the Second World War • "Bombs Away LeMay" – Curtis LeMay, U.S. Air Force General • "Boney" – Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Boots" – Frederick C. Blesse, American fighter ace • "Boy" – • Frederick A. M. Browning, Second World War British airborne general • 'Peter Mould, Second World War Royal Air Force flying ace • "Brad" – Omar Bradley, U.S. general • "Breaker" – Harry Harbord Morant, Australian Boer War soldier and convicted war criminal • "Brookie" – Alan Brooke, British World War II general & CIGS • "Brute" – Victor H. Krulak, U.S. Marine Corps general • "Bub" – Norvell G. Ward, U.S. ace submarine commander • "Bull of the Woods" – James Longstreet, Confederate general • "Bully" – Emil Lang, Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II • "Banjo" – Julian Byng, British First World War general • "Butcher Bob" – Robert M. Hanson, US Marine Corps Fighter Ace in WWII • "The Butcher of East Bengal" - General Tikka Khan, the Military Governor of East Pakistan who enforced Operation Searchlight that saw the brutal genocide of Bengali civilians in East Pakistan in the late hours of 25 March 1971. This genocide sparked the Bangladeshi War of Independence that resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the newly independent People's Republic of Bangladesh. • "The Butcher of Bosnia" – Ratko Mladić, Bosnian Serb military leader during the Bosnian War • "The Butcher of Ethiopia" – Rodolfo Graziani, Italian Army general • "The Butcher of Fezzan" – Rodolfo Graziani, Italian Army general • "Butcher of the Somme" – Douglas Haig, British field marshal • "Butcher of Ypres" – Berthold von Deimling, German general • "Buyi Jiangjun 布衣将军" (Chinese, literally "Plainclothes General") – Fu Zuoyi, Chinese military leader widely praised for his defense of Suiyuan from the Japanese. • "Buzz" • Edwin Aldrin, Colonel US Air Force, NASA Astronaut, second man to walk on the moon. • George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged) ==C==

• "Caccidiavolo" (Italian, literally "Devil beater") – Aydın Reis, Turkish Admiral and Commander of the Ottoman fleet in Algiers • "Caddy" – James A. Adkins, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Chesty" – Lewis B. Puller, U.S. Marine general • "Chick" – Bernard A. Clarey, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Ching" – Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. admiral • "Chink" – Eric Dorman-Smith, World War II British general • "Chips" – Arthur S. Carpender, World War II U.S. submarine force commander • "Close-in Conolly" -- Richard Lansing Conolly, World War II U.S. Naval Admiral • "Cobber" – Edgar J. Kain, World War II RAF fighter ace • "Le Connétable" (French for The Constable) – Charles de Gaulle, French World War II general and later President of France (see also Cyrano)) • "Crack" – Walter Hanna, U.S. Army general • "Crow" – Palmer H. Dunbar, Jr., U.S. submarine commander • "Cy" – Marshall H. Austin, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Cyrano" – Charles de Gaulle, French World War II general and later President of France (see also (Le) Connétable) ==D==

• "Da Guniang 大姑娘" (Chinese, "Big Young Girl") – Lin Biao, a Marshal of the People's Republic of China who was pivotal in the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, for his introverted nature • "Da Shu Jiangjun 大树将军" (Chinese, "The Big Tree General") – Feng Yi, Chinese general of the Eastern Han dynasty, for being humble • "Dan" – Lawrence R. Daspit, World War II U.S. submarine commander • Louis, Earl Mountbatten, British admiral and statesman • "Dinghy" – Henry Melvin Young, Second World War RAF bomber pilot • "Dinty" – John R. Moore, U.S. submarine commander • Gordon B. Rainer, U.S. submarine commander • "Dunkirk Joe" – William G. Tennant, British naval officer who oversaw the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 • "Dusty" – • Robert Edson Dornin, World War II U.S. submarine commander • Norman Jack Kleiss, U.S. Navy Dive Bomber Pilot during World War II • "Dutch" – • Theodore Van Kirk, Navigator of the Enola Gay on the atomic boming mission of Hiroshima • John M. Will, U.S. submarine officer ==E==

• "Eagle" – Pyotr Bagration, Georgian general in the Russian army in the Napoleonic Wars • "Electric Brain" – Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral • "Electric Whiskers" – Annibale Bergonzoli, Italian general • "Ensign" – Roy S. Benson, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Extra Billy" – William Smith, U.S. Congressman, Confederate general ==F==

• "Fatih" (Turkish, Conqueror) – Fatih Sultan Mehmet II, Turkish Sultan Of The Ottoman Empire, Accomplished Military commander who conquered Constantinople. Also known as the "Avenger Of Troy" • "Farrar the Para" – Anthony Farrar-Hockley, British general • "Fearless Freddy" – Frederick B. Warder, U.S. ace submarine commander (a nickname he detested) • "Fei Jiangjun 飞将军" (Chinese, "The Flying General") – Li Guang, Western Han General, for his bravery against the Xiongnu • "Fei Xiong 飞熊" (Chinese, "Flying Bear") – Jiang Ziya, Zhou dynasty noble, statesman, and general, because of a dream that King Wen of Zhou had • "Feng Chu 凤雏" (Chinese, "Fledgling Phoenix") – Pang Tong, adviser to the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty, for his erudite demeanor and great potential • "The Fighting Bishop" – Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate general • "Fighting Bob" – • Robley Dunglison Evans, US Navy admiral • Robert Sale, British general in the First Anglo-Afghan War and First Anglo-Sikh War • "Fighting Dick" – • Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish royalist and Jacobite soldier • Richard H. Anderson, Confederate general • Israel B. Richardson, Union general • "Fighting Joe" – • Joseph Dunford (born 1955), US Marine Corps general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former commandant of the Marine Corps • Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War Union Army major general • Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906), Confederate Army general and later US Army general and politician • "The Fighting Quaker" – Smedley Butler, U.S. general • "Flagellum Dei" (Latin for Scourge of God,) – Attila the Hun, Turkic • "Fruity" – Fruity Metcalfe, British WWII officer • "Fuel Oil" – Franklin O. Johnsonn, U.S. submarine commander ==G==

• "Gabby" – Francis Gabreski, U.S. Army Air Force fighter ace • "Gargoyle" (referring to Onigawara) – Jisaburō Ozawa, Japanese admiral in World War II • "Gee" – Leonard Gerow, U.S. general • "Gefreiter" – Adolf Hitler, German leader and chancellor of the German Third Reich, referring to his rank in First World War • "Gentleman Johnny" – John Burgoyne, British general (Revolutionary War) • "The G.I. General" – Omar Bradley, U.S. general • "Grey Wolf" – Gino Polli, Italian army official leader in First World War, hero of the battles of the Piave river, sniper of special forces, in charge of suicide missions • "Ghost" – Walter I. Lawson, Tuskegee Airman • "Gin" – • Charles W. Styer, U.S. ace submarine commander • "Goody" – Forrest Guth, American World War II paratrooper • "Golden General" – Lt Gen. Saad Elshazly, Egyptian Chief of Staff • "Gopher" – Everett Blakely, USAAF pilot in the 100th Bombardment Group. • "Granny" – • Robert E. Lee, Confederate general • Elwell Stephen Otis, U.S. general • "Gravedigger" – Henry Havelock, British general in The Indian Mutiny • "Gray Eagle" – Richard C. Mangrum, US Marine Corps Lieutenant General and the first Marine to hold the Gray Eagle Award • "Grey Fox" – George Crook, U.S. Army general, American Civil War • "Gray Ghost" – John S. Mosby, Confederate Army cavalry commander, American Civil War • "Grumble" – William E. Jones, Confederate general, American Civil War • "Gu Bai Shun 顾百顺" (Chinese, literally "Gu the hundred-obedient") – Gu Zhutong, military general and administrator of the Republic of China, for his willingness to do Chiang Kai-Shek's bidding without question • "Gu Zhi Elai 古之恶来" (Chinese, "Like the ancient Elai"; Elai was a bodyguard for King Zhou of Shang) – Dian Wei, general and bodyguard of the Eastern Han dynasty serving under the warlord Cao Cao, for his physical strength • "Gu Zhi Zhaohu 古之昭虎" (Chinese, "Like the ancient Zhaohu"; Zhaohu itself is a nickname for Duke Zhaomu of Zhou, who defeated 40,000 Dongyi of the Jianghuai with his 7,000 strong army) – Zhang Liao, general of the Eastern Han dynasty and Cao Wei serving under the warlord Cao Cao, for his victory at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford • "Gulle" – Walter Oesau, World War II German fighter ace • "Gus" – Harold L. Edwards, First World War Canadian air gunner • "Guts and Gaiters" – Arthur Currie, First World War Canadian general ==H==

• "Hack" – David Hackworth, US Army Colonel, Veteran of World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War • "Ham" – Wesley A. Wright, U.S. intelligence officer • The "Hammer" – • Judah the Hammer, Jewish Rebel commander in the Maccabean Revolt. • Charles Martel, Frankish commander at the Battle of Tours. • Gianni Polli, Italian general commander at the World War I and at the World War II Bersaglieri. • "Hammerhead" – John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander • "He-who-sees-in-the-dark" – Frederick Russell Burnham, U.S. scout; British major, Chief of Scouts; father of international Scouting movement. • "Hobo" – Percy Hobart, British general and tank warfare proponent • "Honest John" – John Leitweiler, U.S. intelligence officer • "Hongjun Zhi Fu 红军之父" (Chinese, "Father of the Red Army") – Zhu De, Chinese general, warlord, politician, revolutionary and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. • "Horny" – Roza Shanina, Soviet sniper • "Howling Jake" – Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general • "Howling Mad" – Holland M. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps general • "Hub" – Hubert Zemke, USAAF Fighter Ace and Commanding Officer of the 56th Fighter Group in WWII • "Hu Bao Yi 呼保義" (Chinese, "Protector of Justice") – Song Jiang, leader of a group of Chinese outlaws who lived in the Song dynasty, nickname made famous by the novel Water Margin • "Hu Chi 虎癡" (Chinese, "Tiger Fool") – Xu Chu, Cao Wei general who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, for being strong yet simple-minded • "Huang Xu'er 黄须儿" (Chinese, literally "Yellow beard lad") – Cao Zhang, Prince and General of Cao Wei, third son of Cao Cao • "Hüdavendigâr" (Turkish, Devotee of god) – Murat I, Ottoman Turkish Sultan known for his conquests in the Rumelia (Balkans) • "Hunter-Bunter" – Aylmer Hunter-Weston, British general • "Hutch" – Damon W. Cooper, US Navy vice admiral, Aviator, and first Chief of Naval Reserve ==I==

• "Ike" – • Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and later President of the United States • Arnold H. Holz, U.S. submarine commander • "Ishkhan" – Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian, Armenian freedom fighter • "The Iron General " – Gianni Polli, Italian General Commander of Bersaglieri of WWI and WWII. • "Le Maréchal de fer"(The Iron Marshal) - Louis-Nicolas Davout, French military commander with talent for war, along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian. ==J==

• "Jack" – Leif J. Sverdrup, U.S. general • "Jackie" – J. A. Fisher, British admiral • "Jadex" – Jacques Dextraze, Canadian general • "Jake" – John K. Fyfe, U.S. ace submarine commander • "Jorrocks" – Brian Horrocks, World War II British corps commander • "Judge" – Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy admiral • "Jugs" – Andrew D. Turner, Tuskegee Airman • "Jumbo" – H. M. Wilson, World War II British Army general. • "Jumpin' Jim" – James M. Gavin, U.S. paratroop general • "The Jumping General" – James M. Gavin, U.S. paratroop general • "Junior" – John S. McCain, Jr., World War II U.S. submarine commander (a nickname he disliked) ==K==

• "Kahraman-ı Hürriyet" (Turkish, Hero of Liberty) – İsmail Enver Pasha, Turkish-Ottoman General(Pasha), High-ranking member of the Committee of Union and Progress, one of the Three Pashas, Revolutionary and later Leader of the Basmachi revolt • "Kasap" (Turkish for "Butcher") – Cemâl Pasha, Turkish-Ottoman General(Pasha), Minister of Navy and one of the Three Pashas. • "Kalfie" – Henry J. Martin, South African Air Force officer • "Kemal" (Turkish for The Perfect/Mature One) – Mustafa "Kemal "Atatürk, Turkish-Ottoman field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa received the nickname of "Kemal", from his mathematics teacher • "Killer" • Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace of World War II (a name he detested) • William R. Kane, US Navy Fighter Ace or World War II • Liu Zhennian, Chinese officer and warlord • "Kindly Old Gentleman" or "KOG" – Hyman Rickover, father of the United States nuclear navy • "King Billy" – King William III of England • "King Kong" – Hara Chuichi, Japanese Navy admiral • "King of Scouts" – Frederick Russell Burnham, British major, Chief of Scouts & father of international Scouting movement. • "Kipper" – Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Indian Army field marshal • "Kirky" – Alan G. Kirk, US Navy Admiral in World War II • "Kluger Hans" ("Clever Hans") – Günther von Kluge, German World War II field marshal • "Kut'ül Ammare Kahramanı" (Turkish, Hero of Kut Al Amara) - Halil Kut, Turkish Pasha, Commander of the forces in Kut Al Amara and uncle of Enver Pasha ==L==

• "Lakeitel (German, "lackey") – Wilhelm Keitel, German World War II general staff officer • "Lao Hu Zai 老虎仔" (Chinese, "Tiger Lad") – Xue Yue, Chinese Nationalist military general, also nicknamed by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers as the "Patton of Asia" • "Lao Tou Zi 老头子" (Chinese, roughly "Old Man") – Chiang Kai-Shek, political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China, nickname carries a slight connotation of being a gang leader • "Lao Wang 老王" (Chinese, "Old Wang") – Wang Yaowu, high-ranking KMT general and the governor of Shandong Province who successfully fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese Communists, for his ferocity and bravery in the fight against the Japanese • "Lighthorse Harry" – Henry Lee III, U.S. general • "Lightning Joe" – J. Lawton Collins, American general • "The Lion" – • Karl Dönitz, German admiral • Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, high-ranking Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant commander • "The Lionheart" – King Richard I of England, Christian commander in the Third Crusade • "The Lion of Panjshir" – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan guerilla leader • "The Lion of Brzeziny" – Karl Litzmann, German general in World War I • "The Lion of Verdun" - Philippe Petain, French World War I general, later head of the Vichy regime • "Lion of the West" – Koos de la Rey, Boer general • "Lion of West Transvaal" – Koos de la Rey, Boer general • "Lip" – Carwood Lipton, American World War II paratrooper officer • "Little Billy" – • William Mahone, Confederate general • James, Earl Cardigan, British general • "Little Powell" – A. P. Hill, Confederate general • "The Little Corporal" – Napoleon Bonaparte, 19th-century French field marshal and emperor • "Little Texas" – Audie Murphy, World War II Medal of Honor recipient, used only by his close friends • "Little Mac" – George B. McClellan, commander of the Union Army • "Liu Da Dao 劉大刀" (Chinese, literally "Big Blade Liu") – Liu Ting, late Ming dynasty general, for the ability to wield his 120 catty blade like any other • "The Long Fellow" Éamon de Valera, Irish rebel leader and later statesman (due to his height) • "Looney" – Robert Hinde, British World War II armoured officer • "Lucky" – • Clarence D. Lester, Tuskegee Airman • Eugene B. Fluckey, U.S. World War II submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient • Miles Dempsey, British Second World War general ==M==

• "Mad Anthony" – Anthony Wayne, U.S. general • "Mad Dog" – James Mattis, US Marine Corps general and Secretary of Defense • "Mad Jack" – Jack Churchill, British colonel in World War II • "Mad Mike" – • Mike Calvert, British Second World War leader of Special Forces formations • Mike Hoare, British officer and mercenary leader • "Magoo" – Tod D. Wolters, US Air Force General and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe • "Majoren" (Norwegian, "The Major") – Hans Reidar Holtermann, Norwegian World War II military leader • "Mang Xiahou 盲夏侯" (Chinese, "Blind Xiahou") – Xiahou Dun, general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty, for the loss of his left eye • "Mang Zhang Fei 莽张飞" (Chinese, "Rash Zhang Fei") – Zhang Fei, general who served under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period, for his famously hot temper • "Manila John" – John Basilone, U.S. marine, World War II Medal of Honor recipient • "The Marble Man" – Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point) • "Meagher of the Sword" – Thomas Francis Meagher, commander of the Union Irish Brigade during the American Civil War • "Mei Ran Gong 美髯公" (Chinese, "Lord of the Magnificent Beard")- Guan Yu, general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty, nickname given by Emperor Xian of Han • "Mick" – Edward Mannock, First World War British fighter ace • "Mickey" – David Marcus, American Army colonel, helped train the nascent Israeli Army, became its first general (Aluf) • "Mike" – Frank W. Fenno, Jr., U.S. submarine commander • "Moke" – William J. Millican, U.S. submarine commander • "The Monster" – Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general • "Monty" – Bernard Montgomery, Second World War British field marshal • "Moon" – Wreford G. Chapple, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander • "Murph" – Michael P. Murphy, Navy SEAL ==N==

• "Ned" – Edward L. Beach, Jr., World War II U.S. submarine commander and writer • "Nick" – George D. Wallace, U.S. cavalry officer • "Nuts" – Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander if the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge. ==O==

• "Oklahoma Pete" – Marc Mitscher, American World War II admiral • "Ol' Blood and Guts" – George S. Patton, World War II U.S. general (a nickname he rejected) • "Ol' Fuss and Feathers" – Winfield Scott, U.S. Army general • "Ol' Rough and Ready" – Zachary Taylor, U.S. Army general, 12th President of the United States • "Old Brains" – Henry Halleck, Union general • "Old Dutch" – Edward C. Kalbfus, American admiral • "Old Flintlock" – Roger Hanson, Confederate general • "Old Forwards" – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general at the Battle of Waterloo • "Old Gimlet Eye" – Smedley Butler, U.S. general • "Old Gravel Voice" – Ernest N. Harmon, U.S. General • "Old Hickory" – Andrew Jackson, U.S. general and President • "Old Iron Tits" – Matthew Ridgway, U.S Army General, he earned this nickname by wearing hand grenades on his chest during combat jumps. • "Old Jube/Jubilee" – Jubal Early, Confederate general • "Old Mac" – James McCudden, British First World War fighter ace • "The Old Man of the Morea" – Theodoros Kolokotronis, military leader of the Greek War of Independence • "Old Pap" – Sterling Price, Confederate general • "Old Reliable" – • William J. Hardee, Confederate general • George H. Thomas, Union general • "Old Rock" – Henry L. Benning, Confederate general • "Old Snapping Turtle" – George Gordon Meade, Union Army Commanding General at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War • "Old Stars" – Ormsby M. Mitchel, Union general • "Old Tippecanoe" – William Henry Harrison, US Army General, 9th President of the United States • "Old Wooden Head" – John Bell Hood, Confederate general • "Onkel" – Theo Osterkamp, German fighter ace of both world wars • "Otter" – Orde Wingate, British commander of irregular forces in the Second World War • "Ozzie" – Richard B. Lynch, U.S. submarine officer ==P==

• "Pa" – Edwin M. Watson, American general • "Pablo" – Squadron Leader Paul Mason, RAF pilot during Operation Desert Storm and author • "Pacifier of Libya" (Italian: Pacificatore della Libia) – Rodolfo Graziani, Italian Army general • "Paddy" – • Brendan Finucane, World War II Irish RAF fighter ace • Hugh Gough, 19th century British Army general • Robert Blair Mayne, British officer – founding member of SAS • W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer • Paedo Trev, Royal Navy Petty Officer • "Pancho" – Francisco Villa, Mexican Army General during the Mexican Revolution • "The Panther Man" (Italian, ''L'uomo pantera'') – Achille Starace, Italian Army major general, Blackshirt, and Fascist party leader • "Papa" – Joseph Joffre, World War I French marechal • "Pappy" – • Greg Boyington, World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace • Paul Gunn, World War II U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot • "Pappa Dönitz" – Karl Dönitz, German admiral • "Pat" – J. Loy Maloney, U.S. submarine commander • "Peng Da Jiangjun 彭大将军"(Chinese, "Great General Peng") – Peng Dehuai, prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. • "Pete" – • Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. submarine commander • William E. Ferrall, U.S. submarine commander • "Poet General" – Masaharu Homma, Imperial Japanese Army general known for his invasion of the Philippines • "Pompey" – Harold Elliott, First World War Australian general • "Popski" – Vladimir Peniakoff, Belgian-born commando in British service in the Second World War • "Prince John" – John B. Magruder, Confederate general • "Pritzl" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace ==Q==

• "Quax" – Karl Schnörrer, German fighter ace of World War II • "Quex" – H. F. P. Sinclair, British admiral and head of SIS ==R==

• "Raful" – Rafael Eitan, Israeli Chief of Staff and politician • "Ratsy" – George Preddy, fighter ace with the 352nd Fighter Group in WWII • "Rebel" – Vernon L. Lowrance, U.S. ace submarine commander • Lawson P. Ramage, U.S. ace submarine commander • Douglas N. Syverson, U.S. submarine officer • "The Red Baron" (German: der Rote Baron) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace • "The Red Battle-flyer" (German: der rote Kampfflieger) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace • "The Red Knight" – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace • "Red Mike" – Merritt A. Edson, World War II U.S. Marine Raiders officer • "Reeste" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace • "Reggie" – Harry George Smart, British air vice marshal • "Ren Tu 人屠" (Chinese, literally "Human Butcher") – Bai Qi, general of the Qin state in the Warring States period of China, for being responsible for the deaths of a total of between 890,000 and 2,000,000 enemy soldiers • "Rey" – Ernest J. King, US Navy Fleet Admiral in World War II ('Rey' is 'King' in Spanish) • "Rock of Chickamauga" – George Henry Thomas, Union Army general, US Civil War • "Rooney" – William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate general and U.S. Congressman • "Rosey" – Redfield Mason, U.S. cryptanalyst • "Rosie" – Robert Rosenthal, B-17 pilot with the 100th Bomb Group in the U.S. Army Air Forces • "Rough and Ready" – Zachary Taylor, U.S. Army general • "Rum" – John M. Jones, Confederate general ==S==

• "The Saint" – Augustus R. St. Angelo, U.S. submarine officer • "Sailor King" – King William IV of Great Britain (due to service in the Royal Navy) • "Sally" – James J. Archer, Confederate general • "Sam Bahadur" – Sam Manekshaw, former Indian Army field marshal • "San Xing Jia Nu 三姓家奴" (Chinese, "Slave of Three Surnames") – Lü Bu, general and warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty, for his betrayal of former masters Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo • "Sandy" – • Louis D. McGregor, U.S. submarine commander • "Shen Tong Dajiang 神通大将" (Chinese, roughly "Great General of Clever Ability") – Li Siye, general of the Tang dynasty, for his prowess in the campaign against Chach • "Shen Xu 申胥" (Chinese, "Xu of Shen") – Wu Zixu, general and politician of the Wu kingdom in the Spring and Autumn period • "Shimi" – Simon Fraser, Second World War British commando leader • "Shorty" – • Charles D. Edmunds, U.S. submarine commander • "Shot Pouch" – William H.T. Walker, Confederate general • "Colonel Shrapnel" – Alan Brooke, British World War II general & CIGS • "Shy" – Edward C. Meyer, former United States Army Chief of Staff • "Silent Jack" – John Jellicoe, Royal Navy Admiral in WWI. • "Silent Otto" – Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander • "Skinny" – Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral • "Skipper" – George L. Knox II, Tuskegee Airman • "Sky Samurai" – Saburō Sakai, World War II Japanese Navy fighter ace • "Sledgehammer" – Eugene Sledge, US Marine Corps Corpral in WWII. • "Slew" – John S. McCain, Sr., World War II U.S. admiral and aviator • "Smiling Albert" – Albert Kesselring, World War II Luftwaffe field marshal • "Smitty" – John S. McCain, Jr., Vietnam War U.S. admiral • "Snort" – Dale Snodgrass, US Navy Captain and Naval Aviator • "Soarer" – David G. M. Campbell (after winning the 1896 Grand National on a horse called "Soarer") • "Soupy" – James H. Campbell, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Sparky" – Ronald Speirs, Governor of Spandau Prison • "Speed" – John P. Currie, World War II U.S. submarine commander • "Speedy" – Arthur H. Graubart, US Naval Intelligence Officer in World War II. • "Spider" – James Marks, former commander of the United States Army Intelligence Center • "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter • "Spike" – • William H. P. Blandy, U.S. Navy admiral • William Eckert, U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and fourth commissioner of Major League Baseball • Martin P. Hottel, U.S. submarine commander • William W. Momyer, U.S. Air Force general and World War II flying ace • "Splash" – Edward Ashmore, British general who served in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF during World War I before rejoining the army to lead air defence • "Spoons" – Benjamin F. Butler, Union general • "Spud" – Elbert C. Lindon, U.S. submarine commander • "Spuds" -Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Naval Aviator • "Stan" – Roderic Dallas, World War I Australian fighter ace • "Steam" – Elliott E. Marshall, U.S. submarine commander • "Star of Africa" – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace • "Stonewall" – Thomas J. Jackson, Confederate general • "Stoney" – Clifford H. Roper, U.S. submarine commander • "Stormin' Norman" – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., U.S. general (a nickname he disliked) • "Strafer" – W. H. E. Gott, British general (from a German propaganda poster, Gott strafe England) • "Stuffy" – Hugh C. T. Dowding, commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain • "Sunshine" – Stuart S. Murray, U.S. submarine commander • "Swanky Syd" – S. T. B. Lawford, British general (from his penchant for appearing full dress uniform and in the company of beautiful women) • "The Swamp Fox" – Francis Marion, U.S. general • "The Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" – M. Jeff Thompson, Confederate general • "Swede" – • Eliot H. Bryant, World War II U.S. submarine commander • Charles B. Momsen, World War II U.S. submarine force commander, inventor of the Momsen lung • Stanley Vejtasa, US Navy Fighter Ace of World War II • "The Swedish knight" – Sir Sidney Smith, British naval officer in the Napoleonic Wars who was knighted by the Swedish Crown • "Sword of God" - [Khalid ibn al-Walid | خالد بن الوليد], Military Commander Rashidun Army • "Systematic Joe" – Sir Stanley Maude, British general in Mesopotamia during World War I (for his carefully planned campaign advancing up the Tigris river) ==T==