User:Lugnad/naval commanders

See also: List of military commanders, List of sea captains, List of sailors

Antiquity

Alcibiades (c. 450 BC-404 BC), Athenian
Lucius Arruntius (c. 60 BC-AD 10), Roman
Callicratidas (4?? BC- c. 406 BC), Spartan
Chabrias (c. 420 BC-356 BC), Athenian
Conon (c. 440 BC-390 BC), Athenian
Demetrius Poliorcetes [Demitrius I Poliorcetes] (336 BC-283 BC), Phrygian
Eurybiades (4?? BC- c. 480 BC), Spartan
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus (3?? BC-216 BC), Roman
Lysander (4?? BC-395 BC), Spartan
Polycrates of Samos
Gaius Livius Salinator (2?? BC-18? BC), Roman
Nearchus (4?? BC-312 BC), Cretan (in Macedonian service)
Lucius Aemilius Regillus (2?? BC-1?? BC), Roman
Themistocles (c. 514 BC-c. 449 BC), Athenian
Sextus Pompeius, Roman
Marcus Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Roman
Phormio [Phormion] (4?? BC-c. 428 BC), Athenian

Middle Ages

Muawiyah I - his naval campaigns helped capture Cyprus (649) and Rhodes (654) for the nascent Arab Muslim Empire and deliver a devastating defeat to the Byzantine navy off the coast of Lycia (655).
Abdullah ibn Saad - under him Arab Muslims won the first major naval battle against Constans II at the Battle of the Masts in 655 CE.
George of Antioch (c. 1100-1150), Greek (in service to Norman Sicily)
Ambrosio Bocanegra († 1373), Genoese (in service to Castile)
Jang Bo-go (d. 846), Korean
Himerios (fl. early 10th century), Byzantine admiral
Jung Ji (c. 1100), Korean
Andronikos Kontostephanos (12th century), Byzantine admiral under Manuel I Komnenos
Zhang Shijie (12??-1279), Chinese
Licario (13th century), Byzantine admiral of Italian origin
Roger of Lauria (c. 1245-1305), Sicilian
Zheng He (c. 1371–1433), Muslim Chinese.

Age of Sail

Kemal Reis (c. 1451 – 1511) was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral.
Alfonso d'Albuquerque (1453-1515), Portuguese naval general
Francisco de Almeida (c. 1450-1510), Portuguese
Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478 – July 4, 1546), was an Ottoman Kaptan-ı Derya (Fleet Admiral).
Philipp van Almonde (1644-1711), Dutch
George Anson (1697-1762), British
Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin [Fedor Matveevich Apraksin] (1661-1728), Russian
Mariot Arbuthnot [Arbuthnott] (1711-1794), British
John Ashby (c. 1640-1693), British
Don John of Austria (1547-1578), Austrian naval general, in service of Holy Roman Empire
Kanhoji Angre (1667-1729) Sarkhelof Maratha Empire from 1798-1729
William James (1720-1783), British commodore
William Bainbridge, (1774-1833), US commodore
Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), British
John Barry (1745-1803) U.S. Commodore
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526-1588), Spanish
William Bligh, (1754-1817), British
Edward Boscawen, (1711-1761), British
Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen [Count of Guichen] (1712-1790), French
Philip Broke, 1st Baronet (1776-1841), British
William Brown , (1777-1867), Irish & Argentian
John Byng (1704-1757), British
John Byron (1723-1786), British
Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet (1745-1818), British
Juan Bautista Topete Y Carballo (1821-1885), Spanish
Don Federico Carlos, Duke of Gravina (1756-1806), Spanish
[Aimar] Aymar Chaste (15??-1603), French
Francois Louis de Rousselet, Marquis of Chateaurenault [Chateaurenaut, Chateauregnaud] (1637-1716), French
Cheng Ch'eng-kung [Koxinga] (1624-1662), Chinese
Cheng Ho (14??-1451), Chinese
Edward Fiennes Clinton, 9th Viscount and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), British
Thomas Cochrane, (1775-1860), British
Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), British
Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), British
Gaspard de Coligny [Gaspard II de Coligny] (1519-1572), French
Sir George Collier (1738-1795), British
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron (1748-1810), British
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer [Kortenaer] (c. 1610-1665), Dutch
Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819), British
John A. Dahlgren (1809-1870), American
Stephen Decatur, (1779-1820), US commodore
Charles Henry Davis (1807-1877), American
Andrea Doria (1466-1560), Genoese
Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865), American
Count Karl August Ehrensvard [Ehrensward] (1745-1800), Swedish
Count Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing [Count Charles Hector Theodat d'Estaing] (1729-1794), French
David Farragut, (1801-1870), US
Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863), American
Charles Rene Dominique Gochet, Chevalier de Destouches (17??- c. 1781), French
Louis M. Goldsborough (1805-1877), American
Count François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse (1722-1788), French
Samuel Graves (1713-1787), British
Thomas Graves, 1st Baron (c. 1725-1802), British
Henri II, Duke of Montmorency (1595-1632), French
Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington (1647-1716), English
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), British
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816), British
Esek Hopkins (1718-1802), American
Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624), English
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), British
Sir Edward Hughes (c. 1718-1794), British
Isaac Hull (1773-1843), US commodore
John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (1735-1823), British
John of Austria [Don Juan of Austria] (1547-1578), Spanish
John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), US, Russia
Niels Juel [Juul] (1629-1697), Danish
Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782), British
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725-1786), British
Konstantinos Kanaris (1790-1877), Greek
Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846), Baltic German serving in Russian Navy
Sir John Lawson (c 1610-1665), British
Andreas Miaoulis (1768-1835), Greek
George Monck [Monk], 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), British
Lord Horatio Nelson, (1758-1805), British
Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807), British
Sir Peter Parker (1721-1811), British
Sir William Penn (1621-1670), English
Matthew Perry, (1794-1858), US commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry, US commodore
David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), US
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), English
Baron George Brydges Rodney (1718-1792), British
Prince Rupert, Count Palentine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria (1619-1682), British/German
Stephen C. Rowan (1808-1890), US
Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676), Dutch
Sir [Clowdisley] Cloudesley Shovell [Shovel] (1650-1707), English
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, (1827-1871), Austria
Maarten Tromp, (1598–1653), Dutch
Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve (1763-1806), French
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750-1812)
John Drake Sloat (1781-1867), American
Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840), British
Jan van Speyk, (1802-1832), Dutch
Charles Stewart (1778-1869), American
Pierre Andre de Suffren Saint Tropez [Saint-Tropez] (1729-1788), French
Yi Sun-shin (1545-1598), Korean
Eldon P. Wyman, (1822-1882) - American
Karl Gustav von Wrangel (1613-1676), Swedish

The Modern Age

Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (1879-1962), French
Hiroaki Abe (1889-1949), Japanese
Saneyuki Akiyama (1868-1918), Japanese
Masafumi Arima (1895-1944), Japanese
David Beatty (1871-1936), British
Yohai Ben-Nun (1924 - 1994) Israeli
Arthur L. Bristol, (1886-1942), US
Isaac N. Brown (1817-1889), Commander, US/CS
Wilson Brown (1882-1957), United States
Arleigh Burke (1901-1996), United States
Sir Harold Burrough (1889-1977), British
Daniel Callaghan (1890-1942), American
Inigo Campioni (1878-1944), Italian
Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945), German
Edouard von Capelle (1855-1931), German
Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden (1857-1930), British
Arthur S. Carpender (1884-1960), American
Domenico Cavagnari (1884-1966), Italian
Sir John G. Crace (1887-1968), British
Sir Christopher Cradock (1862-1914), British
Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (1893-1986), British
Sir Andrew Cunningham 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883-1963), British
Sir John Cunningham (1885-1962), British
François Darlan (1881-1942), French
Louis Denfeld (1891-1972), American
Sir John Micheal De Robeck (1862-1928), British
Shigeto Dewa (1856-1930), Japanese
George Dewey (1837-1917), US
Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), German
Donald B. Duncan (1896-1975), US
[Buyo] Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908), Japanese
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841-1920), British
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895-1945), German
Koichi Fuiji (1858-1926), Japanese
Shigeru Fukudome (1891-1971), Japanese
Robert Ghormley (1883-1958), American
Robert C. Giffen (1886-1962), American
William Halsey (1882-1959), US
Benjamin Hacker (1935-2003), US
Henry Kent Hewitt (1887-1972), American
Sonojo Hidaka (1848-1932), Japanese
Franz von Hipper (1863-1932), German
Boshiro Hosogaya (1888-1964), Japanese
Hikojiro Ijichi (1859-1912), Japanese
Kosuke Ijichi (1855-1917), Japanese
Goro Ijuin (1852-1921), Japanese
Matsuji Ijuin (1893-1944), Japanese
Toshihira Inoguchi (1896-1944), Japanese
Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889-1975), Japanese
Ivan Isakov [Iovhannes Isakov] (1894-1967), Armenian in USSR service
Tsunejiro Ishii (1910-1941), Japanese
Seiichi Ito (1890-1945), Japanese
Sukemaro Ito (1834-1906), Japanese
Yuko Ito (1843-1914), Japanese
John Jellicoe (1859-1935), British
Sukenori Kabayama (1837-1922), Japanese
Kakuji Kakuta (1890-1944), Japanese
Hikonojo Kamimura (1849-1916), Japanese
Shichiro Kataoka (1854-1920), Japanese
[Hiroharu] Kanji Kato (1870-1939), Japanese
Tomasaburo Kato (1861-1923), Japanese
Sumiyoshi Kawamura [Jungi] (1836-1904), Japanese
Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968), American
Ernest J. King (1878-1956), American
Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (1888-1972), American
Mineichi Koga (1885-1944), Japanese
Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian
Teruhisa Komatsu, Japanese
Keizo Komura (b. 1896), Japanese
Nobutake Kondo, (1886-1953 Japanese
Pavlos Kountouriotis, (1855-1935), Greek
Takeo Kurita (1889-1977), Japanese
Kameto Kuroshima (1893-1965), Japanese
Jinichi Kusaka (1889-1972), Japanese
Ryunosuke Kusaka (1892-1971), Japanese
William D. Leahy (1875-1959), US
Willis Augustus Lee Jr. (1888-1945), American
Alfred Thayer Mahan, (1840-1914), US
Daniel M. McGurl (1896-1976), US
Charles H. McMorris (1890-1954), American
Yawara Matsumoto (1860-c. 1925), Japanese
Tatsuo Matsumura (1868-1932), Japanese
Custodio Jose de Mello (1840-1902), Brazilian
Aaron Stanton Merrill (1890-1961), American
Gunichi Mikawa, Japan
Sotaru Misu (1855-1921), Japanese
Marc Mitscher (1887-1947), US
William A. Moffett (1869-1933), US
Alfred Eugene Montgomery (1891-1961), American
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British
Kakuichi Murakami (1862-1927), Japanese
Daniel Murphy (d. 2001), American
Leonard W. Murray (1896-1971), Canadian
Chuichi Nagumo (1886-1944), Japanese
Osami Nagano (1880-1947), Japanese
Kuranosuke Nakamuta (1837-1916), Japanese
Tokicki Nashiha [Nashiba] (1850-1923), Japanese
Percy W. Nelles (1892-1951), Canadian
Chester Nimitz, (1885-1966), US
Shoji Nishimura (1889-1944), Japanese
John Poindexter (b. 1936), American
Arthur William Radford (1896-1973), American
Erich Raeder (1876-1960), German
Charles Read, Lieutenant, (1840-1890), US/CS
Arturo Riccardi, (1878-1966), Italian
Claude V. Ricketts, (d. 1964), American
Hyman G. Rickover, (1900-1986), American
Francis Warren Rockwell (1886-1979), American
Bernhard Rogge, (1899-1982), German
Tsugimichi Saigo (1843-1902), Japanese
Toshiatsu Sakamoto (1858-1941), Japanese
Naomasa Sakonju (1890-1948), Japanese
Tomoshige Samejima (1889-1969), Japanese
William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902), American
Tetsutaro Sato (1866-1942), Japanese
Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928), German
Winfield Scott Schley (1838-1909), American
Forrest Percival Sherman (1896-1951), American
Frederick Carl Sherman (1888-1957), American
Yahachi Shibayama (1850-1924), Japanese
Shigetaro Shimida (1883-1976), Japanese
Hayao Shimanura (1858-1923), Japanese
Koichi Shiozawa (1881-1943), Japanese
Rodger Simpson (1898-1964), United States
William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), American
Sohn Il-wan (1890-1965), Korean
Count Maximilian von Spee (1861-1914), German
Clifton Sprague (1896-1955), American
Thomas L. Sprague (1894-1972), American
Raymond A. Spruance, (1886-1969), US
William Harrison Standley (1872-1963), American
Doveton Sturdee (1859–1925), British
Kantaro Suzuki (1868-1948), Japanese
Sokichi Takagi (1893-19??), Japanese
Takeo Takagi (1892-1944), Japanese
Ibo Takahashi (1888-1947), Japanese
Takeshi Takarabe (1867-1949), Japanese
Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), American
Heihachiro Togo (1848-1934), Japanese
Sadatoshi Tomioka (1897-1970), Japanese
Soemu Toyoda (1885-1957), Japanese
Sir Thomas Troubridge (1862-1926), British
Kozo Tsoboi [Hara Kozo] (1843-1898), Japanese
Richmond Turner (1885-1961), American
Matome Ugaki (1890-1945), Japanese
Sotokichi Uriu (1857-1937), Japanese
Homer N. Wallin (1893-1984), US
Frank Robinson Walker (1899-1976), American
Alan West (b. 1948), British
Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1888-1946), American
John Woodward (b. 1932), British
Tamon Yamaguchi (1892-1942), Japanese
[Gombei] Gonnohyoe Yamamoto (1852-1933), Japanese
Gentaro Yamashita (1863-1931), Japanese
Tanin Yamaya (1866-1940), Japanese
Rokuro Yashiro [Masuyama] (1860-1930), Japanese
Mitsumasa Yonai (1880-1948), Japanese
Elmo Zumwalt (1920-), American

* Naval commanders