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This is a list of military figures by nickname.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- "31-Knot" — Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed)[1]
- "Babe" — John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
- "Bad Hand" — Ranald S. Mackenzie US Army-Civil and Indian Wars
- "Bad Old Man" — Jubal Early, Confederate Army general
- "Baldy" – Charles Pownall, Admiral USN in World War II, relieved in early 1944
- "Barney" —
- "The Bart" – Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, British field Marshal, Commander in Chief in India
- "Batty Mac" — A.C. Macdonnell, Canadian Army World War I general[5]
- "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 officer[6]
- "Benny" — Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
- "Beetle" — John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander[2]
- "Bert" — Albert Houle, Canadian fighter ace
- "Betty" — Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge)[2]
- "The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" — Michael Collins, Irish general
- "Birdy" – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, British Field Marshal, commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915
- "Black Bob" — Robert Craufurd, British Army general during the Peninsular War[7]
- "Black Jack" — John J. Pershing, U.S. Army World War I general; commanded a unit within the U.S. Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments), which was composed of African-American soldiers under white officers
- "Black Knight of the Confederacy" — Turner Ashby, Confederate Army general
- "Black Swallow of Death" — Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
- "Blackie" — David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace
- "Blood" — J. A. L. Caunter, British general[8]
- "Bloody Bill" — William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader
- "Bo" — Elwyn King, World War I Australian fighter ace
- "Bobbie" — George W. E. J. Erskine, British general during World War II
- "Bobo" — Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Bobs" — Frederick S. Roberts, British general[9]
- "Bomber" — Arthur Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II[10]
- "Boney" — Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Boom" — Hugh Trenchard, World War I British Royal Flying Corps general (for his loud voice)[11]
- "Boy" — Sir Frederick A. M. Browning, World War II British airborne general
- "Brad" — Omar Bradley, U.S. general
- "Brute" — Victor H. Krulak, U.S. Marine Corps general
- "Bub" — Norvell G. Ward, U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
- "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid") —
- "Buck" — Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
- "Bud" —
- "Bull" —
- "Bull of Scapa Flow" — Günther Prien, German World War II submarine ace (for his daring penetration of the British base)[14]
- "Bungo" — Julian Byng, British World War I general[5]
- "Butch" —
- "Butcher" — Arthur T. Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II[15]
- "Butcher of the Somme" — Douglas Haig, British field-marshal
- "Buzz" — George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)
- "Caddy" — James A. Adkins, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Chappie" — Daniel James, Jr., U.S. Air Force general
- "Chesty" — Lewis B. Puller, U.S. general
- "Chick" — Bernard A. Clarey, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Chief" — Leon N. Blair, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Ching" — Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. admiral[16]
- "Chips" — Arthur S. Carpender, World War II U.S. submarine force commander[2]
- "Cobber" — Edgar J. Kain, World War II RAF fighter ace
- "Crow" — Palmer H. Dunbar, Jr., U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Cump" — William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. general
- "Curry" — August Thiele, German Kriegsmarine admiral[17]
- "Cy" — Marshall H. Austin, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Cyclone" — Emmett S. Davis, World War II U.S. colonel[18]
- "Dan" — Lawrence R. Daspit, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Debby" — Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral
- "Dennis" — Eugene Wilkinson, U.S. submarine officer[2]
- "The Desert Fox" (German: "Wüstenfuchs") — Erwin Rommel, World War II German field marshal
- "Dickie" —
- "Dinty" — John R. Moore, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Dixie" — Richard M. Farrell, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Dizzy" —
- "Donc" — Glynn R. Donaho, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Dugout Doug" — Douglas MacArthur, World War II U.S. general[2][21]
- "Dusty" — Robert E. Dornin, World War II U.S. submarine commander [2]
- "Dutch" — John M. Will, U.S. submarine officer[2]
- "Father of Blitzkrieg" — Heinz Guderian, World War II German field marshal
- "Fatty" – Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Field Marshal
- "Fearless Freddy" — Frederick W. Warder, U.S. ace submarine commander (a nickname he detested)[22][2]
- "The Fighting Bishop" — Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate general
- "Fighting Dick" — Richard H. Anderson, Confederate general
- "Fighting Joe" —
- "The Fighting Quaker" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
- "Foul Weather Jack" – Vice-Admiral John Byron RN, British admiral of the 18th century
- "Fresh" — Algernon E. Smith, U.S. cavalry officer
- "Fritz" — Frederick J. Harlfinger II, U.S. submarine commander[2][22]
- "Frog" — Francis S. Low, U.S. Navy intelligence officer[2][24]
- "Fuel Oil" — Franklin O. Johnsonn, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Ham" — Wesley A. Wright, U.S. intelligence offier[2][27]
- "Hammerhead" — John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Hap" —
- "le Hardi" (Gaelic, the bold) — William Douglas, Scottish freedom fighter
- "Harry Hotspur" — Sir Henry Percy, English soldier and rebel
- "Hell Roaring Jake" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
- "Hero of the Nile" — Horatio, Viscount Nelson, British admiral[28]
- "He-who-sees-in-the-dark" — Frederick Russell Burnham, U.S. scout; British major, Chief of Scouts; father of international scouting movement.[29]
- "Hobo" — P. C. S. Hobart, British general
- "Honest John" — John Leitweiler, U.S. intelligence officer
- "Howling Jake" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
- "Howling Mad" — Holland M. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps general
- "Hunter-Bunter" – Aylmer Hunter-Weston, British General in World war I
- "Jackie" — J. A. Fisher, British Royal Navy admiral
- "Jake" — John K. Fyfe, U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
- "Jasper" — Wilfrid J. Holmes, U.S. Navy intelligence officer[2][27]
- "Jimmy" — John S. Thach, U.S. Navy fighter ace[30]
- "Jock" — J. C. Campbell, British Army general
- "Joe" — Elton W. Grenfell, U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
- "Johnnie" — James E. Johnson, British Royal Air Force fighter ace[11]
- "Johnny" —
- "Jumbo" — Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson World War II British Army general.[32]
- "Jumpin' Jim" – James M. Gavin, US General, "The Jumping General"
- "Junior" — John S. McCain, Jr., World War II U.S. submarine commander (son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.; father of Vietnam POW & U.S. Senator John S. McCain III)[2]
- "Mad Anthony" — Anthony Wayne, U.S. general
- "Majoren" (Norwegian, "The Major") - Hans Reidar Holtermann, Norwegian World War II military leader
- "The Marble Man" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)[26]
- "The Marble Model" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)[26]
- "Maryland Stuart" — George H. Stewart, Confederate general
- "Mick" — Edward Mannock, World War I British fighter ace
- "Mickey" — David Marcus, American Army colonel who trained the nascent Israeli Army[36]
- "Mike" — Frank W. Fenno, Jr., U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Mokka"—Mordechi Limon, Israeli Admiral[37]
- "Moke" — William J. Millican, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "The Monster" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
- "Monty" — Bernard Montgomery, World War II British field marshal
- "Moon" — Wreford G. Chapple, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
- "Mush" (from "Mushmouth") — Dudley W. Morton, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander (for his Tennessee drawl)[2]
- "Mustapha" — Husband E. Kimmel, CINCPAC at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941[38]
- "Oklahoma Pete" – Marc Mitscher, Admiral USN, commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the latter half of World War II
- "Ol' Blood and Guts" — George S. Patton, World War II U.S. general (a nickname he rejected)[39]
- "Old Flintlock" — Roger Hanson, Confederate general
- "Old Gimlet Eye" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
- "Old Hickory" - Andrew Jackson, U.S. general and U. S. President
- "Old Jube" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
- "Old Jubilee" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
- "Old Pap" — Sterling Price, Confederate general
- "Old Rock" — Henry L. Benning, Confederate general
- "Ozzie" — Richard B. Lynch, U.S. submarine officer[2]
- "Paddy" —
- "Papa" — Joseph Joffre, World War I French marechal
- "Pappy" —
- "Pat" — J. Loy Maloney, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Pete" —
- "Petit Rouge" (French: "Little Red") — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
- "Pi" — Herman A. Piczentkowski, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Pilly" — Willis A. Lent, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Ping" — Theodore S. Wilkinson, U.S. Navy Admiral and commander of ONI
- "Pinky" — Marvin G. Kennedy, U.S. Navy submarine and destroyer commander[2]
- "Pip" — G. P. B. Roberts, British general
- "Poco" — William W. Smith, U.S. Navy officer (Kimmel's Chief of Staff)[42]
- "Prince John" — John B. Magruder, Confederate general
- "Pritzl" — Heinz Bär, German fighter ace
- "Rebel" — Vernon L. Lowrance, U.S. ace submarine commander[2]
- "Red" —
- "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. commando officer (commanding 2nd Marine Raider Battalion)
- "Reeste" — Heinz Bär, German fighter ace
- "Rooney" — William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate general and U.S. Congressman[35]
- "Rosey" — Redfield Mason, U.S. cryptanalyst[27]
- "Rum" — John M. Jones, Confederate general
- "The Saint" — Augustus R. St. Angelo, U.S. submarine officer[2]
- "Sailor" — Adolph G. Malan, British fighter ace[43]
- "Sally" — James J. Archer, Confederate general
- "Sandy" — Louis D. McGregor, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Savvy" —
- "Schneller Heinz" ( German, '"Fast Heinz") — Heinz Guderian', World War II German panzer general
- "Seminole" — Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate general
- "Shagger" — Johnny Johnstone, World War II British pilot
- "Shorty" — Charles D. Edmunds, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Silent Otto" — Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander[31]
- "Skinny" — Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral[2]
- "Slew" — John S. McCain, Jr., World War II U.S. admiral and aviator
- "Smiling Albert" — Albrecht von Kesselring, World War II German Luftwaffe Field Marshal.
- "Smitty" — John S. McCain, Jr., World War II U.S. admiral and aviator
- "Soarer" – Major-General Sir David Graham Muschet Campbell (1869-1936), also known as "Barbara", acquired the nickname in winning the 1896 Grand National on a horse called "Soarer"
- "Soupy" — James H. Campbell, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Spanky" — George Roberts, commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen)[44]
- "Speed" — John P. Currie, World War II U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Spike" — Martin P. Hottel, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Splash" – Edward Ashmore, British air force General
- "Spud" — Elbert C. Lindon, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Stan" — Roderic Dallas, World War I Australian fighter ace
- "Steam" — Elliott E. Marshall, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Stonewall" — Thomas J. Jackson, Confederate general
- "Stoney" — Clifford H. Roper, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Stormin' Norman" — Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., U.S. general (a nickname he disliked)
- "Strafer" — William H. E. Gott, British general
- "Stuffy" — Hugh C. T. Dowding, commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain[43]
- "Sunshine" — Stuart S. Murray, U.S. submarine commander[2]
- "Swanky Syd" – Major-General Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865-1953), commanded 41st Division, nickname derives from his penchant for appearing at every opportunity in full dress uniform complete with medals 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" —
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