User:JohnWBarber/List of 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) Sarkhel of Maratha Empire from 1698-1729
 * 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

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