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Iraqi Shīʿite leader
George Rogers Clark, portrait by J.W. Jarvis; in the Filson Club collection, Louisville, Ky.
George Rogers Clark
American military leader and explorer
August, Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau
August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
Prussian field marshal
Lord Haldane, oil painting by P.A. de László, 1928; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan
Scottish statesman
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Prussian general
Roon, engraving by K. Tetzel, 1861
Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon
Prussian minister of war
Rogers, Robert
Robert Rogers
American soldier
Josiah Winslow
United States military leader
François Hanriot, engraving by F. Bonneville, 18th century.
François Hanriot
French military commander
Warren, Joseph
Joseph Warren
American politician
Standish, portrait by an unknown artist
Myles Standish
American colonist
Nicholas Herkimer
American general
allen, ethan
Ethan Allen
United States soldier
Pierre Gemayel
Lebanese politician
Bashir Gemayel
Lebanese politician