List of military figures by nickname

This is a list of military figures by nickname.

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• "31-Knot Burke" — Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed)

A

• "ABC" — Andrew Browne Cunningham, WWII British admiral
• "Acey" — Albert C. Burrows, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
• "Achmed" — Erich Bey, German Kriegsmarine admiral
• "Agent Spindle" — Odette Sansom, World War II spy and Maquis operative
• "Allegheny Johnson" or "Alleghany Johnson" — Edward Johnson, Confederate Army general
• "Assi" — Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II
• "The Auk" — Claude Auchinleck, British Indian Army field marshal
• "Autie" — George Custer, American army officer

B

• "Babe" —
  • John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
  • Edward Heffron, World War II paratrooper
  • Roderick Learoyd VC, World War II RAF bomber pilot
• "Bad Hand" — Ranald S. Mackenzie, U.S. Army in U.S Civil War and Indian Wars
• "Bad Old Man" — Jubal Early, Confederate Army general
• "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
• "Barbara" – David G. M. Campbell, British general
• "Barney" —
  • Clifton W. Flenniken, Jr., U.S. Navy submarine commander
  • William B. Sieglaff, U.S. Navy submarine commander
• "The Bart" — Philip Chetwode, British field marshal, Commander in Chief in India, and baronet (whence the nickname)
• "Batty Mac" — A.C. Macdonnell, Canadian Army World War I general
• "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
• "Benny" — Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
• "Beetle" — John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander
• "Betty" — Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge)
• "Big Al, (The Sailor's Pal)" - Al Konetzni, American Admiral
• "The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" — Michael Collins, Irish general
• "Big Minh" — Duong Van Minh, Vietnamese general (for his height and bulk)
• "Bing"— K. B. B. Cross, British World War II RAF pilot
• "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, African-American colonel in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force.
• "Black Jack" — 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 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
• "Bloody George" - George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general
• "Bluey" - Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace
• "Bobbie" — George W. E. J. Erskine, British general during the Second World War
• "Bobo" — Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Bobs" — Frederick S. Roberts, British field marshal
• "Bohemian Private" (German: Böhmischer Gefreiter) - Adolf Hitler
• "Bohemian Corporal" - Adolf Hitler (used by von Manstein
• "Bomber" — Arthur T. Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during the Second World War
• "Boney" — Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Boo" — Elwyn King, First World War Australian fighter ace
• "Boom" - Hugh Trenchard, British officer responsible for the founding of the Royal Air Force.
• "Boots" — Frederick C. Blesse, American fighter ace
• "Boy" — Frederick A. M. Browning, Second World War British airborne general
• "Brad" — Omar Bradley, U.S. general
• "Breaker" — Harry Harbord Morant, Australian Boer War soldier and convicted war criminal
• "Brute" — Victor H. Krulak, U.S. Marine Corps general
• "Bub" — Norvell G. Ward, U.S. ace submarine commander
• "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid") —
  • Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace
  • Alfred Schreiber, first jet ace
• "Buck"
  • Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
  • Lynn Compton, World War II paratrooper officer
• "Bud" —
  • Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace
  • William P. Gruner, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
  • Walker Mahurin, USAAF fighter ace of World War II
• "Bug" —
  • John J. Roach, U.S. Navy officer
• "Bull" —
  • Denver Randleman, World War II paratrooper
  • William Halsey, U.S. Navy admiral (a nickname he never used or answered to)
  • William Nelson, U.S. Navy admiral and Army general
  • Joseph M. Reeves, U.S. Navy admiral
  • William L. Wright, U.S. ace submarine commander
• "Bull of Scapa Flow" — Günther Prien, German World War II submarine ace (for his daring penetration of the British base)
• "Bully" — Emil Lang, Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II
• "Banjo" — Julian Byng, British First World War general
• "Buster" — Lionel Crabb, British frogman (after the swimmer)
• "Butch" —
  • Robert A. Barton, Canadian fighter ace
  • Orme C. Robbins, U.S. submarine commander
  • (from "butcher") Arthur T. Harris, British air force general (affectionately given by his men)
  • Edward O'Hare, U.S. World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
• "Butcher" — Arthur T. Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during the Second World War
• "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
• "Buzz" — George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)

C

• "Caddy" — James A. Adkins, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Camel" - Marshall of the Royal Air Force Hugh Trenchard, British officer responsible for founding the Royal Air Force.
• "Candy Bomber" — Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force officer ^[1]
• "Cat's Eyes" - John Cunningham, Second World War British night fighter ace (a nickname he didn't like).
• "Chappie" — Daniel James, Jr., U.S. Air Force general
• "Chargin' Charlie" — Charles A. Beckwith, U.S. Army colonel
• "Chesty" — Lewis B. Puller, U.S. Marine general
• "Chick" — Bernard A. Clarey, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Chief"
  • Leon N. Blair, World War II U.S. submarine commander
  • A. R. Corston, World War II RCAF pilot (due to being Cree)
• "Ching" — Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. admiral
• "Chink" - Eric Dorman-Smith, Second World War British general
• "Chips" — Arthur S. Carpender, World War II U.S. submarine force commander
• "Chummy" - James D. Prentice, World War II Canadian destroyer captain
• "Cobber" — Edgar J. Kain, World War II RAF fighter ace
• "Le Connétable" (French, The Constable) — Charles De Gaulle, French World War II general and later President of France.
• "Crack" — Walter Hanna, U.S. Army general
• "Crow" — Palmer H. Dunbar, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
• "Cump" — William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. general
• "Curry" — August Thiele, German Kriegsmarine admiral
• "Cy" — Marshall H. Austin, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Cyclone" — Emmett S. Davis, World War II U.S. colonel
• "Cyrano" — Charles De Gaulle, French World War II general and later President of France

D

• "Dan" — Lawrence R. Daspit, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Debby" — Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral
• "Deke" (or "Deak") — William Parsons, American naval officer (armed Little Boy aboard Enola Gay on first nuclear bombing mission)
• "Desperate Frankie" — Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during World War I
• "Dennis" — Eugene Wilkinson, U.S. submarine officer
• "The Desert Fox" (German: "Wüstenfuchs") — Erwin Rommel, World War II German field marshal (Afrika Korps)
• "The Devil Commander" — Amedeo Guillet, Italian Cavalry Officer
• "Dickie" —
  • Michael O'Moore Creagh, British general
  • 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
• "Dixie" — Richard M. Farrell, U.S. submarine commander
• "Dizzy" —
  • H. R. Allen, British Air Force fighter ace
  • Gordon B. Rainer, U.S. submarine commander
• "Donc" — Glynn R. Donaho, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Dogsbody" — Douglas Bader, Second World War British fighter ace and commander
• "Dolfo" — Adolf Galland, German fighter ace of World War II and General der Jagdflieger
• "Drug Stari" (Serbian: Old Friend) — Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav general, later president-for-life of Yugoslavia
• "Dugout Doug" — Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general (for living in tunnels during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines)
• "Dunkirk Joe" — William G. Tennant, British naval officer who oversaw the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940
• "Dusty" — Robert E. Dornin, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Dutch" — 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
• "Elphy Bey" — William G. K. Elphinstone, General, British commander in the First Anglo-Afghan War
• "Ensign" — Roy S. Benson, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Extra Billy" — William Smith, U.S. Congressman, Confederate general

F

• "Farrar the Para" - Anthony Farrar-Hockley, British general
• "Fearless Freddy" — Frederick W. Warder, U.S. ace submarine commander (a nickname he detested)
• "The Fighting Bishop" — Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate general
• "Fighting Bob" - Robley Dunglison Evans, US Navy admiral
• "Fighting Dick" —
  • Richard H. Anderson, Confederate general
  • Israel B. Richardson, Union General
• "Fighting Joe" —
  • Joseph Hooker, U.S. general
  • Joseph Wheeler, Confederate general
• "The Fighting Quaker" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
• "Foul Weather Jack" – Vice-Admiral John Byron RN, British admiral of the 18th century
• "Fritz" — Frederick J. Harlfinger II, U.S. submarine commander
• "Frog" — Francis S. Low, U.S. Navy intelligence officer
• "Fuel Oil" — Franklin O. Johnsonn, U.S. submarine commander
• "Fuzzy" — Robert A. Theobald, U.S. admiral

G

• "Gabby" — Francis Gabreski, U.S. Army Air Force fighter ace
• "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. WW2 general
• "Gin" —
  • Charles W. Styer, WW2 U.S. ace submarine commander
  • William Stovall, Jr., WW2 U.S. submarine commander
• "Ginger" —
  • W. H. D. Boyle, British admiral
  • James Lacey, British fighter ace
• "Gnu" — Andrew D. Mayer, U.S. Navy officer
• "Gonorrhea" — William "Bill" Guarnere, World War II paratrooper
• "Granny" —
  • Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
  • Elwell Stephen Otis, U.S. general
• "Gravedigger" — Henry Havelock, British general in The Indian Mutiny
• "Gray Ghost" — John S. Mosby, Confederate Army cavalry commander, American Civil War
• "Grey Fox" — George Crook, U.S. Army General, American Civil War
• "Grumble" — William E. Jones, Confederate general, American Civil War
• "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

• "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.
• "Hammerhead" — John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander
• "Hap" —
  • Henry H. Arnold, USAAF/USAF General of the Air Force.
  • Hobart R. Gay, U.S. Army officer, Patton's Chief of Staff
  • Hyland B. Lyon, U.S. submarine commander
• "le Hardi" (French, the bold) — William Douglas, Scottish freedom fighter
• "Hard-Over-Harry" - Harry DeWolf, Canadian Admiral
• "Harry Hotspur" — Sir Henry Percy, English soldier and rebel
• "Hell Roaring Jake" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
• "Hell Roaring Mike" — Michael Healy, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Captain
• "The Hero of Gallipoli" — Wehib Pasha, Turkish General
• "Hero of the Nile" — Horatio, Viscount Nelson, British admiral
• "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
• "Horny" — Roza Shanina, Soviet sniper
• "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
• "Hutch" — Damon W. Cooper, US Navy Vice Admiral, Aviator, and first Chief of Naval Reserve

I

• "Ike" —
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general
  • Arnold H. Holz, U.S. submarine commander
  • William R. Wilson, U.S. submarine officer
• "Irish" — Edward R. Hannon, U.S. submarine commander
• "Ishkhan"— Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian, Armenian freedom fighter

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
• "Jasper" — Wilfrid J. Holmes, U.S. Navy intelligence officer
• "Jimmy" — John S. Thach, U.S. Navy fighter ace
• "Jock" — J. C. Campbell, British Army general
• "Jock" — J. C. K. Slater, British admiral
• "Joe" — Elton W. Grenfell, U.S. ace submarine commander
• "Johnnie" — James E. Johnson, British Royal Air Force fighter ace
• "Johnny" —
  • W. E. P. Johnson, British Royal Air Force flight instructor
  • Frederick J. Walker, World War II British ASW destroyer task force commander
• "Judge" — Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy admiral
• "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 (son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.; father of Vietnam POW & U.S. Senator John S. McCain III; a nickname he disliked)

K

• "Kalfie" — Henry J. Martin, South African Air Force officer
• "Killer" — Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace of World War II
• "Kindly Old Gentleman" or "KOG" — Hyman Rickover, irascible and uncompromising father of the United States Nuclear Navy
• "Kipper" — Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Field Marshal, Indian Army
• "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.
• "Kluger Hans" ("Clever Hans") — Günther von Kluge, German Field Marshal in World War II

L

• "Lakeitel (German, "lackey") - Wilhelm Keitel, German World War II general staff officer
• "Lighthorse Harry" — Henry Lee III, U.S. general
• "Lightning Joe" — J. Lawton Collins, American general
• "The Lion" - Karl Dönitz, German admiral
• "The Lionheart" - King Richard I of England, Christian commander in the Third Crusade
• "The Lion of Panjshir" - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan guerilla leader
• "Lion of the West" - Koos de la Rey, Boer general
• "Lion of West Transvaal" - Koos de la Rey, Boer general
• "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 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, used only by his close friends.
• "Little Mac" - George B. McClellan, commander of the Union Army
• "The Long Fellow" Eamon de Valera, Irish rebel leader and later statesman. (Due to his height).
• "Lucky" - Eugene B. Fluckey, U.S. World War II submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient

M

• "Mad Anthony" — Anthony Wayne, U.S. general
• "Mad Jack" - Jack Churchill, British Colonel in World War II
• "Mad Mike" —
  • Mike Calvert, British brigadier
  • Mike Hoare, British officer and mercenary leader
• "Majoren" (Norwegian, "The Major") - Hans Reidar Holtermann, Norwegian World War II military leader
• "Manila John" - John Basilone, United States Marine, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• "The Marble Man" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)
• "The Marble Model" — Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (for his perfection at West Point)
• "Marshall Forwards" — Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general
• "Mary" — Arthur Coningham, New Zealand/Australian First World War flying ace and Second World War senior RAF officer
• "Maryland Stuart" — George H. Stewart, Confederate general
• "Meagher of the Sword" - Thomas Francis Meagher, Commander of the Union Irish Brigade during the American Civil War
• "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
• "Micky" — Harold Brownlow Martin, Second World War Australian bomber pilot attached to the RAF
• "Mokka"—Mordechi Limon, Israeli admiral
• "Moke" — William J. Millican, U.S. submarine commander
• "Monk" — Benjamin Dickson, U.S. intelligence officer
• "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
• "Mush" (from "Mushmouth") — Dudley W. Morton, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander (for his Tennessee drawl)
• "Mushmouth" — Dudley W. Morton, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander (for his Tennessee drawl)
• "Mustapha" — Husband E. Kimmel, CINCPAC at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
• "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

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
• "Old Dutch" — Edward C. Kalbfus, American Admiral
• "Old Flintlock" — Roger Hanson, Confederate general
• "Old Gimlet Eye" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
• "Old Hickory" - Andrew Jackson, U.S. general and President
• "Old Jube" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
• "Old Jubilee" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
• "Old Mac" - James McCudden, British First World War fighter ace
• "Old Pap" — Sterling Price, Confederate general
• "Old Reliable" — George H. Thomas, Union general
• "Old Rock" — Henry L. Benning, Confederate general
• "Old Stars"-- Ormsby M. Mitchel, Union general
• "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 Tornado 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
  • W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer
• "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
• "Peaches" — David Petraeus, United States Army general
• "Pete" —
  • Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. submariner and commanding officer of Pueblo
  • William E. Ferrall, U.S. submarine commander
  • Ignatius J. Galantin, U.S. submarine commander
  • Marc Mitscher, World War II U.S. carrier admiral
• "Petit Rouge" (French: Little Red) — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
• "Pi" — Herman A. Piczentkowski, U.S. submarine commander
• "Pied Piper of Saipan" - Guy Gabaldon, U.S. Marine
• "Pilly" — Willis A. Lent, U.S. submarine commander
• "Ping" — Theodore S. Wilkinson, U.S. Navy admiral and commander of ONI
• "Pinky" — Marvin G. Kennedy, U.S. Navy submarine and destroyer commander
• "Pip" — G. P. B. Roberts, British general
• "Pips" - Josef Priller, World War II German fighter ace
• "Poco" — William W. Smith, U.S. Navy officer (Kimmel's Chief of Staff)
• "Poet General" — Masaharu Homma, Imperial Japanese Army general known for his invasion of the Philippines
• "Pompey" — Harold Edward 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

• "Rebel" — Vernon L. Lowrance, U.S. ace submarine commander
• "Red" — Lt. Edward E. Cook Pilot CBI
  • James W. Coe, World War II U.S. ace submarine commander
  • Walter E. Doyle, U.S. submarine commander
  • Ralph C. Lynch, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
  • William F. Raborn, U.S. admiral and Director of the CIA
  • 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
• "Rooney" — William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate general and U.S. Congressman
• "Rosey" — Redfield Mason, U.S. cryptanalyst
• "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" — Adolph G. Malan, South African fighter ace in the RAF in the Second World War
• "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
• "Sandy" — Louis D. McGregor, U.S. submarine commander
• "Savvy" —
  • Charles M. Cooke, Jr., World War II U.S. sailor
  • Leon J. Huffman, U.S. submarine commander
  • Charles W. Read, U.S. Federal and Confederate naval officer
• "Schneller Heinz" (German, "Hurrying Heinz") — Heinz Guderian, World War II German panzer general
• "Screwball" - George Beurling, WWII Canadian fighter ace
• "Seminole" — Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate general
• "Shadow" - Lynn Garrison, RCAF fighter pilot and mercenary
• "Sharkey" — Nigel Ward, Royal Navy fighter pilot during the Falklands War and author.
• "Shimi" — Simon Fraser, Second World War British commando leader
• "Shorty" —
  • Charles D. Edmunds, U.S. submarine commander
  • Robert H. Soule, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division commander
• "Shy" — Edward C. Meyer, former United States Army Chief of Staff
• "Silent Otto" — Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander
• "Skinny" — Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral
• "Sky Samurai" — Saburō Sakai, World War II Japanese Navy fighter ace
• "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
• "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
• "Spanky" — George Roberts, commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen)
• "Sparky" _ Ronald Speirs, Lieutenant Colonel 101st Airborne Division, 505 PIR, Governor Spandau Prison
• "Speed" — John P. Currie, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "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 (1909-1971), U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball
  • Martin P. Hottel, U.S. submarine commander
  • William W. Momyer (1916-2012), U.S. Air Force general and World War II flying ace
• "Splash" – Edward Ashmore, British air force general
• "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

T

• "Taffy"
  • James I. T. Jones, British World War One fighter ace.
  • Trafford Leigh-Mallory, British World War Two air force officer
• "Tenacious" — Tanaka Raizo World War II Japanese destroyer admiral (for action in the Solomon Islands)
• "Terrible Turner" — R. Kelly Turner, Admiral USN in World War II
• "The Great Asparagus" — Charles De Gaulle, French general and later President of France.
• "The Terror" — Edward Quinan, Indian Army General in World War II
• "The Terror of Morocco" - Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain, who served from 1930 until 1935 in the French Foreign Legion.
• "Tex" —
  • Forrest R. Biard, World War II U.S. submarine commander
  • David Hill, Flying Tigers fighter ace
  • Heber H. McLean, U.S. submarine commander
  • Leonard S. Mewhinney, U.S. submarine commander
  • Chris Kyle, U.S. Navy SEAL
• "Thunderbolt" — Georgios Kondylis, Greek Army general and politician
• "Tiger of Malaya" — Yamashita Tomoyuki, World War II Japanese general
• "Tin Legs" - Sir Douglas Bader - Second World War RAF ace
• "Tiny" —
  • Edmund Ironside, British field marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
  • Frank C. Lynch, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
• "Tooey" — Carl A. Spaatz, American general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• "Tubby" — Arthur Allen, Second World War Australian general
• "Turkey Neck" — George C. Crawford, World War II U.S. submarine commander

U

• "Uncle Bill" — William Slim, British Second World War general in Burma
• "Uncle Billy" — William T. Sherman, U.S. Civil War general
• "Uncle Charlie" — Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., World War II U.S. Pacific Fleet Submarine Force commander
• "Uncle John" — John Sedgwick, U.S. Civil War general
• "Uncle Wiggly Wings" — Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force officer ^[2]

V

• "Vati (German, "Pappy" or "Daddy") - Werner Mölders, German fighter ace
• "Vinegar Joe" — Joseph Stillwell, U.S. general
• "Valkoinen Kuolema" (Finnish, white death) - Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper in Winter War

W

• "Weary"
  • Edward Dunlop, Australian surgeon renowned for his leadership role while imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War
  • Charles W. Wilkins, U.S. submarine commander
• "Weegee" — William G. Brown, World War II U.S. submarine commander
• "Westy" - William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S forces during the Vietnam War.
• "Whiskey" - Andrew Jackson Smith, Union Army general
• "The White Mouse"- Nancy Wake, for her ability to elude capture
• "The White Tornado" — Adrian Cummins, Royal Australian Navy Commodore, for his 'whirling' manner
• "Wild Bill" - William J. Donovan, Medal of Honor recipient, Army major general and first director of the Office of Strategic Services
• "Willie" — J. B. Tait, British bomber pilot in the Second World War
• "Wingy" — James M. L. Renton, British general (for having lost an arm in battle)
• "Winkle" - Eric Brown, British Second World War test pilot
• "Wizard of the Saddle" — Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate cavalry general
• "Wooch" — Kendall J. Fielder, U.S. Army intelligence officer (Walter Short's G2)
• "Wooden Box" - Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, British Army parachute officer during World War II.
• "Wop" — W. R. May, Canadian aviator
• "Wutz" -- Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot and brother of Adolf Galland

Y

• "Yurufun" (Japanese, roughly "droopy drawers") – Shimada Shigetaro, Japanese Admiral in World War II

Z

• "Ziggy" – Clifton Sprague, Admiral USN in World War II

See also

• Nickname
• List of aviators by nickname
• List of basketball nicknames
• List of hockey nicknames
• List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility
• List of nicknames of historical personages
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of sportspeople by nickname
• List of nicknames of United States presidents
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia