List of naval commanders
This is a list of naval commanders. Rank is assumed to be admiral unless stated otherwise.See also: List of military commanders
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Antiquity
Middle Ages
Age of Sail
- William Bainbridge, (1774-1833)
- Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), British
- William Bligh, (1754-1817)
- Edward Boscawen, (1711-1761)
- Thomas Cochrane, (1775-1860)
- Stephen Decatur, (1779-1820)
- David Farragut, (1801-1870)
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799)
- Isaac Hull
- John Paul Jones, (1747-1792)
- Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846)
- Horatio Nelson, (1758-1805)
- Matthew Perry, (1794-1858)
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- David Dixon Porter
- Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658)
- Stephen C. Rowan
- Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676)
- Maarten Tromp
- Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750-1812)
Modern
- David Beatty, (1871-1936), British
- Arthur L. Bristol, (1886-1942), US
- Isaac N. Brown, Commander, (1817-1889), US/CS
- Arleigh Burke (1901-1996), US
- Wilhelm Canaris, (1887-1945), German
- Jean Francois Darlan, (1881-1942), French
- George Dewey (1837-1917), US
- Karl Doenitz (1891-1980), German
- Donald B. Duncan (1896-1975), US
- Jackie Fisher (1841-1920), British
- William Halsey (1882-1959), US
- John Jellicoe (1859-1935), British
- Husband E. Kimmel, US
- Ernest J. King, US
- William D. Leahy, US
- Alfred Thayer Mahan, (1840-1914), US
- Daniel M. McGurl (1896-1976), US
- Daniel Murphy, US
- Chuichi Nagumo (1886-1944), Japanese
- Chester Nimitz, (1885-1966), US
- John Poindexter, US
- Charles Read, Lieutenant, (1840-1890), US/CS
- Hyman G. Rickover, (1900-1986), US
- Bernhard Rogge, (1899-1982), German
- Raymond A. Spruance, (1886-1969), US
- Doveton Sturdee (18591925), British
- Homer N. Wallin (1893-1984), US