List of military figures by nickname

This is a list of military figures by nickname.

0–9 "31-Knot Burke" – Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed during one operation due to limited recent maintenance) "7, 8" – Yedi Sekiz Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Turkish Pasha who gained this nickname because of his signature consisting only of the Arabic letters seven (٧) and eight (٨)

A "ABC" – Andrew Browne Cunningham, Second World War British admiral "ACE" – Ahmet Cem Ersever, Turkish Gendarmerie, and said to be one of the founders of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. "Acey" – Albert C. Burrows, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander "Achmed" – Erich Bey, German Kriegsmarine admiralBekker, Cajus. Hitler's Naval War (New York City: Kensington Publishing Corp. {Zebra Books}, 1974; reprints Gerhard Stalling Verlag's 1971 Verdammte See), p. 178. "Ajax" – Albert Baumler, Flying Tiger Alfonso Cano (nom de guerre) – Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 2008–2011. "Allegheny Johnson" or "Alleghany Johnson" – Edward Johnson, Confederate Army general "Assi" – Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II "Asker Aydoğan" (Turkish, Soldier Aydoğan) – Aydoğan Aydın, Turkish Major General "The Auk" – Claude Auchinleck, British Indian Army field marshal "The Angel warrior" – Angelo Polli, anti-Nazi Italian General Commander of Bersaglieri, first Italian high officer prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps captured on 9 September 1943 in Malles. "Autie" – George Custer, American army officer

B "Baba Oruç" (Turkish, Father Aruj/Oruç) – Barbaros Oruç Reis, Turkish Corsair and Sultan of Algiers also known as "Barbarossa" alongside his little brother Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha "Babe" – John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander Edward Heffron, American World War II paratrooper Roderick Learoyd VC, World War II RAF bomber pilot "Bad Hand" – Ranald S. Mackenzie, U.S. Army general in the American Civil War and Indian Wars "Bad Old Man" – Jubal Early, Confederate Army general "Bai Di Jiangjun 白地将军" (Chinese, literally "White Ground General") – Xiahou Yuan, general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty, for his death at the Battle of Mount Dingjun while fixing damaged chevaux de frise instead of being in command; "Bai Di" may have referred to Xiahou Yuan's lowly upbringing and thus his approach to attending to everything personally "Bai Ma Jiangjun 白马将军" (Chinese, "White Horse General") – Gongsun Zan, Eastern Han dynasty warlord, for his victories against the Wuhuan and Xianbei using his elite light cavalry force, the Bai Ma Yi Cong 白马义从 who solely rode white horses Pang De, late Eastern Han dynasty general who served under numerous warlords, for always riding a white horse and landing an arrow on Guan Yu's forehead while doing so "Bai Mian Shu Sheng 白面书生" (Chinese, literally "White Faced Scholar") – Lu Xun, general and statesman of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, for his perceived inexperience and lack of military qualities "Bai Pao Jiangjun 白袍将军" (Chinese, literally "White Robed General") and like nicknames – Chen Qingzhi, general of the Liang dynasty, for his prowess in the Battle of Xingyang Xue Rengui, "Bai Yi Jiangjun 白衣将军" (Chinese, literally "White-Dressed General"), famous general of the early Tang dynasty, for the praise given by Emperor Taizong of Tang "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 "Bandito" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II "Barbara" – David G. M. Campbell, British general "Barbarossa" – Hızır Hayreddin Pasha, Regent of Algiers, Turkish Corsair and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of Ottoman Navy "Barney" – Harvey C. Barnum Jr., U.S. marine and Medal of Honor recipient 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" – Archibald Cameron Macdonell, Canadian Army World War I general "Bazooka Charlie" – Charles Carpenter, American L-4 Grasshopper pilot who fitted bazookas to his airplane to attack German Tanks in WWII. "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 admiral "Benny" – Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander "Beetle" – John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander Walter Bedell Smith Chief of Staff to Dwight D. Eisenhower in World War II, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Director of Central Intelligence "Betty" – Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge) "Big Al, (The Sailor's Pal)" – Al Konetzni, American vice admiral "The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" – Michael Collins, Irish general "Big Minh" – Dương Văn Minh, Vietnamese general (for his height and bulk)Maclear, Michael. The Ten Thousand Day War (London: Thames/Methuen, 1982), p. 94. "Big Simp" – William Hood Simpson, American U.S. Army General in World War II "Bimbo" – Miles Dempsey, British Second World War general "Bing" – Kenneth Cross, British Second World War RAF pilot "Bing Sheng 兵聖" (Chinese, literally "Soldier Saint") – Sun Wu, general, military strategist, and philosopher who served Wu in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China "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, Trinidadian colonel in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. "Black Jack" – Frederick Galleghan, Australian Army World War II general 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 Prince" = Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III of England, famed for his leadership in the Battle of Crécy and the Battle of Poitiers but also notorious for the massacre of the citizens of Limoges and other French cities. "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 WarTuchman, Barbara W. The Zimmermann Telegram (New York: NEL Mentor, 1967), p. 78. "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)Farago, Patton "Bloody Bill" – William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general "Bluey" – Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace "Blutiger Ferdinand" ("Bloody Ferdinand") – Ferdinand Schörner, World War II German field marshal and convicted war criminal "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 marshalDupuy, Trevor N., colonel, United States Army (rtd), editor. Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography (Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1992), p. 633. "Bobwire Bob" --- Robert C. Kingston, U.S. Army general, Korea-Vietnam "Bohemian corporal" – Adolf Hitler (used by Erich von Manstein) "Bohemian Private" (German: Böhmischer Gefreiter) – Adolf Hitler "Bomb-run John" – John G. Crommelin, American Naval Officer "Bomber" – Arthur T. Harris, British air chief marshal during the Second World War "Bombs Away LeMay" – Curtis LeMay, U.S. Air Force General "Boney" – Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander "Boney" – J. F. C. Fuller, British tank advocate in World War I and military writer "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 'Peter Mould, Second World War Royal Air Force flying ace "Brad" – Omar Bradley, U.S. general "Breaker" – Harry Harbord Morant, Australian Boer War soldier and convicted war criminal "Brookie" – Alan Brooke, British World War II general & CIGS "Brute" – Victor H. Krulak, U.S. Marine Corps general "Bub" – Norvell G. Ward, U.S. ace submarine commander "Bubbles" – Sir William Milbourne James, British World War II admiral "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid") – Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace Alfred Schreiber, World War II German jet ace "Buck" Elliot Buckmaster, Commanding Officer of the USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway Gale Cleven, American B-17 pilot in WWII Lynn Compton, American World War II paratrooper officer Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace "Bucky" – John C. Egan, American B-17 pilot in WWII "Buckey" – William O'Neill, a Rough Rider officer who died in the Battle of San Juan Hill "Bud" – Clarence Anderson, USAAF Fighter Ace in World War II Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace William P. Gruner, Jr., U.S. submarine commander Walker Mahurin, USAAF fighter ace of World War II Fitzroy Newsum, Tuskegee Airman Elmo Zumwalt, United States Navy officer and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. "Buddy" – Lee Archer, Tuskegee Airman "Budget" – Henry Loyd, British WWII general "Bug" – John J. Roach, U.S. Navy officer "Bulgy" – Andrew Thorne, British World War II general "Bull" – , American World War II paratrooper Leslie Allen, Australian Medic and recipient of the American Silver Star Edmund Allenby, British First World War general 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)Bekker, p. 130. "Bull of the Woods" – James Longstreet, Confederate general "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 Crosbie E. Saint, U.S. Army general "Butcher" – Arthur T. Harris, British air chief marshal during the Second World War "Butcher Bob" – Robert M. Hanson, US Marine Corps Fighter Ace in WWII "The Butcher of East Bengal" – General Tikka Khan, the Military Governor of East Pakistan who enforced Operation Searchlight that saw the brutal genocide of Bengali civilians in East Pakistan in the late hours of 25 March 1971. This genocide sparked the Bangladeshi War of Independence that resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the newly independent People's Republic of Bangladesh. "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