Military Personnels from France

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary French Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous French Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of French Military Personnels.

1. #1

   

   Joan of Arc

   1412 - 1431

   HPI 91.02154 languages

   Joan of Arc is most famous for leading the French army to victory in the Hundred Years War.

2. #2

   

   Charles de Gaulle

   1890 - 1970

   HPI 86.70169 languages

   Charles de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He is most famous for being the first president of the Fifth Republic.

3. #3

   

   Charles XIV John of Sweden

   1763 - 1844

   HPI 82.9470 languages

   Charles XIV John, also known as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was the King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844. He was born in Pau, France and served as a Marshal of France under Napoleon. He was elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1810.

4. #4

   

   Prince Eugene of Savoy

   1663 - 1736

   HPI 82.2164 languages

   Prince Eugene of Savoy was a military commander in the Austrian army during the War of Spanish Succession. He is most famous for his victories over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Zenta and the Battle of Belgrade.

5. #5

   

   Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

   1757 - 1834

   HPI 82.1962 languages

   Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is most famous for his role in the American Revolution.

6. #6

   

   Alfred Dreyfus

   1859 - 1935

   HPI 77.7664 languages

   Alfred Dreyfus was a French military officer who was falsely accused of treason in 1894. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on Devil's Island.

7. #7

   

   Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

   1611 - 1673

   HPI 77.2438 languages

   Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan is most famous for being a musketeer in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

8. #8

   

   Eugène de Beauharnais

   1781 - 1824

   HPI 77.0144 languages

   Eugène de Beauharnais was a French nobleman and general who was married to Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

9. #9

   

   Ferdinand Foch

   1851 - 1929

   HPI 76.6357 languages

   Ferdinand Foch was a French military commander who is most famous for overseeing the Allied victory in World War I.

10. #10

    

    Theodor Eicke

    1892 - 1943

    HPI 74.4036 languages

    Theodor Eicke was a German military officer and Nazi concentration camp commander. He is most famous for being the commandant of Dachau, the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany.