List of naval commanders

See also: List of military commanders, List of sea captains, List of sailors

Antiquity
*Alcibiades (c. 450 BC-404 BC), Athenian
*Lucius Arruntius (c. 60 BC-AD 10), Roman
*Callicratidas (4?? BC- c. 406 BC), Spartan
*Chabrias (c. 420 BC-356 BC), Athenian
*Conon (c. 440 BC-390 BC), Athenian
*Demetrius Poliorcetes (336 BC-283 BC), Phrygian
*Eurybiades (4?? BC- c. 480 BC), Spartan
*Gnaeus Servilius Geminus (3?? BC-216 BC), Roman
*Lysander (4?? BC-395 BC), Spartan
*Polycrates of Samos
*Gaius Livius Salinator (2?? BC-18? BC), Roman
*Nearchus (4?? BC-312 BC), Cretan (in Macedonian service)
*Lucius Aemilius Regillus (2?? BC-1?? BC), Roman
*Themistocles (c. 514 BC-c. 449 BC), Athenian
*Sextus Pompeius, Roman
*Marcus Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Roman
*Phormio (4?? BC-c. 428 BC), Athenian

Middle Ages
*Muawiyah I - his naval campaigns helped capture Cyprus (649) and Rhodes (654) for the nascent Arab Muslim Empire and deliver a devastating defeat to the Byzantine navy off the coast of Lycia (655).
*Abdullah ibn Saad - under him Arab Muslims won the first major naval battle against Constans II at the Battle of the Masts in 655 CE.
*George of Antioch (c. 1100-1150), Greek (in service to Norman Sicily)
*Ambrosio Bocanegra († 1373), Genoese (in service to Castile)
*Jang Bo-go (d. 846), Korean
*Himerios (fl. early 10th century), Byzantine admiral
*Jung Ji (c. 1100), Korean
*Andronikos Kontostephanos (12th century), Byzantine admiral under Manuel I Komnenos
*Zhang Shijie (12??-1279), Chinese
*Licario (13th century), Byzantine admiral of Italian origin
*Roger of Lauria (c. 1245-1305), Sicilian
*Zheng He (c. 1371-1433), Muslim Chinese.

Age of Sail
*Kemal Reis (c. 1451 - 1511) was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral.
*Alfonso d'Albuquerque (1453-1515), Portuguese naval general
*Francisco de Almeida (c. 1450-1510), Portuguese
*Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478 - July 4, 1546), was an Ottoman Kaptan-Ä± Derya (Fleet Admiral).
*Philipp van Almonde (1644-1711), Dutch
*George Anson (1697-1762), British
*Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin (1661-1728), Russian
*Mariot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), British
*John Ashby (c. 1640-1693), British
*Don John of Austria (1547-1578), Austrian naval general, in service of Holy Roman Empire
*Kanhoji Angre (1667-1729) Sarkhelof Maratha Empire from 1798-1729
*William James (1720-1783), British commodore
*William Bainbridge, (1774-1833), US commodore
*Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), British
*John Barry (1745-1803) U.S. Commodore
*Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526-1588), Spanish
*William Bligh, (1754-1817), British
*Edward Boscawen, (1711-1761), British
*Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen (1712-1790), French
*Philip Broke, 1st Baronet (1776-1841), British
*William Brown , (1777-1867), Irish & Argentian
*John Byng (1704-1757), British
*John Byron (1723-1786), British
*Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet (1745-1818), British
*Juan Bautista Topete Y Carballo (1821-1885), Spanish
*Don Federico Carlos, Duke of Gravina (1756-1806), Spanish
* Aymar Chaste (15??-1603), French
*Francois Louis de Rousselet, Marquis of Chateaurenault (1637-1716), French
* (1624-1662), Chinese
*Cheng Ho (14??-1451), Chinese
*Edward Fiennes Clinton, 9th Viscount and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), British
*Thomas Cochrane, (1775-1860), British
*Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), British
*Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), British
*Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572), French
*Sir George Collier (1738-1795), British
*Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron (1748-1810), British
*Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (c. 1610-1665), Dutch
*Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819), British
*John A. Dahlgren (1809-1870), American
*Stephen Decatur, (1779-1820), US commodore
*Charles Henry Davis (1807-1877), American
*Andrea Doria (1466-1560), Genoese
*Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865), American
*Count Karl August Ehrensvard (1745-1800), Swedish
*Count Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing (1729-1794), French
*David Farragut, (1801-1870), US
*Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863), American
*Charles Rene Dominique Gochet, Chevalier de Destouches (17??- c. 1781), French
*Louis M. Goldsborough (1805-1877), American
*Count François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse (1722-1788), French
*Samuel Graves (1713-1787), British
*Thomas Graves, 1st Baron (c. 1725-1802), British
*Henri II, Duke of Montmorency (1595-1632), French
*Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington (1647-1716), English
*Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), British
*Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816), British
*Esek Hopkins (1718-1802), American
*Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624), English
*Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), British
*Sir Edward Hughes (c. 1718-1794), British
*Isaac Hull (1773-1843), US commodore
*John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (1735-1823), British
*John of Austria (1547-1578), Spanish
*John Paul Jones, (1747-1792), US, Russia
*Niels Juel (1629-1697), Danish
*Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782), British
*Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725-1786), British
*Konstantinos Kanaris (1790-1877), Greek
*Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846), Baltic German serving in Russian Navy
*Sir John Lawson (c 1610-1665), British
*Andreas Miaoulis (1768-1835), Greek
*George Monck , 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), British
*Lord Horatio Nelson, (1758-1805), British
*Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807), British
*Sir Peter Parker (1721-1811), British
*Sir William Penn (1621-1670), English
*Matthew Perry, (1794-1858), US commodore
*Oliver Hazard Perry, US commodore
*David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), US
*Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), English
*Baron George Brydges Rodney (1718-1792), British
*Prince Rupert, Count Palentine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria (1619-1682), British/German
*Stephen C. Rowan (1808-1890), US
*Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676), Dutch
*Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707), English
*Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, (1827-1871), Austria
*Maarten Tromp, (1598-1653), Dutch
*Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve (1763-1806), French
*Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750-1812)
*John Drake Sloat (1781-1867), American
*Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840), British
*Jan van Speyk, (1802-1832), Dutch
*Charles Stewart (1778-1869), American
*Pierre Andre de Suffren Saint Tropez (1729-1788), French
*Yi Sun-shin (1545-1598), Korean
*Eldon P. Wyman, (1822-1882) - American
*Karl Gustav von Wrangel (1613-1676), Swedish

The Modern Age
*Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (1879-1962), French
*Hiroaki Abe (1889-1949), Japanese
*Saneyuki Akiyama (1868-1918), Japanese
*Masafumi Arima (1895-1944), Japanese
*David Beatty (1871-1936), British
*Yohai Ben-Nun (1924 - 1994) Israeli
*Arthur L. Bristol, (1886-1942), US
*Isaac N. Brown (1817-1889), Commander, US/CS
*Wilson Brown (1882-1957), United States
*Arleigh Burke (1901-1996), United States
*Sir Harold Burrough (1889-1977), British
*Daniel Callaghan (1890-1942), American
*Inigo Campioni (1878-1944), Italian
*Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945), German
*Edouard von Capelle (1855-1931), German
*Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden (1857-1930), British
*Arthur S. Carpender (1884-1960), American
*Domenico Cavagnari (1884-1966), Italian
*Sir John G. Crace (1887-1968), British
*Sir Christopher Cradock (1862-1914), British
*Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (1893-1986), British
*Sir Andrew Cunningham 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883-1963), British
*Sir John Cunningham (1885-1962), British
*François Darlan (1881-1942), French
*Louis Denfeld (1891-1972), American
*Sir John Micheal De Robeck (1862-1928), British
*Shigeto Dewa (1856-1930), Japanese
*George Dewey (1837-1917), US
*Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), German
*Donald B. Duncan (1896-1975), US
* Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908), Japanese
*John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841-1920), British
*Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895-1945), German
*Koichi Fuiji (1858-1926), Japanese
*Shigeru Fukudome (1891-1971), Japanese
*Robert Ghormley (1883-1958), American
*Robert C. Giffen (1886-1962), American
*William Halsey (1882-1959), US
*Benjamin Hacker (1935-2003), US
*Henry Kent Hewitt (1887-1972), American
*Sonojo Hidaka (1848-1932), Japanese
*Franz von Hipper (1863-1932), German
*Boshiro Hosogaya (1888-1964), Japanese
*Hikojiro Ijichi (1859-1912), Japanese
*Kosuke Ijichi (1855-1917), Japanese
*Goro Ijuin (1852-1921), Japanese
*Matsuji Ijuin (1893-1944), Japanese
*Toshihira Inoguchi (1896-1944), Japanese
*Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889-1975), Japanese
*Ivan Isakov (1894-1967), Armenian in USSR service
*Tsunejiro Ishii (1910-1941), Japanese
*Seiichi Ito (1890-1945), Japanese
*Sukemaro Ito (1834-1906), Japanese
*Yuko Ito (1843-1914), Japanese
*John Jellicoe (1859-1935), British
*Sukenori Kabayama (1837-1922), Japanese
*Kakuji Kakuta (1890-1944), Japanese
*Hikonojo Kamimura (1849-1916), Japanese
*Shichiro Kataoka (1854-1920), Japanese
* Kanji Kato (1870-1939), Japanese
*Tomasaburo Kato (1861-1923), Japanese
*Sumiyoshi Kawamura (1836-1904), Japanese
*Husband E. Kimmel (1882-1968), American
*Ernest J. King (1878-1956), American
*Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (1888-1972), American
*Mineichi Koga (1885-1944), Japanese
*Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian
*Teruhisa Komatsu, Japanese
*Keizo Komura (b. 1896), Japanese
*Nobutake Kondo, (1886-1953 Japanese
*Pavlos Kountouriotis, (1855-1935), Greek
*Takeo Kurita (1889-1977), Japanese
*Kameto Kuroshima (1893-1965), Japanese
*Jinichi Kusaka (1889-1972), Japanese
*Ryunosuke Kusaka (1892-1971), Japanese
*William D. Leahy (1875-1959), US
*Willis Augustus Lee Jr. (1888-1945), American
*Alfred Thayer Mahan, (1840-1914), US
*Daniel M. McGurl (1896-1976), US
*Charles H. McMorris (1890-1954), American
*Yawara Matsumoto (1860-c. 1925), Japanese
*Tatsuo Matsumura (1868-1932), Japanese
*Custodio Jose de Mello (1840-1902), Brazilian
*Aaron Stanton Merrill (1890-1961), American
*Gunichi Mikawa, Japan
*Sotaru Misu (1855-1921), Japanese
*Marc Mitscher (1887-1947), US
*William A. Moffett (1869-1933), US
*Alfred Eugene Montgomery (1891-1961), American
*Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British
*Kakuichi Murakami (1862-1927), Japanese
*Daniel Murphy (d. 2001), American
*Leonard W. Murray (1896-1971), Canadian
*Chuichi Nagumo (1886-1944), Japanese
*Osami Nagano (1880-1947), Japanese
*Kuranosuke Nakamuta (1837-1916), Japanese
*Tokicki Nashiha (1850-1923), Japanese
*Percy W. Nelles (1892-1951), Canadian
*Chester Nimitz, (1885-1966), US
*Shoji Nishimura (1889-1944), Japanese
*John Poindexter (b. 1936), American
*Arthur William Radford (1896-1973), American
*Erich Raeder (1876-1960), German
*Charles Read, Lieutenant, (1840-1890), US/CS
*Arturo Riccardi, (1878-1966), Italian
*Claude V. Ricketts, (d. 1964), American
*Hyman G. Rickover, (1900-1986), American
*Francis Warren Rockwell (1886-1979), American
*Bernhard Rogge, (1899-1982), German
*Tsugimichi Saigo (1843-1902), Japanese
*Toshiatsu Sakamoto (1858-1941), Japanese
*Naomasa Sakonju (1890-1948), Japanese
*Tomoshige Samejima (1889-1969), Japanese
*William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902), American
*Tetsutaro Sato (1866-1942), Japanese
*Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928), German
*Winfield Scott Schley (1838-1909), American
*Forrest Percival Sherman (1896-1951), American
*Frederick Carl Sherman (1888-1957), American
*Yahachi Shibayama (1850-1924), Japanese
*Shigetaro Shimida (1883-1976), Japanese
*Hayao Shimanura (1858-1923), Japanese
*Koichi Shiozawa (1881-1943), Japanese
*Rodger Simpson (1898-1964), United States
*William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), American
*Sohn Il-wan (1890-1965), Korean
*Count Maximilian von Spee (1861-1914), German
*Clifton Sprague (1896-1955), American
*Thomas L. Sprague (1894-1972), American
*Raymond A. Spruance, (1886-1969), US
*William Harrison Standley (1872-1963), American
*Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925), British
*Kantaro Suzuki (1868-1948), Japanese
*Sokichi Takagi (1893-19??), Japanese
*Takeo Takagi (1892-1944), Japanese
*Ibo Takahashi (1888-1947), Japanese
*Takeshi Takarabe (1867-1949), Japanese
*Robert Alfred Theobald (1884-1957), American
*Heihachiro Togo (1848-1934), Japanese
*Sadatoshi Tomioka (1897-1970), Japanese
*Soemu Toyoda (1885-1957), Japanese
*Sir Thomas Troubridge (1862-1926), British
*Kozo Tsoboi (1843-1898), Japanese
*Richmond Turner (1885-1961), American
*Matome Ugaki (1890-1945), Japanese
*Sotokichi Uriu (1857-1937), Japanese
*Homer N. Wallin (1893-1984), US
*Frank Robinson Walker (1899-1976), American
*Alan West (b. 1948), British
*Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1888-1946), American
*John Woodward (b. 1932), British
*Tamon Yamaguchi (1892-1942), Japanese
* Gonnohyoe Yamamoto (1852-1933), Japanese
*Gentaro Yamashita (1863-1931), Japanese
*Tanin Yamaya (1866-1940), Japanese
*Rokuro Yashiro (1860-1930), Japanese
*Mitsumasa Yonai (1880-1948), Japanese
*Elmo Zumwalt (1920-), American

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