List of military figures by nickname

This is a list of military figures by nickname.

0-9

*"31-Knot" — Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed)cite book | first = Ken | last = Jones | year = 1959 | title = Destroyer Squadron 23 : combat exploits of Arleigh Burke's gallant force | location = Philadelphia | publisher = Chilton Co., Book Division | oclc = 1262893 ]

A

*"ABC" — Andrew Browne Cunningham, British Royal Navy admiral
*"Acey" — Albert C. Burrows, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commandercite book | last = Blair | first = Clay, Jr. | authorlink = Clay Blair | year = 1975 | title = Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan | location = Philadelphia | publisher = Lippincott | pages = | isbn = 9780397007530 | oclc = 821363 ]
*"Achmed" — Erich Bey, German "Kriegsmarine" admiral [Bekker, Cajus. "Hitler's Naval War" (New York City: Kensington Publishing Corp. {Zebra Books}, 1974; reprints Gerhard Stalling Verlag's 1971 "Verdammte See"), p.178.]
*"Allegheny Johnson" or "Alleghany Johnson" — Edward Johnson, Confederate Army general
*"Assi" — Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II
*"Atilla of the American Continent" — William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. Civil War general
*"The Auk" — Claude Auchinleck, British Army generalcite book | last = Carver | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Carver, Baron Carver | year = 1976 | title = The War lords : military commanders of the twentieth century | location = London | publisher = Weidenfeld and Nicolson | pages = | isbn = 9780297770848 | oclc = 2410407 ]

B

*"Babe" — John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
*"Bad Hand" — Ranald S. Mackenzie US Army-Civil and Indian Wars
*"Bad Old Man" — Jubal Early, Confederate Army general
*"Baldy" – Charles Pownall, Admiral USN in World War II, relieved in early 1944
*"Barney" —
**Clifton W. Flenniken, Jr., U.S. Navy submarine commander
**William B. Sieglaff, U.S. Navy submarine commander
*"The Bart" – Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, British field Marshal, Commander in Chief in India
*"Batty Mac" — A.C. Macdonnell, Canadian Army World War I generalcite book | title = Canada's army : waging war and keeping the peace | first = J. L. | last = Granatstein | location = Toronto | publisher = University of Toronto Press | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780802046918 | oclc = 48941226 ]
*"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 [cite book | title = December 7, 1941 : the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor | first = Gordon W. | last = Prange | coauthors = Donald M Goldstein; Katherine V. Dillon | location = New York | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 1988 | isbn = 9780070506824 | oclc = 15793660 | pages = p. 23 ]
*"Benny" — Raymond H. Bass, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
*"Beetle" — John P. Roach, U.S. Navy submarine commander
*"Bert" — Albert Houle, Canadian fighter ace
*"Betty" — Harold Stark, U.S. Navy admiral (after a mistaken pledge)
*"The Big Fella" or "The Big Fellow" — Michael Collins, Irish general
*"Birdy" – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, British Field Marshal, commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915
*"Black Bob" — Robert Craufurd, British Army general during the Peninsular War [cite book | last = Regan | first = Geoffrey | title = The Guinness Book of More Military Blunders | location = Enfield | publisher = Guinness Publishing | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780851127286 | oclc = 59946018 ]
*"Black Jack" — John J. Pershing, U.S. Army World War I general; commanded a unit within the U.S. Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments), which was composed of African-American soldiers under white officers
*"Black Knight of the Confederacy" — Turner Ashby, Confederate Army general
*"Black Swallow of Death" — Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
*"Blackie" — David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace
*"Blood" — J. A. L. Caunter, British generalcite book | last = Barnett | first = Correlli | authorlink = Correlli Barnett | year = 1960 | title = Desert Generals | location = New York | publisher = Ballantine | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 1027319 ]
*"Bloody Bill" — William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader
*"Bo" — Elwyn King, World War I Australian fighter ace
*"Bobbie" — George W. E. J. Erskine, British general during World War II
*"Bobo" — Sigmund A. Bobczynski, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Bobs" — Frederick S. Roberts, British general [Dupuy, Trevor N., Colonel, United States Army (rtd), editor. "Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography" (Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1992), p.633.]
*"Bomber" — Arthur Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II [cite book | last = Saward | first = Dudley | year = 1984 | title = "Bomber" Harris : the story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris, Bt, GCB, OBE, AFC, LLD, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command, 1942-1945 | location = London | publisher = Buchan & Enright | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 11082290 ]
*"Boney" — Robert H. Close, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Boom" — Hugh Trenchard, World War I British Royal Flying Corps general (for his loud voice)cite book | last = Johnson | first = Johnny E. | authorlink = Johnny Johnson | year = 1964 | title = Full Circle: The Story of Air Fighting | location = London | publisher = Chatto and Windus | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 2486377 ]
*"Boy" — Sir Frederick A. M. Browning, World War II British airborne general
*"Brad" — Omar Bradley, U.S. general
*"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 [Erich Hartmann]
**Alfred Schreiber, first jet ace [Alfred Schreiber]
*"Buck" — Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
*"Bud" —
**Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace
**William P. Gruner, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
*"Bull" —
**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.]
*"Bungo" — Julian Byng, British World War I general
*"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. WWII Ace and Medal of Honor recipient and namesake Chicago's airport
*"Butcher" — Arthur T. Harris, British Air Chief Marshal during World War II [cite book | last = Hastings | first = Max | authorlink = Max Hastings | year = 1979 | title = Bomber Command | location = New York | publisher = Dial Press/James Wade | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 5170758 ]
*"Butcher of the Somme" — Douglas Haig, British field-marshal
*"Buzz" — George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)

C

*"Caddy" — James A. Adkins, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Chappie" — Daniel James, Jr., U.S. Air Force general ^{[http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=529&page=214}]
*"Chesty" — Lewis B. Puller, U.S. general
*"Chick" — Bernard A. Clarey, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Chief" — Leon N. Blair, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Ching" — Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. admiral [Wikipedia, Willis A. Lee]
*"Chips" — Arthur S. Carpender, World War II U.S. submarine force commander
*"Cobber" — Edgar J. Kain, World War II RAF fighter ace
*"Crow" — Palmer H. Dunbar, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
*"Cump" — William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. general
*"Curry" — August Thiele, German "Kriegsmarine" admiral [Bekker, Cajus. "Hitler's Naval War" (New York City: Kensington Publishing Corp. {Zebra Books}, 1974; reprints Gerhard Stalling Verlag's 1971 "Verdammte See"), pp.104-5.]
*"Cy" — Marshall H. Austin, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Cyclone" — Emmett S. Davis, World War II U.S. colonel [cite book | last = Molesworth | first = Carl | title = P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific | pages = pp. 50-54 | location = Oxford | publisher = Osprey | year = 2003 | isbn = 9781841765365 | oclc =51992611 ]

D

*"Dan" — Lawrence R. Daspit, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Debby" — Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral
*"Dennis" — Eugene Wilkinson, U.S. submarine officer
*"The Desert Fox" (German: "Wüstenfuchs") — Erwin Rommel, World War II German field marshal (Afrika Korps)
*"Dickie" —
**Michael O'Moore Creagh, British general [ [http://www.ian.a.paterson.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm 7th Armoured Division Site] ]
**Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British admiral and statesman
*"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 [cite book | last = Allen | first = Hubert Raymond "Dizzy" | year = 1974 | title = Who Won the Battle of Britain? | location = London | publisher = Barker | pages = | isbn = 9780213164898 | oclc = 1092232 ]
**Gordon B. Rainer, U.S. submarine commander
*"Donc" — Glynn R. Donaho, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Dugout Doug" — Douglas MacArthur, World War II U.S. generalcite book | title = American Caesar, Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 | first = William Raymond | last = Manchester | authorlink = William Manchester | location = Boston | publisher = Little, Brown | year = 1978 | isbn = 9780316544986 | oclc = 3844481 ]
*"Dusty" — Robert E. Dornin, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Dutch" — John M. Will, U.S. submarine officer

E

*"Electric Brain" — Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral
*"Electric Whiskers" — Annibale Bergonzoli, Italian general
*"Ensign" — Roy S. Benson, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Extra Billy" — William Smith, U.S. Congressman, Confederate general

F

*"Father of "Blitzkrieg" — Heinz Guderian, World War II German field marshal
*"Fatty" – Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Field Marshal
*"Fearless Freddy" — Frederick W. Warder, U.S. ace submarine commander (a nickname he detested)cite book | last = Beach | first = Edward L. "Ned", | authorlink = Edward L. Beach, Jr. | year = 1952 | title = Submarine! | location = New York | publisher = H. Holt | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 396382 ]
*"The Fighting Bishop" — Leonidas Polk, Episcopal bishop and Confederate general
*"Fighting Dick" — Richard H. Anderson, Confederate general
*"Fighting Joe" —
**Joseph Hooker, U.S. general [cite book | title = Civil War trivia and fact book | first = Webb B. | last = Garrison | location = Nashville, Tennessee | publisher = Rutledge Hill Press | year = 1992 | isbn = 9781558531604 | oclc = 25410905 ]
**Joseph Wheeler, U.S. military commander
*"The Fighting Quaker" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
*"Foul Weather Jack" – Vice-Admiral John Byron RN, British admiral of the 18th century
*"Fresh" — Algernon E. Smith, U.S. cavalry officer
*"Fritz" — Frederick J. Harlfinger II, U.S. submarine commander
*"Frog" — Francis S. Low, U.S. Navy intelligence officer [cite book | last = Farago | first = Ladislas | authorlink = Ladislas Farago | year = 1962 | title = The Tenth Fleet | location = New York | publisher = Paperback Library | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 11651418 ]
*"Fuel Oil" — Franklin O. Johnsonn, U.S. submarine commander

G

*"Gabby" — Francis Gabreski, U.S. Army Air Force fighter ace
*"Gee" — Leonard Gerow, U.S. general
*"Gentleman Johnny" — John Burgoyne, British general
*"The G.I. General" — Omar Bradley, U.S. general
*"Gin" —
**Charles W. Styer, U.S. ace submarine commander
**William Stovall, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
*"Gnu" — Andrew D. Mayer, U.S. Navy officer [cite book | last = Blair | first = Clay, Jr. | authorlink = Clay Blair | year = 1975 | title = Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan | location = Philadelphia | publisher = Lippincott | pages = p. 73 | isbn = 9780397007530 | oclc = 821363 ]
*"Granny" —
**Robert E. Lee, Confederate generalcite video | people = Ken Burns, director | year2 = 1990 | title = The Civil War | isbn = 9780780638877 | oclc = 52791424 ]
**Elwell Stephen Otis, U.S. general
*"Grey Fox" — George Crook US Army General
*"Grumble" — William E. Jones, Confederate general
*"Guts and Garters" – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general in World War I

H

*"Ham" — Wesley A. Wright, U.S. intelligence offiercite book | last = Holmes | first = Wilfrid J. | year = 1979 | title = Double-edged secrets : U.S. naval intelligence operations in the Pacific during World War II | location = Annapolis | publisher = Naval Institute Press | pages = | isbn = 9780870211621 | oclc = 5195347]
*"Hammerhead" — John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander
*"Hap" —
**Henry H. Arnold, U.S. general
**Hyland B. Lyon, U.S. submarine commander
*"le Hardi" (Gaelic, the bold) — William Douglas, Scottish freedom fighter
*"Harry Hotspur" — Sir Henry Percy, English soldier and rebel
*"Hell Roaring Jake" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
*"Hero of the Nile" — Horatio, Viscount Nelson, British admiral [cite book | authorlink = Alfred Mahan | last = Mahan | first = Alfred T. | title = The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783 | location = London | publisher = Sampson, Low, Marston | year = 1890 | oclc = 12225848 ]
*"He-who-sees-in-the-dark" — Frederick Russell Burnham, U.S. scout; British major, Chief of Scouts; father of international scouting movement.cite book | last = West | first = James E. | authorlink = James E. West (Scouting) | coauthors =Peter O. Lamb; illustrated by Lord Baden-Powell | title =He-who-sees-in-the-dark; the boys' story of Frederick Burnham, the American scout | publisher =Brewer, Warren and Putnam | year =1932 | location = | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 1710834 ]
*"Hobo" — P. C. S. Hobart, British general
*"Honest John" — John Leitweiler, U.S. intelligence officer
*"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 in World war I

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

*"Jackie" — J. A. Fisher, British Royal Navy admiral
*"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 [Wikipedia, John Thach]
*"Jock" — J. C. Campbell, British Army general
*"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 ace ASW destroyer task force commandercite book | last = Robertson | first = Terence | year = 1955 | title = The Golden Horseshoe: The Wartime Career of Otto Kretschmer, U-Boat Ace | location = London | publisher = Evans Bros. | pages = | isbn = | oclc = 2162924 ]
*"Jumbo" — Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson World War II British Army general. [cite book | title = Churchill's generals | first = John | last = Keegan | authorlink = John Keegan | location = London | publisher = Abacus | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780349113173 | oclc = 43501320 ]
*"Jumpin' Jim" – James M. Gavin, US General, "The Jumping 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)

K

*"King Kong" — Hara Chuichi, Japanese Navy admiral [cite book | title = December 7, 1941 : the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor | first = Gordon W. | last = Prange | coauthors = Donald M Goldstein; Katherine V. Dillon | location = New York | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 1988 | isbn = 9780070506824 | oclc = 15793660 | pages = p. 78 ]
*"King of Scouts" — Frederick Russell Burnham, U.S. scout; British major, Chief of Scouts; father of international scouting movement.cite book | last =Davis | first =Richard Harding | authorlink =Richard Harding Davis | coauthors = | title =Real Soldiers of Fortune | publisher =Charles Scribner's Sons | year =1906 | location =London | url =http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3029 | oclc = 853901 ]

L

*"Lakeitel" (German, "lackey") - Wilhelm Keitel, German World War II general staff officer
*"Lighthorse Harry" — Henry Lee III, U.S. generalcite book | last = Dupuy | first = Trevor Nevitt | authorlink = Trevor N. Dupuy | coauthors = Curt Johnson; David L. Bongard| year = 1992 | title = Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography | location = New York | publisher = HarperCollins | pages = | isbn = 9780062700155 | oclc = 25026255 ]
* "Lightning Joe" — J. Lawton Collins, General, Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1949—1953
*"Little Billy" —
**William Mahone, Confederate general
**James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader during the Crimean War
*"The Little Corporal" — Napoleon Bonaparte, 19th-century French field marshal and emperor
*"Lucky" - Eugene Fluckey, U.S. WWII submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipientFact|date=June 2008

M

*"Mad Anthony" — Anthony Wayne, U.S. general
*"Majoren" (Norwegian, "The Major") - Hans Reidar Holtermann, Norwegian World War II military leader
*"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)
*"Maryland Stuart" — George H. Stewart, Confederate general
*"Mick" — Edward Mannock, World War I British fighter ace
*"Mickey" — David Marcus, American Army colonel who trained the nascent Israeli Army ["Cast a Giant Shadow" review in "VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever Guide 2007", ed. by Jim Craddock (Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2006), p.168.]
*"Mike" — Frank W. Fenno, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
*"Mokka"—Mordechi Limon, Israeli Admiral [Rabinowitch, Abe. "The Boats of Cherbourg".]
*"Moke" — William J. Millican, U.S. submarine commander
*"The Monster" — Jacob H. Smith, U.S. general
*"Monty" — Bernard Montgomery, World War II 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)
* "Mustapha" — Husband E. Kimmel, CINCPAC at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 [ [http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Pearl_Harbor.htm Order of Battle - Pearl Harbor - 7 December 1941 ] ]

N

*"Ned" — Edward L. Beach, Jr., World War II U.S. submarine commander & writer
*"Nick" — George D. Wallace, U.S. cavalry officer
*"Nigger Jack" — John J. Pershing, U.S. general (pejorative, for his command of black troops; now considered offensive)

O

*"Oklahoma Pete" – Marc Mitscher, Admiral USN, commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the latter half of World War II
*"Ol' Blood and Guts" — George S. Patton, World War II U.S. general (a nickname he rejected) [cite book | title = Patton: ordeal and triumph | first = Ladislas | last = Farago | authorlink = Ladislas Farago | location = New York | publisher = I. Obolensky | year = 1963 | oclc = 405969 ]
*"Old Flintlock" — Roger Hanson, Confederate general
*"Old Gimlet Eye" — Smedley Butler, U.S. general
*"Old Hickory" - Andrew Jackson, U.S. general and U. S. President
*"Old Jube" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
*"Old Jubilee" — Jubal Early, Confederate general
*"Old Pap" — Sterling Price, Confederate general
*"Old Rock" — Henry L. Benning, Confederate general
*"Ozzie" — Richard B. Lynch, U.S. submarine officer

P

*"Paddy" —
**Brendan Finucane, World War II Irish RAF fighter ace
**Hugh Gough, 19th century British Army general
*"Papa" — Joseph Joffre, World War I French marechal
*"Pappy" —
**Greg Boyington, World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace [cite book | title = Baa baa, black sheep | first = Gregory | last = Boyington | authorlink = Pappy Boyington | location = New York | publisher = Putnam | year = 1958 | oclc = 2124961 ]
**Paul Gunn, World War II U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot
*"Pat" — J. Loy Maloney, U.S. submarine commander
*"Pete" —
**William E. Ferrall, U.S. submarine commander
**Ignatius J. Galantin, U.S. submarine commander
**Marc Mitscher, World War II U.S. carrier admiral [Wikipedia, Marc Mitscher]
*"Petit Rouge" ( _fr. Little Red) — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
*"Pi" — Herman A. Piczentkowski, U.S. submarine commander
*"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
*"Poco" — William W. Smith, U.S. Navy officer (Kimmel's Chief of Staff) [cite book | title = December 7, 1941 : the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor | first = Gordon W. | last = Prange | coauthors = Donald M Goldstein; Katherine V. Dillon | location = New York | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 1988 | isbn = 9780070506824 | oclc = 15793660 | pages = p. 20 ]
*"Prince John" — John B. Magruder, Confederate general
*"Pritzl" — Heinz Bär, German fighter ace

Q

R

*"Rebel" — Vernon L. Lowrance, U.S. ace submarine commander
*"Red" —
**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
**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. commando officer (commanding 2nd Marine Raider Battalion)
*"Reeste" — Heinz Bär, German fighter ace
*"Rooney" — William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate general and U.S. Congressman
*"Rosey" — Redfield Mason, U.S. cryptanalyst
*"Rum" — John M. Jones, Confederate general

*"The Saint" — Augustus R. St. Angelo, U.S. submarine officer
*"Sailor" — Adolph G. Malan, British fighter acecite book | last = Deighton | first = Len | authorlink = Len Deighton | year = 1977 | title = | location = London | publisher = Cape | pages = | isbn = 9780224014229 | oclc = 3388095 ]
*"Sally" — James J. Archer, Confederate general
*"Sandy" — Louis D. McGregor, U.S. submarine commander
*"Savvy" —
**Charles M. Cooke, World War II U.S. sailor
**Leon J. Huffman, U.S. submarine commander
*"Schneller" Heinz" ( German, '"Fast Heinz") — "Heinz Guderian"', World War II German "panzer" general
*"Seminole" — Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate general
*"Shagger" — Johnny Johnstone, World War II British pilot
*"Shorty" — Charles D. Edmunds, U.S. submarine commander
*"Silent Otto" — Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander
*"Skinny" — Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral
*"Slew" — John S. McCain, Jr., World War II U.S. admiral and aviator
*"Smiling Albert" — Albert Kesselring, World War II German "Luftwaffe" Field Marshal.
*"Smitty" — John S. McCain, Jr., Vietnam War U.S. admiral
*"Soarer" – Major-General Sir David Graham Muschet Campbell (1869-1936), also known as "Barbara", acquired the nickname in 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) [Tuskegee Airmen]
*"Speed" — John P. Currie, World War II U.S. submarine commander
*"Spike" — Martin P. Hottel, U.S. submarine commander
*"Splash" – Edward Ashmore, British air force General
*"Spud" — Elbert C. Lindon, U.S. submarine commander
*"Stan" — Roderic Dallas, World War I Australian fighter ace
*"Steam" — Elliott E. Marshall, U.S. submarine commander
*"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" — William H. E. Gott, British general
*"Stuffy" — Hugh C. T. Dowding, commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain
*"Sunshine" — Stuart S. Murray, U.S. submarine commander
*"Swanky Syd" – Major-General Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865-1953), commanded 41st Division, nickname derives from his penchant for appearing at every opportunity in full dress uniform complete with medals 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

*"Tenacious" — Tanaka Raizo World War II Japanese destroyer admiral (for action in the Solomon Islands) [cite book | last = Willmott | first = Hedley Paul | year = 1983 | title = The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Pacific strategies, February to June 1942 | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | pages = | isbn = 9780870210921 | oclc = 9828511 ]
*"Terrible Turner" – R. Kelly Turner, Admiral USN in World War II
*"Tex" —
**Forrest R. Biard, World War II U.S. submarine commander
**Heber H. McLean, U.S. submarine commander
**Leonard S. Mewhinney, U.S. submarine commander
*"Tiger of Malaya" — Yamashita Tomoyuki, World War II Japanese general
*"Tiny" — Frank C. Lynch, Jr., U.S. submarine commander
*"Tooey" – Carl Andrew Spaatz, General USAF, first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
*"Tubby" — Arthur Allen, World War II Australian general
*"Turkey Neck" — George C. Crawford, World War II U.S. submarine commander

U

*"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 Wiggly Wings" — Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force officer ^{[http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=529&page=209]}

V

*"Vati" (German, "Pappy" or "Daddy") -Werner Mölders, German fighter ace
*"Vinegar Joe" — Joseph Stillwell, U.S. general

W

*"Weary" — 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.
*"The White Tornado" — Adrian Cummins, Royal Australian Navy Commodore, for his 'whirling' manner
*"Wingy" — James M. L. Renton, British general (for having lost an arm in battle)
*"Wizard of the Saddle" — Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate cavalry general
*"Wooch" — Kendall J. Fielder, U.S. Army intelligence officer (Walter Short's G2) [cite book | title = December 7, 1941 : the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor | first = Gordon W. | last = Prange | coauthors = Donald M Goldstein; Katherine V. Dillon | location = New York | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 1988 | isbn = 9780070506824 | oclc = 15793660 | pages = p. 22 ]
*"Wop" — W. R. May, Canadian aviator

X

Y

Z

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

References

ee also

*Nickname

*List of aviators by nickname
*List of basketball nicknames
*List of criminals by nickname
*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 U.S. Presidential nicknames