Both have tanks named after them, though.
But that reminds me, if people are going to list Jackson, we also have to include Sherman.
My Russian consultant (i.e., the person who sits across the hall from me) says Voroshilov is another biggie in Russia. I looked him up, and AFAICT one would do best to forget him, but there you are.
Only Patton got a tank. Bradley got an infantry fighting vehicle, which is much less cool.
See, like I said, the guy just doesn’t get as much respect. 
How about Roméo Dallaire? He was the leader of the UN mission in Rwanda in the early-mid 90s, trying to stop the Tutsis genocide there. That was the first name that came to mind - it wasn’t all that long ago, but it certainly is an important historical event and level of involvement on his part (looking up just this part on wiki
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Well I was thinking more in terms of historical generals, but you are right - I even read general Dallaire’s book, Shake Hands With The Devil.
Buenaventura Durruti’s pretty famous, too.
And knighted by King George V on the battlefield - the first commander in 200 years to receive such an honour.
He was probably the first commander ever to receive the honor of being knighted by King George V on the battlefield.
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George McClellan, mostly because of his incompetency during the Civil War
Certainly, Kutuzov is well known to anyone who’s read “War and Peace.”
I don’t know how he’s viewed in Russia. Tolstoy obviously admired the man tremendously, but reading between the lines, one gets the sense that many/most Russians regarded Kutuzov the way Americans view George McClellan: as a man who was far too cautious, and didn’t seem to want to fight.
Pershing, George Marshall and Douglas MacArthur were also well known military leaders.
Well, the Dutch military has Thom Karremans, the commander of Dutchbat troops in Srebrenica, during the civil war in Bosnia. He told Serb General Ratko Mladic “not to shoot the piano player”, and let the Serbs take Srebrenica.
Not our finest hour
I know the truth is more complex but, and he never received the support he needed …but still
We also had had Michiel de Ruyterwho sailed up the river Thames and stole the Brittish flagship ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Yes, there are statues of that man everywhere in Texas, and deservedly so I think.
Others for Texas:
Sam Houston - bascially every war Texas was involved in from 1812 to the Civil War (he retired in protest of secession)
William Travis - commander at the Alamo, remember?
Chester Nimitz - WWII, head Naval honcho in the Pacific. Had a whole class of warships named after him.
James Rudder - Army Ranger commander, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, etc.
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Not sure if he counts for Texas. He was born here but moved away in childhood.
I don’t know how he’s viewed in Russia either, and I don’t feel like hitting up my Russia consultant again. But he is certainly one of the most well-known, which I believe was the subject of the thread.
For a guy who didn’t want to fight, he certainly had a terminal effect on a lot of the French.
I would imagine that Tunisia could claim Hannibal Barca if they were so inclined 
I’d think Simón Bolívar is a slam dunk for Venezuela’s most famous military leader. And, probably regrettably, General Santa Anna for Mexico.
Sun Tzu is a Chinese military name known in the West, but his history is pretty cloudy.
But he didn’t so much defeat the French in open combat as withdraw, pull back, and retreat strategically on a regular basis. In the process, he allowed the French to capture Moscow, which was largely burned down during the French occupation.
Strategically, Kutuzov may have been 100% correct to avoid direct confrontation. The end result may have borne out his wisdom. But at the time, the tsar and many other Russians had to be wondering, “Is he REALLY going to give up holy Moscow without a fight? Is he a coward, or what?”
Does Abraham Lincoln count?
He had been in the militia, including some time as a captain; he did not fight as far as I can see, but his unit helped bury the dead from the battle of Stillman’s Run.
Once the Civil War started, Lincoln studied military strategy, both because he felt that the commander-in-chief should know as much as possible and also because it was clear his generals weren’t serving him very well. He is known to have lectured generals on points of military strategy on numerous occasions:
He attended at least two battles in person (Fort Stevens, at which he was exposed to enemy fire, and he was reviewing troops at Petersburg when the Army of Northern Virginia made its last great attack at Fort Stedman. He was not under fire at Petersburg, but he was close enough to be seen by Confederate prisoners being led away from the front lines.)
He constantly searched for battlefield success among his generals and replaced them until he finally got it. He was cheered wildly by the common soldiers whenever he came within sight of them. He looked out for their well being and he pardoned many of them who were accused of offenses (he was a notorious softie about hanging offenses). He followed war news constantly and was often camped out at the telegraph office waiting for news.
His presidency was not exclusively about war and his greatness transcends war, but he was as much a military man, and as much a leader, as most generals, and more so than many heads of state.
And he’s a little famous.
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Only if you’re an anarchist. And he wasn’t really a military leader, even if he did die in military action and leading a column. Politician, yes; military leader, only because he had to and not particularly good. May as well call Agustina de Aragón or any number of the guerrillas who took up arms against Napoleon’s troops “military leaders.”
I thought Pompeyo was from Hispania, my mistake.
I class him as a Spanish general.
Pre-19th century nationalism, nationality was not necessarily tied to primary military service. One of France’s great generals, Maurice de Saxe, was a german nobleman - bastard son of the Elector of Saxony/king of Poland. Probably Austria’s greatest commander, Eugene of Savoy, was born and raised in France ( to the age of 20 ). Another good Austrian commander, Laudon, was from Latvia and spent the first nine years of his military career in the Russian army. Catholic Europe was speckled with generals of Irish descent ( ‘Wild Geese’ ). And at the battle of Almanza, the “French” general James FitzJames ( bastard son of James II of England, overthrown in the Glorious Revolution ), defeated the “English” general Henri de Massue ( a Hugenot noble who had defected after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes ).