List of naval commanders

This is a list of naval commanders. Rank is assumed to be admiral unless stated otherwise.

See also: List of military commanders

Table of contents

1 Antiquity 2 Middle Ages 3 Age of Sail 4 Modern

Antiquity

Middle Ages

Age of Sail

• William Bainbridge, (1774-1833)
• Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), British
• William Bligh (1754-1817)
• Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)
• Stephen Decatur, (1779-1820)
• David Farragut, (1801-1870)
• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799)
• Isaac Hull
• John Paul Jones, (1747-1792)
• Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846)
• Horatio Nelson, (1758-1805)
• Matthew C. Perry, (1794-1858)
• Oliver Hazard Perry
• David Dixon Porter
• Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658)
• Stephen C. Rowan
• Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676)
• Maarten Tromp
• Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750-1812)

Modern

• David Beatty, (1871-1936), British
• Arthur L. Bristol, (1886-1942), US
• Isaac N. Brown, Commander, (1817-1889), US/CS
• Arleigh Burke (1901-1996), US
• Wilhelm Canaris, (1887-1945), German
• Jean Francois Darlan, (1881-1942), French
• George Dewey (1837-1917), US
• Karl Doenitz (1891-1980), German
• Donald B. Duncan (1896-1975), US
• Jackie Fisher (1841-1920), British
• William Halsey (1882-1959), US
• John Jellicoe (1859-1935), British
• Husband E. Kimmel, US
• Ernest J. King, US
• William D. Leahy, US
• Alfred Thayer Mahan, (1840-1914), US
• Daniel M. McGurl (1896-1976), US
• Daniel Murphy, US
• Chuichi Nagumo (1886-1944), Japanese
• Chester Nimitz, (1885-1966), US
• John Poindexter, US
• Charles Read, Lieutenant, (1840-1890), US/CS
• Hyman G. Rickover, (1900-1986), US
• Bernhard Rogge, (1899-1982), German
• Raymond A. Spruance, (1886-1969), US
• Doveton Sturdee (1859–1925), British
• Homer N. Wallin (1893-1984), US