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Military genius is strategy under maximum pressure. The 42 commanders below changed maps, toppled empires, and wrote the manuals later armies still use.

Albrecht von Wallenstein

Albrecht von Wallenstein

A Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

IQ 180

A king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

IQ 145

An Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Brit

Auguste de Marmont

Auguste de Marmont

IQ 150

A French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire.

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

IQ 175

13th century Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

IQ 145

A Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who fought Napoleon at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Wa

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

IQ 180

Creating one of the greatest empires in history.

George Washington

George Washington

IQ 140

Being the first president of the United States

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

IQ 140

An English soldier and politician, and a key figure on both sides of the English Civil War, as well as the Restoration o

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi

IQ 140

An Italian general, patriot, and republican who contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper

An American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral who was one of the first programmers of the Harvard M

Hannibal

Hannibal

IQ 155

Carthaginian general and statesman who is widely considered to be one of the greatest military commanders in human histo

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

IQ 160

A German polymath, physician, theologian, and occult writer widely considered as the top occultists of the early modern

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

IQ 168

A United States Army general who led all coalition forces in the Gulf War.

Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés

IQ 175

A Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

IQ 150

An English flag officer in the Royal Navy widely regarded as one of the best Navy commanders in history.

Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka

IQ 145

A Czech general, a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus.

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

IQ 145

A French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

IQ 145

An English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.

John Franklin

John Franklin

IQ 150

A British Royal Navy officer whose efforts to find the Northwest Passage are the main plot of Dan Simonse's novel "The T

Matthew Fontaine Maury

Matthew Fontaine Maury

An American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, educator, and naval of

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

IQ 180

Military & statesman genius. The First Emperor of the French people

Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Jean-de-Dieu Soult

IQ 150

A French general who was one of six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General of France

Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang

IQ 170

A Chinese monarch who was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China.

Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

IQ 140

An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Robert Blake (admiral)

Robert Blake (admiral)

IQ 155

An important naval commander of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th cent

Robert Clive

Robert Clive

IQ 140

The first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency credited along with Warren Hastings for laying the foundation of Bri

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

IQ 140

A French military engineer who worked under Louis XIV generally considered as one of the most important in Western milit

Seleucus I Nicator

Seleucus I Nicator

Taking over Alexander the Great's Empire after his death

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

IQ 155

A Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecu

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu

IQ 165

a Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher who is world-famous for his book The Art of War.

Thucydides

Thucydides

An Athenian historian and general known for his account of the ar between Sparta and Athens

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman

IQ 145

An American soldier, businessman, educator, and author considered to be the first modern general.

Xenophon

Xenophon

IQ 160

An Athenian-born military leader, philosopher, and historian.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

An American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877

André Masséna

André Masséna

A French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

David Farragut

David Farragut

A flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War who was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and

Michel Ney

Michel Ney

A French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic War

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Aan English general and statesman who led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English

Philip Sheridan

Philip Sheridan

A career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

A French commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of the Empire.

Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat

King of Naples and French Marshal

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Who is the greatest military commander of all time?

Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Genghis Khan are the three most universally ranked — each never lost a major campaign.

What was Napoleon's IQ?

Napoleon's IQ is estimated at 145-180; he commanded armies of 400,000+ while mentally tracking logistics and politics across Europe.

Who wrote The Art of War?

Sun Tzu (5th century BCE) wrote The Art of War — still the most-quoted military text in history.

Did Alexander the Great lose a battle?

Alexander never lost a major pitched battle in 15 years of campaigning from Greece to India.

Who was the best American general?

Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington, and Dwight Eisenhower are most often named the greatest American military leaders.