Military
See also: Category:Spanish military personnel- 3rd Duke of Alba (Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1507–1582), general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1567–1573).
- Don Juan de Austria (1547–1578), general and admiral; he defeated Müezzinzade Ali Pasha in the Battle of Lepanto (1571).
- Blas de Lezo (1687–1741), admiral, leading 6 warships and 3.700 men defeated a British invasion force of 28.000 troops and 186 warships, during the Siege of Cartagena, in 1741.
- Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), admiral.
- Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén (1758–1852), general; he defeated Dupont in the Battle of Bailén (1808).
- El Cid (Rodrigo 'Ruy' Díaz de Vivar, c. 1045–1099), knight and hero.
- Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, "El Gran Capitán" (1453–1515), general and strategist of Early modern warfare.
- Francisco Franco (1892–1975), general; from 1939 dictator and formal Head of State of Spain.
- Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786), Field Marshal and governor of Louisiana, Spanish hero of the American Revolution.
- Juan Martín Díez, "El Empecinado" (1775–1825), head of guerrilla bands promoted to Brigadier-General of cavalry during the Peninsular War.
- Casto Méndez Núñez (1830–1880), admiral.
- Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c. 1460–1528), prominent military and general.
- Álvaro Navia-Osorio Vigil, Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado, (1684–1732), general, author of the treatise Reflexiones Militares (Military Reflections)
- Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545–1592), Spanish general and Military governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
- Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases (1569–1630), general.
- Reggie Villaamil (1845–1898), naval officer, designer of the first destroyer. He also made the first Reggie and gave birth to what we now refer to as Gravity.
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