WAndrea Aguyar, nicknamed Andrea il Moro, was a former Black slave from Uruguay who became a follower of Garibaldi in both South America and Italy, and who died in defence of the revolutionary Roman Republic of 1849.
WAugusto Anfossi
WEusebio Bava was an Italian general who fought in the First Italian War of Independence.
WLudwig August Ritter von Benedek, also known as Lajos Benedek, was an Austrian general (Feldzeugmeister) of Hungarian descent, best known for commanding the imperial army in 1866 in their defeat at the Battle of Königgrätz against the Prussian Army, which ended his career.
WCharles Albert was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute, and with the First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849).
WEnrico Cialdini, Duca di Gaeta was an Italian soldier, politician and diplomat.
WEnrico Cosenz was an Italian soldier born at Gaeta.
WGiovanni Durando was an Italian general and politician.
WPrince Ferdinand of Savoy, 1st Duke of Genoa was the founder of the Genoa branch of the House of Savoy.
WAlessandro Ferrero La Marmora was an Italian general who is best remembered for founding the military unit known as the Bersaglieri. Two of his brothers were Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora and Alberto Ferrero la Marmora, the naturalist.
WGiuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot and republican. He contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of the greatest generals of modern times and one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.
WCount Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska, also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and commanded the losing Austrian army at the Battle of Magenta.
WJulius Jakob Freiherr von Haynau was an Austrian general who suppressed insurrectionary movements in Italy and Hungary in 1848 and later. While a hugely effective military leader, he also gained renown as an aggressive and ruthless commander. His soldiers called him the "Habsburg Tiger"; those opponents who suffered from his brutality called him the "Hyena of Brescia" and the "Hangman of Arad".
WAlfonso Ferrero La Marmora was an Italian general and statesman. His older brothers include soldier and naturalist Alberto della Marmora and Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, founder of the branch of the Italian army now called the Bersaglieri.
WGustave Olivier Lannes de Montebello was a French general and politician. He was the fourth and last son of Marshal Jean Lannes.Gallery
WEugen Count Wratislaw von Mittrowitz-Nettolitzky was an Austrian and Czech Field Marshal from House Wratislaw of Mitrovic.
WDomenico Morelli was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples, but also because of his rebelliousness against institutions: traits that flourished into the passionate, often patriotic, Romantic and later Symbolist subjects of his canvases. Morelli was the teacher of Vincenzo Petrocelli.
WLaval Graf Nugent von Westmeath was a soldier of Irish birth, who fought in the armies of Austria and the Two Sicilies.
WGuglielmo Pepe was an Italian general and patriot. He was brother to Florestano Pepe and cousin to Gabriele Pepe. He was married to Mary Ann Coventry, a Scottish woman who was the widow of John Borthwick Gilchrist, linguist and surgeon to the East India Company.
WJohann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz was a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian field marshal. He served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg Monarchy during the later period of the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards began military reforms. A disciplined and fair man, he was so beloved by his troops that he was known as Vater ('Father') Radetzky. He is best known for the victories at the Battles of Custoza and Novara during the First Italian War of Independence.
WWilhelm Freiherr von Ramming von Riedkirchen was an Austrian Feldzeugmeister who commanded an army corps during the Austro-Prussian War.
WTommaso Salvini was an Italian actor.
WTito Speri was an Italian patriot and hero of the Risorgimento.
WPhilipp Franz Emerich Karl von Stadion und Thannhausen was an Austrian feldmarschall-leutnant and Landkomtur of the Teutonic Order in Austria.
WThomas Friedrich Zobel von Giebelstadt und Darstadt was an Austrian military officer.