List of military figures by nickname

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• "31-Knot Burke" — Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed)

A

• "ABC" — Andrew Browne Cunningham, British admiral
• "Acey" — Albert C. Burrows, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
• "Achmed" — Erich Bey, German Kriegsmarine admiralBekker, Cajus. Hitler's Naval War (New York City: Kensington Publishing Corp. , 1974; reprints Gerhard Stalling Verlag's 1971 Verdammte See), p.178.
• "Allegheny Johnson" or "Alleghany Johnson" — Edward Johnson, Confederate Army general
• "Assi" — Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II
• "The Auk" — Claude Auchinleck, British Indian Army Field Marshal
• "Autie" — George Custer, American Army officer

B

• "Babe" —
• John H. Brown, World War II U.S. Navy submarine commander
• Edward Heffron, World War II paratrooper
• "Bad Hand" — Ranald S. Mackenzie, U.S. Army in U.S Civil War and Indian Wars
• "Bad Old Man" — Jubal Early, Confederate Army general
• "Baldy" — Charles A. Pownall, American Admiral in World War II
• "Barbara" – David G. M. Campbell, British general<ref name="No.3: 'Soarer'......
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