List of Most Famous Colonel People in History. Famous Colonels Throughout History
| Name | Date of birth | Age | 
|---|---|---|
| Walter Oesau | June 28, 1913 | ( Died 1944, at 31 age ) | 
| Weary Dunlop | July 12, 1907 | ( Died 1993, at 86 age ) | 
| Werner Mölders | March 18, 1913 | ( Died 1941, at 28 age ) | 
| William B. Travis | August 01, 1809 | ( Died 1836, at 27 age ) | 
| William George Barker | November 03, 1894 | ( Died 1930, at 36 age ) | 
| William J. Brennan Jr. | April 25, 1906 | ( Died 1997, at 91 age ) | 
| William Libbey | March 27, 1855 | ( Died 1927, at 72 age ) | 
| William Prescott | February 20, 1726 | ( Died 1795, at 69 age ) | 
| William R. Higgins | January 15, 1945 | ( Died 1990, at 45 age ) | 
| William S. Clark | July 31, 1826 | ( Died 1886, at 60 age ) | 
| William Stacy | February 15, 1734 | ( Died 1802, at 68 age ) | 
| Winston Churchill | November 30, 1874 | ( Died 1965, at 91 age ) | 
| Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke | March 11, 1913 | ( Died 1944, at 31 age ) | 
| Yahya Jammeh | May 25, 1965 | 60 Age | 
| Yevgeny Khrunov | September 10, 1933 | ( Died 2000, at 67 age ) | 
| Yi Wu | November 15, 1912 | ( Died 1945, at 33 age ) | 
| Yonatan Netanyahu | March 13, 1946 | ( Died 1976, at 30 age ) | 
| Yuri Artyukhin | June 22, 1930 | ( Died 1998, at 68 age ) | 
| Yuri Gagarin | March 09, 1934 | ( Died 1968, at 34 age ) | 
| Yuri Malenchenko | December 22, 1961 | 63 Age | 
| Yuri Shargin | March 20, 1960 | 65 Age | 
| Yury Onufriyenko | February 06, 1961 | 64 Age | 
| Zebulon Baird Vance | May 13, 1830 | ( Died 1894, at 64 age ) |