Medieval French hero. Nephew of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor.

• His story is told in the epic Chanson de Roland (''''Song of Roland'''')

English pirate.

• Better known by his nickname, Blackbeard

Welsh buccaneer.

• Knighted for his unofficial service to Britain through his depredations of Spanish and Dutch colonies in the Caribbean

Welsh pirate.

• Captured more than 400 ships

Scottish privateer and pirate.

• The famous Captain Kidd''s pirate career lasted only two years, and ended in his being hanged and his belongings donated to charity

German fighter pilot known as ''The Red Baron.''

• Shot down 80 planes during World War I

English fighter pilot who served with distinction in World War II, despite having no legs.

• Shot down 22 German planes

Canadian fighter pilot.

• Shot down 72 planes in World War II

American soldier.

• First black soldier to be commissioned in the U.S. Army, 1865

Legendary Medieval English hero.

• Known for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor

Fictional character.

• One of The Three Musketeers

Fictional character.

• One of the musketeers from The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas

Fictional character.

• One of The Three Musketeers

Fictional character.

• One of The Three Musketeers

Medieval Italian heroine.

• In 1237, fought beside her husband in the defense of their town

French soldier.

• Served in the infantry, 1792-95

Irish pirate of the early 18th century.

• She joined her several short-lived husbands in their depradations in and around the West Indies

American soldier who received a pension for her service at the battle of Monmouth in 1778.

• While carrying water to the soldiers (hence her nickname), Molly took over for her cannoneer husband when he succumbed to exhaustion

British soldier.

• Fought in the British army during the 1690s

Queen of Sweden, 1632-54.

• Left her throne to pursue a life of swashbuckling and adventure

Seventeenth-century Spanish adventurer.

• Left her Spanish convent to become a soldier of fortune in Central America

British noblewoman and criminal.

• Notorious highway robber of the 17th century

Scottish heroine and American revolutionary figure.

• Dressed Prince Charles as her maid to aid his escape after the failed Jacobite rebellion of 1745; later went to America and recruited Scots to fight in the Revolutionary War

Russian sniper.

• Killed 309 enemy soldiers during World War II

American soldier.

• Fought in Texas'' struggle for independence from Mexico

Russian prostitute who became a Bolshevik and a soldier.

• Decorated for her service on the front lines in World War I

Rhode Island sharpshooter.

• Fought in the American Civil War

American spy.

• Gypsy actress who worked behind enemy lines during the U.S. Civil War

American soldier.

• Fought in the U.S. Civil War

Eighteenth-century soldier.

• Dressed as a man, she fought as a cuirassier (horse-soldier) in the Seven Years'' War

Nineteenth-century British soldier.

• Her 16-year army career ended at the battle of Waterloo

Russian pilot.

• Served in the Russian army in World War I

Cuban patriot.

• Fought in the Cuban revolution of 1868

Israeli military officer.

• Killed in combat in 1946, she is commemorated by a Tel Aviv street name

Russian soldier.

• Decorated for her service in Poland during World War I

American soldier.

• Native American who rode with Quantrill''s Raiders during and after the U.S. Civil War

American actor and war hero.

• Received more decorations (24) in WWII than any other soldier

American soldier in the Revolutionary War.

• First woman known to have impersonated a man in order to join the American army

American Air Force officer.

• America''s first female B-52 pilot; discharged in 1997 for adultery