S: (n) Borgia, Cesare Borgia (Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507))
S: (n) Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655))
S: (n) Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali, Muhammad Ali (Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849))
S: (n) Morgan, Daniel Morgan (soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802))