Latin America
- Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt - Brazil 1828
- Daniel Florencio O'Leary - aide de camp to Bolívar in Venezuela
- William Brown (admiral) - "Father of the Argentine Navy"
- William Lamport - nicknamed El Zorro, the Fox, due to his exploits in Mexico
- Saint Patrick's Battalion - A unit of Irish immigrants forming part of the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War (1846–48).
- Alexander O'Reilly - General, "Father of the Puerto Rican Militia",
- Juan MacKenna - Founder of the Military Corps of Engineers of the Chilean Army.
- John Thomond O'Brien - Aide-de-camp to general José de San Martín.
- Jorge O'Brien - Captain of the Chilean Navy during the Chilean War of Independence.
- Ambrosio O'Higgins - Colonial administrator and military governor of Chile (1788–1796), father of Bernardo O'Higgins
- Bernardo O'Higgins - first Chilean head of state (Supreme Director, 1817–23), commanded the military forces that won independence from Spain.
- Admiral Robert Otway materially supported the Independence of Brazil
- Patricio Lynch - Admiral of the Chilean navy
- Che Guevara - Revolutionary
- Peter (Pedro) Campbell - the Irish-born founder of the Uruguayan Navy (see Pedro Campbell (Spanish) for detailed information.)
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