Military
- Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook (1755–1835), British and Portuguese general of the Napoleonic Wars
- John Patrick Hamilton (1896–1961), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Brown Hamilton (1896–1973), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Hamilton (artist) (1919–1993), British army officer and artist
- John Hamilton (RNZAF officer), former Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
- John Graham Hamilton (1910–1994), British admiral
- John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer) (1714–1755), British naval officer
- John Hamilton (air force pilot) (1920–2012)
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)