Military personnel
13th–19th century
- Aguk Shagin, 8th-century Chechen commander from Aukh, participant in the Arab–Khazar wars on the side of the Khazar Khaganate
- Khasi I, prince of Durdzuketi and king of Alania, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi
- Khour I, son of the previous, self proclaimed king of Alania and Durdzuketi, leader of the Insurgency in Durdzuketi
- Botur, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi on the side of the Mongols, servant in the Mongol army, king of Boturcha
- Ors Ela, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi, ruler of the pro-Mongol Durdzuketi
- Chakhig, son of Khour I, leader of the Dedyakov rebellion
- Khour II, 14th century Chechen prince that ruled the Princedom of Simsim
- Surakat, 14th-15th century Chechen prince that ruled the Princedom of Simsim and the Avar Khanate, brother of Khour II, defended Simsim against Timurid Empire
- Aldaman Gheza, elected leader of Chechnya in the 17th century, protected the Chechen borders against several foreign invasions
- Sheikh Mansur, led the resistance against Catherine the Great's imperialist expansion into the Caucasus during the late 18th century
- Beibulat Taimiev, Chechen military leader and diplomat
- Isa Gendargeno, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War
- Gubash of Gukhoy, Chechen elder who was known for being anti Caucasian Imamate
- Baysangur of Benoa, Chechen governor and military leader
- Uma Duyev, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. Leader of the uprisings in Chechnya in 1860–1861 and 1877
- Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the Napoleonic wars
- Talkhig of Shali, governor of the province of Shali in the Caucasian Imamate
- Tovbolat Kurchaloevsky, Chechen abrek
- Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara, commander in the Caucasian War
- Zelimkhan, legendary Chechen folk hero and abrek
World War II
- Kanti Abdurakhmanov, Red Army master sergeant, Hero of the Russian Federation
- Dasha Akayev, commander of the 35th Assault Aviation Regiment; also was the first Chechen pilot
- Mahmud Amayev, Soviet junior sergeant and sniper
- Irbaykhan Baybulatov, Red Army battalion commander, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Khansultan Dachiev, Red army Junior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Duda Enginoev, full bearer of the Order of Glory
- Abukhadzhi Idrisov, Red army machine gunner and sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Khasan Israilov, leader of the 1940–1944 uprising against Soviet rule
- Khavazi Muhamed-Mirzaev, Red army senior sergeant and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Khanpasha Nuradilov, highest scoring machine gunner of the Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Lyalya Nasukhanova, the first Chechen woman pilot and the first Soviet woman to command a fighter jet echelon
- Mairbek Sheripov, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency against Soviet rule
- Movldi Umarov, Red army lieutenant and Hero of the Russian Federation
- Movlid Visaitov, commander of 255th Chechen-Ingush Cavalry Regiment, and the first one to shake hands with Americans on Elbe river; posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union
Chechen-Russian war period and after
- Arbi Barayev, nicknamed "The Terminator", founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
- Movsar Barayev, militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led seizure of Moscow theater that led to deaths of 170 people
- Shamil Basayev, militant Islamist and participant of the Chechen resistance movement
- Dzhokhar Dudayev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, writer and a politician, served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997
- Ruslan Gelayev, commander in the Chechen separatist movement
- Aslan Maskhadov, leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Diaspora
- Ahmad Aladdin, Jordanian Major general, two time Hero of Jordan
- Mümtaz Çeçen, Ottoman officer
- Ahmad Ramzi, general in the Jordanian Armed forces, minister of interior of Jordan, he was also a friend of the first Jordanian King
- Mahmud Shevket, Ottoman Grand vizier known for the founding of the Ottoman airforce
- Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani, major general in the Jordanian Army, former minister of Agriculture, mayor of Amman and director of Military intelligence
