The General or The Generals may refer to:

Film and television

* ''The General'' (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film * ''The General'' (1992 film), a Russian war film * ''The General'' (1998 film), a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill * ''The General'' (TV series), a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series about a hospital * "The General" (''The Prisoner''), an episode of ''The Prisoner'' * "The General", an episode of ''

Spyforce ''Spyforce'' is an Australian television series that aired from 1971 to 1973 on Nine Network. The series was based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, South West ...

'' * "The General" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'')

Literature

Fictional works

* ''The General'' (poem), a 1917 poem by

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World ...

* ''The General'' (Forester novel), a work about a World War I general by C. S. Forester * ''The General'' (Muchamore novel), a novel in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore * ''The General'' (series), a series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling * ''The General'' (Sillitoe novel), a World War II novel by Alan Sillitoe * ''The Generals'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow * ''The Generals'', a novel in the series '' Brotherhood of War'' by W. E. B. Griffin

Fictional characters

General (DC Comics) General (Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon as an adversary of Batman, the character first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #654, published in Decem ...

, an enemy of Batman and other DC superheroes * General Wade Eiling, another DC Comics supervillain, sometimes known as simply "The General" * The General, an enemy found in Marvel's

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Non-fiction works

* ''The General'' (Fenby book), a biography of Charles de Gaulle by Jonathan Fenby * ''The General'' (Bilby book), a biography of David Sarnoff by Kenneth W. Bilby

Music

* "The General" (Dispatch song), 1998 * The General (Guns N' Roses song), 2023 * "The General", a song by The Rifles from Great Escape

Other uses

* The General (horse), a horse owned by American President John Tyler * The General (Idaho), a mountain in the United States * ''The General'' (locomotive), a locomotive commandeered in the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War * The General (insurance), an insurance agency specializing in automobile insurance, formerly Permanent General * ''The General'' (magazine), a wargaming magazine published by Avalon Hill * The General, a nickname for US automobile manufacturer

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People with the nickname

Martin Cahill Martin Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) was an Irish crime boss from Dublin. He masterminded a series of burglaries and armed robberies. He was shot and killed while out on bail for kidnapping charges. The Provisional Irish Republican Ar ...

(1949-1994), Dublin criminal *

Sherman Douglas Sherman Douglas (born September 15, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player from Syracuse University who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to 2 ...

(born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player *

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...

(1890–1970), French statesman and general * Horace Grant (born 1965), American retired National Basketball Association player * Les Keiter, American newscaster and sports director *

Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (October 25, 1940 – November 1, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach (basketball), coach. Nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retire ...

(1940-2023), American college basketball coach and TV analyst * Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer) (born 1959), Richmond ruckman of the 1980s *

Rinus Michels Marinus Jacobus Hendricus "Rinus" Michels (; 9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch Association football, football player and coach. He list of one-club men in association football, played his entire career for AFC Ajax, Ajax, which he ...

(1928-2005), Dutch football player and manager