# The most famous horses in history

Alexander the Great's Bucephalus, Napoleon's Marengo, El Cid's Babieca and Comanche, the only survivor of Little Bighorn: the horses that carried kings, generals and legends. Which is the most legendary?

- 8 votes · 14 items
- Jul 24, 2025 · Francesco Rizzi
- https://even.best/en/l/3415/the-most-famous-horses-in-history

## Top 14

1. **Marengo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Napoleon's small grey Arabian stallion; its skeleton is in London.
2. **Cincinnati** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ulysses S. Grant's favourite horse.
3. **Comanche** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The only survivor found after the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).
4. **Kanthaka** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The white horse that carried the future Buddha out of the palace.
5. **Vizir** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Another of Napoleon's horses, preserved at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.
6. **Palomo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Simón Bolívar's white horse.
7. **Copenhagen** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — He carried the Duke of Wellington for 17 hours straight at Waterloo.
8. **Bucephalus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alexander the Great's horse, tamed by him as a boy and ridden all the way to Asia.
9. **Babieca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — El Cid's white horse, in "The Song of the Cid".
10. **Chetak** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — He saved Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati (1576).
11. **Traveller** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — General Robert E. Lee's grey horse in the American Civil War.
12. **Incitatus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Caligula's horse, whom legend says he wanted to make consul.
13. **Tencendur** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Charlemagne's steed in "The Song of Roland".
14. **Secretariat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — He won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths.

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