List of commanders of 82nd Airborne Division (United States)

This is a list of commanders of the US 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.
 * MG Eben Swift 25 August – 23 November 1917
 * BG James Erwin 24 November – 16 December 1917
 * BG William P. Burnham 27 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
 * MG George B. Duncan 4 October 1918 – 21 May 1919
 * MG Omar N. Bradley 23 March – 25 June 1942
 * MG Matthew B. Ridgeway 26 June 1942 – 27 August 1944
 * MG James M. Gavin 28 August 1944 – 26 March 1948
 * MG Clovis E. Byers 27 March 1948 – 18 July 1949
 * BG Ridgely Gaither 19 July – 31 October 1949
 * MG Williston B. Palmer 1 November 1949 – 15 October 1950
 * MG Thomas F. Hickey 16 October 1950 – 31 January 1952
 * MG Charles D.W. Canham 1 February 1952 – 29 September 1952
 * MG Gerald Joseph Higgins 20 September 1952 – 14 September 1953
 * MG Francis W. Farrell 6 October 1953 – 4 July 1955
 * MG Thomas Trapnell 5 July – 13 September 1956
 * MG John W. Bowen 14 September 1956 – 27 December 1957
 * MG Hamilton H. Howze 2 January 1958 – 13 June 1959
 * MG Dwight E. Beach 1 July 1959 – 21 April 1961
 * MG Theodore J. Conway 22 April 1961 – 6 July 1962
 * MG John L. Throckmorton 7 July 1962 – 1 February 1964
 * MG Robert H. York 24 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
 * MG Joe S. Lawrie 2 August 1965 – 14 April 1967
 * MG Richard J. Seitz 15 April 1967 – 12 October 1968
 * MG John R. Deane, Jr. 14 October 1968 – 14 July 1970
 * MG George S. Blanchard 15 July 1970 – 16 July 1972
 * MG Frederick J. Kroesen 17 July 1972 – 7 October 1974
 * MG Thomas H. Tackenberry 8 October 1974 – 11 October 1976
 * MG Roscoe Robinson, Jr. 11 October 1976 – 1 December 1978
 * MG Guy S. Meloy 1 December 1978 – 6 February 1981
 * MG James J. Lindsay 6 February 1981 – 24 June 1983
 * MG Edward L. Trobaugh 24 June 1983 – 19 June 1985
 * MG Bobby B. Porter 19 June 1985 – 10 January 1986
 * MG John W. Foss 10 January 1986 – 10 October 1986
 * BG Raphael J. Hallada 10 October 1986 – 5 January 1987
 * MG Carl W. Stiner 5 January 1987 – 11 October 1988
 * MG James H. Johnson 11 October 1988 – 29 May 1991
 * MG Henry H. Shelton 29 May 1991 – 21 May 1993
 * MG William M. Steele 21 May 1993 – 10 March 1995
 * MG George A. Crocker 10 March 1995 – 27 November 1996
 * MG Joseph K. Kellogg, Jr. 27 November 1996 – 31 July 1998
 * MG Dan K. McNeill 31 July 1998 – 19 June 2000
 * MG John Vines August 2000 – October 2002
 * MG Charles Swannack October 2002 – 27 May 2004
 * MG William B. Caldwell IV 27 May 2004 – 7 April 2006
 * MG David M. Rodriguez 7 April 2006 – 21 July 2008
 * MG Curtis Scaparrotti 21 July 2008 – 5 August 2010
 * MG James L. Huggins 5 August 2010 – 5 October 2012
 * MG John Nicholson 5 October 2012 - present