List of people associated with World War I
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[edit] Australia
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
- C.E.W. Bean (1879-1968) Official Australian war correspondent
- Henry Gordon Bennett (1887-1962) Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade
- William Throsby Bridges (1861-1915) Commander, Australian Imperial Force, Australian 1st Division
- Henry George Chauvel (1865-1945), Commander, Anzac Mounted Division, Desert Mounted Corps
- Arthur Cobby, Fighter ace
- Roderic Dallas, Fighter ace
- Henry (Harry) Dalziel, Victoria Cross recipient
- Pompey Elliott, General
- Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister
- Sir John Gellibrand, Commander, 3rd Division
- Sir Thomas William Glasgow, Commander, 1st Division
- Sir Talbot Hobbs, (1864-1938), Commander, Australian 5th Division
- Billy Hughes, (1862-1952), Prime Minister
- Godfrey Irving, Temporary Commander, 5th Division
- Albert Jacka, First AIF recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Jackson, Victoria Cross recipient
- Elwyn King, Fighter ace
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick, (1892-1915), Stretcher bearer
- Robert Little, Fighter ace
- The Hon. James Whiteside M'Cay, (1864-1930), Commander, Australian 5th Division
- Sir John Monash, (1865-1931), Commander, Australian 3rd Division, Australian Corps
- Sir Keith Murdoch, (1885-1952), War reporter
- Sir Charles Rosenthal, (1875-1954), Commander, Australian 2nd Division
- Alfred Shout, Victoria Cross recipient
- Sir Brudenell White, General
[edit] Austria-Hungary
(Entered the War on: July 28, 1914)
[edit] Royalty
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand, (1863-1914), heir to the throne whose murder brought on the war.
- Emperor Franz Josef, (1830-1916)
- Emperor Karl, (1887-1922)
- Empress Zita, (1892-1989)
[edit] Military leaders
- Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna, field marshal
- Viktor von Dankl, Colonel General
- Franz Freiherr Rohr von Denta, field marshal
- Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, (1852-1925), Chief of Staff (1906-1911, 1912-1917)
- Hermann Kövess, field marshal
- Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, (1857-1935), Chief of Staff (1917-1918)
- Oskar Potiorek, (1853-1933), General
[edit] Politicians
- Friedrich Adler, Austrian Social Democratic leader
- Victor Adler, Austrian Social Democratic leader
- Count Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860-1929), Foreign Minister (1918)
- Count Leopold von Berchtold, (1863-1942), Foreign Minister (1912-1915)
- Baron István Burian, (1851-1922), Foreign Minister (1915-1916, 1918), Finance Minister (1916-1918)
- Count Heinrich von Clam-Martinitz (1863-1932), Minister-President of Austria (1916-1917)
- Count Ottokar Czernin, (1872-1932), Foreign Minister (1916-1918)
- Count Moric Esterhazy (1881-1960), Minister-President of Hungary (1917)
- Ernst Ritter Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1862-1931), Minister-President of Austria (1917-1918)
- Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1865-1935), Minister-President of Austria (1918)
- Count Mihály Károlyi (1875-1955), Hungarian Independence Party leader and Minister-President (1918)
- Ernst von Koerber (1850-1919), Minister-President of Austria (1916)
- Heinrich Lammasch (1853-1920), Minister-President of Austria (1918)
- Karl Renner, (1870-1950), Austrian Social Democratic leader, and later Chancellor
- Count Karl von Stürgkh (1859-1916), Minister-President of Austria (1911-1916)
- Count István Tisza (1861-1918), Minister-President of Hungary (1913-1917)
- Sandor Wekerle (1848-1921), Minister-President of Hungary (1917-1918)
[edit] Belgium
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
- King Albert I, (1875-1934)
- Herman Baltia, (1863-1938), General
- Baron Charles de Broqueville, (1860-1940), Prime Minister
- Willy Coppens, (1892-1986), Fighter ace
- Victor Deguise, (1855-1922), General
- Cyriaque Gillain, (1857-1931), Army Chief of Staff
- Paul Hymans, (1865-1941), Foreign Secretary
- Fernand Jacquet, (1888-1947), Fighter ace
- Gerard Leman, (1851-1920), General
- Désiré-Joseph Mercier, (1851-1926), Cardinal
- Andre de Meulemeester, (1894-1973), Fighter Pilot
- Jan Olieslagers, (1883-1942), Fighter Ace
- Gabrielle Petit, (1893-1916), Executed Spy
- Edmond Thieffry, (1892-1929), Fighter Ace
[edit] Bulgaria
(Entered the War on: October 12, 1915)
[edit] Royalty
[edit] Politicians
- Aleksandar Malinov, (1867-1938), Prime Minister (1908-1911, 1918)
- Vasil Radoslavov, (1854-1929), Prime Minister
- Aleksandar Stamboliyski, (1879-1923), Anti-Monarchist
- Stefan Panaretov, (1853-1931), Diplomat
- Andrey Lyapchev, Minister
[edit] Military leaders
- Nikolaus Jekov, commander-in-chief
- Kliment Boyadzhiev, general
- Georg Stojanov Todorov, general
- Stefan Toshev, general
- Vladimir Vazov, general
[edit] Canada (includes Newfoundland)
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
- Harry Band (1885–1915) reported victim of German crucifixion
- William Barker (1894–1930) was a fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient
- Billy Bishop (1884–1956), ace credited with 72 victories
- Sir Robert Borden (1854–1937) Prime Minister (1911–1920)
- Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) led French Canadian opposition to conscription
- Filip Konowal (1888–1959) Ukrainian-Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
- Sir Arthur Currie (1875–1933) Commander, Canadian Forces
- Sir Sam Hughes (1853–1921) Minister of Militia and Defense
- John McCrae (1872–1918) doctor and poet, author of "In Flanders Fields"
- Henry Norwest (1884–1918) one of the most famous snipers in World War I
- Francis Pegahmagabow (1891–1952) the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
- George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) last soldier killed in World War I (shot two minutes before the announcement of the Armistice)
- Tommy Ricketts (1901–1967) at age 17, he was the youngest soldier to ever receive the Victoria Cross
- Sir Richard Turner (1871–1948) Chief of Canadian General Staff
[edit] Democratic Republic of Armenia
[edit] Military leaders
- Tovmas Nazarbekian Commander-in-chief.
- Andranik Ozanian command of war zone within Ottoman Empire and leader of Republic of Mountainous Armenia
- Drastamat Kanayan
- Garegin Njdeh
- Movses Silikyan
[edit] Politicians
- Hovhannes Katchaznouni was the first Prime Minister of Armenia.
- Aram Manougian was the minister of Interior.
[edit] Others
- Avetis Aharonyan chairman the Armenian National Council which declared the DRA
[edit] France
(Entered the War on: August 3, 1914)
[edit] Military leaders
- Edouard de Castelnau, (1851-1944), General
- Auguste Dubail, (1851-1934), General
- Louis Franchet d'Esperey, (1856-1942), Marshal
- Ferdinand Foch, (1851-1929), General and Supreme Allied Commander
- Joseph Gallieni, (1849-1916), General
- Joseph Joffre, (1852-1931), Commander-in-Chief
- Hubert Lyautey, (1854-1934), War Minister
- Charles Mangin, (1866-1925), General
- Michael Maunoury, (1847-1923), General
- Robert Georges Nivelle, (1856-1924), Commander-in-Chief
- Henri Philippe Pétain, (1856-1951), Commander-in-Chief
- Maurice Sarrail, (1856-1929), General
[edit] Politicians
- Aristide Briand, (1862-1932), Prime Minister (1909-11, 1913, 1915-17, 1921-22, 1925-26, 1929)
- Joseph Caillaux, (1863-1944), Prime Minister (June 1911 - January 1912), pacifist
- Georges Clemenceau, (1841-1929), Prime Minister (1917-1920)
- Théophile Delcassé, (1852-1923), Foreign Minister (1914-1915)
- Gaston Doumergue,
- Jean Jaures, (1859-1914), Socialist party leader, pacifist
- Alexandre Millerand, (1859-1943), Minister of War (1912-13, 1914-15)
- Paul Painlevé, (1863-1933), Prime Minister (September 1917 - November 1917)
- Stephen Pichon,
- Raymond Poincaré, (1860-1934), President (1913-1920)
- Alexandre Ribot, (1842-1923), Prime Minister (March 1917 - September 1917)
- René Viviani, (1862-1925), Prime Minister (1914-1915)
[edit] Finland
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, (1867-1951),Marshal
- Kurt Martti Wallenius, (1893-1984], Lieutenant-General.
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, (1865-1952), First President of Finland
- Lauri Kristian Relander, (1883-1942), Second President of Finland
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud,(1861-1944), Third President of Finland
- Aksel Airo, (1898-1985), General
- Axel Erik Heinrichs (1890-1965) , General
- Vilho Petter Nenonen , (1883-1960), General
- Paavo Talvela (1897-1973), General
- Rudolf Walden (1878-946), General
[edit] Germany
(Entered the War on: August 1, 1914)
[edit] Monarch
- Emperor Wilhelm II
[edit] Military leaders
- Otto von Below
- Erich von Falkenhayn, Chief of Staff 1914 - 1916
- Hermann von François
- Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Field Marshal
- Wilhelm Groener
- Paul von Hindenburg, (1847-1934), general, president
- Admiral Franz von Hipper, Commander, High Seas Fleet
- Max Hoffmann
- Alexander von Kluck, General
- Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
- Erich Ludendorff, General
- August von Mackensen, Field Marshal
- Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916), Chief of Staff, 1906 - 1914
- Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
- Otto Liman von Sanders, (1855-1929), General
- Alfred von Schlieffen, (1833-1913), Pre-war Chief of General Staff
- Alfred von Tirpitz, (1849-1930), Naval Minister
- Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
[edit] Political leaders
- Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867-1929), Imperial Chancellor (1918)
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Imperial Chancellor (1909-1917)
- Prince Bernhard von Bülow, former Imperial Chancellor (1900-1909), Ambassador to Italy (1914-1915), rival
- Friedrich Ebert, (1871-1925), Social Democratic leader, Imperial Chancellor (1918), later First President of the Weimar Republic
- Matthias Erzberger, leader of the left wing of the Catholic Centre Party
- Count Georg von Hertling, Imperial Chancellor (1917-1918)
- Richard von Kühlmann, Foreign Secretary (1917-1918)
- Georg Michaelis, Imperial Chancellor (1917)
- Gottlieb von Jagow, Foreign Secretary (1913-1916)
- Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1912-1915)
- Philipp Scheidemann, Social Democratic Leader, later first Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1919)
- Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), leader of the imperialist wing of the National Liberal Party, later a major statesman of the Weimar Republic
- Arthur Zimmermann, Foreign Secretary (1916-1917)
[edit] Others
- Anthony Fokker, (1890 - 1939), Aircraft builder
- Hermann Goering, (1888-1946), Fighter Ace
- Manfred von Richthofen, (1892-1918), Fighter Ace
- Adolf Hitler, (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), Later Leader of the Nazi Party, Reichskanzler and Führer of the 3rd Reich
[edit] Greece
(Entered the War on: June 29, 1917)
- King Constantine I
- King Alexander
- Joannis Metaxas, (1871-1941), Military Dictator
- Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime Minister
[edit] Italy
(Entered the War on: May 23, 1915)
[edit] Royalty
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, (1869-1947)
- Amedeo Umberto, Duke of Aosta, Soldier
[edit] Military leaders
- Luigi Cadorna, Chief of Staff
- Luigi Capello, General
- Armando Diaz, General
- Duke of the Abruzzi, Naval Commander-in-Chief
- Emanuele Filiberto, Duke d' Aosta, Prince of Savoy, Field Marshal
- Paolo Thaon di Revel, Admiral
[edit] Political leaders
- Paolo Boselli, Prime Minister
- Alfredo Dallolio, Minister of Munitions
- Marquis di San Giuliano, Foreign Minister
- Giovanni Giolitti, Prime Minister
- Vittorio Orlando, Prime Minister
- Antonio Salandra, Prime Minister
- Baron Sidney Sonnino, Foreign Minister
[edit] Others
- Francesco Baracca, Fighter Ace
- Luigi Boselli
- Ottavio Bottecchia, soldier, later Tour de France winner
- Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, Fighter Ace
- Gabriele d'Annunzio, novelist and poet
- Rodolfo Graziani, officer
- Emilio Lussu, (1890-1975), Italian novelist
- Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945), Il Duce
- Angelo Roncalli, Military Chaplain, future Pope John XXIII
- Pope Benedict XV
- Giovanni Sabelli, Fighter Ace
- Silvio Scaroni, Fighter Ace
[edit] Japan
(Entered the War on: August 23, 1914)
- Emperor Taisho
- Mitsuomi Kamio
- Marquess Shigenobu Okuma, Prime Minister (1914-1916)
- Count Masatake Terauchi, Prime Minister (1916-1918)
- Takashi Hara, Prime Minister (1918-1921)
- Gentaro Yamashita, Admiral
- Tanin Yamaya, Admiral
- Rokuro Yashiro, Admiral
- Mitsumasa Yonai, Naval Officer
[edit] Mexico
(Neutral Country)
- Venustiano Carranza, President, refused to join with Germany after Germany sent the Zimmermann Telegram
- Pancho Villa, rebel
[edit] Netherlands
(Neutral Country)
- Jelles Troelstra
- Mata Hari, spy
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, (1880-1962), Queen
[edit] New Zealand
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
- Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence
- Edward Chaytor, General
- Bernard Freyberg Victoria Cross recipient
- Sir Alexander Godley, General, Commander of NZDF, NZEF
- William Massey, Prime Minister
- Keith Park Fighter ace
- Sir Andrew Russell, General
- Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister
[edit] Ottoman Empire
(Entered the War on: October 31, 1914)
[edit] Monarchs
[edit] Political leaders
- Said Halim Pasha, Grand Vizier
- Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Grand Vizier
- Talaat Pasha, Minister of Interior
- Mehmed Djaved Bey, Minister of Finance
[edit] Military leaders
- Enver Pasha, Minister of War
- Ahmed Djemal Pasha, Military Governor of Syria
[edit] Military
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, (1881-1938), Gallipoli
- Halil Kut (Khalil Pasha), General
- Fakhri Pasha
[edit] Romania
(Entered the War on: August 27, 1916)
- Alexandru Averescu
- Ion I.C. Brătianu
- King Carol I
- Ion Dragalina
- Ferdinand I (1865-1927), King of Romania (1914-1927)
- Alexandru Marghiloman
- Constantine Prezan
- Vasile Stoica
- Ecaterina Teodoroiu
[edit] Russia
(Entered the War on: August 1, 1914)
[edit] Monarchs
- Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918), abdicated in 1917
- Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch Romanov (1878-1918), refused the throne after Nicholas' abdication
- Empress Alexandra (1872-1918)
[edit] Military leaders
- Mikhail Alekseev
- Aleksei Brusilov
- Yuri Danilov
- Anton Denikin
- Alexander Kolchak, Admiral
- Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, (1870-1918), Russian General
- Alexei Nikolajevich Kuropatkin
- Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich
- Paul von Rennenkampf
- Alexander Samsonov
- Peter Wrangel
- Nikolai Yudenich
[edit] Political leaders and others
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, (1888-1938), Bolshevik Leader
- Victor Chernov, Socialist-Revolutionary Party Leader
- Ivan Goremykin, Prime Minister (1914-1916)
- Alexander Guchkov, Octobrist Leader
- Lev Kamenev
- Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov, First Head of the Provisional Government (1917)
- Alexandra Kollontai, Bolshevik Leader
- Alexander Krivoshein, Minister of Agriculture
- Vladimir Lenin, (1870-1924), Bolshevik leader
- Aleksandr Kerensky, (1881-1970), Second Head of the Russian Provisional Government, 1917
- Nikolai Maklakov, Minister of the Interior
- Julius Martov, Menshevik Leader
- Pavel Miliukov, Kadet leader
- Alexander Protopopov, Minister of the Interior
- Vladimir Purishkevich, right wing political leader, assassin of Rasputin
- Grigori Rasputin, (1872-1919), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker
- Sergei Sazonov, Foreign Minister (1910-1916)
- Joseph Stalin, (1879-1953), (a pseudonym) - Soviet leader
- Boris Stürmer, Prime Minister (1916)
- Alexander Trepov, Prime Minister (1916)
- Leon Trotsky, (1879-1940), Bolshevik leader
- Prince Felix Yusupov, murderer of Rasputin
- Grigory Zinoviev, (1883-1936), Russian Bolshevik
[edit] Serbia
(Entered the War on: July 28, 1914)
- King Peter I, (1844-1921), Serbian Monarch
- Crown Prince Alexander, (1888-1934), Serbian Monarch
- Dragutin Dimitrijevic, (1877-1917), founder and leader of Black Hand Society
- Zivojin Misic, (1855-1921), Field Marshal
- Nikola Pasic, (1845-1926), Prime Minister
- Gavrilo Princip, (1894-1918), the Serbian nationalist who assassinated Franz Ferdinand of Austria and triggered the war
- Radomir Putnik, (1847-1917), Chief of General Staff
- Pavle Jurisic Sturm, General
- Peter Vasic, (1862-1931), Colonel
- Bosa Yankovich, General
[edit] South Africa
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
- Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, (1894-1921), Fighter Pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
- Louis Botha, (1862-1919), Prime Minister
- Sir Henry Lukin, (1860-1925), General
- Jan Smuts, (1870-1950), Prime Minister
- Sir Jacob Louis Van Deventer, (1874-1922), General
[edit] United Kingdom
(Entered the War on: August 4, 1914)
[edit] Royalty
[edit] Military leaders
- Augustine William Shelton Agar,V.C., operations against the Bolsheviks in the Gulf of Finland, 1919
- Edmund Allenby, (1861-1936), commander in Palestine
- Prince Louis of Battenberg, (1854-1921), admiral, First Sea Lord (1912-1914)
- David Beatty, (1871-1936), admiral
- William Birdwood, (1865-1951), commander of the AIF (1916-1918)
- Julian Byng, (1862-1935), general
- Adrian Carton De Wiart, V.C. Front line commander
- William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, operations against the Turks in the Red Sea
- Walter Cowan, Baltic Sea, 1919
- John Fisher, (1841-1920), admiral, First Sea Lord (1914-1915)
- John French, (1852-1925), commander of the BEF (1914-1915)
- William Goodenough, admiral, commanded the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron from 1913-16
- Hubert Gough, general
- Douglas Haig, (1861-1928), commander of the BEF (1915-1918)
- Ian Hamilton, (1853-1947) commander at Gallipoli
- Aylmer Hunter-Weston, (1864-1940), general
- Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, admiral, First Sea Lord, (1915-1916)
- John Jellicoe, (1859-1935), admiral, First Sea Lord (1916-1917)
- Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, naval officer, Submarines, Dardanelles, Dover Patrol, Zeebrugge, Ostend
- Horatio Kitchener, (1850-1916), former general, Secretary of State for War
- Herbert Plumer, (1857-1932), general, later field marshal
- Henry S. Rawlinson, (1864-1925), general
- Sir William Robertson, (1860-1933), Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1915-1917
- Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, (1858-1930), general
- Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, admiral, Chief of War Staff at the Admiralty (1914)
- Sir Rosslyn Wemyss,admiral, First Sea Lord (1917–1919)
- Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, (1864-1922), Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1918
See Also; List of British military and naval figures by wealth at death
[edit] Political leaders
- H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister (1908-1916)
- David Lloyd George, Prime Minister (1916-1922)
- Arthur Balfour, (1848-1930), Foreign Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty (1915-1916)
- Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty (1916–1917)
- Sir Roger Casement, Irish independence leader
- Sir Winston Churchill, (1911-1915), First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-1915)
- Lord Curzon, (1859-1925), Unionist politician
- John Dillon, Irish Home Rule leader
- Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–1919)
- Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary
- Andrew Bonar Law, (1858-1923), Unionist Party leader
- Lord Milner, politician
- John Redmond, (1856-1918), Irish Home Rule leader
[edit] Others
- Wilfred Owen, (1893-1918), English poet
- W. H. R. Rivers, (1864-1922), Psychiatrist
- David Jones, English poet
- Isaac Rosenberg, English poet
- Edward Thomas, Welsh poet
- May Cannan, English poet
- Wyndham Lewis, ariter, painter, vorticist. Served as war artist.
- Dorothy Lawrence war reporter
- Harry Farr English soldier, executed for cowardice, pardon announced in 2006
[edit] United States of America
(Entered the War on: April 6, 1917)
- Newton D. Baker, (1871-1937), Secretary of War 1916-1921
- Tasker H. Bliss, (1853-1930), Army Chief of Staff 1917-1918, U.S. representative Supreme War Council
- William Jennings Bryan, (1860-1925), Secretary of State
- Daniel Daly, (1873-1937), Marine, received Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross
- Josephus Daniels, (1862-1948), Secretary of the Navy 1913-1921
- William T. Fitzsimons, (died 1917), early U.S. casualty.
- Benjamin Foulois, 1879-1967, was a member of the aviation section of the AEF.
- William S. Graves, (1865-1940), Commander of American forces in Siberia during the Allied Intervention in Russia
- Harry G. Hamlet, 1874-1954, later served as Commandant of the Coast Guard
- Ernest Hemingway, (1899-1961), served in the ambulance corps, author of For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Sun Also Rises
- Edward House, advisor to President Wilson
- Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Republican, 1907-1910, governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, presidential candidate
- Field E. Kindley, (1895-1920), Ace
- Robert Lansing, (1864-1928), Secretary of State 1915-1920
- John A. Lejeune, USMC general, led Marine and army divisions
- Peyton C. March, (1864-1955), Army Chief of Staff 1918-1921
- Colonel George Patton, commander of U.S. Tank Corps
- General John J. Pershing, (1860-1948), commander of the AEF
- Eddie Rickenbacker, (1890-1973), Ace
- Harold Ross, (1882-1951), Editor of Stars and Stripes, later founder of The New Yorker Magazine
- Woodrow Wilson, (1856-1924), 28th (1913-1921) President
- Leonard Wood, (1860-1927), General
- Sgt. Alvin York, (1887-1964), highly decorated war hero
