List of people associated with World War I

Commonwealth of Australia

(Entered the War on: 4 August 1914)

Political leaders

• Andrew Fisher – Australian Prime Minister 1914–1915
• Billy Hughes – Australian Prime Minister 1915–1923

Military leaders

• Henry Gordon Bennett (1887–1962) Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade
• William Throsby Bridges (1861–1915) Commander, Australian Imperial Force, Australian 1st Division
• Harry 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
• Sir Thomas William Glasgow, Commander, 1st Division
• Sir Talbot Hobbs, (1864–1938), Commander, Australian 5th Division
• 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 A. 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
• Thomas Baker, Fighter ace

Others

• C.E.W. Bean (1879–1968) Official Australian war correspondent

Austria-Hungary

(Entered the War on: 28 July 1914)

Royalty

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand, (1863–1914), heir to the throne whose murder brought on the war.
• Emperor Franz Josef I, (1830–1916)
• Emperor Karl I, (1887–1922), last emperor of Austria, last king of Hungary
• Empress Zita, (1892–1989), last empress of Austria, last queen of Hungary
• Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Field Marshal and supreme commander of the Austro-Hungarian (K.u.K.) Army
• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Grand Admiral in the Austro-Hungarian (K.u.K.) Navy
• Archduke Eugen of Austria, Field Marshal and commander in the Balkins and later of the entire southwestern front
• Archduke Joseph August of Austria, the last Field Marshal of Austria-Hungary, commander of the VII Corps, the 6th Army, and eventually the Army Group Tirol, also the last Palatine of Hungary
• Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, General of Cavalry (equivalent to lieutenant general), K.u.K., and Doctor of Medicine
• Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Austria, Feldmarschalleutnant (equivalent to major general), and commander of XIV Corps, the 4th Army, and later inspector general of the Imperial Air Force
• Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Colonel of Artillery of both the Imperial (k.u.k.) Austro-Hungarian Army (on Horse) and the Polish Army
• Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Captain, K.u.K., and served after the war as an officer in the Polish Army
• Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, Colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and later served after the war as an officer in the Polish Army

Military leaders

• Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna, field marshal
• Franz Freiherr Rohr von Denta, field marshal
• Hermann Kövess, field marshal
• Anton Haus, (1851–1917), Grand Admiral and fleet commander of the K.u.K. Navy
• Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, (1852–1925), Chief of Staff (1906–1911, 1912–1917)
• Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, (1857–1935), Chief of Staff (1917–1918)
• Viktor von Dankl, Colonel General
• Oskar Potiorek, (1853–1933), General and Governor of Bosnia (during the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand), 1914
• Godwin Brumowski, (1889–1936), Hauptmann (captain) in the K.u.K. Air Force, leading Austro-Hungarian fighter ace of the war
• Georg Ludwig von Trapp, (1880–1947), Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander) in the K.u.K. Navy, leading Austro-Hungarian U-Boat ace of the war.

Politicians

• 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 Stephan Burián von Rajecz, (1851–1922), Foreign Minister (1915–1916, 1918), Finance Minister (1916–1918)
• Count Heinrich Clam-Martinic (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 László Szőgyény-Marich, Jr. (1841–1916), Long serving Ambassador at Berlin (1892–1914)
• Count István Tisza (1861–1918), Minister-President of Hungary (1913–1917)
• Sandor Wekerle (1848–1921), Minister-President of Hungary (1917–1966)

Belgium

(Entered the War on: 4 August 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

Bulgaria

(Entered the War on: 12 October 1915)

Royalty

• Ferdinand I, (1861 – 1948)
• Crown prince Boris, (1894 – 1943), heir apparent and liaison officer between Mackensen and Lieutenant General Stefan Toshev

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

Military leaders

• Nikola Zhekov, commander-in-chief
• Kliment Boyadzhiev, general
• Georg Stojanov Todorov, general
• Stefan Toshev, general
• Vladimir Vazov, general

Canada (includes Newfoundland)

(Entered the War on: 4 August 1914)

Royalty

• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (third son of Queen Victoria), Governor General

Political leaders

• Sir Robert Borden (1854–1937) Prime Minister (1911–1920)
• Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) led French Canadian opposition to conscription
• Sir Sam Hughes (1853–1921) Minister of Militia and Defense

Military

• Sir Arthur Currie (1875–1933) Division, later Corps commander (Canadian Corps)
• Sir Richard Turner (1871–1948) Chief of Canadian General Staff
• Billy Bishop (1884–1956), ace credited with 72 victories
• William Barker (1894–1930) was a fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient
• Filip Konowal (1888–1959) Ukrainian-Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
• Tommy Ricketts (1901–1967) at age 17, he was the youngest soldier to ever receive the Victoria Cross
• Francis Pegahmagabow (1891–1952) the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
• Henry Norwest (1884–1918) one of the most famous snipers in World War I
• Harry Band (1885–1915) reported victim of German crucifixion
• George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) last soldier killed in World War I (shot two minutes before the announcement of the Armistice)
• John McCrae (1872–1918) doctor and poet, author of "In Flanders Fields"

Democratic Republic of Armenia

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 Nzhdeh
• Movses Silikyan

Politicians

• Hovhannes Katchaznouni was the first Prime Minister of Armenia.
• Aram Manukian was the minister of Interior.

Others

• Avetis Aharonyan chairman the Armenian National Council which declared the DRA

France

(Entered the War on: 3 August 1914)

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 Generalissimo of the Allied Armies
• 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
• Charles Lanrezac, (1852–1925), General

Political Leaders

• 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)
• 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)

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 (1878–1946), General

Germany

(Entered the War on: 1 August 1914)

Monarch

• Emperor Wilhelm II

Military leaders

• 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

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)

Others

• Anthony Fokker, (1890–1939), Aircraft builder
• Hermann Göring, (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

Greece

(Entered the War on: July 2nd 1917)

• King Alexander
• Joannis Metaxas, (1871–1941), Military Dictator
• Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime Minister

Italy

(Entered the War on: 23 May 1915)

Royalty

• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, (1869–1947)
• Amedeo Umberto, Duke of Aosta, Soldier

Military leaders

• Luigi Cadorna, Chief of Staff
• Luigi Capello, General
• Armando Diaz, General
• Pietro Badoglio, General
• Duke of the Abruzzi, Naval Commander-in-Chief
• Emanuele Filiberto, Duke d' Aosta, Prince of Savoy, Field Marshal
• Paolo Thaon di Revel, Admiral

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

Others

• Francesco Baracca, Fighter Ace
• 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

Japan

(Entered the War on: 23 August 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

Mexico

(Neutral Country)

• Venustiano Carranza, President, refused to join with Germany after Germany sent the Zimmermann Telegram
• Pancho Villa, rebel

Netherlands

(Neutral Country)

• Jelles Troelstra
• Mata Hari, spy
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, (1880–1962), Queen

New Zealand

(Entered the War on: 4 August 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

Ottoman Empire

(Entered the War on: 31 October 1914)

Monarchs

• Sultan Mehmed V, Monarch
• Sultan Mehmed VI, Monarch

Political leaders

• Said Halim Pasha, Grand Vizier
• Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Grand Vizier
• Talaat Pasha, Minister of Interior
• Mehmed Djaved Bey, Minister of Finance

Military leaders

• Enver Pasha, Minister of War
• Ahmed Djemal Pasha, Military Governor of Syria

Military

• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, (1881–1938), Gallipoli
• Halil Kut (Khalil Pasha), General
• Fakhri Pasha

Portugal

Political leaders

• Bernardino Machado – President of Portugal
• Afonso Costa – Prime Minister of Portugal
• Norton de Matos – War Minister

Military leaders

• Tamagnini de Abreu – Commander of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP)
• Alves Roçadas – Commander of the Portuguese Forces in Southern Angola
• Ferreira Gil – Commander of the Portuguese Forces in Eastern Africa

Romania

(Entered the War on: 27 August 1916)

Royalty

• King Carol I (reign 1866–1914)
• King Ferdinand I (reign 1914–1927)
• Queen Marie (consort 1914–1927)

Politicians

• Ionel Brătianu, Prime Minister
• Alexandru Marghiloman, Prime Minister
• Nicolae Iorga

Military

• Constantin Prezan, General (later Mareșal for the victories during the war)
• Alexandru Averescu, General (later Mareșal for the victories during the war)
• Eremia Grigorescu, General
• Ion Dragalina, General
• Ioan Culcer, General
• Artur Văitoianu, General
• Constantin Coandă, General
• Ion Antonescu, General
• Ecaterina Teodoroiu, volunteer

Russia

(Entered the War on: 1 August 1914)

Royalty

• 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)

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

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, Bolshevik revolutionary
• 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, (1872–1916), 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

Serbia

(Entered the War on: 28 July 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
• Stepa Stepanović, (1856–1929), Field Marshal
• Nikola Pasic, (1845–1926), Prime Minister
• Gavrilo Princip, (1894–1918), the Serbian freedom fighter who assassinated Franz Ferdinand of Austria and triggered the war
• Radomir Putnik, (1847–1917), Chief of General Staff
• Pavle Jurisic Sturm, General

South Africa

(Entered the War on: 4 August 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

United Kingdom

(Entered the War on: 4 August 1914)

Royalty

• King George V
• Queen Mary
• Prince Albert, Duke of York, turret officer aboard HMS Collingwood during the Battle of Jutland
• Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Field Marshal and Governor General of Canada
• Prince Arthur of Connaught, captain, honorary colonel, and aide-de-camp to General Sir John French and General Sir Douglas Haig.
• Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed at Ypres

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

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

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
• J.R.R. Tolkien, writer
• C.S. Lewis, writer

United States of America

(Entered the War on: 6 April 1917)

Military

• Frank Herman Albright, (August 2, 1865 – July 21, 1940) was a Brigadier General during World War I.
• Frederick Vaughan Abbott, WWI Brigadier general
• Frank Herman Albright, WWI Brigadier general, was hung to death by the Germans
• William Herbert Allaire, Jr., WW1 Brigadier general
• Hubert Allison Allen, WW1 Brigadier general
• George R. Allin, WW1 general
• Edward Anderson (American general, born 1864)
• Edward D. Anderson, WW1 general
• Avery D. Andrews, WWI general
• Samuel Tilden Ansell, WWI general
• William Hemple Arthur, M.D. and WW1 General
• Thomas Q. Ashburn (U.S. General)
• Dwight Edward Aultman, WWI general
• Fred Thaddeus Austin, WWI general
• Chauncey Brooke Baker, WWI general
• Charles Clarendon Ballou, WWI general
• Frank Ellis Bamford, WWI general
• Harry Hill Bandholtz, (1864–1925), Major General during World War I, and the US representative of the Inter-Allied Military Mission in Hungary in 1919
• John William Barker, WWI general
• George Columbus Barnhardt, WWI general
• Malvern Hill Barnum, (1863–1942), WWI general
• John Davenport Barrette, WWI general
• Charles H. Barth, WWI general
• George True Bartlett, WWI general
• Urbane F. Bass, African-American doctor and First Lieutenant in the United States Army who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during WWI
• Lucien Grant Berry, WWI Brigadier general
• Walter Augustus Bethel, WWI general
• Albert H. Blanding, a general during WWI who later served as chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1936 to 1940
• Tasker H. Bliss, (1853–1930), Army Chief of Staff 1917–1918, U.S. representative Supreme War Council
• Daniel Daly, (1873–1937), Marine, received Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross
• Abel Davis, (1874–1937), commanded the 132nd U.S. Infantry of Illinois during WWI and retired as a Brig. Gen.
• 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
• Field E. Kindley, (1895–1920), Ace
• Clayton Knight, (1891–1969), aviator
• John A. Lejeune, (1867–1942), USMC general, led Marine and army divisions
• Elizabeth Leonhardt, (1867–1953), one of the Sacred Twenty
• Edward Mann Lewis, (1863–1949), Commanded the 30th Infantry Division who Broke the Hindenburg Line
• Peyton C. March, (1864–1955), Army Chief of Staff 1918–1921
• Colonel George Patton, (1885–1945), commander of U.S. Tank Corps
• General John J. Pershing, (1860–1948), commander of the AEF
• Corporal Thomas A. Pope, (1894–1989), Medal of Honor recipient who served in the 131st Infantry, 33rd Division
• Henry J. Reilly, (1881–1963), commander of the 149th Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd ("Rainbow") Division and helped found the Reserve Officers Association
• Eddie Rickenbacker, (1890–1973), Ace
• Sacred Twenty were a group of exclusively female nurses who, during World War I, were the first female members to ever formally serve in the United States Navy representing the Nurse Corps
• Joseph B. Sanborn, (1855–1934), Colonel that led the 131st who rose to the rank of Lt. Gen. after the war
• Leonard Wood, (1860–1927), General
• Sgt. Alvin York, (1887–1964), highly decorated war hero

Political leaders and others

• Edmund Marion Ashe, (1867–1941) was an American artist known for his posters for bond drives and watercolors of the Gibson Girl.
• Newton D. Baker, (1871–1937), Secretary of War 1916–1921
• William Jennings Bryan, (1860–1925), Secretary of State
• Josephus Daniels, (1862–1948), Secretary of the Navy 1913–1921
• Edward M. House, (1858–1938), adviser to President Wilson
• Charles Evans Hughes, (1862–1948), Republican, 1907–1910, governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, presidential candidate
• Robert Lansing, (1864–1928), Secretary of State 1915–1920
• Harold Ross, (1882–1951), Editor of Stars and Stripes, later founder of The New Yorker Magazine
• Julia Hunt Catlin Park DePew Taufflieb (1862–1948) First American Female to be awarded the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honour from France for turning her Chateau d'Annel into a 300-bed hospital on the front line, in 1917.
• Woodrow Wilson, (1856–1924), 28th (1913–1921) President

See also

• Allied Leaders of World War II
• Axis Leaders of World War II
• Lists of World War I topics
• List of last surviving World War I veterans by country
• Puerto Ricans in World War I

External links

Media related to People associated with World War I at Wikimedia Commons

• What did YOU do in the Great War, Daddy?
• The French Yellow Book: Diplomatic Documents of 1914.