List of people associated with World War I

Main article: World War I

Commonwealth of Australia

Politicians and government officials

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

Soldiers

• Thomas Baker, fighter ace
• 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

Other

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

Austria-Hungary

Royalty

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914), heir to the throne whose assassination triggered 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.
• Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen

Soldiers

• Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, (1857–1935), Chief of Staff (1917–1918)
• Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna, field marshal
• Godwin Brumowski (1889–1936), Hauptmann (captain) in the K.u.K. Air Force, leading Austro-Hungarian fighter ace of the war
• Viktor Dankl von Krasnik (1854-1941), colonel general
• 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)
• Oskar Potiorek (1853–1933), general and Governor of Bosnia (during the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand), 1914
• 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 and government officials

• 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), ambassador at Berlin (1892–1914)
• Count István Tisza (1861–1918), Minister-President of Hungary (1913–1917)
• Sandor Wekerle (1848–1921), Minister-President of Hungary (1917–1918)

Belgium

Royalty

• King Albert I (1875–1934)

Soldiers

• Herman Baltia (1863–1938), general
• Willy Coppens (1892–1986), fighter ace
• Victor Deguise (1855–1922), general
• Cyriaque Gillain (1857–1931), Army Chief of Staff
• Fernand Jacquet (1888–1947), fighter ace
• Gerard Leman (1851–1920), general
• André de Meulemeester (1894–1973), fighter ace
• Jan Olieslagers (1883–1942), fighter ace
• Edmond Thieffry (1892–1929), fighter ace

Politicians and government officials

• Baron Charles de Broqueville (1860–1940), Prime Minister
• Paul Hymans (1865–1941), Foreign Secretary

Other

• Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851–1926), cardinal
• Gabrielle Petit (1893–1916), executed spy working for the British

Bulgaria

Royalty

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

Politicians and government officials

• Andrey Lyapchev (1866-1933), government minister, post-war Prime Minister
• Aleksandar Malinov (1867–1938), Prime Minister (1908–1911, 1918)
• Stefan Panaretov (1853–1931), diplomat
• Vasil Radoslavov (1854–1929), Prime Minister
• Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879–1923), anti-Monarchist

Soldiers

• Kliment Boyadzhiev (1861-1933), general
• Georg Stojanov Todorov (1858-1934), general
• Stefan Toshev (1859-1924), general
• Vladimir Vazov (1868-1945), general
• Nikola Zhekov (1864-1949), Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief

Canada (including Newfoundland)

Royalty

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

Politicians and government officials

• 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

Soldiers

• Harry Band (1885–1915), alleged victim of German crucifixion
• 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), fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient
• Filip Konowal (1888–1959), Ukrainian-Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
• Thomas Ricketts (1901–1967), Newfoundlander who, at age 17, was the youngest soldier ever awarded the Victoria Cross as a combatant
• 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 of the war
• George Lawrence Price (1898–1918), last soldier killed in the war (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

Soldiers

• Drastamat Kanayan (1884-1956)
• Tovmas Nazarbekian (1855-1931), general
• Garegin Nzhdeh (1886-1955)
• Andranik Ozanian (1865-1927), commander of the Armenian Army Corps
• Movses Silikyan (1862-1937), general

Politicians and government officials

• Avetis Aharonian, chairman of the Armenian National Council which declared the independence of the First Republic of Armenia
• Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868-1938), first Prime Minister of Armenia (June 1918-August 1919)
• Aram Manukian (1879-1919), provisional governor of Van (1915), founder and first Minister of Internal Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia (1918)

France

Soldiers

• 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
• Charles Lanrezac (1852–1925), general
• 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
• Géraud Réveilhac (1851-1937), general
• Albert Severin Roche (1895-1939), Legion of Honor recipient
• Maurice Sarrail (1856–1929), general

Politicians and government officials

• 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 (1863-1937)
• Jean Jaures (1859–1914), Socialist party leader, pacifist
• Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Minister of War
• Alexandre Millerand (1859–1943), Minister of War (1912–13, 1914–15)
• Paul Painlevé (1863–1933), Prime Minister (September 1917 – November 1917)
• Stephen Pichon (1857-1933), journalist, diplomat and politician
• 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

Royalty

• Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)
• Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869-1955), commander of the 6th Army and Army Group Rupprecht of Bavaria
• Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882-1951), commander of the 5th Army and Army Group German Crown Prince

Soldiers

• Erich von Falkenhayn, chief of staff 1914–1916
• Hermann von François
• Hermann Göring, (1888–1946), fighter ace
• Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, field marshal
• Wilhelm Groener
• Paul von Hindenburg, (1847–1934), general
• Admiral Franz von Hipper, commander, High Seas Fleet
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), corporal
• 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
• Manfred von Richthofen, (1892–1918), fighter ace
• 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

Politicians and government officials

• 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)

Other

• Anthony Fokker, (1890–1939), aircraft builder

Greece

• King Alexander (1893-1920)
• Ioannis Metaxas, (1871–1941), military dictator
• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister

Italy

Royalty

• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, (1869–1947)
• Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898-1942), soldier
• Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869-1931), Prince of Savoy, field marshal
• Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933), vice admiral, naval Commander-in-Chief

Soldiers

• Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956), general
• Francesco Baracca (1888-1918), fighter ace
• Ottavio Bottecchia (1894-1927), soldier, later first Italian Tour de France winner
• Luigi Cadorna (1850-1928), Chief of Staff
• Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (1884-1946), fighter ace
• Luigi Capello (1859-1941), general
• Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), fighter pilot, novelist and poet
• Armando Diaz (1861-1928), general
• Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955), officer
• Emilio Lussu (1890–1975), officer, Italian novelist
• Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859-1948), admiral
• Angelo Roncalli, sergeant, stretcher-bearer and chaplain, future Pope John XXIII
• Giovanni Sabelli (1886-1917), fighter ace
• Silvio Scaroni (1893-1977), fighter ace

Politicians and government officials

• Paolo Boselli (1838-1932), Prime Minister
• Antonino Paternò Castello, Marchese di San Giuliano (1852-1914), Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928), Prime Minister
• Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), politician and soldier, future ruler of Italy (Il Duce)
• Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860-1952), Prime Minister
• Antonio Salandra (1853-1931), Prime Minister
• Baron Sidney Sonnino (1847-1922), Minister of Foreign Affairs

Other

• Pope Benedict XV (1854-1922)

Japan

• Emperor Taishō (1879-1926)
• Kamio Mitsuomi (1856-1927), army general
• Prince Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838-1922), Prime Minister (1914–1916)
• Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919), Prime Minister (1916–1918)
• Hara Takashi (1856-1921), Prime Minister (1918–1921)
• Yamashita Gentarō (1863-1931), admiral
• Tanin Yamaya (1866-1940), admiral and naval theorist
• Yashiro Rokurō (1860-1930), admiral and Navy Minister
• Mitsumasa Yonai (1880-1948), naval officer and Prime Minister (1940)

Mexico

(Neutral)

• Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920), President, refused to join with Germany after Germany sent the Zimmermann Telegram

Netherlands

(Neutral)

• Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962)
• Mata Hari (1876-1917), spy
• Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930), politician

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
• Dave Gallaher, Captain of the original All Blacks.

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

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)

Soldiers

• Mikhail Alekseev
• Aleksei Brusilov
• Yuri Danilov
• Anton Denikin
• Alexander Kolchak, admiral
• Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, (1870–1918), general
• Alexei Nikolajevich Kuropatkin
• Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich
• Paul von Rennenkampf
• Alexander Samsonov
• Peter Wrangel
• Nikolai Yudenich

Politicians 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 leader 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 leader of the Russian Provisional Government, 1917
• Nikolai Maklakov, Minister of the Interior
• Julius Martov, Menshevik leader
• Pavel Miliukov, Kadet leader
• 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), 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

• King Peter I (1844–1921)
• Crown Prince Alexander I (1888–1934), prince regent
• Dragutin Dimitrijevic (1877–1917), founder and leader of the Black Hand Society
• Zivojin Misic (1855–1921), field marshal
• Nikola Pasic (1845–1926), Prime Minister
• Gavrilo Princip (1894–1918), Serbian who assassinated Franz Ferdinand of Austria and triggered the war
• Radomir Putnik (1847–1917), Chief of General Staff
• Stepa Stepanović (1856–1929), field marshal
• Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848-1922), general

South Africa

• Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor (1894–1921), fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient
• Louis Botha (1862–1919), Prime Minister
• Sir Henry Lukin, (1860–1925), major general
• Jan Smuts, (1870–1950), Prime Minister
• Sir Jacob van Deventer, (1874–1922), lieutenant general

United Kingdom

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

Soldiers

• Augustus Agar, V.C., Royal Navy officer
• Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (1861–1936), commander in Palestine
• Prince Louis of Battenberg, (1854–1921), admiral, First Sea Lord (1912–1914)
• David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, (1871–1936), admiral
• William Birdwood, (1865–1951), commander of the AIF (1916–1918)
• Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, (1862–1935), general
• Adrian Carton de Wiart, V.C. Front line commander
• William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1873-1967), Royal Navy officer
• Walter Cowan (1871-1956), admiral
• Harry Farr English soldier, executed for cowardice, pardon announced in 2006
• John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (1841–1920), admiral, First Sea Lord (1914–1915)
• John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (1852–1925), commander of the BEF (1914–1915)
• William Goodenough, admiral
• Hubert Gough, general
• Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (1861–1928), commander of the BEF (1915–1918)
• Ian Hamilton, (1853–1947) commander at Gallipoli
• Aylmer Hunter-Weston, (1864–1940), general
• Sir [Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer)|]] (1855-1929), admiral, First Sea Lord, (1915–1916)
• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, (1859–1935), admiral, First Sea Lord (1916–1917)
• Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872-1945), naval officer, Submarines, Dardanelles, Dover Patrol, Zeebrugge, Ostend
• Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, (1857–1932), general, later field marshal
• Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, (1864–1925), general
• Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, (1860–1933), Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1915–1917
• Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, (1858–1930), general
• Sir Doveton Sturdee, admiral, Chief of War Staff at the Admiralty (1914)
• Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, admiral, First Sea Lord (1917–1919)
• Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, (1864–1922), Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1918

Politicians and government officials

• 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)
• George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (1859–1925), Unionist politician
• John Dillon, Irish Home Rule leader
• Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–1919)
• Sir Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Foreign Secretary
• Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850–1916), former general, Secretary of State for War
• Bonar Law, (1858–1923), Unionist Party leader
• Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, politician
• John Redmond, (1856–1918), Irish Home Rule leader

Artists, poets and writers

• May Cannan, English poet
• David Jones, English poet
• C.S. Lewis, writer
• Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), English writer, war painter and critic
• Wilfred Owen, (1893–1918), English poet
• Isaac Rosenberg, English poet
• Edward Thomas, Welsh poet
• J.R.R. Tolkien, writer

Other

• Dorothy Lawrence war reporter
• W. H. R. Rivers, (1864–1922), psychiatrist

United States

Soldiers

• Frank Herman Albright, (August 2, 1865 – July 21, 1940), brigadier general
• Frederick Vaughan Abbott, brigadier general
• Frank Herman Albright, brigadier general
• William Herbert Allaire, Jr., brigadier general
• Hubert Allison Allen, brigadier general
• George R. Allin, general
• Edward Anderson (1864-1937), brigadier general
• Edward D. Anderson, general
• Avery D. Andrews, general
• Samuel Tilden Ansell, general
• William Hemple Arthur, M.D. and general
• Thomas Q. Ashburn (1874-1941), brigadier general
• Dwight Edward Aultman, general
• Fred Thaddeus Austin, general
• Chauncey Brooke Baker, general
• Charles Clarendon Ballou, general
• Frank Ellis Bamford, general
• Harry Hill Bandholtz, (1864–1925), major general and the US representative of the Inter-Allied Military Mission in Hungary in 1919
• John William Barker, general
• George Columbus Barnhardt, general
• Malvern Hill Barnum, (1863–1942), general
• John Davenport Barrette, general
• Charles H. Barth, general
• George True Bartlett, 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 World War I
• Lucien Grant Berry, brigadier general
• Walter Augustus Bethel, general
• Albert H. Blanding, general 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 who was awarded the Medal of Honor twice, once during the war and once prior to the war
• Abel Davis, (1874–1937), commanded the 132nd U.S. Infantry of Illinois during the war and retired as a brigadier general
• William T. Fitzsimons, (died 1917), early U.S. casualty
• Benjamin Foulois, 1879–1967, 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 Eugene Kindley, (1895–1920), flying 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
• 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
• 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), flying ace
• Sacred Twenty, 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 lieutenant general after the war
• Leonard Wood, (1860–1927), general
• Sgt. Alvin York, (1887–1964), highly decorated war hero

Politicians and government officials

• 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
• Woodrow Wilson, (1856–1924), 28th (1913–1921) President

Others

• Edmund Marion Ashe, (1867–1941), American artist known for his posters for bond drives and watercolors of the Gibson Girl
• 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 woman 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

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.

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