Historical figures of World War I

The atlas holds 163 people and 513 moments here, from 1914 to 1918. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Mahatma Gandhi and Katherine Mansfield. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

1. Adolf Hitler

   from 1916 to 1918

   3 moments here

   Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

2. Agatha Christie

   from 1914 to 1918

   4 moments here

   English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…

3. Alan Turing

   in 1918

   1 moment here

   English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

4. Albert Einstein

   in 1914

   1 moment here

   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

5. Albert Luthuli

   from 1914 to 1917

   3 moments here

   Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…

6. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

   in 1918

   1 moment here

   Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

7. Alexander Graham Bell

   in 1915

   1 moment here

   Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…

8. Alexander Prokhorov

   in 1916

   1 moment here

   Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…

9. Alfred Deakin

   from 1915 to 1917

   4 moments here

   Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…

10. Alfred Hitchcock

    from 1914 to 1917

    2 moments here

    English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), known as the “Master of Suspense,” worked in British cinema before relocating to Hollywood in 1939.…

11. Amelia Earhart

    from 1915 to 1917

    3 moments here

    American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…

12. Anatole France

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…

13. Anthony Quinn

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

14. Anwar Sadat

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

15. Arthur Conan Doyle

    from 1914 to 1918

    2 moments here

    Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…

16. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

17. Aung San

    in 1915

    1 moment here

    Burmese independence leader, political organizer, and military commander. Aung San helped found the Burma Independence Army, led the anti-Japanese…

18. Benito Mussolini

    in 1915

    2 moments here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

19. Bertrand Russell

    from 1917 to 1918

    2 moments here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

20. B. R. Ambedkar

    from 1916 to 1918

    5 moments here

    Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…

21. Charles de Gaulle

    from 1914 to 1918

    4 moments here

    French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

22. Charlie Chaplin

    from 1915 to 1918

    4 moments here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

23. Chiang Kai-shek

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…

24. C. V. Raman

    from 1916 to 1917

    2 moments here

    Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…

Moments

1. 1914 Study at Ohlange Institute Albert Luthuli
2. 1914 Technical clerk at Henley Telegraph and Cable Alfred Hitchcock
3. 1914 Settlement at Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Anatole France
4. 1914 Family trip to Jasper National Park Arthur Conan Doyle
5. 1914 Childhood placement near Worthing Dorothy Hodgkin
6. 1914 Return to Milwaukee and Zionist activity Golda Meir
7. 1914 Hospital recovery after the attack Grigori Rasputin
8. 1914 Everglades tour with John Burroughs Henry Ford
9. 1914 Visit to Edison in Florida Henry Ford
10. 1914 London at outbreak of World War I Herbert Hoover
11. 1914 Visit to Moscow H. G. Wells
12. 1914 Visit to Petrograd H. G. Wells
13. 1914 Stay at Leysin sanatorium Igor Stravinsky
14. 1914 Swiss wartime residence at Clarens Igor Stravinsky
15. 1914 Wartime residence at Morges Igor Stravinsky
16. 1914 Transfer to Moscow University Igor Tamm
17. 1914 Engineering work at Thika Jomo Kenyatta
18. 1914 Childhood move to Ilhéus Jorge Amado
19. 1914 European arrival and stay in Paris Jorge Luis Borges
20. 1914 Geneva residence and education Jorge Luis Borges
21. 1914 Studies begin at the Collège de Genève Jorge Luis Borges
22. 1914 Serves final exile at Kureika Joseph Stalin
23. 1914 Moscow match with Bernstein José Raúl Capablanca
24. 1914 Paris match with Aurbach José Raúl Capablanca
25. 1914 Saint Petersburg tournament José Raúl Capablanca
26. 1914 Vienna match with Tartakower José Raúl Capablanca
27. 1914 Move to Paris with Murry Katherine Mansfield
28. 1914 48th Infantry Division in Galicia Lavr Kornilov
29. 1914 Fellow and lecturer at Trinity Lawrence Bragg
30. 1914 Anti-war work in Switzerland Leon Trotsky
31. 1914 Schooling at Ngasobil mission Léopold Sédar Senghor
32. 1914 Carries France's radium to Bordeaux Marie Curie
33. 1914 Makes first wartime journey to the front Marie Curie
34. 1914 Organizing Heidelberg army hospitals Max Weber
35. 1914 Second holiday in Ascona Max Weber
36. 1914 Congress delegation in London Muhammad Ali Jinnah
37. 1914 Tyrol holiday and university visits Niels Bohr
38. 1914 Childhood at his grandfather's house Octavio Paz
39. 1914 Lives in Avignon at war's outbreak Pablo Picasso
40. 1914 Battle of Ojinaga Pancho Villa
41. 1914 Legal dispute in Paris Rubén Darío
42. 1914 Holiday at Belle-Île at outbreak of war Sarah Bernhardt
43. 1914 Villa on the Bay of Arcachon Sarah Bernhardt
44. 1914 Concert tour of England Sergei Rachmaninoff
45. 1914 Transfer to Wellesley College Soong Mei-ling
46. 1914 Pondicherry residence and Arya publication Sri Aurobindo
47. 1914 Camps in the Everglades Thomas Edison
48. 1914 Hosts Ford and Burroughs at Fort Myers Thomas Edison
49. 1914 Move into Poschingerstraße house Thomas Mann
50. 1914 Merton College residence T. S. Eliot

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