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. Hastings Banda

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…

  2. Helen Keller

    from 1916 to 1917

    3 moments here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  3. Henri Matisse

    in 1917

    2 moments here

    French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…

  4. Henry Ford

    from 1914 to 1918

    12 moments here

    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

  5. Herbert Hoover

    from 1914 to 1917

    2 moments here

    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…

  6. Hermann Hesse

    from 1915 to 1916

    2 moments here

    German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…

  7. H. G. Wells

    in 1914

    2 moments here

    Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…

  8. Hideki Tojo

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…

  9. Howard Florey

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  10. Igor Stravinsky

    from 1914 to 1917

    5 moments here

    Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…

  11. Igor Tamm

    from 1914 to 1917

    2 moments here

    Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…

  12. I. M. Pei

    from 1917 to 1918

    2 moments here

    Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…

  13. Indira Gandhi

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  14. Ingmar Bergman

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…

  15. Jack London

    from 1914 to 1916

    6 moments here

    American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…

  16. James Joyce

    from 1915 to 1917

    4 moments here

    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

  17. Jiang Qing

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…

  18. Joan Fontaine

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…

  19. John Cornforth

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…

  20. John F. Kennedy

    in 1917

    2 moments here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  21. John Maynard Keynes

    from 1914 to 1915

    2 moments here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

  22. Jomo Kenyatta

    from 1914 to 1917

    4 moments here

    Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…

  23. Jorge Amado

    in 1914

    1 moment here

    Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…

  24. Jorge Luis Borges

    in 1914

    3 moments here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

Moments

  1. 1914 Alliance meeting with Emiliano Zapata Pancho Villa
  2. 1914 Triumphal entry into Mexico City Pancho Villa
  3. 1914 Moves to Chicago Ronald Reagan
  4. 1915 Ceremonial transcontinental telephone call Alexander Graham Bell
  5. 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition Alfred Deakin
  6. 1915 Schooling in Chicago Amelia Earhart
  7. 1915 School in St. Paul Amelia Earhart
  8. 1915 Göttingen residence and professorship David Hilbert
  9. 1915 First Army posting at Fort Sam Houston Dwight D. Eisenhower
  10. 1915 Graduation from West Point Dwight D. Eisenhower
  11. 1915 Observation post near Prosecco Erwin Schrödinger
  12. 1915 School transfer to Bingerville Félix Houphouët-Boigny
  13. 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition trip Henry Ford
  14. 1915 Peace-mission meeting at the White House Henry Ford
  15. 1915 Vagabonds arrive at San Diego Henry Ford
  16. 1915 Vagabonds drive from Riverside Henry Ford
  17. 1915 Prisoner-of-war welfare work in Bern Hermann Hesse
  18. 1915 Zurich residence during World War I James Joyce
  19. 1915 Treasury appointment John Maynard Keynes
  20. 1915 Training with the Lancashire Fusiliers J. R. R. Tolkien
  21. 1915 Sound-ranging service in France Lawrence Bragg
  22. 1915 Paris research stay Le Corbusier
  23. 1915 Childhood farmhouse photograph Lyndon B. Johnson
  24. 1915 Returns to India at Apollo Bunder Mahatma Gandhi
  25. 1915 Studies at Serampore College Paramahansa Yogananda
  26. 1915 Master's law examination Rajendra Prasad
  27. 1915 Performances for soldiers at Verdun Sarah Bernhardt
  28. 1915 Performances for soldiers in the Argonne Sarah Bernhardt
  29. 1915 MSc achievement at Calcutta University Satyendra Nath Bose
  30. 1915 Summer vacation in Finland Sergei Rachmaninoff
  31. 1915 Attends Panama-Pacific Exposition Thomas Edison
  32. 1915 Drives from Riverside to San Diego Thomas Edison
  33. 1915 Birkbeck teaching post T. S. Eliot
  34. 1915 Studies at Penang Free School Tunku Abdul Rahman
  35. 1915 Move to Washington as senator Warren G. Harding
  36. 1915 Birth in Natmauk Aung San
  37. 1915 Visit to Francis Carco Katherine Mansfield
  38. 1915 Arrives at Shantiniketan Mahatma Gandhi
  39. 1915 Received in Ahmedabad Mahatma Gandhi
  40. 1915 Barnimstrasse women's prison Rosa Luxemburg
  41. 1915 Leg amputation in Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
  42. 1915 Wounded in the First Battle of Champagne Charles de Gaulle
  43. 1915 Arrival in Honolulu Jack London
  44. 1915 Arrives in Rangoon Mahatma Gandhi
  45. 1915 Meets Tagore at Shantiniketan Mahatma Gandhi
  46. 1915 Move to Hogarth House Virginia Woolf
  47. 1915 Visit to Shingū and Kumano Yosano Akiko
  48. 1915 Birth in Chihuahua City Anthony Quinn
  49. 1915 Films the Tramp in Niles Canyon Charlie Chaplin
  50. 1915 Capture in the Carpathians Lavr Kornilov

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