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. Mikhail Frunze

    from 1914 to 1918

    8 moments here

    Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…

  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    from 1914 to 1916

    2 moments here

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…

  3. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    from 1915 to 1918

    10 moments here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  4. Nelson Mandela

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  5. Ngô Đình Diệm

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

  6. Niels Bohr

    in 1914

    2 moments here

    Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…

  7. Nikita Khrushchev

    from 1917 to 1918

    2 moments here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

  8. Octave Mirbeau

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…

  9. Octavio Paz

    from 1914 to 1916

    3 moments here

    Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…

  10. Olav V

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

  11. Olivia de Havilland

    in 1916

    1 moment here

    Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…

  12. Pablo Picasso

    from 1914 to 1918

    8 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  13. Pancho Villa

    from 1914 to 1917

    13 moments here

    Francisco “Pancho” Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, military commander, and provisional governor…

  14. Paramahansa Yogananda

    from 1915 to 1918

    3 moments here

    Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…

  15. Park Chung Hee

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…

  16. Pearl S. Buck

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…

  17. P. L. Travers

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…

  18. Porfirio Díaz

    from 1914 to 1915

    2 moments here

    José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…

  19. Prajadhipok

    from 1914 to 1918

    2 moments here

    Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…

  20. Premchand

    in 1916

    1 moment here

    Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (1880–1936), known by the pen name Premchand, was an Indian Hindi and Urdu writer.…

  21. Puyi

    in 1917

    1 moment here

    Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…

  22. Rabindranath Tagore

    in 1916

    5 moments here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  23. Rajendra Prasad

    from 1915 to 1917

    5 moments here

    Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…

  24. Richard Feynman

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…

Moments

  1. 1916 Move to Moscow Mikhail Frunze
  2. 1916 Serves in Edirne after Gallipoli Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  3. 1916 Takes command in Diyarbakır Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  4. 1916 Schooling in Los Angeles Octavio Paz
  5. 1916 Joins Bihar and Odisha High Court Rajendra Prasad
  6. 1916 Legal practice at Bhagalpur Rajendra Prasad
  7. 1916 Lucknow Congress session meeting with Gandhi Rajendra Prasad
  8. 1916 Alexanderplatz interrogation cells Rosa Luxemburg
  9. 1916 Confinement at Wronki fortress Rosa Luxemburg
  10. 1916 French legation service in Beijing Saint-John Perse
  11. 1916 Return to Iquique Salvador Allende
  12. 1916 Research scholar at Calcutta University Satyendra Nath Bose
  13. 1916 Family move to Allahabad Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  14. 1916 Secondary schooling in Surabaya Sukarno
  15. 1916 Commands troops at Ploegsteert Winston Churchill
  16. 1916 Lectures at Banaras Hindu University C. V. Raman
  17. 1916 Death in León Rubén Darío
  18. 1916 Relocated to Zurich Vladimir Lenin
  19. 1916 Captured at Douaumont Charles de Gaulle
  20. 1916 Works at his Mutual studio Charlie Chaplin
  21. 1916 Marriage to Edith Bratt J. R. R. Tolkien
  22. 1916 Front-line Russian-front posting Ludwig Wittgenstein
  23. 1916 Battle of Guerrero Pancho Villa
  24. 1916 Raid on Columbus Pancho Villa
  25. 1916 Seefeldstrasse residence James Joyce
  26. 1916 Higher Tregerthen, Cornwall Katherine Mansfield
  27. 1916 Birth at Ellawala Walawwa Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  28. 1916 Return to Shanghai Sun Yat-sen
  29. 1916 Kiental anti-war conference Vladimir Lenin
  30. 1916 Seminar paper at Columbia B. R. Ambedkar
  31. 1916 Lands in Kobe for Japanese lecture tour Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 1916 Received in Rangoon Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 1916 Return to Shanghai with Sun Soong Ching-ling
  34. 1916 Arrival in London for legal and economic study B. R. Ambedkar
  35. 1916 Headquarters established at Tlaltizapán Emiliano Zapata
  36. 1916 British Expeditionary Force depot at Étaples J. R. R. Tolkien
  37. 1916 Joins battalion at Rubempré J. R. R. Tolkien
  38. 1916 Mylor residence Katherine Mansfield
  39. 1916 Birth in the Atherton Tableland Alexander Prokhorov
  40. 1916 Marriage to Mamie Doud Dwight D. Eisenhower
  41. 1916 Holidays with Felice in Marienbad Franz Kafka
  42. 1916 Birth at Ngara Gough Whitlam
  43. 1916 Return to San Francisco on Matsonia Jack London
  44. 1916 Somme service from Bouzincourt J. R. R. Tolkien
  45. 1916 Birth in Tokyo Olivia de Havilland
  46. 1916 Moves to Montrouge studio Pablo Picasso
  47. 1916 Assistant Master at Normal High School Premchand
  48. 1916 Tours Adirondacks and Vermont Thomas Edison
  49. 1916 Deployed to Somme near Bapaume Adolf Hitler
  50. 1916 Residence at 3 Gower Street Katherine Mansfield

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