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See: [[World War I]]

==[[Australia]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')
*Sir [[Talbot Hobbs]], (1864-1938), General
*[[Billy Hughes]], (1862-1952), Prime Minister
*Sir [[John Monash]], (1865-1931), Commander, Australian Forces
*Sir [[Keith Murdoch]], (1885-1952), War reporter
*Sir [[Charles Rosenthal]], (1875-1954), Commander, 2nd Division

==[[Austria-Hungary]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[July 28]], [[1914]]'')

===Royalty===
*Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria|Franz Ferdinand]], (1863-1914), heir to the throne whose murder brought on the war.
*Emperor [[Franz Josef of Austria|Franz Josef]], (1830-1916)
*Emperor [[Karl of Austria|Karl]], (1887-1922)
*Empress [[Zita of Bourbon-Parma|Zita]] (1892-1989)

===Military Leaders===
*[[Franz Conrad von Hötzendorff]], (1852-1925), Chief of Staff (1906-1911, 1912-1917)
*[[Artur Arz von Straussenburg]], (1857-1935), Chief of Staff (1917-1918)
*[[Oskar Potiorek]], (1853-1933), General

===Politicians===
*[[Friedrich Adler]], Austrian Social Democratic leader
*[[Victor Adler]], Austrian Social Democratic leader
*Count [[Julius Andrassy the Younger]] (1860-1929), Foreign Minister (1918)
*Count [[Leopold von Berchtold]], (1863-1942), Foreign Minister (1912-1915)
*Baron [[Istvan Burian]], (1851-1922), Foreign Minister (1915-1916, 1918), Finance Minister (1916-1918)
*Count [[Heinrich von Clam-Martinitz]] (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 [[Michael Karolyi]] (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 [[Istvan Tisza]] (1861-1918), Minister-President of Hungary (1913-1917)
*[[Sandor Wekerle]] (1848-1921), Minister-President of Hungary (1917-1918)


==[[Belgium]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')
*King [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I]], (1875-1934)
*Baron [[Charles de Broqueville]], (1860-1940), Prime Minister
*[[Victor Deguise]], (1855-1922), General
*[[Gerard Leman]], (1851-1920), General
*[[Gabrielle Petit]], (1893-1916), Executed Spy


==[[Bulgaria]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[October 12]], [[1915]]'')

===Royalty===
*[[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria|Ferdinand I]]

===Politicians===
*[[Alexander Malinov]], (1867-1938), Prime Minister (1908-1911, 1918) 
*[[Vasil Radoslavov]], (1854-1929), Prime Minister
*[[Alexander Stamboliski]], (1879-1923), anti-monarchist
*[[Nikola Zhekov]], (1864-1949), Commander-in-Chief


==[[Canada]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')
*[[Harry Banks]], supposed victim of German [[crucifixion]]
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*[[Billy Bishop]], (1884-1956), ace credited with 72 victories
*Sir [[Robert Laird Borden|Robert Borden]], (1854-1937), Prime Minister (1911-1920)
*[[Henri Bourassa]], (1868-1952), led French Canadian opposition to conscription
*Sir [[Arthur Currie]], (1875-1933), Commander, Canadian Forces
*Sir [[Sam Hughes]], (1853-1921), Minister of Militia and Defense
*[[John McCrae]], (1872-1918), doctor and poet, author of [[In Flanders' Fields]]
*[[Henry Norwest]] (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers in [[World War I]]
*[[Francis Pegahmagabow]] (1891-1952), the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of [[World War I]]
*[[Tommy Ricketts]], (1901-1967), at age 17, he was the youngest soldier to ever receive the [[Victoria Cross]]
*Sir [[Richard Turner]], (1871-1948), Chief of Canadian General Staff

==[[France]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 3]], [[1914]]'')

===Military Leaders===
*[[Edouard de Castelnau]], (1851-1944), General
*[[Auguste Dubail]], (1851-1934), General
*[[Louis Franchet d'Esperey]], (1856-1942), Marshall
*[[Ferdinand Foch]], (1851-1929), General and Supreme Allied Commander
*[[Joseph Gallieni]], (1849-1916), General
*[[Joseph Jacques Césaire 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

===Politicians===
*[[Aristide Briand]], (1862-1932), Prime Minister (1909-11, 1913, 1915-17, 1921-22, 1925-26, 1929)
*[[Joseph Caillaux]], (1863-1944), Prime Minister (June 1911 - Janurary 1912), pacifist
*[[Georges Clemenceau]], (1841-1929), Prime Minister (1917-1920)
*[[Théophile Delcassé]], (1852-1923), Foreign Minister (1914-1915)
*[[Gaston Doumergue]], 
*[[Jean Léon Jaurès|Jean Jaures]], (1859-1914), Socialist party leader, pacifist
*[[Alexandre Millerand]], (1859-1943), Minster 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)

==[[Germany]]== (''Entered the War on: [[August 1]], [[1914]]'')

===Monarch===
*Emperor [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhem II]]

===Military Leaders===
*[[Erich von Falkenhayn]]
*[[Hermann von François]]
*[[Wilhelm Groener]]
*[[Paul von Hindenburg]], (1847-1934), general, president
*Admiral [[Franz von Hipper]], Commander, High Seas Fleet
*[[Max Hoffmann]]
*[[Erich Ludendorff]], general
*[[Helmuth von Moltke]], (1800-1891), German soldier
*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)
*[[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
*[[Manfred von Richthofen]], (1892-1918), fighter ace


==[[Greece]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[June 29]], [[1917]]'')
*King [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]]
*King [[Alexander_of_Greece_(king)|Alexander]]
*[[Joannis Metaxas]], (1871-1941), military dictator
*[[Eleutherios Venizelos]], prime minister

==[[Italy]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[May 23]], [[1915]]'')
*[[Pietro Cadorna]]
*[[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]], (1869-1947)
*[[Emilio Lussu]], (1890-1975), Italian novelist
*[[Antonio Salandra]]
*[[Giovanni Giolitti]]
*Baron [[Sidney Sonnino]]
*[[Vittorio Orlando]]
*[[Luigi Boselli]]
*[[Benito Mussolini]], (1883-1945), Il Duce

==[[Japan]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 23]], [[1914]]'')
*Emperor [[Yoshihito of Japan|Yoshihito]]
*[[Mitsuomi Kamio]]
*Marquess [[Shigenobu Okuma]], prime minister (1914-1916)
*Count [[Masatake Terauchi]], prime minister (1916-1918)
*[[Hara_Takashi|Takashi Hara]], (1918-1921)


==[[Netherlands]]==
(''Neutral Country'')
*[[Jelles Troelstra]]
*[[Mata Hari]], spy
*[[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]], (1880-1962), Queen


==[[New Zealand]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')
*Sir [[James Allen]], Minister of Defence
*[[Bernard Freyberg]], (1889-1963), Highly decorated solider
*[[William Massey]], Prime Minister
*Sir [[Andrew Russell]], General


==[[Ottoman Empire]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[October 31]], [[1914]]'')
*[[Kemal Atatürk]], (1881-1938), Turkish leader
*Sultan [[Mehmed V]]
*Sultan [[Mehmed VI]]
*[[Enver Pasha]], Minister of War
*[[Said Halim Pasha]], Grand Vizier
*[[Talaat Pasha]], Minister of Interior


==[[Romania]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 27]], [[1916]]'')
*[[Alexandru Averescu]]
*[[Ion Bratianu]]
*[[King Carol I of Romania|Carol I]]
*[[Ferdinand of Romania|Ferdinand I]], (1865-1927), King of Romania (1924-1927)
*[[Constantine Prezan]]

==[[Russia]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[August 1]], [[1914]]'')

===Monarchs===
*[[Nicholas II of Russia|Emperor Nicholas II]], (1868-1918)
*[[Alexandra of Hesse|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 of Russia|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 Leader
*[[Ivan Goremykin]], Prime Minister (1914-1916)
*[[Alexander Guchkov]], Octobrist leader
*[[Lev Kamenev]]
*[[Aleksandr Kerensky]], ((1881-1970), second head of the Provisional Government (1917)
*[[Alexandra Kollontai]], Bolshevik Leader
*[[Alexander Krivoshein]], Minister of Agriculture
*[[Vladimir Lenin]], (1870-1924), Bolshevik leader
*Prince [[Georgy Lvov]], first Head of the Provisional Government (1917)
*[[Nikolai Maklakov]], Minister of the Interior
*[[Julius Martov]], Menshevik Leader
*[[Paul Miliukov]], Kadet leader
*[[Alexander Protopopov]], Minister of the Interior
*[[Vladimir Purishkevich]], right wing political leader, assassin of Rasputin
*[[Grigori Rasputin]], (1872-1919), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker
*[[Sergei Sazonov]], Foreign Minister (1910-1916)
*[[Joseph Stalin]], (1879-1953), (a pseudonym) - [[USSR|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: [[July 28]], [[1914]]'')
*[[Peter I of Serbia|King Peter I]], (1844-1921), Serbian monarch
*[[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Crown Prince Alexander]], (1888-1934), Serbian monarch
*[[Dragutin Dimitrijevic]], (1877-1917), founder and leader of [[Black Hand]] society
*[[Zivojin Misic]], (1855-1921), Field Marshal
*[[Nikola Pasic]], (1845-1926), Prime Minister
*[[Gavrilo Princip]], (1894-1918), the [[Serbia]]n nationalist who [[assassin]]ated Franz Ferdinand of Austria
*[[Radomir Putnik]], (1847-1917), Chief of General Staff
*[[Peter Vasic]], (1862-1931), Colonel
*[[Bosa Yankovich]], General


==[[South Africa]]== (''Entered the War on: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')
*[[Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor]], (1894-1921),Fighter Pilot
*[[Louis Botha]], (? - 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: [[August 4]], [[1914]]'')

===Royalty===
*King [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]
*Queen [[Mary of Teck|Mary]]

===Military Leaders===
*[[Edmund Allenby]], (1861-1936), British soldier
*[[David Beatty]], (1871-1936), admiral
*[[Julian H.G. Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy|Julian Byng]], (1862-1935), general
*[[Jackie Fisher|John Fisher]], (1841-1920), admiral
*[[John French]], Commander of the [[BEF]] (1914-1915)
*[[Hubert Gough]], general
*[[Douglas Haig]], (1861-1928), Commander of the [[BEF]] (1915-1918)
*[[John Jellicoe]], (1859-1935), admiral
*[[Horatio Kitchener]], (1850-1916), former general, [[Secretary of State for War]]
*[[Hubert Plumer]], (1857-1932), field marshall
*Sir [[William Robertson]], (1860-1933), Chief of Imperial General Staff
*Sir [[Henry Wilson]], 

===Political Leaders===
*[[Herbert Asquith]], Prime Minister (1908-1916)
*[[Arthur Balfour]], (1848-1930), Foreign Secretary
*Sir [[Roger Casement]], Irish independence leader
*[[Winston Churchill]], (1911-1915), Prime Minister from 1940
*[[George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]], (1859-1925), Unionist politician
*[[John Dillon]], Irish Home Rule leader
*Sir [[Edward Grey]], Foreign Secretary
*[[Andrew Bonar Law]], (1858-1923), Unionist Party leader
*[[David Lloyd George]], (1916-1922), politician
*[[Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner|Lord Milner]], politician
*[[John Redmond]], (1856-1918), Irish Home Rule leader

===Others===
*[[T. E. Lawrence]], (1888-1935), led the [[Arab revolt]]
*[[Wilfred Owen]], (1893-1918), English poet
*[[W. H. R. Rivers]], (1864-1922), Psychiatrist

==[[United States of America]]==
(''Entered the War on: [[April 6]], [[1917]]'')
*[[William Jennings Bryan]], (1860-1925), Secretary of State
*[[Ernest Hemingway]], (1899-1961), author of ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'', and ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'
*[[Edward House]], advisor to President Wilson
*[[Charles Evans Hughes]], (1862-1948), [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], [[1907]]-[[1910]]
*[[Field E. Kindley]], (1895-1920), Ace
*[[Robert Lansing]], (1864-1928), Secretary of State
*[[John Pershing]], (1860-1948), commander of the AEF
*[[Eddie Rickenbacker]], (1890-1973), Ace
*[[Woodrow Wilson]], (1856-1924), 28th ([[1913]]-[[1921]])  [[President of the United States of America|President]]
*[[Leonard Wood]], General
*Sgt. [[Alvin York]], highly decorated war hero

See also: [[List of people associated with World War II]]