Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was the 28th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1913 to 1919. As President of Princeton University and later as Governor of New Jersey, Wilson was a...

John J. "Blackjack" Pershing (1860–1948) was promoted to General of the Armies during World War I, the highest rank ever held in the United States Army. After unsuccessfully pursuing Pancho Villa...

Gavrilo Princip (1895–1918) was a Serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War I when he assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914. The murder sta...

Joseph Glidden (1813–1906) was a farmer who patented barbed wire, which revolutionized the American West and covered the battlefields of World War I. After seeing a demonstration of a type of wir...

Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), popularly known as the "Red Baron," was the most successful ace of World War I with over 80 credited air victories. Born in Silesia to a noble family, Richthof...

Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) is one of many World War I soldiers who turned to poetry to express their horror at the war. Like one-third of all Englishmen born in 1893, he was killed in France, only...