# Name a figure associated with World War I **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802 "2016-05-27T11:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/21 "2016-05-27T14:31:02Z")
Georges Clemenceau & Albert of Belgium. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/22 "2016-05-27T14:41:45Z")
First that came to mind was T. E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/23 "2016-05-27T14:51:39Z")
Another vote for Archduke Franz Ferdinand, except in my head it’s always “Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 was the catalyst for WWI” as stated in my middle school history books. Second would be Kaiser Wilhem, whom I don’t remember many details about but mostly think of his image with that helmet on his head. Reading everyone else’s responses I recognize / remember those names but would not have thought of them myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/24 "2016-05-27T14:53:58Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Archduke Ferdinand. This. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/25 "2016-05-27T15:09:29Z")
Kaiser Soze. Just kidding. Archduke Ferdinand is the only one I would have thought of unless I had ample time to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/26 "2016-05-27T15:11:48Z")
Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They should name those guys who die at the beginning of the movie but are pivotal to it after him. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/27 "2016-05-27T15:14:22Z")
Huh. My first thoughts were the Kaiser (main bad guy) and Woodrow Wilson (main guy from my country). Certainly others are interesting and sort of come to mind, but in a way like, “Okay, there was that dude that shot that other dude, you know, the anarchist jerk who shot some Austrian royal or something like that, what were their names?” Which is extra embarrassing, because it was last week that I finished reading a novel about Princep’s assassination of Ferdinand. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/28 "2016-05-27T15:34:42Z")
Admiral von Tirpitz. [It’s the beard.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b9/57/e9/b957e9e16b5f24dec914ee825967afa5.jpg) Honorable mention to John Jellicoe and Jacky Fisher. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/29 "2016-05-27T16:14:08Z")
Off the top of my head, and without reading any previous responses: General “Black Jack” Pershing Sergeant Alvin York Mata Hari Baron Von Richthofen (the Red Baron) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/30 "2016-05-27T16:16:13Z")
Manfred and Lothar von Richthofen, Pershing, Harry Truman and a lot of others. You also have to include most of the Nazi leadership in the list as well. Throw in maybe Hemingway and Faulkner as well. I recall there was a reasonably famous poet but the name escapes me at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/31 "2016-05-27T16:50:42Z")
Not mentioned that I’ve seen so far, but for me came to mind right after Archduke Ferdinand and the Kaiser - Field Marshall Haig. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/32 "2016-05-27T17:39:03Z")
Wilfred Owen sprang to mind. But then I’m an effete ponce of an Englishman, so no surprise there. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/33 "2016-05-27T17:51:14Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Archduke Ferdinand. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/34 "2016-05-27T17:51:31Z")
[Field Marshall John French](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres), who was British, just like on Family Affair. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/35 "2016-05-27T18:22:19Z")
Cheers for the replies. > [@Strainger](#): > > [Field Marshall John French](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres), who was British, just like on Family Affair. There was also a German general called [Francois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_von_Fran%C3%A7ois). I also think straight away of Lord Kitchener because of [this](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/30a_Sammlung_Eybl_Gro%C3%9Fbritannien._Alfred_Leete_%281882%E2%80%931933%29_Britons_%28Kitchener%29_wants_you_%28Briten_Kitchener_braucht_Euch%29._1914_%28Nachdruck%29%2C_74_x_50_cm._%28Slg.Nr._552%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg) British recruitment poster, on which the famous [Uncle Sam](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Unclesamwantyou.jpg/320px-Unclesamwantyou.jpg) poster was based. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/36 "2016-05-27T18:22:50Z")
Mostly all Canadians for me: Sam Hughes Arthur Currie Whatsisface Byng and Billy Bishop, the greatest of all time. _ALL TIME!_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/37 "2016-05-27T18:53:55Z")
Blackjack Pershing George Patton Erwin Rommel ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/38 "2016-05-27T19:11:16Z")
Robert Graves. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/39 "2016-05-27T19:29:45Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Not mentioned that I’ve seen so far, but for me came to mind right after Archduke Ferdinand and the Kaiser - Field Marshall Haig. Hey! > [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Douglas Haig What am I, chopped liver? Nah, I’m just yanking your chain. I don’t blame anyone for not reading that particular post. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/40 "2016-05-27T20:05:51Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Hey! > > What am I, chopped liver? > > Nah, I’m just yanking your chain. I don’t blame anyone for not reading that particular post. 😉 I liked that post a lot. Very thoughtful. Of course, it got swept up in the vast impersonal name-dropping thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=3)