Key Western European Figures

Key Western European Figures

List of People: Western Europe

Western Europe in World War II was shaped by pivotal leaders. Winston Churchill inspired Allied resistance against Nazi tyranny, Charles de Gaulle led the Free French Forces from exile, and Bernard Montgomery commanded key Allied land forces to secure critical victories across the region.

People

Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1841
1856
1863
1867
1867
1869
1872
1872
1874
1878
1878
1879
1881
1881
1883
1884
1885
1890
1891
1891
1897
1897
1897
1900
1901
1903
1904
1907
1909
1912
1914
1929

Timeline

Element
Year Western Europe
1841
Birth of Georges Clemenceau (Location: Mouilleron-en-Pareds (now Mouilleron-Saint-Germain), France)
1856
Birth of Philippe Pétain (Location: Cauchy-à-la-Tour (Pas-de-Calais, France))
1863
Birth of David Lloyd George (Location: Manchester, England)
1867
Birth of Maxime Weygand (Location: Brussels (Present-day Belgium))
Birth of Stanley Baldwin (Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire, England)
1869
Birth of Neville Chamberlain (Location: Birmingham, England)
1872
Birth of Léon Blum (Location: Paris (France))
Birth of Maurice Gamelin (Location: Paris (France))
1874
Birth of Winston Churchill (Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England)
1878
Birth of Paul Reynaud (Location: Barcelonnette (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France))
Birth of Lise Meitner (Location: Vienna (Austria))
1879
Birth of Otto Hahn (Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany))
1881
Birth of Ernest Bevin (Location: Winsford, Somerset, England (birthplace; near Exeter))
Birth of Edward Wood (Location: Exeter, Devon, England (birthplace Powderham Castle near Kenton, south of Exeter))
1883
Birth of Clement Attlee (Location: Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth, London, England)
1884
Birth of Édouard Daladier (Location: Carpentras (Vaucluse, France))
1885
Birth of Aristides de Sousa Mendes (Location: Cabanas de Viriato (Present-day Carregal do Sal, Viseu District, Portugal))
1890
Birth of Charles de Gaulle (Location: Lille (Nord, France))
1891
Birth of Edith Stein (Location: Wrocław (Poland; then Breslau, German Empire))
Birth of James Chadwick (Location: Bollington, Cheshire, England)
1897
Birth of John Cockcroft (Location: Todmorden, England)
Birth of Anthony Eden (Location: Ferryhill, County Durham, England (birthplace Rushyford, current post town Ferryhill))
Birth of Patrick Blackett (Location: London (Kensington), England)
1900
Birth of Chiune Sugihara (Location: Mino (Gifu Prefecture))
1901
Birth of Mark Oliphant (Location: Adelaide (Kent Town), South Australia, Australia)
1903
Birth of Ernest Walton (Location: Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland)
1904
Birth of Otto Robert Frisch (Location: Vienna (present-day Republic of Austria))
1907
Birth of Varian Fry (Location: New York City (New York, United States))
1909
Birth of Nicholas Winton (Location: London (Hampstead))
1912
Birth of Raoul Wallenberg (Location: Lidingö (Sweden))
1914
Birth of Etty Hillesum (Location: Middelburg (Netherlands))
1929
Birth of Anne Frank (Location: Frankfurt am Main (Germany))
1940
1942
Death of Edith Stein
1943
Death of Etty Hillesum
1945
Death of Anne Frank
1947
Death of Stanley Baldwin
1950
Death of Léon Blum
1951
Death of Ernest Bevin
1954
1958
Death of Maurice Gamelin
1959
Death of Edward Wood
1965
Death of Maxime Weygand
1966
Death of Paul Reynaud
1967
Death of Varian Fry
Death of John Cockcroft
Death of Clement Attlee
1968
Death of Otto Hahn
Death of Lise Meitner
1970
1974
Death of James Chadwick
1977
Death of Anthony Eden
1979
1986
Death of Chiune Sugihara
1995
Death of Ernest Walton
2000
Death of Mark Oliphant
2015
Death of Nicholas Winton

Map

Element
Europe World
europe map

Related Links

Group List
List of People Western Europe Central Europe

Other Languages

Europa Occidental (Español) Europe de l’Ouest (Français) Westeuropa (Deutsch) 西欧 (中文) 西ヨーロッパ (日本語)

Comments

About

Contact Privacy policy

Other Languages

日本語 Español Français Deutsch 中文