McNaughton Andrew George Latta (1887–1966), a Canadian army officer. During World War II he was the field commander of Canada's army forces overseas, 1939–43.
Chiang Kai-shek, a Chinese military and political leader. He dominated the government of China from 1928 to 1948 and was the leader of China's fight against Japan in World War II.
Mihailovich Draja , or Mihajlovic, Draza (1893?–1946), a Yugoslavian army officer.
Daladier, Édouard (1884–1970), a French statesman. He attempted to appease Nazi Germany by signing the Munich Pact of 1938.
Beneš, Eduard (1884–1948), a Czechoslovak statesman. He was born in Kozlany, then a part of Austria-Hungary.
Bevin, Ernest (1881–1951), a British statesman. As a young man he was a truck driver in Bristol.
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich (1896–1974), a Russian army officer. With overall command of the Soviet army during World War II, he played a major role in the defeat of Germany.
Crerar , Henry Duncan Graham (1888–1965), a Canadian army officer. During World War II, he led the 1st Canadian Army—the largest Canadian fighting force ever assembled—in Europe, 1944–45.
Giraud, Henri Honoré (1879–1949), a French army officer. Giraud, a hero in both the First and the Second World War, served as high commissioner and commander in chief in French North and West Africa following the Allied invasion of Africa in 1942.
Voroshilov, Kliment Efremovich (1881–1969), a Russian army officer and Communist leader.
Blum, Léon (1872–1950), a French political leader. He was France's first Socialist premier.
Leopold, the name of three kings of the Belgians.
Weygand, Maxime (1867–1965), a French army officer. General Weygand became commander in chief in France just before the fall of France to Germany in 1940.
Reynaud, Paul (1878–1966), a French political leader. As premier of France at the time of the German invasion in 1940, he proposed to continue the war.
Casement , Sir Roger David (1864–1916), a British colonial administrator and Irish nationalist.