Woodrow Wilson

Born in Staunton, Virginia, USA on December 27, 1856 — died February 3, 1924 (aged 67)

Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States of America (1913–21). A scholar and statesman, best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism, who led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.