| Faber, Frederick William (English clergyman, hymn writer) |
1814-1863 |
| Faber, Sir Geoffrey Cust (English publisher, writer) |
1889-1961 |
| Faber, Johann Lothar von (German pencil manufacturer) |
1817-1896 |
| Faber, Johannes (orig. Heigerlin) (German bishop, theologian) |
1478-1541 |
| Faber, John Eberhard (German-born American pencil manufacturer) |
1822-1879 |
| Faber, Peter (orig. Pierre Favre) (French Jesuit theologian) |
1506-1546 |
| Faberge, Karl Gustavovich (Russian goldsmith, jeweler) |
1846-1920 |
| Fabert, Abraham de (French soldier) |
1599-1662 |
| Fabius (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus) (Roman general) |
d.203 BC |
| Fabre, Emile (French playwright; admin. of Comedie-Francaise) |
1869-1955 |
| Fabre, Ferdinand (French novelist) |
1827-1898 |
| Fabre, Jean-Henri-Casimir (French entomologist) |
1823-1915 |
| Fabre d'Eglantine, Philippe-Francois-Nazaire (Fr. playwright) |
1750-1794 |
| Fabrice, Georg Friedrich Alfred von (German general) |
1818-1891 |
| Fabrici (or Fabrizio), Girolamo (Italian surgeon, anatomist) |
1537-1619 |
| Fabricius, David (German clergyman, astronomer) |
1564-1617 |
| Fabricius, Johannes (German astronomer; son of David) |
1587-c.1615 |
| Fabricius, Johann Christian (Danish entomologist) |
1745-1808 |
| Fabritius, Barent (orig. surname Pieterz) (Dutch painter) |
1624-1673 |
| Fabritius, Carel (orig. surname Pieterz) (Dutch painter) |
1622-1654 |
| Fabrizi, Nicola (Italian politician) |
1804-1885 |
| Fabry, Charles (French physicist; disc. atmos. ozone layer) |
1867-1945 |
| Fabyan, Robert (English chronicler) |
d.1513 |
| Facciolati, Jacopo (Italian philologist, lexicographer) |
1682-1769 |
| Fadden, Sir Arthur William (Australian prime minister 1941) |
1895-1973 |
| Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (Russian novelist) |
1901-1956 |
| Fadiman, Clifton (American writer, editor, radio host) |
b.1904 |
| Faesi, Robert (Swiss poet, dramatist, writer, literary critic) |
1883-1972 |
| Fagniez, Gustave (French historian) |
1842-1927 |
| Faguet, Emile (French literary historian, critic) |
1847-1916 |
| Fagunwa, Daniel Olorunfemi (Yoruba writer, teacher) |
1910-1963 |
| Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Saudi Arabian king 1982-) |
b.1922 |
| Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (German physicist) |
1686-1736 |
| Fahsien (orig. Sehi) (Chinese priest, traveler, author) |
fl. 399-414 |
| Faidherbe, Louis-Leon-Cesar (French soldier, colonial admin.) |
1818-1889 |
| Fain, Agathon-Jean-Francois (French historian) |
1778-1837 |
| Fairbairn, Andrew Martin (Scot. theologian, Congreg. minister) |
1838-1912 |
| Fairbairn, Sir Peter (Scottish engineer; brother of William) |
1799-1861 |
| Fairbairn, Sir William (Scottish engineer; brother of Peter) |
1789-1874 |
| Fairbanks, Charles Warren (American polit.; vice-pres. 1905-09) |
1852-1918 |
| Fairbanks, Douglas Elton (orig. surname Ulman) (American actor) |
1883-1939 |
| Fairbanks, Erastus (American businessman; brother of Thaddeus) |
1792-1864 |
| Fairbanks, Thaddeus (American businessman, inventor) |
1796-1886 |
| Fairchild, David Grandison (American botanist) |
1869-1954 |
| Fairfax, Edward (English poet) |
c.1575-1635 |
| Fairfax, Thomas (English general) |
1612-1671 |
| Fairfax, Thomas (English proprietor in Virginia) |
1692-1782 |
| Fairholt, Frederick William (English engraver, antiquarian) |
1814-1866 |
| Faisal (Saudi Arabian king 1964-1975) |
c.1906-1975 |
| Faison, Samson Lane Jr. (American art history teacher) |
1907-2006 |
| Faithorne, William (English engraver, portrait draftsman) |
c.1616-1691 |
| Fajans, Kasimir (Polish-born American physical chemist) |
1887-1975 |
| Fajt, Pavel (Czech musician, composer, bandleader) |
b.1957 |
| Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi (Muslim theologian, scholar) |
1149-1209 |
| Falcon, Juan Crisostomo (Venezuelan soldier, politician) |
1820-1870 |
| Falcone, Aniello (Italian painter) |
1600-1665 |
| Falconer, Hugh (Scottish paleontologist, botanist) |
1808-1865 |
| Falconer, William (Scottish sailor, lexicographer, poet) |
1732-1769 |
| Falconet, Etienne-Maurice (French sculptor) |
1716-1791 |
| Falconetto, Giovanni Maria (Veronese painter, architect) |
c.1458-c.1534 |
| Falguiere, Jean-Alexandre-Joseph (French sculptor, painter) |
1831-1900 |
| Falier (or Faliero), Marino (Italian doge of Venice 1354-55) |
1274-1355 |
| Falk, Paul Ludwig Adalbert (German politician) |
1827-1900 |
| Falk, Johannes Daniel (German writer) |
1768-1826 |
| Falkberget, Johan Petter (J.P. Lillebakken) (Norwegian writer) |
1879-1967 |
| Falke, Gustav (German poet, novelist; nephew of Johannes) |
1853-1916 |
| Falke, Johannes Friedrich Gottlieb (German historian) |
1823-1876 |
| Falkenhausen, Ludwig von (German general) |
1844-1936 |
| Falkenhayn, Erich Georg Anton Sebastian von (Prussian general) |
1861-1922 |
| Falkenhorst, Nikolaus von (German general) |
1885-1968 |
| Falkner, Thomas (English missionary) |
1707-1784 |
| Fall, Albert Bacon (American politician) |
1861-1944 |
| Fall, Leopold (Austrian composer) |
1873-1925 |
| Falla y Matheu, Manuel Maria de (Spanish composer) |
1876-1946 |
| Fallieres, Clement-Armand (French president 1906-1913) |
1841-1931 |
| Fallmerayer, Jakob Philipp (German historian) |
1790-1861 |
| Fallopio, Gabriello (Gabriel Fallopius) (Italian anatomist) |
1523-1562 |
| Falsen, Christian Magnus (Norwegian politician, jurist) |
1782-1830 |
| Faludy, Gyorgy (Hungarian-born Canadian poet) |
1910-2006 |
| Falwell, Jerry Lamon (American clergyman) |
1933-2007 |
| Fan Chen (Chinese philosopher, Confucian scholar) |
c.450-c.515 |
| Faneuil, Peter (American merchant) |
1700-1743 |
| Fangen, Ronald August (Norwegian writer, playwright, critic) |
1895-1946 |
| Fanger, Povl Ole (Danish researcher: indoor air quality) |
1934-2006 |
| Fa Ngum (aka Fa Ngoun) (Laotian ruler) |
1316-1373 |
| Fanon, Frantz Omar (Fr. West Indian psychoanalyst, philosopher) |
1925-1961 |
| Fanshawe, Sir Richard (English poet, translator, diplomat) |
1608-1666 |
| Fantin-Latour, Ignace-Henri (-Jean-Theodore)(French painter) |
1836-1904 |
| Fan Wen-ch'eng (Chinese politician) |
1597-1666 |
| Farabi, al- (Alpharabius; Avennasar) (Muslim philosopher) |
c.878-c.950 |
| Faraday, Michael (English chemist, physicist) |
1791-1867 |
| Farah, Nuruddin (Somali writer, teacher) |
b.1945 |
| Farazdaq, al- (Tammam ibn Ghalib abu Firas) (Arab poet) |
c.641-c.728/730 |
| Fard, Wallace D. (Mecca-born? American religious leader) |
c.1877-1934? |
| Farel, Guillaume (French leader in Reformation) |
1489-1565 |
| Fares, Nabile (Kabylian writer, poet) |
b.1940 |
| Fargo, William George (American businessman: Wells, Fargo) |
1818-1881 |
| Fargue, Leon-Paul (French poet, essayist, journalist) |
1876-1947 |
| Faria e Sousa, Manuel de (Portuguese historian, poet) |
1590-1649 |
| Farigoule, Louis-Henri-Jean (Jules Romains) (French writer) |
1885-1972 |
| Farina, Richard (American folksinger, songwriter, writer) |
1936?-1966 |
| Farina, Salvatore (Italian novelist) |
1846-1918 |
| Farinacci, Prospero (Farinaccius) (Italian jurist) |
1544-1618 |
| Farinacci, Roberto (Italian politician) |
1892-1945 |
| Farinati, Paolo (Veronese painter, architect, engraver) |
c.1524-c.1606 |
| Farinelli (orig. Carlo Broschi) (Italian male soprano) |
1705-1782 |
| Farini, Luigi Carlo (Italian physician, historian, politician) |
1812-1866 |
| Farjeon, Eleanor (English writer; granddau. of Jos. Jefferson) |
1881-1965 |
| Farley, James Aloysius (American businessman, politician) |
1888-1976 |
| Farlow, William Gilson (American botanist) |
1844-1919 |
| Farman, Henri (French pioneer aviator; brother Maurice Farman) |
1874-1958 |
| Farman, Maurice (French pioneer aviator; brother Henri Farman) |
1877-1964 |
| Farmer, Arthur Stewart "Art" (American flugelhornist) |
b.1928 |
| Farmer, Fannie Merritt (American cook, cookbook author) |
1857-1915 |
| Farmer, James Leonard (American civil rights leader) |
b.1920 |
| Farmer, John (English composer) |
fl. 1591-1601 |
| Farmer, Moses Gerrish (American inventor) |
1820-1893 |
| Farnaby, Giles (English composer) |
c.1563-1640 |
| Farnaby, Thomas (English composer; son of Giles) |
b.c.1594 |
| Farnaby, Thomas (English schoolmaster) |
1575?-1647 |
| Farnese, Alessandro (Duke of Parma) (Italian general for Spain) |
1545-1592 |
| Farnham, Eliza Wood née Burhans (American reformer, author) |
1815-1864 |
| Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (American television engineer) |
1906-1971 |
| Farouk I (also Faruq al-Awwal) (Egyptian king 1936-1952) |
1920-1965 |
| Farquhar, George (Irish playwright, actor) |
1678-1707 |
| Farragut, David Glasgow (orig. James Glasgow) (Am. admiral) |
1801-1870 |
| Farrand, Livingston (Am. psychologist, anthropologist) |
1867-1939 |
| Farrand, Max (American educator; brother of Livingston) |
1869-1945 |
| Farrant, Richard (English composer) |
c.1525-1580 |
| Farrar, Frederic William (Indian-born Eng. clergyman, writer) |
1831-1903 |
| Farrar, Geraldine (American soprano) |
1882-1967 |
| Farrar, John Chipman (American publisher, writer) |
1896-1974 |
| Farrell, James Thomas (American novelist) |
1904-1979 |
| Farrell, Suzanne (American dancer) |
b.1945 |
| Farren, Elizabeth (Countess of Derby) (English actor) |
1759?-1829 |
| Farrer, William James (English agronomist) |
1845-1906 |
| Farrukh Beg (Mughal painter) |
fl. 1585-1609 |
| Farwell, Arthur (American composer, critic) |
1877-1952 |
| Farwell, John Villiers (American businessman) |
1825-1908 |
| Fasch, Carl Friedrich Christian (German composer; son of J.F.) |
1736-1800 |
| Fasch, Johann Friedrich (German composer) |
1688-1758 |
| Fasi, Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al- (Moroccan teacher) |
c.1530/1-1604 |
| Fassbinder, Rainer Werner (German motion-picture director) |
1946-1982 |
| Fast, Howard (American writer) |
b.1914 |
| Fastenrath, Johannes (German writer) |
1839-1908 |
| Fateh Singh, Saint (Indian Sikh religious) |
1911-1972 |
| Fatimah (az-Zahra) (Arab religious figure; dau. of Muhammad) |
c.616-663 |
| Fatsang (aka Hsien-shou) (Chinese monk) |
643-712 |
| Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthelemy (French geologist) |
1741-1819 |
| Faulhaber, Michael von (German prelate, writer) |
1869-1952 |
| Faulkner (orig. Falkner), William Cuthbert (American novelist) |
1897-1962 |
| Faure, Jacques-Elie-Paul (French art historian) |
1873-1937 |
| Faure, Francois-Felix (French politician; president 1895-1899) |
1841-1899 |
| Faure, Gabriel-Urbain (French composer, organist, teacher) |
1845-1924 |
| Fauriel, Claude-Charles (French scholar, writer) |
1772-1844 |
| Fauset, Jesse Redmon (married name Harris) (Am. writer, critic) |
1882-1961 |
| Faust, Frederick Schiller (pseud. Max Brand) (American writer) |
1892-1944 |
| Faust, Johann (orig. Georg)(Ger. magician, astrol., soothsayer) |
c.1480-c.1540 |
| Fausta, Flavia Maximiana (Roman empress; wife of Constantine I) |
289-326 |
| Faustus of Riez, Saint (Roman-born French ecclesiastic) |
c.400-c.490 |
| Favart, Charles-Simon (French playwright, theater director) |
1710-1792 |
| Favorinus (Greek Sophist, skeptic philosopher) |
2nd cent. |
| Favory, Andre (French painter) |
1889-1937 |
| Favre, Claude (French grammarian) |
1585-1650 |
| Favre, Gabriel-Claude-Jules (French lawyer, politician) |
1809-1880 |
| Favre, Louis (Swiss engineer) |
1826-1879 |
| Fawcett, Henry (English economist, politician) |
1833-1884 |
| Fawcett, Dame Millicent née Garrett (English woman-suffragette) |
1847-1929 |
| Fawkes, Guy (English conspirator) |
1570-1606 |
| Fawkner, John Pascoe (Australian settler, journalist, polit.) |
1792-1869 |
| Fay, Andras (Hungarian writer) |
1786-1864 |
| Fay, Sidney Bradshaw (American historian) |
1876-1967 |
| Faye, Herve-Auguste-Etienne-Albans (French astronomer) |
1814-1902 |
| Faynzilberg, Ilya Arnoldovich (pseud. Ilya Ilf) (Soviet writer) |
1897-1937 |
| Fayrfax, Robert (English composer) |
1464-1521 |
| Fazy, Jean Jacob "James" (Swiss statesman, journalist, writer) |
1794-1878 |
| Fearing, Kenneth Flexner (American poet, writer) |
1902-1961 |
| Featley, Daniel (orig. Daniel Fairclough)(English Angl. priest) |
1582-1645 |
| Fechner, Gustave Theodor (German physicist, philosopher) |
1801-1887 |
| Feckenham, John de (orig. John Howman) (English clergyman) |
c.1515-1584 |
| Feder, Gottfried (German civil engineer, economist, politician) |
1883-1941 |
| Federer, Heinrich (Swiss writer, journalist) |
1866-1928 |
| Federici, Camillo (b.Giovanni Battista Viassolo)(It. dramatist) |
1749-1802 |
| Federzoni, Luigi (Italian journalist, politician) |
1878-1967 |
| Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich (Russian novelist) |
1892-1977 |
| Fehrenbach, Konstantin (German politician) |
1852-1926 |
| Feiffer, Jules (American cartoonist, writer, satirist) |
b.1929 |
| Feijo, Diogo Antonio (Brazilian priest, politician) |
1784-1843 |
| Feijoo y Montenogro, Benito Jeronimo (Span. Benedictine monk) |
1676-1764 |
| Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian (American painter) |
1871-1956 |
| Feinstein, Elaine née Cooklin (British writer, translator) |
b.1930 |
| Feith, Rhijnvis (Dutch writer) |
1753-1824 |
| Fejer, Lipot (Hungarian mathematician) |
1880-1959 |
| Feke, Robert (American painter) |
c.1705-c.1750 |
| Feldman, Bob (Am. businessman; fd. Red House Records, 1983) |
1949-2006 |
| Feldman, Morton (American composer, educator) |
1926-1987 |
| Felibien, Andre (French architect, writer) |
1619-1695 |
| Felix of Valois, Saint (French religious) |
1127-1212 |
| Fell, John (English clergyman) |
1625-1686 |
| Fellenberg, Philipp Emanuel von (Swiss educator, agriculturist) |
1771-1844 |
| Feller, Francois-Xavier de (Belgian priest, writer) |
1735-1802 |
| Fellini, Federico (Italian film director) |
1920-1993 |
| Fellows, Sir Charles (English archaeologist) |
1799-1860 |
| Felltham, Owen (also Owen Feltham) (English writer, royalist) |
1602?-1668 |
| Felsen, Leopold Benno (German-born Am. physicist, teacher) |
1924-2005 |
| Felt, Dorr Eugene (American inventor) |
1862-1930 |
| Felton, Conelius Conway (American scholar) |
1807-1862 |
| Felton, Rebecca Ann née Latimer (American politician, writer) |
1835-1930 |
| Felton, William (English clergyman, composer) |
1715-1769 |
| Fenelon, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (Fr. prelate, writer) |
1651-1715 |
| Fenestella (Latin poet, annalist) |
52 BC-19 AD (?) |
| Feng Kuei-fen (Chinese scholar, official) |
1809-1874 |
| Feng Kuo-chang (Chinese general, politician) |
1858-1920 |
| Feng Meng-lung (Chinese collector, editor, writer) |
1574-1646 |
| Feng Yu-hsiang (Chinese general) |
1882-1948 |
| Feng Yun-shan (Chinese rebel) |
1822-1852 |
| Fenno, John (American editor) |
1751-1798 |
| Fenoglio, Beppe (Italian writer, wine merchant) |
1922-1963 |
| Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco (American Orientalist) |
1853-1908 |
| Fenton, Edward (English mariner) |
d.1603 |
| Fenton, Elijah (English poet, editor, translator) |
1683-1730 |
| Fenton, Lavinia (Duchess of Bolton) (English actor) |
1708-1760 |
| Fenton, Roger (English photographer) |
1816-1869 |
| Feraoun, Mouloud (Kabyle writer, teacher) |
1913-1962 |
| Ferber, Edna (American author; member of the Algonquin Wits) |
1887-1968 |
| Ferenczi, Sandor (Hungarian psychoanalyst) |
1873-1933 |
| Ferguson, Adam (Scottish philosopher) |
1723-1816 |
| Ferguson, Harry George (Irish industrialist) |
1884-1960 |
| Ferguson, James (Scottish astronomer, popularizer of science) |
1710-1776 |
| Ferguson, James Edward (American politician) |
1871-1944 |
| Ferguson, Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" (American politician) |
1875-1961 |
| Ferguson, Patrick (Scottish soldier; inv. breech-loading rifle) |
1744-1780 |
| Ferguson, Sir Samuel (Irish antiquary, poet) |
1810-1886 |
| Ferguson, Walter "Maynard" (Canadian-born American musician) |
1928-2006 |
| Fergusson, Robert (Scottish poet) |
1750-1774 |
| Ferid Pasa, Damad (Turkish politician) |
1853-1923 |
| Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Monsanto (American poet) |
b.1920 |
| Fermat, Pierre de (French lawyer, mathematician) |
1601-1665 |
| Fermi, Enrico (Italian-born American physicist) |
1901-1954 |
| Fermor, William (Scottish soldier in Russian service) |
1704-1771 |
| Fernald, Merritt Lyndon (American botanist) |
1873-1950 |
| Fernandel (orig. Fernand-Joseph-Desire Contandin) (Fr. actor) |
1903-1971 |
| Fernandes, Alvaro (Portuguese explorer) |
15th cent. |
| Fernandes, Antonio (Portuguese explorer) |
16th cent. |
| Fernandes, Joao (Portuguese navigator) |
15th cent. |
| Fernandes de Queiros, Pedro (Portuguese navigator for Spain) |
c.1570-1615 |
| Fernandez, Juan (Spanish navigator, explorer) |
c.1536-c.1604 |
| Fernandez, Lucas (Spanish dramatist, musician) |
1474?-1542 |
| Fernandez, Macedonio (Argentinean writer, philosopher) |
1874-1952 |
| Fernandez, Prospero (Costa Rican soldier, president 1882-1885) |
1834-1885 |
| Fernandez, Rosita (Mexican-born American Tejano singer) |
1919-2006 |
| Fernandez Alonso, Severo (Bolivian politician; pres. 1896-1899) |
1849-1925 |
| Fernandez Coronel, Maria (Spanish abbess, mystic) |
1602-1665 |
| Fernandez de Cordoba, Francisco (Spanish soldier, explorer) |
1475?-1525/6 |
| Fernandez de Cordoba, Gonzalo (Spanish soldier, statesman) |
1453-1515 |
| Fernandez de Enciso, Martin (Spanish colonizer in America) |
1470?-1528? |
| Fernandez de la Cueva, Francisco (Spanish administrator) |
1617-1676 |
| Fernandez de Lizardi, Jose Joaquin (Mexican novelist) |
1776-1827 |
| Fernandez de Oviedo, Gonzalo (Spanish chronicler, col. admin.) |
1478-1557 |
| Fernandez de Palencia, Diego (Spanish soldier, historian) |
1520?-1581? |
| Fernandez Retamar, Roberto (Cuban poet, literary theorist) |
b.1930 |
| Fernel, Jean-Francois (French physician, astronomer) |
1497-1558 |
| Fernow, Bernhard Eduard (German-born American forester) |
1851-1923 |
| Ferrabosco, Alfonso (English musician, possible spy) |
1543-1587 |
| Ferrabosco, Alfonso (English musician; son of Alfonso) |
c.1575-1628 |
| Ferrabosco, Alfonso (English musician; son of Alfonso) |
c.1610-c.1660 |
| Ferrar, Nicholas (English theologian) |
1592-1637 |
| Ferrari, Bartolommeo (Italian ecclesiastic) |
1499-1544 |
| Ferrari, Benedetto (Italian poet, composer) |
c.1603-1681 |
| Ferrari, Gaudenzio (Lombard painter) |
1470-1546 |
| Ferrari, Giuseppe (Italian philosopher, historian, politician) |
1811-1876 |
| Ferrari, Lodovico (also Ludovico Ferraro) (It. mathematician) |
1522-1565 |
| Ferrari, Luc (French composer) |
1929-2005 |
| Ferraris, Galileo (Italian physicist, electrical engineer) |
1847-1897 |
| Ferre, Rosario (Puerto Rican writer) |
b.1942 |
| Ferreira, Antonio (Portuguese poet) |
1528-1569 |
| Ferreira, Manuel (Portuguese scholar, writer) |
1917-1992 |
| Ferreira, Vergilio (or Virgilio) (Portuguese teacher, writer) |
b.1916 |
| Ferreira de Castro, Jose Maria (Portuguese journalist, writer) |
1898-1974 |
| Ferreira de Vasconcelos, Jorge (Portuguese dramatist) |
1515-1585 |
| Ferrel, William (American meteorologist) |
1817-1891 |
| Ferrero, Guglielmo (Italian historian, author) |
1871-1943 |
| Ferrero di Roasio, Carlo Vincenzo (Piedmontese politician) |
1680-1745 |
| Ferrers, George (English politician, poet) |
1500?-1579 |
| Ferri, Ciro (Italian painter, printmaker) |
1634-1689 |
| Ferrier, Sir David (Scottish neurologist) |
1843-1928 |
| Ferrier, James Frederick (Scottish philosopher) |
1808-1864 |
| Ferrier, Kathleen Mary (English contralto) |
1912-1953 |
| Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone (Scottish novelist) |
1782-1854 |
| Ferris, George Washington Gale (American engineer) |
1859-1896 |
| Ferrizuel, Joseph ha-Nasi (Spanish Jewish physician) |
d.c.1145 |
| Ferron, Jacques (Canadian writer, essayist, playwright) |
1921-1985 |
| Ferrucci, Andrea (Tuscan sculptor, architect) |
1465-1526 |
| Ferrucci (or Ferruccio), Francesco (Florentine soldier) |
1489-1530 |
| Ferry, Jules-Francois-Camille (French politician) |
1832-1893 |
| Fersen, Fredrik Axel von (Swedish politician, soldier) |
1719-1794 |
| Fersman, Aleksandr Yevgenyevich (Russian mineralogist) |
1883-1945 |
| Fesca, Alexander Ernst (German pianist, composer; son of F.E.) |
1820-1849 |
| Fesca, Friedrich Ernst (German violinist, composer) |
1789-1826 |
| Fesch, Joseph (French prelate) |
1763-1839 |
| Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey (Canadian-born Am. radio engineer) |
1866-1932 |
| Fessenden, Thomas Green (American poet, journalist) |
1771-1837 |
| Fessenden, William Pitt (American politician) |
1806-1869 |
| Festa, Costanzo (Italian singer, composer) |
c.1490-1545 |
| Festus, Porcius (Roman administrator) |
d.c.62 AD |
| Festus, Sextus Pompeius (Roman grammarian, lexicographer) |
2nd/3rd cent. |
| Fet, Afanasy Afanasyevich (orig. Foeth; Shenshin) (Rus. poet) |
1820-1892 |
| Fetis, Francois-Joseph (Belgian composer, writer on music) |
1784-1871 |
| Fetterman, William Judd (American army officer) |
1833?-1866 |
| Fetti (or Feti), Domenico (Italian painter) |
1588/9-1623 |
| Feuchtwanger, Lion (German novelist, dramatist) |
1884-1958 |
| Feuerbach, Anselm (German archaeologist; son of Paul) |
1798-1851 |
| Feuerbach, Anselm (German painter; son of Anselm) |
1829-1880 |
| Feuerbach, Paul Johann Anselm von (German jurist) |
1775-1833 |
| Feuerbach, Karl Wilhelm (German mathematician; son of Paul) |
1800-1834 |
| Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas (German philosopher; son of Paul) |
1804-1872 |
| Feuillade, Louis (French film director) |
1873-1925 |
| Feuillet, Octave (French novelist, dramatist) |
1821-1890 |
| Feuillet, Raoul-Auger (French dancer, choreographer) |
c.1675-c.1730 |
| Feval, Paul-Henri-Corentin (French novelist) |
1817-1887 |
| Fewkes, Jesse Walter (American ethnologist) |
1850-1930 |
| Feydeau, Ernest-Aime (French novelist) |
1821-1873 |
| Feydeau, Georges-Leon-Jules-Marie (French dramatist) |
1862-1921 |
| Feyder, Jacques (Belgian-born French film director) |
1888-1948 |
| Feyerabend, Paul Karl (Viennese-born philosopher) |
1924-1994 |
| Feynman, Richard Phillips (American physicist) |
1918-1988 |
| Fialho de Almeida, Jose Valentim (Portuguese writer) |
1857-1911 |
| Fibich, Zdenek Antonin Vaclav (Czech composer) |
1850-1900 |
| Fibiger, Johannes Andreas Grib (Danish pathologist) |
1867-1928 |
| Fibonacci, Leonardo Pisano (Italian mathematician) |
c.1170-1240? |
| Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (German philosopher) |
1762-1814 |
| Fichte, Immanuel Hermann von (German philosopher; son of J.G.) |
1796-1879 |
| Ficino, Marsilo (Italian philosopher) |
1433-1499 |
| Fick, Adolf Eugen (German physiologist) |
1829-1901 |
| Fick, August (German philologist) |
1833-1916 |
| Ficker, Julius von (German jurist, historian) |
1826-1902 |
| Fiedler, Arthur (American conductor) |
1894-1979 |
| Fiedler, John (aka Johnny Fiedler) (Am. actor: Piglet) |
1925-2005 |
| Fiedler, Leslie Aaron (American literary critic, writer) |
b.1917 |
| Field, Cyrus West (American financier; bro. of David, Stephen) |
1819-1892 |
| Field, David Dudley (American lawyer; bro. of Cyrus, Stephen) |
1805-1894 |
| Field, Erastus Salisbury (American painter) |
1805-1900 |
| Field, Eugene (American poet, journalist) |
1850-1895 |
| Field, John (Irish pianist, composer) |
1782-1837 |
| Field, Marshall (American department store merchant) |
1834-1906 |
| Field, Marshall III (American newspaper publisher) |
1893-1956 |
| Field, Marshall IV (American newspaper editor, publisher) |
1916-1965 |
| Field, Nathaniel "Nathan" or "Nat" (English actor, playwright) |
1587-1619? |
| Field, Stephen Johnson (American jurist; bro. of Cyrus, David) |
1816-1899 |
| Fielden, John (English manufacturer, politician) |
1784-1849 |
| Fielding, Henry (English novelist, playwright) |
1707-1754 |
| Fielding, Sir John (English jurist; half-brother of Henry) |
1721-1780 |
| Fielding, Sarah (English writer; sister of Henry) |
1710-1768 |
| Fielding, William Stevens (Canadian journalist, politician) |
1848-1929 |
| Fields, Annie Adams (American publisher, editor, biographer) |
1834-1915 |
| Fields, Dorothy (American songwriter; daughter of Lew) |
1905-1974 |
| Fields, Gracie (orig. Grace Stansfield) (English comedienne) |
1898-1979 |
| Fields, James Thomas (American author, publisher) |
1817-1881 |
| Fields (orig. Schanfield), Lewis Maurice "Lew" (Am. comedian) |
1867-1941 |
| Fields, W.C. (William Claude Dunkenfield) (Am. entertainer) |
1880-1946 |
| Fiennes, Celia (English traveler; granddaughter of William) |
1662-1741 |
| Fiennes, William (English Parliamentary leader) |
1582-1662 |
| Fieschi, Gian Luigi (Genoese conspirator) |
1522-1547 |
| Fieschi, Giuseppe Maria (Corsican conspirator) |
1790-1836 |
| Figes, Eva née Unger (German-born Eng. writer, social critic) |
b.1932 |
| Figl, Leopold (Austrian politician, diplomat) |
1902-1965 |
| Figner, Vera Nikolayevna (Russian revolutionist) |
1852-1942 |
| Figueiredo, Antero de (Portuguese writer) |
1866-1953 |
| Figueiredo, Joao Baptista de Oliveira (Brazilian pres. 1979-85) |
b.1918 |
| Figueroa, Francisco de (Spanish poet) |
c.1536-c.1620 |
| Figulus, Publius Nigidius (Roman writer, savant) |
fl. 98-45 BC |
| Filangieri, Carlo (Italian general, politician; son of Gaetano) |
1784-1867 |
| Filangieri, Gaetano (Italian jurist) |
1752-1788 |
| Filarete (Florentine architect, sculptor) |
c.1400-c.1469 |
| Filchner, Wilhelm (German explorer, scientist) |
1877-1957 |
| Filelfo, Francesco (Philelphus) (Italian Humanist) |
1398-1481 |
| Filene, Edward Albert (American merchant) |
1860-1937 |
| Filicaia, Vincenzo da (Italian lyric poet) |
1642-1707 |
| Filipepi, Alessandro di Mariano (Italian painter) |
1445-1510 |
| Fillmore, Charles Sherlock (American religious leader) |
1854-1948 |
| Fillmore, Millard (13th U.S. president, 1850-1853) |
1800-1874 |
| Fillmore, Myrtle (orig. Mary Caroline née Page) (Am. rel. ldr.) |
1845-1931 |
| Filmer, Sir Robert (English political writer) |
c.1588-1653 |
| Filson, John (American frontiersman) |
1747?-1788 |
| Finch, Rober Duer Claydon (Canadian poet) |
b.1900 |
| Finck, Heinrich (German composer) |
1444/5-1527 |
| Finck, Hermann (German composer; grandnephew of Heinrich) |
1527-1558 |
| Findlay, John Ritchie (Scot. newspaper proprietor, philanth.) |
1824-1898 |
| Findley, Timothy (Canadian writer, playwright, actor) |
b.1930 |
| Fine, Larry (Laurence Feinberg) (American comedian) |
1902-1975 |
| Fine, Oronce (Orontius Fineus) (French mathematician) |
1494-1555 |
| Finiguerra, Maso (Florentine goldsmith, niellist, engraver) |
1426-1464 |
| Fink, Albert (German-born American engineer) |
1827-1897 |
| Fink, Mike (American frontiersman, marksman) |
1770?-1823 |
| Finkel, Nathan Tzevi ben Moses (Jewish scholar) |
1849-1927 |
| Finlay, Carlos Juan (Cuban physician, epidemiologist) |
1833-1915 |
| Finlay, George (English historian) |
1799-1875 |
| Finlay, Robert Bannatyne (Scottish-born British jurist) |
1842-1929 |
| Finley, Martha (American writer) |
1828-1909 |
| Finley, Robert (American clergyman) |
1772-1817 |
| Finnbogadottir, Vigdis (Icelandic president 1980-) |
b.1930 |
| Finney, Charles Grandison (American clergyman, educator) |
1792-1875 |
| Finsen, Niels Ryberg (Danish physician) |
1860-1904 |
| Fiore, Pasquale (Italian jurist) |
1837-1914 |
| Fiorelli, Giuseppe (Italian archaeologist) |
1823-1896 |
| Fiorillo, Federigo (It. violinist, composer; son of Ignazio) |
1755-1823? |
| Fiorillo, Ignazio (Italian composer) |
1715-1787 |
| Fiorillo, Tiberio (Italian actor) |
1608-1694 |
| Fiorina, Cara Carleton Sneed "Carly" (American businesswoman) |
b.1954 |
| Firbank, Arthur Annesley Ronald (English writer) |
1886-1926 |
| Firdawsi (orig. Abu ol-Qasem Mansur) (Persian poet) |
c.935-c.1020/6 |
| Firdousi (b.Abul Qasim Mansur or Hasan) (Persian epic poet) |
941?-1020 |
| Firenzuola, Agnolo (Italian writer) |
1493-1543 |
| Firestone, Harvey Samuel (American rubber, tire industrialist) |
1868-1938 |
| Firishtah (aka Muhammad Qasim Hundushah) (Muslim Indian hist.) |
c.1570-c.1620 |
| Firmicus Maternus, Julius (Roman writer) |
4th cent. |
| Firuzabadi, Abu at-Tahir Majd ad-Din al- (Arab lexicographer) |
1329-1414 |
| Fischart, Johann "Mentzer" (German jurist, satirist) |
1546-1590 |
| Fischer, Edmond Henri (Chinese-born (Fr. parents) Am. biochem.) |
b.1920 |
| Fischer, Emil Hermann (German chemist) |
1852-1919 |
| Fischer, Ernst Otto (German chemist) |
1918-2007 |
| Fischer, Hans (German chemist) |
1881-1945 |
| Fischer, Johann Michael (German architect) |
1692-1766 |
| Fischer, Ernst Kuno Berthold (German philosopher) |
1824-1907 |
| Fischer, Wildman (Larry) (American wild-man) |
b.1944 |
| Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (Austrian architect) |
1656-1723 |
| Fischhof, Adolf (Austrian politician) |
1816-1893 |
| Fish, Hamilton (American politician) |
1808-1893 |
| Fish, Hamilton (American lawyer, politician; son of Hamilton) |
1849-1936 |
| Fish, Hamilton (American politician; son of Hamilton) |
1888-1946 |
| Fish, Stanley Eugene (American literary critic, teacher) |
b.1938 |
| Fishbein, Morris (American physician, writer, editor) |
1889-1976 |
| Fisher, Andrew (Scottish-born Australian politician) |
1862-1928 |
| Fisher, Carrie Francis (American actor) |
b.1956 |
| Fisher, Dorothy (b. Dorothea Frances née Canfield) (Am. writer) |
1879-1958 |
| Fisher, Harry Conway (American cartoonist; cr. "Mutt and Jeff") |
1885-1954 |
| Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens (English historian) |
1865-1940 |
| Fisher, Irving (American economist) |
1867-1947 |
| Fisher, Saint John (John of Rochester)(English prelate, martyr) |
1469-1535 |
| Fisher, John Arbuthnot (British admiral) |
1841-1920 |
| Fisher, M.F.K. (b. Mary Frances Kennedy) (American writer) |
1908-1922 |
| Fisher, Sir Norman Fenwick Warren (English government official) |
1879-1948 |
| Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer (English biologist) |
1890-1962 |
| Fishwick, Marshall William (American teacher, writer) |
1924?-2006 |
| Fisk, Clinton Bowen (American army officer, banker) |
1828-1890 |
| Fisk, James (American financier) |
1834-1872 |
| Fisk, Wilbur (American clergyman) |
1792-1839 |
| Fiske, Bradley Allen (American naval officer, inventor) |
1854-1942 |
| Fiske, Haley (American businessman) |
1852-1929 |
| Fiske, Harrison Grey (American theatrical manager, director) |
1861-1942 |
| Fiske, John (orig. Edmund Fisk Green) (Am. philosopher, hist.) |
1842-1901 |
| Fiske, Minnie Maddern (Marie Augusta née Davey) (Am. actor) |
1865-1932 |
| Fitch, Asa (American entomologist) |
1809-1879 |
| Fitch, Ebenezer (American clergyman, educator) |
1756-1833 |
| Fitch, John (American inventor; invented steamboat 1787) |
1743-1798 |
| Fitch, Ralph (English merchant, traveler) |
c.1550-1611 |
| Fitch, Val Logsdon (American physicist) |
b.1923 |
| Fitch, William Clyde (American playwright) |
1865-1909 |
| Fitelberg, Grzegorz (Polish conductor, composer) |
1879-1953 |
| Fittig, Rudolf (German chemist) |
1835-1910 |
| Fitton, Mary (English lady; Shakespeare's "dark lady"?) |
1578-c.1647 |
| Fitts, Dudley (American teacher, critic, poet, translator) |
1903-1968 |
| Fitz, Reginald Heber (American pathologist) |
1843-1913 |
| Fitzgerald, Barry (orig. William Joseph Shields) (Irish actor) |
1888-1961 |
| FitzGerald, Edward (English poet, translator) |
1809-1883 |
| Fitzgerald, Ella (American singer) |
1918-1996 |
| Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key (American writer) |
1896-1940 |
| FitzGerald, Garret Michael Desmond (Irish prime minister) |
b.1926 |
| FitzGerald, George Francis (Irish physicist) |
1851-1901 |
| Fitzgerald, Penelope née Knox (English writer, biographer) |
b.1916 |
| FitzGerald, Robert David "R.D." (Australian poet, critic) |
1902-1987 |
| Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre (American writer) |
1900-1948 |
| Fitzgibbon, John (Irish jurist, political administrator) |
1749-1802 |
| Fitzhugh, George (American lawyer, journalist, author) |
1806-1881 |
| Fitzjames, James (Duke of Berwick) (English soldier) |
1670-1734 |
| Fitzosbern, William (Earl of Hereford) (Anglo-Norman nobleman) |
d.1071 |
| Fitzpatrick, Thomas (Irish-born American frontiersman) |
1799?-1854 |
| Fitzpeter, Geoffrey (Earl of Essex) (English politician) |
d.1213 |
| Fitzthedmar, Arnold (English merchant, chronicler) |
1201-c.1275 |
| Fizeau, Armand-Hippolyte-Louis (French physicist) |
1819-1896 |
| Flaccus, Lucius Valerius (Roman politician) |
d.86? BC |
| Flaccus, Quintus Fulvius (Roman politician) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Flach, Jacques-Geoffroi (French jurist, historian) |
1846-1919 |
| Flachsbinder, Jan (Jan Dantyszek) (Polish courtier, Humanist) |
1485-1548 |
| Flacourt, Etienne Bizet de (French colonizer in Madagascar) |
1607-1660 |
| Flaget, Benedict-Joseph (French clergyman) |
1763-1850 |
| Flagg, Ernest (American architect) |
1857-1947 |
| Flagg, Fannie (American writer, comedian) |
b.1944 |
| Flagg, James Montgomery (American painter, illustrator) |
1877-1960 |
| Flagler, Henry Morrison (American financier) |
1830-1913 |
| Flagstad, Kirsten Malfrid (Norwegian operatic soprano) |
1895-1962 |
| Flahaut de la Billarderie, Auguste-Charles-Joseph de (Fr. gen.) |
1785-1870 |
| Flaherty, Robert Joseph (Am. explorer, film director, writer) |
1884-1951 |
| Flaiano, Ennio (It. screenwriter, playwright, writer, critic) |
1910-1972 |
| Flake, Emily Suzanne (American illustrator, cartoonist) |
b.1977 |
| Flambard, Ranulf (Normam ecclesiastic in England) |
d.1128 |
| Flamininus, Titus Quinctius (Roman general, statesman) |
c.227-174 BC |
| Flaminius, Gaius (Roman general, politician) |
d.217 BC |
| Flammarion, Nicolas-Camille (French astronomer, writer) |
1842-1925 |
| Flamsteed, John (English clergyman, astronomer) |
1646-1719 |
| Flanagan, Edward Joseph (Irish-born Am. priest; fd. Boys Town) |
1886-1948 |
| Flandin, Gaston-Pierre-Etienne (French politician) |
1889-1958 |
| Flandrin, Hippolyte-Jean (French painter; brother of Rene) |
1809-1864 |
| Flandrin, Jean-Paul (French painter; brother of Rene) |
1811-1902 |
| Flandrin, Paul-Hippolyte (French painter; son of Hippolyte) |
1856-1921 |
| Flandrin, Rene-Auguste (French painter) |
1801-1842 |
| Flannagan, John Bernard (American sculptor) |
1895-1942 |
| Flanner, Janet (pseudonym Genet) (American writer, journalist) |
1892-1978 |
| Flatman, Thomas (English poet, miniature painter) |
1637-1688 |
| Flatt, Lester Raymond (American musician) |
1914-1979 |
| Flaubert, Gustave (French novelist) |
1821-1880 |
| Flavius, Gnaeus (Roman legal writer, politician) |
4th cent. BC |
| Flaxman, John (English sculptor, draftsman) |
1755-1826 |
| Fleay, Frederick Gard (English scholar) |
1831-1909 |
| Flecker, James Elroy (orig. Herman Elroy) (English poet, dram.) |
1884-1915 |
| Flecknoe, Richard (Irish poet, dramatist, traveler) |
c.1600-c.1678 |
| Fleeson, Doris (American syndicated columnist) |
1901-1970 |
| Fleetwood, Charles (English Parliamentarian general) |
1618?-1692 |
| Flegel, Edward Robert (German explorer) |
1855-1886 |
| Flegenheimer, Arthur (Dutch Schultz) (American gangster) |
1902-1935 |
| Fleischer, Ezra (Transylvanian-born Israeli poet, scholar) |
1928-2006 |
| Fleischer, Nathaniel S. (American journalist) |
1887-1972 |
| Fleischer, Oskar (German musicologist) |
1856-1933 |
| Flemal (or Flemael or Flemalle), Bertholet (Flemish painter) |
1614-1675 |
| Fleming, Sir Alexander (Scottish bacteriologist) |
1881-1955 |
| Fleming, Sir Arthur Percy Morris (English engineer) |
1881-1960 |
| Fleming, Ian Lancaster (English novelist) |
1908-1964 |
| Fleming, Sir John Ambrose (English electrical engineer) |
1849-1945 |
| Fleming, Paul (German poet) |
1609-1640 |
| Fleming, Sir Sandford (Scottish-born Canadian engineer) |
1827-1915 |
| Fleming, Williamina Paton née Stevens (Scot.-born Am. astron.) |
1857-1911 |
| Flemming, Walther (German anatomist) |
1843-1905 |
| Fletcher, Alice Cunningham (Cuba-born American ethnologist) |
1838-1923 |
| Fletcher, Colin (Welsh-born American writer, backpacker) |
1922-2007 |
| Fletcher, Giles (the Elder) (English diplomat, writer) |
c.1548-1611 |
| Fletcher, Giles (the Younger) (English poet) |
c.1585-1623 |
| Fletcher, Harvey (American physicist; dev. stereophonic sound) |
1884-1981 |
| Fletcher, Horace (American nutritionist) |
1849-1919 |
| Fletcher, John (English dramatist; son of Richard) |
1579-1625 |
| Fletcher, John Gould (American poet, critic) |
1886-1950 |
| Fletcher, Phineas (English poet; brother of Giles) |
1582-1650 |
| Fletcher, Richard (English prelate; brother of Giles) |
d.1596 |
| Fletcher, Robert (English-born American surgeon, bibliographer) |
1823-1912 |
| Flettner, Anton (German engineer, inventor) |
1885-1961 |
| Fleury, Andre-Hercule de (French cardinal, statesman) |
1653-1743 |
| Fleury, Claude (French clergyman, ecclesiastical historian) |
1640-1723 |
| Flewelling, Ralph Tyler (American philosopher) |
1871-1960 |
| Flexner, Abraham (American educator, writer) |
1866-1959 |
| Flexner, Simon (American pathologist) |
1863-1946 |
| Fliedner, Theodor (German clergyman, philanthropist) |
1800-1864 |
| Flinck, Govaert (Dutch painter) |
1615-1660 |
| Flinders, Matthew (English mariner, hydrographer) |
1774-1814 |
| Flint, Austin (American physician) |
1812-1886 |
| Flint, Austin (American physiologist; son of Austin) |
1836-1915 |
| Flint, Frank Stuart (English poet, translator) |
1885-1960 |
| Flint, Richard Foster (American glaciologist) |
1902-1976 |
| Flint, Timothy (American clergyman, author) |
1780-1840 |
| Flodoard (or Frodoard) (French chronicler) |
893/4-966 |
| Flogstad, Kjartan (pseudonym K. Villum) (Norwegian writer) |
b.1944 |
| Flood, Henry (Irish politician) |
1732-1791 |
| Floquet, Charles-Thomas (French politician) |
1828-1896 |
| Flor, Roger de (Italian adventurer) |
1280-1305 |
| Floren, Myron (American musician) |
1919-2005 |
| Florence, William Jermyn (Am. actor, songwriter, playwright) |
1831-1891 |
| Flores, Juan Jose (Venezuelan-born Ecuadorian soldier, polit.) |
1800-1864 |
| Florey, Howard Walter (Australian-born British pathologist) |
1898-1968 |
| Florez de Setien y Huidobro, Enrique (Spanish monk, historian) |
1702-1773 |
| Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de (French writer) |
1755-1794 |
| Florio, John (aka Giovanni) (English lexicographer, translator) |
c.1553-c.1625 |
| Floris, Cornelis (orig. de Vriendt) (Flem. architect, sculptor) |
1514-1575 |
| Floris, Frans (Flemish painter, etcher; brother of Cornelis) |
c.1516-1570 |
| Florit, Eugenio (Cuban poet, literary critic) |
b.1903 |
| Florus, Publius Annius (African-born Roman historian, poet) |
1st-2nd cent. |
| Flory, Paul John (American chemist) |
1910-1985 |
| Flotow, Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand von (German composer) |
1812-1883 |
| Flourens, Emile-Leopold (French politician; son of Marie) |
1841-1920 |
| Flourens, Marie-Jean-Pierre (French physiologist) |
1794-1867 |
| Flourens, Gustave-Paul (French revolutionist; son of Marie) |
1838-1871 |
| Flower, Sir William Henry (English zoologist) |
1831-1899 |
| Floyd, John Buchanan (American politician) |
1806-1863 |
| Floyd, William (American Revolutionary leader) |
1734-1821 |
| Fludd (or Flud), Robert (English physician, Rosicrucian) |
1574-1637 |
| Flue, Niklaus von (aka Bruder Klaus) (Swiss hero) |
1417-1487 |
| Flugel, Gustav Lebrecht (German scholar) |
1802-1870 |
| Flugel, Johann Gottfried (German lexicographer) |
1788-1855 |
| Flynn, William James (American detective) |
1867-1928 |
| Flynt, Larry Claxton (American publisher) |
b.1942 |
| Fo, Dario (Italian playwright, manager-director, actor-mime) |
b.1926 |
| Foch, Ferdinand (French general, marshal) |
1851-1929 |
| Focke, Heinrich Karl Johann (German aircraft designer) |
1890-1979 |
| Fodor, Eugene (Hungarian-born American travel writer) |
1905-1991 |
| Fogazzaro, Antonio (Italian novelist) |
1842-1911 |
| Fogerty, Elsie (English teacher of voice, dramatic diction) |
1865-1945 |
| Fokine, Michel (Russian-born American choreographer) |
1880-1942 |
| Fokker, Adriaan Daniel (Dutch physicist) |
1887-1972 |
| Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard (Java-born Am. aircraft designer) |
1890-1939 |
| Fol, Hermann (Swiss zoologist) |
1845-1892 |
| Folengo, Teofilo (pseud. Merlinus Coccaius) (Italian poet) |
1491-1544 |
| Folger, Henry Clay (American oil magnate, bibliophile) |
1857-1930 |
| Follen, August Adolf Ludwig (German poet, politician) |
1794-1855 |
| Follen, Karl Theodor Christian (Ger. poet, clergyman, reform.) |
1795-1840 |
| Folmer, William Frederic (American inventor) |
1861-1936 |
| Folquet de Marseille (or Marseilla) (Provencal troubadour) |
c.1160-1231 |
| Folz, Hans (German Meistersinger, barber-surgeon) |
d.c.1515 |
| Fonck, Paul-Rene (French aviator) |
1894-1953 |
| Fonda, Henry Jaynes (American actor) |
1905-1982 |
| Fonseca, Manuel da (Portuguese writer, poet) |
1911-1993 |
| Fonseca, Manuel Deodoro da (Brazilian general, politician) |
1827-1892 |
| Fonseca Portugal, Marcus Antonio da (Portuguese composer) |
1762-1830 |
| Fontainas, Andre (Belgian-born French writer) |
1865-1948 |
| Fontaine, Hippolyte (French engineer) |
1833-1917 |
| Fontaine, Pierre-Francois-Leonard (French architect) |
1762-1853 |
| Fontana, Carlo (Italian architect) |
c.1634/8-1714 |
| Fontana, Domenico (Italian architect, engineer) |
1543-1607 |
| Fontana, Giovanni (Italian architect; brother of Domenico) |
1540-1614 |
| Fontana, Lavinia (Italian painter; daughter of Prospero) |
1552-1614 |
| Fontana, Prospero (Italian painter) |
1512-1597 |
| Fontane, Theodor (German writer, editor, critic) |
1819-1898 |
| Fontanes, Jean-Pierre-Louis de (French writer, politician) |
1757-1821 |
| Fontanne, Lynn (English-born Am. actor; wife of Alfred Lunt) |
1887?-1983 |
| Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (Fr. scientist,man of letters) |
1657-1757 |
| Fonteyn, Dame Margot (orig. Margot Hookham) (English ballerina) |
1919-1991 |
| Fonvizin, Denis Ivanovich (Russian playwright, translator) |
1745-1792 |
| Foote, Andrew Hull (surname orig. Foot) (Am. naval officer) |
1806-1863 |
| Foote, Arthur William (American composer) |
1853-1937 |
| Foote, Robert Bruce (English geologist, archaeologist) |
1834-1912 |
| Foote, Samuel (English actor, playwright) |
1720-1777 |
| Foote, Shelby Dade Jr. (American writer, historian) |
1916-2005 |
| Foppa, Vincenzo (Italian painter) |
c.1427/30-1515/6 |
| Forain, Jean-Louis (French painter, illustrator) |
1852-1931 |
| Forberg, Friedrich Karl (German philosopher) |
1770-1848 |
| Forbes, Bertie Charles (Scottish-born American publisher) |
1880-1954 |
| Forbes, Edward (English naturalist, biogeography pioneer) |
1815-1854 |
| Forbes, George William (New Zealand politician) |
1869-1947 |
| Forbes, James David (Scottish physicist) |
1809-1868 |
| Forbes of Culloden, Duncan (Scottish jurist, patriot) |
1685-1747 |
| Forbes of Pitsligo, Sir William (Scottish banker) |
1739-1806 |
| Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston (English actor) |
1853-1937 |
| Forbin, Claude de (French naval commander) |
1656-1733 |
| Force, Peter (American printer, historian) |
1790-1868 |
| Forche, Carolyn Louise née Sidlosky (American poet, journalist) |
b.1950 |
| Forchheimer, Philipp (Austrian hydraulic engineer) |
1852-1933 |
| Forckenbeck, Maximilian Franz August von (Ger. polit., jurist) |
1821-1892 |
| Ford, Ford Madox (orig. Ford Hermann Hueffer) (English writer) |
1873-1939 |
| Ford, Francis Xavier (American clergyman) |
1892-1952 |
| Ford, Gerald Rudolph (38th U.S. president, 1974-1977) |
1913-2006 |
| Ford, Henry (American automobile manufacturer) |
1863-1947 |
| Ford, John (English playwright) |
1586-1639? |
| Ford, John (orig. Sean Aloysius O'Feeney) (Am. film director) |
1895-1973 |
| Ford, John Jay Jr. (American numismatist) |
1924-2005 |
| Ford, John Thomson (American theater manager) |
1829-1894 |
| Ford, Paul Leicester (American historian) |
1865-1902 |
| Ford, Richard (American writer, teacher) |
b.1944 |
| Forel, Auguste Henri (Swiss psychiatrist, entomologist) |
1848-1931 |
| Forel, Francois Alphonse (Swiss naturalist; founded limnology) |
1841-1912 |
| Forepaugh, Adam (American circus proprietor; bro. of Charles) |
1831-1890 |
| Forepaugh, Charles (American circus proprietor; bro. of Adam) |
1838-1929 |
| Forester, Cecil Scott (Egyptian-born English writer) |
1899-1966 |
| Forkel, Johann Nikolaus (German musicologist) |
1749-1818 |
| Forlanini, Carlo (Italian medical scholar, educator) |
1847-1918 |
| Forman, Simon (English astrologer, quack doctor) |
1552-1611 |
| Forment, Damian (Spanish sculptor) |
c.1475-c.1541 |
| Formstecher, Solomon (German philosopher) |
1808-1889 |
| Forner, Juan Pablo (Spanish writer) |
1756-1797 |
| Forrer, Ludwig (Swiss politician) |
1845-1921 |
| Forrest, Edwin (American actor) |
1806-1872 |
| Forrest, John (Australian explorer, politician) |
1847-1918 |
| Forrest, Leon (American writer, journalist) |
b.1937 |
| Forrest, Nathan Bedford (American Confederate general) |
1821-1877 |
| Forrestal, James Vincent (American banker, public official) |
1892-1949 |
| Forrester, Alfred Henry (English artist, writer) |
1804-1872 |
| Forrester, Charles Robert (English artist; brother of Alfred) |
1803-1850 |
| Forsh, Olga Dmitriyevna (Russian writer) |
1873-1961 |
| Forssmann, Werner Theodor Otto (German physician) |
1904-1979 |
| Forster, Bernard (German author, anti-Semitic agitator) |
1843-1889 |
| Forster, Edward Morgan (English novelist, essayist, critic) |
1879-1970 |
| Forster, Johann Georg Adam (German traveler, writer) |
1754-1794 |
| Forster, John (English historian, biographer) |
1812-1876 |
| Forster (or Foerster), Josef Bohuslav (Czech composer) |
1859-1951 |
| Forster, Margaret (British writer, biographer) |
b.1938 |
| Forster, Max (German scholar) |
1869-1954 |
| Forster, Thomas (English Jacobite) |
c.1675-1738 |
| Forster, William Edward (English politician) |
1818-1886 |
| Forster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth (Ger. writer; sister of Friedrich) |
1846-1935 |
| Forsyth, Alexander John (Scottish clergyman, inventor) |
1769-1843 |
| Forsyth, Frederick (British writer, journalist) |
b.1938 |
| Forsyth, John (American politician) |
1780-1841 |
| Forsyth, Peter Taylor (Scottish-born British clergyman) |
1848-1921 |
| Fort, Paul (French poet; Symbolist pioneer) |
1872-1960 |
| Fortas, Abe (American lawyer, jurist) |
1910-1982 |
| Forteguerri, Niccolo (pseud. Carteromaco) (It. prelate, poet) |
1674-1735 |
| Forten, James (American businessman, reformer) |
1766-1842 |
| Fortescue, Chichester Samuel Parkinson (Brit. political admin.) |
1823-1898 |
| Fortescue, Sir John (English jurist) |
c.1385-c.1479 |
| Fortin, Jean-Nicolas (French scientific instrument maker) |
1750-1831 |
| Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus (Italian poet) |
c.540-c.600 |
| Fortuny y Carbo, Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo (Spanish painter) |
1838-1874 |
| Foscari, Francesco (Doge of Venice 1423-1457) |
c.1373-1457 |
| Foscolo, Ugo (orig. Niccolo) (Italian poet, writer) |
1778-1827 |
| Fosdick, Charles Austin (pseud. Harry Castlemon) (Am. author) |
1842-1915 |
| Fosdick, Harry Emerson (American clergyman) |
1878-1969 |
| Foss, Sam Walter (Canadian-born American editor, humorist) |
1858-1911 |
| Fossey, Dian (American ethologist) |
1932-1985 |
| Fossombroni, Vittorio (Italian politician) |
1754-1844 |
| Foster, Abigail née Kelley "Abby" (American abolitionist) |
1809-1881 |
| Foster, Sir George Eulas (Canadian politician) |
1847-1931 |
| Foster, Harold Rudolf (Canadian-born American cartoonist) |
1892-1982 |
| Foster, Jodie (Alicia Christian Foster) (American actor) |
b.1962 |
| Foster, John Watson (American diplomat, writer) |
1836-1917 |
| Foster, Sir Michael (English physiologist, writer) |
1836-1907 |
| Foster, Stephen Collins (American songwriter) |
1826-1864 |
| Foster, Stephen Symonds (Am. abolitionist; husband of Abby) |
1809-1881 |
| Foster, William Zebulon (American labor leader, politician) |
1881-1961 |
| Foster, Zelda Phyllis née Leader (Am. social worker: hospice) |
1934-2006 |
| Fothergill, John (English physician) |
1712-1780 |
| Foucauld, Charles-Eugene (French religious) |
1858-1916 |
| Foucault, Jean-Bernard-Leon (French physicist) |
1819-1868 |
| Foucault, Michel Paul (French philosopher) |
1926-1984 |
| Fouche, Joseph (Duc d'Otrante) (French politician) |
1759-1820 |
| Foucher, Simon (French ecclesiastic, philosopher) |
1644-1696 |
| Foucher de Chartres (French priest, historian) |
c.1059-c.1127 |
| Fould, Achille-Marcus (French politician) |
1800-1867 |
| Foulis, Andrew (Scottish bookseller, printer; bro. of Robert) |
1712-1775 |
| Foulis, Robert (Scottish bookseller, printer; bro. of Andrew) |
1707-1776 |
| Foulques (or Foulque) (French ecclesiastic) |
d.900 |
| Fouque, Ferdinand-Andre (French geologist, petrologist) |
1828-1904 |
| Fouque, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte (German writer) |
1777-1843 |
| Fouquet, Jean (French painter) |
c.1420-c.1481 |
| Fouquet (or Foucquet), Nicolas (French government official) |
1615-1680 |
| Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine-Quentin (Fr. Revolutionary lawyer) |
1746-1795 |
| Fourcroy, Antoine-Francois de (French chemist) |
1755-1809 |
| Fourdrinier, Henry (English paper maker, inventor) |
1766-1854 |
| Fourdrinier, Sealy (English paper maker, inventor) |
d.1847 |
| Fourier, Francois-Marie-Charles (French social theorist) |
1772-1837 |
| Fourier, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (French mathematician) |
1768-1830 |
| Fourier, Pierre (Fr. cleric; fnd. School Sisters of Notre Dame) |
1565-1640 |
| Fournet, Louis-Rene-Marie-Charles Dartige du (French admiral) |
1856-1940 |
| Fourneyron, Benoit (French hydraulic engineer) |
1802-1867 |
| Fournier, Henri-Alban (pseud. Alain-Fournier) (French writer) |
1886-1914 |
| Fournier, Pierre-Simon (French typefounder, engraver) |
1712-1768 |
| Fowler, Francis George (English lexicographer) |
1870-1918 |
| Fowler, Henry Watson (English lexicographer) |
1858-1933 |
| Fowler, Sir John (Eng. engineer; underground railway pioneer) |
1817-1898 |
| Fowler, John (English engineer, inventor) |
1826-1864 |
| Fowler, Karen Joy (American novelist, short-story writer) |
b.1950 |
| Fowler, William Alfred (American physicist) |
1911-1995 |
| Fowles, John Robert (English writer, essayist) |
b.1926 |
| Fox, Caroline (English diarist) |
1819-1871 |
| Fox, Sir Charles (English engineer) |
1810-1874 |
| Fox, Charles James (English politician, orator) |
1749-1806 |
| Fox, George (English religious leader; fnd. Society of Friends) |
1624-1691 |
| Fox, Gustavus Vasa (American government official) |
1821-1883 |
| Fox, Henry (1st Baron Holland) (English politician) |
1705-1774 |
| Fox, Henry Richard Vassall (English polit.; grandson of Henry) |
1773-1840 |
| Fox, John William (aka John Fox, Jr.) (American novelist) |
1863-1919 |
| Fox, Luke (English navigator) |
1586-1635 |
| Fox, Catherine "Kate" (Canadian spiritualist; sis. of Margaret) |
1839?-1892 |
| Fox, Margaret (Canadian-born American spiritualist) |
1833?-1893 |
| Fox, Richard Kyle (Irish-born American publisher) |
1846-1922 |
| Fox, Virgil Keel (American organist) |
1912-1980 |
| Fox, Sir William (English-born New Zealand politician) |
1812-1893 |
| Fox, William (Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive) |
1879-1952 |
| Foxe, John (English Puritan preacher, martyrologist) |
1516-1587 |
| Foxe (or Fox), Richard (English prelate, politician) |
c.1448-1528 |
| Foy, Eddie (orig. Edwin Fitzgerald) (American entertainer) |
1856-1928 |
| Foy, Maximilien-Sebastien (French soldier, politician) |
1775-1825 |
| Fracastoro, Girolamo (Italian physician, astronomer, poet) |
c.1478-1553 |
| Fraenkel, Adolf Abraham Halevi (German-born Israeli math.) |
1891-1965 |
| Fragonard, Alexandre-Evariste (French painter, lithographer) |
1780-1850 |
| Fragonard, Jean-Honore (French painter, engraver) |
1732-1806 |
| Fraiberg, Selma H. (American educator, child-psychoanalyst) |
1918-1981 |
| Frame Clutha, Janet Paterson (New Zealand writer, poet) |
b.1924 |
| Frampton, Sir George James (English sculptor) |
1860-1928 |
| France, Anatole (Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault)(Fr. writer) |
1844-1924 |
| Frances of Rome, Saint née Francesca Busso (Roman religious) |
1384-1440 |
| Franceschini, Baldassare "Il Volterrano" (Florentine painter) |
1611-1689 |
| Franceschini, Marcantonio (Italian painter) |
1648-1729 |
| Francesco da Barberino (Italian poet) |
1264-1348 |
| Francesco di Cristofano "Franciabigio" (Florentine painter) |
1482/3-1525 |
| Francesco di Giorgio (It. eng., architect, sculptor, painter) |
1439-1502 |
| Francesco di Stefano "Il Pesellino" (Florentine painter) |
1422-1457 |
| Franchet d'Esperey, Louis-Felix-Marie-Francois (French general) |
1856-1942 |
| Franchetti, Alberto (Italian composer) |
1860-1942 |
| Francheville (or Franqueville), Pierre de (French sculptor) |
1554-1618 |
| Francia, Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de (Paraguayan dictator) |
1766-1840 |
| Francis of Assisi, Saint (It. friar; founded Franciscan orders) |
1181/2-1226 |
| Francis of Meyronnes (Fr. Franciscan monk, Scholastic philos.) |
c.1285-1328? |
| Francis of Paola, Saint (Italian Franciscan monk) |
1416-1507 |
| Francis of Sales, Saint (French prelate) |
1567-1622 |
| Francis, Dick (Welsh-born British writer, horse-racer) |
b.1920 |
| Francis, James Bicheno (English-born Am. hydraulic engineer) |
1815-1892 |
| Francis, John (American environmental practitioner) |
b.1946 |
| Francis, Sir Philip (Irish-born British government official) |
1740-1818 |
| Francis Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand) (Austrian archduke) |
1863-1914 |
| Franck, Cesar-Auguste-Jean (Belg.-born Fr. organist, composer) |
1822-1890 |
| Franck, Frederick Sigfred (Dutch dental surgeon, artist,writer) |
1909-2006 |
| Franck, James (German-born American physicist) |
1882-1964 |
| Franck, Melchior (German composer) |
c.1579-1639 |
| Franck, Sebastian (German theologian) |
c.1499-c.1542 |
| Francke, August Hermann (German preacher, educator, reformer) |
1663-1727 |
| Francke, Kuno (German-born American historian, educator) |
1855-1930 |
| Francke, Meister (German painter) |
15th cent. |
| Francken, Ambrosius (Flemish painter; brother of Hieronymus) |
1544-1618 |
| Francken, Frans (Flemish painter; brother of Hieronymus) |
1542-1616 |
| Francken, Frans (Flemish painter; son of Frans) |
1581-1642 |
| Francken, Hieronymus (or Jerom) (Flemish painter) |
1540-1610 |
| Franco of Cologne (German music theorist) |
fl. 1250-c.1280 |
| Franco, Battista "Il Semolei" (Italian painter) |
c.1498-c.1561 |
| Franco, Francisco (Spanish soldier, dictator) |
1892-1975 |
| Franco, Itamar Augusto Cautiero (Brazilian president 1992-) |
b.1930 |
| Francois, Jean-Charles (French engraver) |
1717-1769 |
| Francois, Nicolas-Louis (French politician, writer) |
1750-1828 |
| Franconi, Antonio (Italian-born French impresario) |
1738-1836 |
| Franconi, Jean-Girard-Henri (French impresario; son of Antonio) |
1779-1849 |
| Franconi, Laurent-Antoine (French impresario; son of Antonio) |
1776-1849 |
| Franconi, Victor-Francois (French impresario; son of Antonio) |
1811-1893 |
| Frank, Annelies Marie "Anne" (German diarist) |
1929-1945 |
| Frank, Glenn (American educator) |
1887-1940 |
| Frank, Ilya Mikhaylovich (Russian physicist) |
1908-1990 |
| Frank, Jacob (Polish Jewish sectarian, false messiah) |
1726-1791 |
| Frank, Johann Peter (German physician) |
1745-1821 |
| Frank, Leonhard (German novelist, playwright) |
1882-1961 |
| Frank, Waldo David (American writer) |
1889-1967 |
| Frankau, Gilbert (English novelist) |
1884-1952 |
| Frankel, Zacharias (Czech-born German rabbi) |
1801-1875 |
| Frankenheimer, John (American film director) |
1930-2002 |
| Frankenthaler, Helen (American artist) |
b.1928 |
| Frankfort, Henri (Dutch archaeologist) |
1897-1954 |
| Frankfurter, Felix (Austrian-born American jurist) |
1882-1965 |
| Frankl, Paul (German art critic, historian) |
1878-1962 |
| Frankl, Viktor Emil (Austrian neurologist; Holocaust survivor) |
1905-1997 |
| Frankland, Sir Edward (English chemist) |
1825-1899 |
| Franklin, Benjamin (American statesman, scientist, philosopher) |
1706-1790 |
| Franklin, Edward Curtis (American chemist) |
1862-1937 |
| Franklin, James (American printer; brother of Benjamin) |
1697-1735 |
| Franklin, Sir John (English arctic explorer) |
1786-1847 |
| Franklin, Rosalind Elsie (English biophysicist) |
1920-1958 |
| Franklin, Stella Maria Sarah Miles (Australian writer) |
1879-1954 |
| Franklin, William (American colonial administrator) |
1731-1813 |
| Franklin, William Buel (American army officer) |
1823-1903 |
| Franklin-Bouillon, Henri (French journalist, politician) |
1872-1937 |
| Franko, Ivan Yakovlevich (Ukrainian writer, journalist) |
1856-1916 |
| Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston (Swiss-born British curator) |
1826-1897 |
| Franks, Oliver Shewell (English philosopher, diplomat) |
1905-1992 |
| Franks, Tommy Ray (American soldier; general) |
b.1945 |
| Franscini, Stefano (Swiss politician) |
1796-1857 |
| Franz, Robert (orig. surname Knauth) (German song composer) |
1815-1892 |
| Franzen, Frans Mikael (Finnish-born Swedish poet, clergyman) |
1772-1847 |
| Frasch, Herman (German-born American chemist) |
1851-1914 |
| Fraser, Lady Antonio (English biographer) |
b.1932 |
| Fraser, George Sutherland (Scottish poet, critic) |
1915-1980 |
| Fraser, James Baillie (Scottish traveler) |
1783-1856 |
| Fraser, James Earle (American sculptor) |
1876-1953 |
| Fraser, John Malcolm (Australian prime minister 1975-1983) |
b.1930 |
| Fraser, Peter (Scottish-born New Zealand politician) |
1884-1950 |
| Fraser, Simon (American-born Canadian fur trader, explorer) |
1776-1862 |
| Fraseri, Semseddin Sami (Albanian-born Turk. writer, lexicog.) |
1850-1904 |
| Frauenfelder, Mark (American writer, editor, illustrator) |
b.1962 |
| Frauenstadt, (Christian Martin) Julius (German philosopher) |
1813-1879 |
| Fraunce, Abraham (English poet) |
c.1558-c.1633 |
| Fraunhofer, Joseph von (Bavarian optician, physicist) |
1787-1826 |
| Frayn, Michael (English journalist, writer, playwright) |
b.1933 |
| Frazer, Sir James George (Scottish anthropologist) |
1854-1941 |
| Frazer, Edward Franklin (American sociologist) |
1894-1962 |
| Frazer, Sir James George (Scottish anthropologist, folklorist) |
1854-1941 |
| Freas, Frank Kelly (American illustrator) |
1922-2005 |
| Frechet, Maurice-Rene (French mathematician) |
1878-1973 |
| Frechette, Louis-Honore (French-Canadian poet, journalist) |
1839-1908 |
| Frederic, Harold (Am. journalist, foreign correspondent,writer) |
1856-1898 |
| Fredholm, Erik Ivar (Swedish mathematician) |
1866-1927 |
| Fredro, Aleksander (Polish playwright) |
1793-1876 |
| Freed, James Ingo (German-born American architect) |
1930-2005 |
| Freedman, Maurice (English anthropologist) |
1920-1975 |
| Freeling, Nicolas (English writer) |
b.1927 |
| Freeman, Douglas Southall (American editor, historian) |
1886-1953 |
| Freeman, Edward Augustus (English historian) |
1823-1892 |
| Freeman, Mary Eleanor née Wilkins (American writer) |
1852-1930 |
| Freeman, Sir Ralph (English civil engineer) |
1880-1950 |
| Freeman, Richard Austin (English physician, writer) |
1862-1943 |
| Freeman-Thomas, Freeman (English administrator) |
1866-1941 |
| Freer, Charles Lang (American art collector) |
1856-1919 |
| Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob (German mat., philosopher) |
1848-1925 |
| Frei, Eduardo (full surname Frei Montalva) (Chilean politician) |
1911-1981 |
| Freidank (German didactic poet, writer) |
fl. 1230 |
| Freiligrath, Hermann Ferdinand (German poet, revolutionary) |
1810-1876 |
| Freire, Ramon (Chilean soldier, politician) |
1787-1851 |
| Frelinghuysen, Frederick (American Revolutionary leader) |
1753-1804 |
| Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore (Am. polit.; nephew of T.) |
1817-1885 |
| Frelinghuysen, Theodore (Am. polit.,educator; son of Frederick) |
1787-1862 |
| Fremiet, Emmanuel (French sculptor) |
1824-1910 |
| Fremont, Jessie Ann née Benton (American writer; wife of John) |
1824-1902 |
| Fremont, John Charles (Am. explorer, army officer, politician) |
1813-1890 |
| Fremy, Edmond (French chemist) |
1814-1894 |
| French, Aaron (American inventor) |
1823-1902 |
| French, Alice (pseud. Octave Thanet) (American writer) |
1850-1934 |
| French, Daniel Chester (American sculptor) |
1850-1931 |
| French, Sir George Arthur (Irish-born British soldier) |
1841-1921 |
| French, John Denton Pinkstone (English field marshal) |
1852-1925 |
| French, Thomas Valpy (English clergyman) |
1825-1891 |
| Freneau, Philip Morin (American poet, essayist, editor) |
1752-1832 |
| Frenicle, Bernard de Bessy (French mathematician) |
c.1606-1670 |
| Frenssen, Gustav (German novelist) |
1863-1945 |
| Freppel, Charles-Emile (French prelate) |
1827-1891 |
| Frere, John (English antiquary) |
1740-1807 |
| Frere, John Hookham (English diplomat, writer; son of John) |
1769-1846 |
| Frere-Orban, Hubert Joseph Walther (Belgian lawyer, politician) |
1812-1896 |
| Frerichs, Friedrich Theodor von (German pathologist) |
1819-1885 |
| Freron, Elie-Catherine (French journalist) |
1719-1776 |
| Freron, Louis-Marie-Stanislas (French Revolutionary politician) |
1754-1802 |
| Frescobaldi, Girolamo (Italian organist, composer) |
1583-1643 |
| Fresenius, Carl Remigius (German chemist) |
1818-1897 |
| Freshfield, Douglas William (English mountaineer, geographer) |
1845-1934 |
| Fresnay, Pierre (Pierre-Jules-Louis Laudenbach) (French actor) |
1897-1975 |
| Fresnel, Augustin-Jean (French physicist) |
1788-1827 |
| Freud, Sigmund (Austrian neurologist; founded psychoanalysis) |
1856-1939 |
| Freudenthal, Axel Olof (Finn.-born Swed. physiol., nationalist) |
1836-1911 |
| Freund, Wilhelm (German philologist) |
1806-1894 |
| Frey, Adolf (Swiss poet, literary historian) |
1855-1920 |
| Freyberg, Bernard Cyril (English-born New Zealand general) |
1889-1963 |
| Freycinet, Charles-Louis (French politician; nephew of L.-H.) |
1828-1923 |
| Freycinet, Louis-Claude (French naval officer; bro. of L.-H.) |
1779-1842 |
| Freycinet, Louis-Henri de Saulces de (French naval officer) |
1777-1840 |
| Freyre, Gilberto De Mello (Braz. sociologist, anthropologist) |
1900-1987 |
| Freyssinet, Marie-Eugene-Leon (French civil engineer) |
1879-1962 |
| Freytag, Gustav (German author, dramatist, editor) |
1816-1895 |
| Frias, Tomas (Bolivian politician; president 1874-1876) |
1804-1882 |
| Frick, Henry Clay (American industrialist) |
1849-1919 |
| Frick, Wilhelm (German politician) |
1877-1946 |
| Frida, Emil (pseud. Jaroslav Vrchlicky) (Czech writer) |
1853-1912 |
| Frideswide, Saint (Anglo-Saxon religious) |
d.735 |
| Fried, Alfred Hermann (Austrian pacifist, publicist) |
1864-1921 |
| Fried, Oskar (German composer, conductor) |
1871-1941 |
| Friedan, Betty Naomi née Goldstein (American writer, activist) |
1921-2006 |
| Friedel, Charles (French chemist, mineralogist) |
1832-1899 |
| Friedel, Georges (French crystallographer; son of Charles) |
1865-1933 |
| Friedland, Valentin (Valentin Trotzendorf) (German educator) |
1490-1556 |
| Friedlander, David (German writer, Hebrew scholar) |
1750-1834 |
| Friedlander, Ludwig Heinrich (German classical philologist) |
1824-1909 |
| Friedlander, Max (German musicologist) |
1852-1934 |
| Friedlander, Sheldon Kay (American aerosol scientist) |
1927-2007 |
| Friedman, Bruce Jay (American writer, playwright) |
b.1930 |
| Friedman, Jerome Isaac (American physicist) |
b.1930 |
| Friedman, Milton (American economist) |
1912-2006 |
| Friedmann, Alexander Alexandrovich (Russian mathematician) |
1888-1925 |
| Friedreich, Nikolaus (German physician) |
1825-1882 |
| Friedrich, Caspar David (German painter) |
1774-1840 |
| Friedrich Karl (the Iron Prince) (Prussian soldier) |
1828-1885 |
| Friel, Brian (Irish playwright, author) |
b.1929 |
| Fries, Elias Magnus (Swedish botanist) |
1794-1878 |
| Fries, Jakob Friedrich (German philosopher) |
1773-1843 |
| Friese-Greene, William (English photographer, inventor) |
1855-1921 |
| Friesz, Achille-Emile-Othon (French painter) |
1879-1949 |
| Frietschie, Barbara née Hauer (American patriot) |
1766-1862 |
| Friis, Johann (Danish politician) |
1494-1570 |
| Friml, Charles Rudolf (Czech-born American pianist, composer) |
1879-1972 |
| Frimont, Johann Maria Philipp von (Austrian general) |
1759-1831 |
| Fripp, Robert (English musician) |
b.1946 |
| Frisch, Karl von (Austrian zoologist) |
1886-1982 |
| Frisch, Max Rudolph (Swiss playwright, novelist, dramatist) |
1911-1991 |
| Frisch, Otto Robert (Austrian-born British physicist) |
1904-1979 |
| Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil (Norwegian economist) |
1895-1973 |
| Frischlin, Philipp Nicodemus (German dramatist) |
1547-1590 |
| Frisi, Paolo (Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer) |
1728-1784 |
| Frisell, William Richard "Bill" (American guitarist) |
b.1951 |
| Frith, Fred (English musician, composer) |
b.1949 |
| Frith, Mary "Moll Cutpurse" (English pickpocket, forger) |
1584?-1659 |
| Frith, William Powell (English painter) |
1819-1909 |
| Froben, Johann (aka Frobenius) (German printer, publisher) |
c.1460-1527 |
| Frobenius, Ferdinand Georg (German mathematician) |
1849-1917 |
| Frobenius, Leo Viktor (German ethnologist, explorer) |
1873-1938 |
| Froberger, Johann Jakob (German organist, composer) |
1616-1667 |
| Frobisher, Sir Martin (English mariner) |
c.1535-1594 |
| Froding, Gustaf (Swedish poet, journalist) |
1860-1911 |
| Froebel (also Frobel), Friedrich Wilhelm August (Ger. educator) |
1782-1852 |
| Frohman, Charles (American theater manager) |
1860-1915 |
| Frohner, Adolf (Austrian painter, graphic artist, sculptor) |
1934-2007 |
| Frohschammer, Jakob (German theologian, philosopher) |
1821-1893 |
| Froissart, Jean (French chronicler, poet, historian) |
1333?-c.1405 |
| Froment, Nicolas (French painter) |
c.1425-1483/6 |
| Fromentin, Eugene-Samuel-Auguste (French painter, writer) |
1820-1876 |
| Fromm, Erich (Ger.-born Am. psychoanalyst, social philosopher) |
1900-1980 |
| Frommel, Gaston (Swiss Protestant theologian) |
1862-1906 |
| Frondizi, Arturo (Argentinean president 1958-1962) |
b.1908 |
| Frontenac et Palluau, Comte Louis de Buade de (French general) |
1622-1698 |
| Frontinus, Sextus Julius (Roman soldier, writer) |
c.35-c.103 |
| Fronto, Marcus Cornelius (Roman lawyer, grammarian) |
c.100-c.166 |
| Froschauer, Christoph (Swiss printer) |
d.1564 |
| Frost, Arthur Burdett (American illustrator) |
1851-1928 |
| Frost, Sir David Paradine (English broadcaster, businessman) |
b.1939 |
| Frost, Edwin Brant (American astronomer) |
1866-1935 |
| Frost, John (English reformer, draper, tailor) |
1784-1877 |
| Frost, Robert Lee (American poet, teacher) |
1874-1963 |
| Frothingham, Octavius Brooks (American clergyman) |
1822-1895 |
| Froude, James Anthony (English historian, writer) |
1818-1894 |
| Froude, Richard Hurrell (English Anglican clergyman) |
1803-1836 |
| Froude, William (English engineer, naval architect) |
1810-1879 |
| Frugoni, Carlo Innocenzo (Italian poet) |
1692-1768 |
| Frumentius, Saint (Syrian apostle, fdr. of Abyssinian church) |
4th cent. |
| Frundsberg (or Fronsberg), Georg von (German general) |
1473-1528 |
| Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich (Russian Soviet army commander) |
1885-1925 |
| Frutolf (German chronicler) |
d.1103 |
| Fry, Christopher (b. C.F. Harris)(English playwright, teacher) |
1907-2005 |
| Fry, Elizabeth née Gurney (English Quaker philanthropist) |
1780-1845 |
| Fry, Franklin Clark (American clergyman) |
1900-1968 |
| Fry, Roger Eliot (English painter, critic) |
1866-1934 |
| Fry, William Henry (American composer, music critic) |
1813-1864 |
| Frycz-Modrzewski, Andrzej (Polish writer, activist) |
c.1503-1572 |
| Frye, Herman Northrop (Canadian literary critic, educator) |
1912-1991 |
| Fuad Pasa, Mehmed (Turkish politician, diplomat) |
1815-1869 |
| Fuchs, Immanuel Lazarus (German mathematician) |
1833-1902 |
| Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von (German mineralogist, chemist) |
1774-1856 |
| Fuchs, Johann Neopomuk (Austrian conductor) |
1842-1899 |
| Fuchs, Robert (Austrian composer; brother of Johann Neopomuk) |
1847-1927 |
| Fuchs, Leonhard (German botanist) |
1501-1566 |
| Fuchsel, Georg Christian (German physician, geologist) |
1722-1773 |
| Fucini, Renato (anagram pseud. Neri Tanfucio)(It. poet, writer) |
1843-1921 |
| Fuentes, Carlos (Panamanian-born Mexican author, critic) |
b.1928 |
| Fuertes, Louis Agassiz (American illustrator) |
1874-1927 |
| Fugard, Athol (South African playwright, director, actor) |
b.1932 |
| Fugger, Anton (German financier, merchant; son of Georg) |
1493-1560 |
| Fugger, Andreas (German financier, merchant; son of Johannes) |
d.1457 |
| Fugger, Georg (German financier, merchant; son of Jakob) |
1453-1506 |
| Fugger, Johannes (German textile merchant) |
1348-1409 |
| Fugger, Jakob I (German financier, merchant; son of Johannes) |
d.1469 |
| Fugger, Jakob II (German financier, merchant; son of Jakob) |
1459-1525 |
| Fugger, Ulrich (German financier, merchant; son of Jakob) |
1441-1510 |
| Fujita Toko (Japanese scholar, politician) |
1806-1855 |
| Fujita Tsuguji (aka Fujita Tsuguharu) (Japanese painter) |
1886-1968 |
| Fujimori, Alberto Kenyo (Peruvian dictator; president 1990-) |
b.1938 |
| Fujiwara Sadaie (Fujiwara Teika) (Japanese poet, critic) |
1162-1241 |
| Fujiwara Sumitomo (Japanese pirate) |
d.941 |
| Fujiwara Toshinari (b.Fujiwari Akihiro) (Japanese poet, critic) |
1114-1204 |
| Fujiwara Yukinari (Japanese calligrapher) |
972-1027 |
| Fu-k'ang-an (Chinese soldier) |
d.1796 |
| Fukui Kenichi (Japanese chemist) |
b.1918 |
| Fukuzawa Yukichi (Japanese educator, journalist, author) |
1835-1901 |
| Fulbright, James William (American politician, lawyer) |
b.1905 |
| Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades (African-born Christian writer) |
5th-6th cent. |
| Fulghum, Robert (American writer) |
b.1937 |
| Fulin (reign title Shun-chih) (Chinese emperor 1644-1661) |
1638-1661 |
| Fuller, Albert Carl (American businessman) |
1885-1973 |
| Fuller, Andrew (English clergyman) |
1754-1815 |
| Fuller, Charles H. Jr. (American playwright, theater director) |
b.1939 |
| Fuller, George (American painter) |
1822-1884 |
| Fuller, Henry Blake (American novelist) |
1857-1929 |
| Fuller, John Frederick Charles (English soldier) |
1878-1966 |
| Fuller, Loie (orig. Marie Louise) (American dancer) |
1862-1928 |
| Fuller, Melville Weston (American Supreme Court chief justice) |
1833-1910 |
| Fuller, Richard Buckminster (Canadian engineer, inventor) |
1895-1983 |
| Fuller, Roy Broadbent (English poet, writer, lawyer) |
1912-1991 |
| Fuller, Sarah Margaret (American critic, social reformer) |
1810-1850 |
| Fuller, Thomas (English clergyman, antiquary) |
1608-1661 |
| Fulton, Robert (American engineer, steamship inventor) |
1765-1815 |
| Funes, Gregorio (Argentinean priest) |
1749-1830 |
| Funk, Casimir (Polish-born American biochemist) |
1884-1967 |
| Funk, Isaac Kauffman (American editor, publisher) |
1839-1912 |
| Funk, Wilfred John (American publisher; son if Isaac) |
1883-1965 |
| Funston, Frederick (American general) |
1865-1917 |
| Furetiere, Antoine (French writer, lexicographer) |
1619-1688 |
| Furman, James Clement (American educator; son of Richard) |
1809-1891 |
| Furman, Richard (American clergyman) |
1755-1825 |
| Furneaux, Tobias (English naval officer, explorer) |
1735-1781 |
| Furness, Frank Heyling (American architect) |
1839-1912 |
| Furness, Horace Howard (American Shakespearean scholar) |
1833-1912 |
| Furness, Horace Howard Jr. (American Shakespearean scholar) |
1865-1930 |
| Furniss, Harry (Irish-born British illustrator, caricaturist) |
1854-1925 |
| Furnivall, Frederick James (English philologist) |
1825-1910 |
| Furphy, Joseph (pseud. Tom Collins) (Australian novelist) |
1843-1912 |
| Furrer, Jonas (Swiss politician) |
1805-1861 |
| Furse, Charles Wellington (English painter) |
1868-1904 |
| Fursey (or Fursa), Saint (Irish missionary) |
c.567-c.650 |
| Furstenau, Anton Bernhard (German flutist, composer; son of C.) |
1792-1852 |
| Furstenau, Caspar (German flutist, composer) |
1772-1819 |
| Furstenau, Moritz (German flutist, teacher; son of Anton) |
1824-1889 |
| Furtwangler, Adolf (German archaeologist, art historian) |
1853-1907 |
| Furtwangler, Gustav Heinrich Ernest Martin Wilhelm (Ger. cond.) |
1886-1954 |
| Furuseth, Andrew (Norwegian-born American labor leader) |
1854-1938 |
| Furuta Oribe (Japanese master of tea ceremony) |
1543-1615 |
| Fuseli, Henry (orig. J.H. Fussli) (Swiss-born British painter) |
1741-1825 |
| Fussell, Paul (American scholar, writer) |
b.1924 |
| Fust, Johann (German painter, goldsmith) |
c.1400-1466 |
| Fustel de Coulanges, Numa-Denis (French historian) |
1830-1889 |
| Fux, Johann Joseph (Austrian composer, music theorist) |
1660-1741 |
| Fuzuli (Fuduli) (orig. Mehmed ibn Suleyman) (Turkish poet) |
c.1495-1556 |
| Fyffe, Will (Scottish entertainer) |
1885-1947 |
| Fyt, Jan (Flemish painter) |
c.1611-1661 |