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 (born Heigerlin; German bishop, theologian) |
1478-1541 |
Faber, John Eberhard (German-born American pencil manufacturer) |
1822-1879 |
Faber, Peter (born 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 writer) |
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 writer) |
1901-1956 |
Fadiman, Clifton Paul (American writer, editor, radio host) |
1904-1999 |
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 1982-2005) |
1921-2005 |
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (German physicist) |
1686-1736 |
Fahsien (born Sehi; Chinese priest, traveler, writer) |
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 |
Falckenhagen, Adam (German lutenist, composer) |
1697-1761 |
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 |
Falconieri (or Falconiero), Andrea (Italian composer, lutenist) |
1585/86-1656 |
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, writer; 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 |
Faltings, Gerd (German mathematician, educator) |
b.1954 |
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; asteroid) |
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 writer) |
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, organist) |
fl.1591-1601 |
Farmer, Moses Gerrish (American inventor) |
1820-1893 |
Farmer, Paul Edward (American medical anthropologist) |
b.1959 |
Farnaby, Giles (English composer, virginalist) |
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, writer) |
1815-1864 |
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (American television engineer) |
1906-1971 |
Farouk I (aka Faruq al-Awwal; Egyptian king 1936-1952) |
1920-1965 |
Farquhar, George (Irish playwright, actor) |
1678-1707 |
Farragut, David Glasgow (born James Glasgow; American 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 writer) |
1904-1979 |
Farrell, Suzanne (American dancer) |
b.1945 |
Farrell, Thomas Francis (American soldier, engineer) |
1891-1967 |
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 (Ger. director, screenwriter, actor) |
1946-1982 |
Fast, Howard Melvin (American writer) |
1914-2003 |
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 |
Fator, Terry (American ventriloquist, impressionist, singer) |
b.1965 |
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, William Cuthbert née Falkner (American writer) |
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 (pseudonym Max Brand; Am. writer) |
1892-1944 |
Faust, Johann (born 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 |
Favreau, Marc (Canadian clown, actor, poet) |
1929-2005 |
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 née Fairclough (English Anglican priest) |
1582-1645 |
Fechner, Gustave Theodor (German physicist, philosopher) |
1801-1887 |
Feckenham, John de (born 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 |
Federman, Wayne (Am. comedian, actor, writer, ventriloquist) |
b.1959 |
Federzoni, Luigi (Italian journalist, politician) |
1878-1967 |
Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich (Russian writer) |
1892-1977 |
Fefferman, Charles Louis (American mathematician, educator) |
b.1949 |
Feher, George (Czech-born American biophysicist) |
b.1924 |
Fehrenbach, Konstantin (German politician) |
1852-1926 |
Feiffer, Jules (American cartoonist, writer, satirist) |
b.1929 |
Feigenbaum, Edward Albert (American computer scientist: AI) |
b.1936 |
Feigenbaum, Mitchell Jay (American mathematical physicist) |
b.1944 |
Feijo, Diogo Antonio (Brazilian priest, politician) |
1784-1843 |
Feijoo y Montenogro, Benito Jeronimo (Span. Benedictine monk) |
1676-1764 |
Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian (Am. painter, caricaturist) |
1871-1956 |
Feinstein, Elaine née Cooklin (British writer, translator) |
b.1930 |
Feith, Rhijnvis (Dutch writer) |
1753-1824 |
Fejer, Lipot (Hungarian mathematician) |
1880-1959 |
Fejto, Ferenc (Hungarian-born French historian, journalist) |
1909-2008 |
Feke, Robert (American painter) |
c.1705-c.1750 |
Feld, Bernard T. (American physicist, educator, activist) |
1919-1993 |
Feldman, Bob (Am. businessman; fd. Red House Records, 1983) |
1949-2006 |
Feldman, Irving (American poet, academic) |
b.1928 |
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 (aka 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 |
Fenn, John Bennett (American chemist) |
1917-2010 |
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 writer; 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 (Scot.-born Am. astronomer, engineer; asteroid) |
1797-1867 |
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 (b. Lawrence Ferling; Am. poet) |
b.1919 |
Fermat, Pierre de (French lawyer, mathematician) |
1601-1665 |
Fermi, Enrico (Italian-born American physicist; asteroid) |
1901-1954 |
Fermor, William (Scottish soldier in Russian service) |
1704-1771 |
Fernald, Merritt Lyndon (American botanist) |
1873-1950 |
Fernandel (born Fernand-Joseph-Desire Contandin; French 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 writer) |
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 |
Fernandez Romo, Emilio (Mexican actor, screenwriter, director) |
1904-1986 |
Fernandez, Teresita (American sculptor) |
b.1968 |
Fernel, Jean-Francois (French physician, astronomer) |
1497-1558 |
Ferneyhough, Brian John Peter (English composer) |
b.1943 |
Fernow, Bernhard Eduard (German-born American forester) |
1851-1923 |
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (English musician, possible spy) |
1543-1587 |
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (Eng. composer, musician; son of Alfonso) |
c.1575-1628 |
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (English musician; son of Alfonso) |
c.1610-c.1660 |
Ferrante, Arthur (American pianist; collab. with Louis Teicher) |
b.1921 |
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 (aka Ludovico Ferraro; Italian 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) |
1916-1996 |
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, writer) |
1871-1943 |
Ferrero di Roasio, Carlo Vincenzo (Piedmontese politician) |
1680-1745 |
Ferrers, George (English politician, poet) |
1500?-1579 |
Ferri, Baldassare (Italian castrato) |
1610-1680 |
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 writer) |
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 |
Fert, Albert (French physicist; giant magnetoresistance effect) |
b.1938 |
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 (born Foeth; Shenshin; Russian 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 writer, 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 writer, dramatist) |
1821-1890 |
Feuillet, Raoul-Auger (French dancer, choreographer) |
c.1675-c.1730 |
Feval, Paul-Henri-Corentin (French writer) |
1817-1887 |
Fevrier, Pierre (French composer, organist, harpsichordist) |
1696-1764 |
Fewkes, Jesse Walter (American ethnologist) |
1850-1930 |
Feydeau, Ernest-Aime (French writer) |
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; asteroid) |
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; asteroid) |
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; American actor: Piglet) |
1925-2005 |
Fiedler, Leslie Aaron (American literary critic, writer) |
1917-2003 |
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, teacher) |
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, Supreme Court justice) |
1816-1899 |
Fielden, John (English manufacturer, politician) |
1784-1849 |
Fielder, Alvin (American musician, pharmacist) |
b.1935 |
Fielding, Henry (English writer, 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 (born Grace Stansfield; English comedienne) |
1898-1979 |
Fields, James Thomas (American writer, publisher) |
1817-1881 |
Fields, Lewis Maurice "Lew" née Schanfield (American 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 |
Fierlinger, Paul (Japan-born Czech animator, teacher) |
b.1936 |
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) |
1918-1999 |
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 |
Filippella, Christian (Italian film director, writer) |
b.1975 |
Filliou, Robert (French Fluxus artist) |
1926-1987 |
Fillmore, Charles Sherlock (American religious leader) |
1854-1948 |
Fillmore, Millard (13th U.S. president, 1850-1853) |
1800-1874 |
Fillmore, Myrtle (born Mary Caroline née Page; Am. rel. leader) |
1845-1931 |
Filmer, Sir Robert (English political writer) |
c.1588-1653 |
Filo, David (Am. businessman; co-fd. Yahoo! with Jerry Yang) |
b.1966 |
Filson, John (American frontiersman) |
1747?-1788 |
Finch, Rober Duer Claydon (Canadian poet) |
1900-1995 |
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 (born Andrew Louis Feinberg; Am. comedian, actor) |
1902-1975 |
Fine, Oronce (Orontius Fineus; French mathematician) |
1494-1555 |
Finger, Gottfried (aka Godfrey; Moravian composer) |
1655?-1730 |
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 1980-1996) |
b.1930 |
Finney, Charles Grandison (American clergyman, educator) |
1792-1875 |
Finsen, Niels Ryberg (Faroe Islands-born Danish physician) |
1860-1904 |
Finzi, Gerald Raphael (English composer, apple grower) |
1901-1956 |
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 (born Abu ol-Qasem Mansur; Persian poet) |
c.935-c.1020/6 |
Firdousi (born Abul Qasim Mansur or Hasan; Persian epic poet) |
941?-1020 |
Fire, Andrew Zachary (American biologist, academic) |
b.1959 |
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. |
First, David (American composer, musician) |
b.1953 |
Firuzabadi, Abu at-Tahir Majd ad-Din al- (Arab lexicographer) |
1329-1414 |
Fischart, Johann "Mentzer" (German jurist, satirist) |
1546-1590 |
Fischer, Edmond Henri (China-born Swiss/American biochemist) |
b.1920 |
Fischer, Emil Hermann (German chemist) |
1852-1919 |
Fischer, Ernst Otto (German chemist) |
1918-2007 |
Fischer, Hans (German organic chemist) |
1881-1945 |
Fischer, Hermann Emil (German chemist, academic) |
1852-1919 |
Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand (German composer) |
d.1746 |
Fischer, Johann Michael (German architect) |
1692-1766 |
Fischer, Ernst Kuno Berthold (German philosopher) |
1824-1907 |
Fischer, Lawrence Wayne "Larry"; "Wildman" (American wild-man) |
1945-2011 |
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (Austrian architect) |
1656-1723 |
Fischhof, Adolf (Austrian politician) |
1816-1893 |
Fischinger, Oskar (German animator, filmmaker, painter) |
1900-1967 |
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, Mary Frances Kennedy "M.F.K." (American writer) |
1908-1922 |
Fisher, Michael Ellis (Trinidadian physicist, chemist, math.) |
b.1931 |
Fisher, Sir Norman Fenwick Warren (English government official) |
1879-1948 |
Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer (English biologist) |
1890-1962 |
Fisher, Rudolph (Am. writer, physician, dramatist, musician) |
1897-1934 |
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 (born 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) |
1923-2015 |
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 (born William Joseph Shields; Irish actor) |
1888-1961 |
FitzGerald, Edward (English poet, translator) |
1809-1883 |
Fitzgerald, Ella Jane (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) |
1916-2000 |
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, writer) |
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 |
Flagello, Nicolas (American composer) |
1928-1994 |
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 writer) |
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 (born 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, Max (Austrian-born Am, animator: invented Rotoscope) |
1883-1972 |
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 writer) |
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 |
Flexmore, Richard (b. Richard Flexmore Geatter; English clown) |
1824-1860 |
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, writer) |
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 |
Flora, James "Jim" (American illustrator, painter) |
1914-1998 |
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 |
Flores Magon, Ricardo (Mex. anarchist, social reform activist) |
1874-1922 |
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 (born de Vriendt; Flem. architect, sculptor) |
1514-1575 |
Floris, Frans (Flemish painter, etcher; brother of Cornelis) |
c.1516-1570 |
Florit, Eugenio (Cuban poet, literary critic) |
1903-1999 |
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 |
Flowers, Wayland (American puppeteer, ventriloquist) |
1939-1988 |
Floyd, John Buchanan (American politician) |
1806-1863 |
Floyd, Robert W. "Bob" (American computer scientist) |
1936-2001 |
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 |
Flur, Wolfgang (German musician, instrument inventor) |
b.1947 |
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley (American labor leader, activist) |
1890-1964 |
Flynn, William James (American detective) |
1867-1928 |
Flynt, Henry (American philosopher, musician, artist) |
b.1940 |
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 writer) |
1842-1911 |
Fogel, Robert William (American economic historian, researcher) |
b.1926 |
Fogerty, Elsie (English teacher of voice, dramatic diction) |
1865-1945 |
Foggia, Francesco (Italian Kapellmeister, composer) |
1604-1688 |
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 (pseudonym Merlinus Coccaius; Italian poet) |
1491-1544 |
Folger, Henry Clay (American oil magnate, bibliophile) |
1857-1930 |
Folkman, Moses Judah (American cancer researcher, educator) |
1933-2008 |
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 (French composer; Burgundian School) |
c.1380-c.1450 |
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 |
Fontanelli, Alfonso (Italian composer, writer, diplomat) |
1557-1622 |
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 (born Margot Hookham; English ballerina) |
1919-1991 |
Fontinhas, Jose (pseudonym Eugenio de Andrade; Port. poet) |
b.1923 |
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 (born 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, Gordon Onslow (English painter) |
1912-2003 |
Ford, Henry (American automobile manufacturer) |
1863-1947 |
Ford, John (English playwright) |
1586-1639? |
Ford, John (born 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, Mary (Iris Colleen Hatfield née Summers; Am. singer) |
1924-1977 |
Ford, Paul Leicester (American historian) |
1865-1902 |
Ford, Richard (American writer, teacher) |
b.1944 |
Ford, Thomas (English composer, musician, poet) |
c.1580-1648 |
Forel, Auguste Henri (Swiss psychiatrist, entomologist) |
1848-1931 |
Forel, Francois Alphonse (Swiss naturalist; founded limnology) |
1841-1912 |
Foreman, Richard (American playwright, theater director) |
b.1937 |
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 |
Forqueray, Antoine (French composer, musician; father of J.B.) |
c.1671-1745 |
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 |
Forsberg, Randall Caroline née Watson (Am. arms control advoc.) |
1943-2007 |
Forsh, Olga Dmitriyevna (Russian writer) |
1873-1961 |
Forssmann, Werner Theodor Otto (German physician) |
1904-1979 |
Forster, Bernard (German writer, anti-Semitic agitator) |
1843-1889 |
Forster, Edward Morgan (English writer, 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, Supreme Court justice 1965-1969) |
1910-1982 |
Forteguerri, Niccolo (pseudonym 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 (born Niccolo; Italian poet, writer) |
1778-1827 |
Fosdick, Charles Austin (pseudonym Harry Castlemon; Am. writer) |
1842-1915 |
Fosdick, Harry Emerson (American clergyman) |
1878-1969 |
Foss, Sam Walter (Canadian-born American editor, humorist) |
1858-1911 |
Fosse, Robert Louis "Bob" (Am. choreographer, film director) |
1927-1987 |
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; asteroid) |
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 (pseudonym 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 writer) |
b.1950 |
Fowler, William Alfred "Willie" (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 writer) |
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 (born 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, educator) |
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 1992-1995) |
b.1930 |
Francoeur, Francois (French violinist, composer) |
1698-1787 |
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 writer, playwright) |
1882-1961 |
Frank, Waldo David (American writer) |
1889-1967 |
Frankau, Gilbert (English writer) |
1884-1952 |
Frankel, Stanley Phillips "Stan" (American computer scientist) |
1919-1978 |
Frankel, Zacharias (Czech-born German rabbi) |
1801-1875 |
Franken, Alan Stuart "Al" (Am. comedian, actor, politician) |
b.1951 |
Frankenheimer, John (American film director) |
1930-2002 |
Frankenthaler, Helen (American artist) |
b.1928 |
Frankfort, Henri (Dutch archaeologist) |
1897-1954 |
Frankfurt, Harry Gordon (American philosopher) |
b.1929 |
Frankfurter, Felix (Austrian-born Am. Supreme Court justice) |
1882-1965 |
Frankl, Paul (German art critic, historian) |
1878-1962 |
Frankl, Peter (Hungarian mathematician, juggler) |
b.1953 |
Frankl, Viktor Emil (Austrian neurologist; Holocaust survivor) |
1905-1997 |
Frankland, Sir Edward (English chemist) |
1825-1899 |
Franklin, Aretha Louise (American singer, songwriter, musician) |
b.1942 |
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, John Hope (American historian) |
1915-2009 |
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 |
Franzen, Jonathan (American writer) |
b.1959 |
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 |
Fratellini, Albert (Russia-born Italian circus clown) |
1877-1940 |
Fratellini, Annie (Algeria-born French circus clown, actor) |
1932-1997 |
Fratellini, Francois (France-born Italian circus clown) |
1879-1951 |
Fratellini, Paul (Italian circus clown) |
1886-1961 |
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 |
Freedman, Michael Hartley (American mathematician, educator) |
b.1951 |
Freeling, Nicolas (English writer) |
b.1927 |
Freeman, Chico (American musician, composer, songwriter) |
b.1949 |
Freeman, Douglas Southall (American editor, historian) |
1886-1953 |
Freeman, Earle Lavon (American musician, bandleader) |
1923-2012 |
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-Mitford, Jessica Lucy (English-born American writer) |
1917-1996 |
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 |
Freleng, Isadore "Friz" (Am. animator, cartoonist, director) |
1906-1995 |
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 (pseudonym Octave Thanet; American writer) |
1850-1934 |
French, Anthony Philip (English physicist, educator) |
b.1920 |
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 writer) |
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 |
Frere Roger (Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche; Swiss religious) |
1915-2005 |
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 (b.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 writer, dramatist, editor) |
1816-1895 |
Freytag-Loringhoven, Elsa von (German artist, poet) |
1874-1927 |
Frias, Tomas (Bolivian politician; president 1874-1876) |
1804-1882 |
Frick, Henry Clay (American industrialist) |
1849-1919 |
Frick, Wilhelm (German politician) |
1877-1946 |
Frida, Emil (pseudonym 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, Lee (American photographer) |
b.1934 |
Friedlander, Ludwig Heinrich (German classical philologist) |
1824-1909 |
Friedlander, Max (German musicologist) |
1852-1934 |
Friedlander, Saul (Czechoslovakian-born Israeli historian) |
b.1932 |
Friedlander, Sheldon Kay (American aerosol scientist) |
1927-2007 |
Friedman, Bruce Jay (American writer, playwright) |
b.1930 |
Friedman, David Director (American writer, anarchist) |
b.1945 |
Friedman, David F. (American filmmaker, producer) |
b.1923 |
Friedman, Herbert (American physicist, administrator) |
1916-2000 |
Friedman, Jerome Isaac (American physicist) |
b.1930 |
Friedman, Ken (American Fluxus artist, publisher,educator) |
b.1949 |
Friedman, Milton (American economist) |
1912-2006 |
Friedman, Rose née Director (Russian-born economist, writer) |
1911-2009 |
Friedman, Theodore Leopold "Ted Lewis" (American entertainer) |
1892-1971 |
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, writer) |
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, composer) |
b.1946 |
Frisch, David H. (American physician, disarmament activist) |
1918-1991 |
Frisch, Karl von (Austrian zoologist, ethologist) |
1886-1982 |
Frisch, Max Rudolph (Swiss playwright, writer, dramatist) |
1911-1991 |
Frisch, Otto Robert (Austrian-born British physicist) |
1904-1979 |
Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil (Norwegian economist, beekeeper) |
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) |
c.1616-1667 |
Frobisher, Sir Martin (English mariner) |
c.1535-1594 |
Froding, Gustaf (Swedish poet, journalist) |
1860-1911 |
Froebel (aka 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) |
1908-1995 |
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 |
Frusciante, John Anthony (Am. musician, singer, songwriter) |
b.1970 |
Frutolf (German chronicler) |
d.1103 |
Fry, Christopher (born C.F. Harris; Eng. 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, Klaus Emil Julius (German-born British physicist, spy) |
1911-1988 |
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 writer, 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; pres. 1990-2000) |
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) |
1918-1998 |
Fukuzawa Yukichi (Japanese educator, journalist, writer) |
1835-1901 |
Fulbright, James William (American politician, lawyer) |
1905-1995 |
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 writer) |
1857-1929 |
Fuller, John Frederick Charles (English soldier) |
1878-1966 |
Fuller, Loie (born 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 |
Fullman, Ellen (American composer: long string instrument) |
b.1957 |
Fulton, Alice (American poet, writer) |
b.1952 |
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 |
Furchgott, Robert Francis (American biochemist) |
1916-2009 |
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 (pseudonym Tom Collins; Australian writer) |
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 |
Furstenberg, Hillel "Harry" (German-born Israeli mathematician) |
b.1935 |
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 (born J.H. Fussli; Swiss-born British painter) |
1741-1825 |
Fussell, Paul (American scholar, writer) |
1924-2012 |
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; born Mehmed ibn Suleyman; Turkish poet) |
c.1495-1556 |
Fyffe, Will (Scottish entertainer) |
1885-1947 |
Fyt, Jan (Flemish painter) |
c.1611-1661 |