Names beginning with F

• F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican writer (1896–1940)

  September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940
• F. W. de Klerk7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994

  March 18, 1936 – November 11, 2021
• Fa NgumFirst king of Lānsāng

  1316 – 1393
• Fabiano CaruanaItalian-American chess player

  being archived
• Fabio CannavaroItalian association football player and manager

  being archived
• Fabiola GianottiItalian particle physicist and CERN Director-General

  being archived
• Fahad MustafaPakistani actor, producer and model

  b. June 26, 1983
• Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005

  being archived
• Fahmida RiazPakistani Urdu writer, poet, feminist (1946-2018)

  July 28, 1946 – November 21, 2018
• FairuzLebanese singer and actress

  b. November 21, 1935
• Faisal I of Iraq1st king of Hashemite Iraq from 1921 to 1933

  May 20, 1885 – September 7, 1933
• Faisal KapadiaVocalist

  b. June 29, 1971
• Faisal bin Turki Al BusaidiSultan of Muscat and Oman (1864-1913)

  being archived
• Faith KipyegonKenyan middle- and long-distance runner

  being archived
• Faiyaz KhanIndian singer

  1886 – 1950
• Faiz Ahmed FaizPakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)

  February 13, 1911 – November 20, 1984
• Fakhruddin AhmedBangladeshi economist and civil servant

  b. May 1, 1940
• Fakhruddin G. EbrahimPakistani judge (1928–2020)

  February 12, 1928 – January 7, 2020
• Fakir Mohan SenapatiIndian Odia author (1843–1918)

  January 13, 1843 – June 14, 1918
• Fannie Lou HamerAmerican civil rights activist (1917–1977)

  October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977
• Faqir of IpiTribal leader

  1897 – 1960
• Fareed ZakariaIndian-American journalist and author

  being archived
• Farida KhanumPakistani classical singer

  b. January 6, 1929
• Fariduddin Ganjshakar12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic

  1175 – 1265
• Farooq QaiserPakistani artist, writer and actor (1945-2021)

  October 31, 1945 – May 14, 2021
• Faruk Fatih ÖzerTurkish cryptocurrency trader and criminal

  1993 – November 1, 2025
• Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord FakafānuaPrime Minister of Tonga since 2025

  b. March 20, 1985
• Fatima JinnahPakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967)

  July 31, 1893 – July 9, 1967
• Fatima SheikhIndian educationalist

  January 9, 1831 – October 9, 1900
• Fatima SughraPakistan Movement activist

  d. September 25, 2017
• Fatima al-FihriLegendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque

  800 CE – 880 CE
• Fatma BegumIndian actress and director

  1892 – 1983
• Fatos NanoAlbanian politician (1952–2025)

  September 16, 1952 – October 31, 2025
• Fats DominoAmerican pianist and singer (1928-2017)

  February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017
• Faure Essozimna GnassingbéTogolese politician

  b. June 6, 1966
• Faustin-Archange TouadéraPresident of the Central African Republic since 2016

  b. April 21, 1957
• Faustino ImbaliForeign and Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau

  b. May 1, 1956
• Fawad ChaudhryPakistani politician and lawyer, twice federal minister for information and minister for science

  b. 7 April 1976
• Fawad KhanActor and singer
• Faye WongHong Kong singer-songwriter and actress

  being archived
• Fayez al-SarrajArchitect and former Prime Minister of Libya

  b. February 20, 1960
• Fayez al-TarawnehJordanian politician (1949-2021)

  May 1, 1949 – December 15, 2021
• Fazal MahmoodPakistani cricketer (1927-2005)

  February 18, 1927 – May 30, 2005
• Fazle Hasan AbedBangladeshi social worker and the founder of BRAC

  April 27, 1936 – December 20, 2019
• Fazlul HaqueBangladesh judge and politician

  June 30, 1938 – November 16, 2023
• Federico FelliniItalian filmmaker (1920–1993)

  January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993
• Federico Franco49th President of Paraguay

  being archived
• Federico Garcia LorcaSpanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)

  June 5, 1898 – August 18, 1936
• Federico ValverdeUruguayan professional footballer (born 1998)

  being archived
• Federico da MontefeltroCondottiere of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino

  June 7, 1422 – September 10, 1482
• Fei-Fei LiAmerican computer scientist

  being archived
• Fela KutiNigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)

  October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997
• Felipe GonzálezPrime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996

  being archived
• Felipe VI of SpainKing of Spain since 2014

  b. January 30, 1968
• Felix MendelssohnGerman composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)

  February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847
• Feng ZhangChinese-American synthetic biologist

  being archived
• Ferdinand II of AragonKing of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia (1452-1516)

  March 10, 1452 – January 23, 1516
• Ferdinand III of CastileHistorical figure
• Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese explorer whose expedition first circled the globe

  1480 – April 27, 1521
• Ferdinand Marcos Jr.President of the Philippines since 2022

  b. September 13, 1957
• Ferdinand PorscheAustrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)

  being archived
• Ferdinand de RothschildBritish politician (1839-1898)

  being archived
• FerdowsiPersian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)

  940 CE – 1020
• Ferenc GyurcsányPrime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009

  b. June 4, 1961
• Ferenc PuskasHungarian association football player (1927–2006)

  being archived
• Fernando AlonsoSpanish racing driver

  being archived
• Fernando AmorsoloFilipino painter (1892-1972)

  May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972
• Fernando Henrique CardosoPresident of Brazil from 1995 to 2003

  b. June 18, 1931
• Fernando Lugo47.° President of Paraguay

  being archived
• Fernando PereiraSão Tomé and Príncipe politician

  being archived
• Fernando PessoaPortuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares

  June 13, 1888 – November 30, 1935
• Feroz Khan Noon7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1893–1970)

  June 18, 1893 – December 9, 1970
• Ferran AdriàCatalan chef (born 1962)

  being archived
• Ferruccio LamborghiniItalian industrialist, founder of Automobili Lamborghini (1916–1993)

  being archived
• Ferry PorscheAustrian-German automobile designer (1909–1998)

  being archived
• Festus MogaePresident of Botswana from 1998 to 2008

  August 21, 1939 – May 8, 2026
• Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u IISamoan politician (1921-1975)

  being archived
• Fiamē Naomi MataʻafaPrime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025

  b. April 29, 1957
• FibonacciItalian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)

  1170 – c. 1240
• Fidel CastroCuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)

  August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016
• Fidel RamosPresident of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998

  being archived
• Fikre Selassie WogderessEthiopian Prime Minister (1945-2020)

  July 13, 1945 – December 12, 2020
• Filip VujanovićMontenegrin politician

  b. September 1, 1954
• Filipe NyusiPresident of Mozambique, 2015-2025

  b. February 9, 1959being archived
• Filippo BrunelleschiItalian architect, sculptor and engineer

  1377 – April 15, 1446
• Filippo TamagniniCaptain Regent of San Marino

  being archived
• Finn BruntonAmerican researcher and writer

  b. 1980
• Firaq GorakhpuriUrdu author (1896-1982)

  August 28, 1896 – March 3, 1982
• Firmin NgrébadaCentral African Republic politician

  b. May 24, 1968
• Flannery O'ConnorAmerican writer (1925–1964)

  March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964
• Flavius AetiusRoman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)

  c. 390 CE – September 21, 454 CE
• Florence Griffith JoynerAmerican track and field athlete (1959-1998)

  being archived
• Florence NightingaleFounder of modern nursing and pioneer of medical statistics

  May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910
• Florence PughBritish actress (born 1996)

  being archived
• Florence WelchBritish singer (born 1986)

  being archived
• Florian WirtzGerman association football player (born 2003)

  being archived
• Florin Cîțu69th Prime Minister of Romania (2020-2021)

  being archived
• Florizel GlasspoleJamaican politician (1909-2000)

  September 25, 1909 – November 25, 2000
• Floyd MayweatherAmerican boxer

  b. February 24, 1977
• Forugh FarrokhzadIranian poet (1935-1967)

  January 5, 1935 – February 13, 1967
• Foschino CalcigniFormer national leader

  being archived
• Fouad MebazaaTunisian politician

  being archived
• Fouad SinioraPrime Minister of Lebanon

  b. July 19, 1943
• Fra AngelicoItalian Early Renaissance painter

  1400 – February 18, 1455
• Fra DolcinoHistorical figure
• Fra Filippo LippiItalian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)

  1406 – October 8, 1469
• Fra MauroItalian cartographer and monk

  1385 – 1459
• Fradique de MenezesSão Tomé and Príncipe politician

  being archived
• France-Albert RenéPresident of Seychelles (1935-2019)

  being archived
• Frances ArnoldNobel prize winning US scientist and engineer (born 1956)

  being archived
• Francesco Cossiga8th President of Italy (1928-2010)

  July 26, 1928 – August 17, 2010
• Francesco SforzaCount of Cotignola

  c. 1460 – 1523
• Francesco TottiItalian association football player

  being archived
• Francis Bacon (philosopher)Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

  October 28, 1909 – April 28, 1992
• Francis CrickBritish molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

  June 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004
• Francis DrakeEnglish sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

  July 13, 1540 – January 28, 1596
• Francis Ford CoppolaAmerican filmmaker (born 1939)

  b. April 7, 1939
• Francis FukuyamaAmerican political scientist, political economist, and author

  being archived
• Francis I of FranceKing of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)

  September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547
• Francis XavierSpanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)

  April 7, 1506 – December 3, 1552
• Francis of AssisiItalian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

  June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
• Francisco CarvalhoCape Verdean politician

  b. December 4, 1970
• Francisco FloresPresident of El Salvador (1959-2016)

  October 17, 1959 – January 30, 2016
• Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

  March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828
• Francisco Macías Nguema BiyokoEquatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)

  January 1, 1924 – September 29, 1979
• Francisco MorazanPresident of Federal Republic of Central America (1830-1839)

  October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842
• Francisco Pascual Obama AsuePrime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (2016-present)

  b. April 21, 1949
• Francisco PizarroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

  March 16, 1478 – June 26, 1541
• Francisco SagastiPresident of Peru from 2020 to 2021

  being archived
• Francisco UrcuyoNicaraguan vice president (1967–72) and president (1979)

  being archived
• Francisco Xavier do AmaralTimorese (1937-2012)

  being archived
• Francisco de CoronadoSpanish explorer of the American southwest

  1510 – September 22, 1554
• Francisco de MirandaVenezuelan military leader (1750–1816)

  March 28, 1750 – July 14, 1816
• Francisco de Paula SantanderColombian military and political leader (1792-1840)

  April 2, 1792 – March 6, 1840
• Francois Mitterrand21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)

  October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996
• Francois TruffautFrench film director (1932–1984)

  February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984
• Francois VillonFrench poet and criminal

  1431 – 1463
• Frank BainimaramaPrime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022 (born 1954)

  b. April 27, 1954
• Frank CapraItalian-born American film director (1897–1991)

  May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991
• Frank DrakeAmerican astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)

  May 28, 1930 – September 2, 2022
• Frank GehryCanadian and American architect (1929–2025)

  February 28, 1929 – December 5, 2025
• Frank HerbertAmerican writer (1920–1986)

  October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986
• Frank LampardEnglish association football player and manager

  being archived
• Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican architect (1867-1959)

  June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959
• Frank OceanAmerican singer, songwriter, and rapper

  being archived
• Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actor (1915–1998)

  December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998
• Frank WilczekAmerican theoretical physicist

  being archived
• Frank WoolworthAmerican businessman (1852-1919)

  being archived
• Frank ZappaAmerican musician (1940–1993)

  being archived
• Frank-Walter SteinmeierGerman politician, president of Germany since 2017

  b. January 5, 1956
• Franklin D. RooseveltPresident of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)

  January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945
• Frans HalsDutch painter (1580–1666)

  1591 – August 26, 1666
• Frantz FanonFrench West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

  being archived
• Franz BeckenbauerGerman sports official and association football player (1945–2024)

  September 11, 1945 – January 7, 2024
• Franz I, Prince of LiechtensteinPrince of Liechtenstein (1853-1938)

  August 28, 1853 – July 25, 1938
• Franz JonasSeventh President of Austria (1899–1974)

  October 4, 1899 – April 24, 1974
• Franz Joseph II, Prince of LiechtensteinPrince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)

  August 16, 1906 – November 13, 1989
• Franz KafkaBohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

  July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924
• Franz LisztHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)

  October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886
• Franz SchubertAustrian composer (1797–1828)

  January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828
• François BayrouFormer Prime Minister of France (2024–2025)

  b. May 25, 1951
• François Bozizé6th President of the Central African Republic

  b. October 14, 1946
• François EnglertBelgian theoretical physicist (1932–2026)

  being archived
• François HollandePresident of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)

  b. August 12, 1954
• François PinaultFrench billionaire businessman and art collector

  being archived
• François TombalbayePresident of Chad (1918–1975)

  June 15, 1918 – April 13, 1975
• Fred AstaireAmerican dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

  May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987
• Fred EhrsamAmerican business executive and investor

  b. May 10, 1988
• Fred HollowsNew Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist (1929-1993)

  April 9, 1929 – February 10, 1993
• Fred HoyleBritish astronomer (1915–2001)

  June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
• Fred RogersNew Zealand cricketer

  July 10, 1918 – August 7, 1998
• Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)

  September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991
• FredegundFrankish queen

  d. December 8, 597 CE
• Frederic ChopinPolish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

  February 22, 1810 – October 17, 1849
• Frederick BantingCanadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)

  November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941
• Frederick BarbarossaHoly Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

  1122 – June 10, 1190
• Frederick DouglassAfrican-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

  1817 – February 20, 1895
• Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorKing of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)

  December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250
• Frederick III, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor and Austrian archduke and duke (1452–1493)

  September 21, 1415 – August 19, 1493
• Frederick PitcherPresident of Nauru

  being archived
• Frederick SangerBritish biochemist (1918–2013)

  August 13, 1918 – November 19, 2013
• Frederick the GreatKing of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)

  January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
• Frederik IX of DenmarkKing of Denmark from 1947 to 1972

  March 11, 1899 – January 14, 1972
• Frederik VIII of DenmarkKing of Denmark from 1906 to 1912

  June 3, 1843 – May 14, 1912
• Frederik X of DenmarkKing of Denmark since 2024

  b. May 26, 1968
• Fredrik ReinfeldtPrime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014

  being archived
• Freeman DysonTheoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)

  December 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020
• Frenkie de JongDutch association football player (born 1997)

  being archived
• Freundel StuartPrime Minister of Barbados

  b. April 27, 1951
• Freydis EiriksdottirDaughter of Erik the Red

  b. 980 CE
• Frida KahloMexican painter of unflinching self-portraits and identity

  July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954
• Fridtjof NansenNorwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

  October 10, 1861 – May 13, 1930
• Friedrich EngelsGerman philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

  November 28, 1820 – August 5, 1895
• Friedrich HayekAustrian and British economist (1899–1992)

  being archived
• Friedrich KruppGerman entrepreneur

  being archived
• Friedrich MerzGerman politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

  being archived
• Friedrich NietzscheGerman philosopher (1844-1900)

  October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900
• Friedrich SchillerGerman playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)

  November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805
• Friedrich WohlerGerman chemist (1800-1882)

  July 31, 1800 – September 23, 1882
• Fritz HaberGerman chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)

  December 9, 1868 – January 29, 1934