1
Friedrich Nietzsche
(German Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Philologist)
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40
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 15, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Röcken, Lützen, Germany
Died: August 25, 1900
2
Frederick Douglass
(American Social Reformer, Abolitionist, Orator, Writer, and Statesman)
116
17
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 14, 1818
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Talbot County, Maryland, United States
Died: February 20, 1895
3
Fran Drescher
(Actress & Comedian Known for Her Role of 'Fran Fine' in the Sitcom 'The Nanny')
104
25
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 30, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Flushing, New York, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Best Known for His Novel 'The Great Gatsby')
92
35
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 24, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: December 21, 1940
5
Franz Kafka
(Novelist and Short-Story Writer, Widely Regarded as One of the Major Figures of 20th-Century Literature)
51
16
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 3, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: June 3, 1924
6
Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Best Known for His Novella Notes from The 'Underground')
61
15
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 11, 1821
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 9, 1881
7
Francis Scott Key
(Lawyer)
37
8
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 1, 1779
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Died: January 11, 1843
8
Francesco Petrarch
(Poet, Scholar and Humanist)
40
10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 20, 1304
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Died: July 19, 1374
9
Federico García Lorca
(Spanish Poet, Playwright, and Theatre Director.)
23
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 5, 1898
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fuente Vaqueros, Spain
Died: August 19, 1936
10
F. Lee Bailey
(Lawyer)
10
3
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 10, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 3, 2021
11
Frank Herbert
(Science Fiction Author Best Known for His 1965 Novel 'Dune' & Its Sequels)
18
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 8, 1920
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Died: February 11, 1986
12
Friedrich Schiller
(Playwright and Poet Known for His Works 'The Robbers', 'Don Carlos' and 'Mary Stuart')
15
3
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 10, 1759
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marbach am Neckar, Germany
Died: May 9, 1805
13
Fernando Pessoa
(Portuguese Modernist Poet and Author of 'Mensagem' and 'The Book of Disquiet')
21
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 13, 1888
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: November 30, 1935
14
Ferdowsi
(Persian Poet and One of the Most Influential Figures of Persian Literature)
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0
15
Fannie Flagg
(Actress)
13
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 21, 1944
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16
Frank Miller
(American comic book writer)
9
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Olney, Maryland, U.S.
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
17
Fran Lebowitz
(Writer Known for Her Sardonic Social Commentary on American Life and Her Defiant Grouchiness and Wit)
11
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 27, 1950
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
18
Frank Skinner
(comedian, autobiographer)
7
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: West Bromwich
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
19
François Rabelais
(French Renaissance Writer and Physician Known for His Work ‘Gargantua and Pantagruel’)
7
0
20
Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Novelist)
10
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 24, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cheetham, Manchester, England
Died: October 29, 1924
21
Fred Stoller
(Comedian)
11
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 19, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
22
Fanny Crosby
(Poet)
6
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 24, 1820
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brewster, New York, United States
Died: February 12, 1915
23
Frieda Hughes
(Painter, Poet)
2
0
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Frederic Remington
(Sculptor, Writer, Painter)
4
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 4, 1861
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York
Died: December 26, 1909
25
Franz Halder
(Former general, chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: April 2, 1972
26
Fukuzawa Yukichi
(Writer, Teacher, Educationist, Philosopher, University teacher, Critic, Journalist)
6
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 10, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ōsaka
Died: February 3, 1901
27
Flannery O'Connor
(Novelist)
7
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 25, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 3, 1964
28
Ford Madox Ford
(British Writer Known for His Novels: 'The Good Soldier', 'Parade’s End' Tetralogy and 'The Fifth Queen' Trilogy)
5
2
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: December 17, 1873
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Merton, Surrey, England
Died: June 26, 1939
29
Friedrich Hölderlin
(German Poet and Philosopher Best Known for His Novel 'Hyperion')
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 1770
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lauffen am Neckar, Germany
Died: June 7, 1843
30
Françoise Sagan
(Playwright)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 21, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cajarc, France
Died: September 24, 2004
31
Friedrich Engels
(German Philosopher Who Developed 'Marxism' Together With Karl Max)
22
22
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 28, 1820
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barmen, Germany
Died: August 5, 1895
32
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
(Italian Poet, Founder of the 'Futurist Movement' and Author of the First 'Futurist Manifesto')
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 22, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: December 2, 1944
33
Florian Zeller
(Novelist)
2
0
34
Forrest J. Ackerman
(Magazine Editor)
6
3
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 24, 1916
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: December 4, 2008
35
France Prešeren
(Poet, Lawyer, Writer, Poet lawyer)
9
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 3, 1800
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vrba
Died: February 8, 1849
36
Frances Harper
(Poet)
5
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 24, 1825
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: February 22, 1911
37
Frank McCourt
(Writer)
0
0
38
Fanny Cradock
(Novelist)
2
1
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: February 26, 1909
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Leytonstone
Died: December 27, 1994
39
François Fénelon
(Catholic Archbishop and the Author of 'The Adventures of Telemachus')
4
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 6, 1651
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sainte-Mondane, France
Died: January 7, 1715
40
Ferdinand Columbus
(Spanish Bibliographer, Cosmographer and Son of Explorer Christopher Columbus)
3
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1488
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cordoba, Spain
Died: July 12, 1539
41
Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
(physician)
7
1
42
Frank Pellegrino
(Actor, Restaurateur)
3
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 19, 1944
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: January 31, 2017
43
Frank Norris
(Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 5, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: October 25, 1902
44
Francisco de Quevedo
(Spanish Politician and One of the Greatest Poets of the Spanish Golden Age)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 14, 1580
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: September 8, 1645
45
Fred Melamed
(American Actor)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 13, 1956
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
46
Forough Farrokhzad
(Poet, Film director, Writer)
16
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 5, 1935
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tehran
Died: February 13, 1967
47
Frederik Pohl
(Author)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: September 2, 2013
48
Fannie Farmer
(Cook)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 23, 1857
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 15, 1915
49
Felix Salten
(Austro-Hungarian Writer and Literary Critic)
2
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: September 6, 1869
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pest, Budapest, Hungary
Died: October 8, 1945
50
Fernand Braudel
(French Historian and Leader of the Annales School)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 24, 1902
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Luméville-en-Ornois, France
Died: November 27, 1985
