Famous People with Name Frederic

Frederic Michael Lynn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Michael Lynn: (born February 3, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1974-80), California Angels (1981-84), Baltimore Orioles (1985-88), Detroit Tigers (1988-89) and San Diego Padres (1990).

Frederic Ogden Nash            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Ogden Nash: was an American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".

Frederic Charles Smerlas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Charles Smerlas: was an American football defensive lineman who was a 5-time NFL Pro Bowl selection during 14-year career as a nose tackle with the Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and New England Patriots.

Frederic Edward Clements            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Edward Clements: was an American plant ecologist and pioneer in the study of vegetation succession.In 1905 he was appointed full professor at the University of Nebraska, but left in 1907 to head the botany department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. From 1917 to 1941 he was employed as an ecologist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C., where he was able to carry out dedicated ecological research.During winter he worked at research stations in Tucson, Arizona and Santa Barbara, California, while in the summer he performed fieldwork at the Carnegie's "Alpine Laboratory," a research station in Angel Canyon on the slopes of Pikes Peak, Colorado

Frédéric Back            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frédéric Back: an award-winning Canadian animator.In 1952, he joined the graphics department of Radio-Canada and has remained there since.He created a massive stained glass mural entitled L’histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal") at the Place-des-Arts Metro station in Montreal. Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Montreal metro system.In 1980, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for his film Tout rien (All Nothing in English). In 1982, he won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, for his film, Crac. In 1987, he won his second Academy Award for Animated Short Film for L'Homme qui plantait des arbres (The Man Who Planted Trees). In 1994, he was nominated again for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, for his film Le fleuve aux grandes eaux (Mighty River in English).