American Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.Froeba held jobs in the bands of Johnny Wiggs and John T

Was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.Froeba held jobs in the bands of Johnny Wiggs and John Tobin while still in his teens. He played with Johnny de Droit in New York City in 1924-25, then led his own band in Atlantic City in the latter half of the

Is a former American tennis player.

Is a former American tennis player.

Was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.He served as member of the Democratic county committee and se

Was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.He served as member of the Democratic county committee and served as chairman 1912-1922. He served as field examiner for the State board of accounts 1911-1920.Gardner was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth, Si

Was an American historical novelist. His best known work is The Man from Dahomey (1971).[citation ne

Was an American historical novelist. His best known work is The Man from Dahomey (1971).[citation needed]

Was an American football player.Gatski attended Marshall University and Auburn University and played

Was an American football player.Gatski attended Marshall University and Auburn University and played as a center and linebacker. In the 1940s and 1950s he played center for the NFL teams Cleveland Browns (1946–56) and Detroit Lions (1957).

(April 29, 1879 - February 6, 1960) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for t

(April 29, 1879 - February 6, 1960) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (NL, 1899-1905)

(born on August 21, 1945, in Oceanside, California) was a Major League Baseball infielder.

(born on August 21, 1945, in Oceanside, California) was a Major League Baseball infielder.

Is a former American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the

Is a former American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting.

An American pianist, composer, and professor of music.Glazer was born in Chester, Wisconsin on Febru

An American pianist, composer, and professor of music.Glazer was born in Chester, Wisconsin on February 19, 1915, the sixth child of Benjamin and Clara Glazer, Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. The family moved to Milwaukee in 1919. His first piano lessons were given by his sister Blanche (1907-1920); later he was taught by several local musicians. Frank Glazer was educated in Milwaukee Public Schools, and graduated the city's North Division High School in 1932. In his teenage years, he played in his brothers' dance band, his high school band and vaudeville. Alfred Strelsin, a New York signage manufacturer and arts patron, provided the funds for Glazer to travel to Berlin in 1932 to study with Artur Schnabel; he also studied with Arnold Schoenberg. Glazer then taught piano in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Was an American illustrator and comic strip artist, best remembered for his strip Connie and his boo

Was an American illustrator and comic strip artist, best remembered for his strip Connie and his book illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe and King Arthur. He also was a prolific editorial and advertising illustrator.

(1863 - April 14, 1891) was a baseball player in 1885 for the Brooklyn Grays of the American Associa

(1863 - April 14, 1891) was a baseball player in 1885 for the Brooklyn Grays of the American Association. He was a brother of former major league pitcher Charlie Bell.

Is an American painter.Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1916, and raised in Caldwell, New Jersey, tradition

Is an American painter.Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1916, and raised in Caldwell, New Jersey, traditional artist Frank W. Handlen depicts ships, the sea and the Maine landscape in oil and pastels. In 1938, his mentor, marine artist Frederick Judd Waugh, encouraged him to go to Maine, "where it will all be before you". Handlen settled first in Biddeford Pool and later in Kennebunkport. As a young man, he worked in Bernie Warner's shipyard on the Kennebunk River and eventually designed and built his own forty-foot, sixteen ton topsail schooner, The Saltwind, which is moored in the Kennebunk River behind his house, very near the site of the old shipyard.

Was a prolific American mathematician, who specialized in graph theory, widely recognized as "father

Was a prolific American mathematician, who specialized in graph theory, widely recognized as "father" of modern graph theory.Frank Harary was born in New York City, the oldest child to a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria and Palestine. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Brooklyn College in 1941 and 1945 respectively and his Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley in 1948. During 1948-1986 he was with the University of Michigan. Since 1987 he was Professor (and Distinguished Professor Emeritus) in the Computer Science Department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. He was the founder of the Journal of Combinatorial Theory and Journal of Graph Theory. He passed away at Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Is an American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Competing in four

Is an American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-1 10000 m event with a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1948.

Was a jockey who, in 1923, suffered a fatal heart attack in the midst of a race at Belmont Park in N

Was a jockey who, in 1923, suffered a fatal heart attack in the midst of a race at Belmont Park in New York. His horse, Sweet Kiss, finished and won the race with his lifeless body still atop, making him the first, and thus far, only, jockey to win a race

(May 17, 1860 - November 19, 1939) was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher.

(May 17, 1860 - November 19, 1939) was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher.

Was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fift

Was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, until his resignation on March 4, 1887, at the close of the Forty-ninth Congress, ha

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Minnesota Pipers (1968-69), Washington Cap

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Minnesota Pipers (1968-69), Washington Caps (1969-70), Virginia Squires (1970-71), Carolina Cougars (1970-71) and Denver Rockets (1971-73) in the ABA for 306 games.

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Heavy Metal" Ric Sav

Is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage. Huguelet wrestled across the eastern seaboard from 1990 until 1997. While spending much of his career in the independent circuits, he also wrestled fo

Was an important economist of the twentieth century. He was born in McLean County, Illinois in a dev

Was an important economist of the twentieth century. He was born in McLean County, Illinois in a devoutly Christian family of farmers. He never completed high school but was admitted in 1905 to the American University in Tennessee. He graduated in 1911 from Milligan College. At the University of Tennessee he obtained a B.S. and an M.A. (the latter in German) in 1913. He then moved to Cornell University for doctoral studies. His initial main subject was philosophy, but he soon switched to economics. He studied with Alvin Johnson and Allyn Young, who both supervised the work on his dissertation, that was completed in 1916 under the title Cost, Value and Profit. Knight would subsequently revise it for publication under its more familiar name Risk, Uncertainty and Profit (1921).

Was an American weightlifter. Spellman enjoyed a long and successful career as a weightlifter, winni

Was an American weightlifter. Spellman enjoyed a long and successful career as a weightlifter, winning his last championship in 1971 at the age of 49.

Is an American attorney and politician who has represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachu

Is an American attorney and politician who has represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2001.He is the current Chair of the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change .Prior to being elected to th

Was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jerse

Was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.In the 1977 Democratic primary for the Senate seat, Dodd faced opposition from Assemblyman Eldridge Hawkins and tennis star Alth

He is the long-serving Business Manager of Elevator Constructors Local 2, a Vice President of the In

He is the long-serving Business Manager of Elevator Constructors Local 2, a Vice President of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, and Chairman of the Illinois Elevator Safety Board.A native Chicagoan, Christensen was President of Local 2 fro

Was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1917 to 1920. He was bor

Was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1917 to 1920. He was born in the coal mining town of What Cheer, Iowa, in 1882, but moved with his family as a boy to Illinois. At the age of 13, he began working in the coal mine