Famous People with Name Frederic

Frederic Sackrider Remington            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Sackrider Remington: was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U.S. Caval

Frederic Augustus Lucas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Augustus Lucas: was an American museum director, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Frederic Anthony Rzewski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Anthony Rzewski: an American composer and virtuoso pianist.Rzewski (pronounced zheff-skee) began playing piano at age 5. He attended Phillips Academy, Harvard and Princeton, where his teachers included Randall Thompson, Roger Sessions, Walter Piston and Milton Babbitt. In 1960, he went to Italy, a trip which was formative in his future musical development. In addition to studying with Luigi Dallapiccola, he began a career as a performer of new piano music, often with an improvisatory element. A few years later he was a co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum. Musica Elettronica Viva conceived music as a collective, collaborative process, with improvisation and live electronic instruments prominently featured. In 1971 he returned to New York.

Frédéric Blackburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frédéric Blackburn: is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Frédéric Niemeyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frédéric Niemeyer: is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec. He became Canada's top ranked singles player according to the AT