American Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles.

Is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles.

Is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.Oz is known for his work as a puppetee

Is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer (including voices), performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others.

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling under ring name Air Paris. He currently performs on the independent circuit under the ring name Air Paris. On April 20, 1996, Parris made his professional

(born August 27, 1957 in Alhambra, California) is a former professional baseball pitcher for the Cin

(born August 27, 1957 in Alhambra, California) is a former professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds from 1979 until 1985, and for the Minnesota Twins in 1986.

June 10, 1892 - July 11, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mostly as a right

June 10, 1892 - July 11, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mostly as a right fielder from 1911 through 1919 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1911-12), New York Yankees (1913-18) and Boston Red Sox (1919). Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Gilhooley batted left-handed and threw right-handed

Was a professional ice hockey player who played 43 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Rous

Was a professional ice hockey player who played 43 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Rouses Point, New York, he played for the New York Rangers.

Is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.He was first elected in 1

Is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.He was first elected in 1964, bringing a keen awareness of the needs of working people and of the environment to his legislative responsibilities.[3] He introduced the first legisl

Was a politician and banker. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Califo

Was a politician and banker. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1897 to 1901 and as a U.S. Senator from California from 1905 until 1911, as a Republican. Flint served one term in the Senate and did not seek re

Is an American ice hockey player who most recently played for the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL.Redik

Is an American ice hockey player who most recently played for the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL.Rediker played junior hockey in the OHL for the Windsor Spitfires from 2002 – 2004. He was traded to the London Knights during the 2004 season. He played for th

Was an American politician. Wallace served as the mayor of Chesterfield, New Jersey, a small rural c

Was an American politician. Wallace served as the mayor of Chesterfield, New Jersey, a small rural community in Burlington County, New Jersey from 1975 until 1981. Wallace blocked efforts by developers to develop large tracts of land, citing the potential

Was an umpire mostly in New York State. Penale was a member of the Niagara Falls Umpire Association

Was an umpire mostly in New York State. Penale was a member of the Niagara Falls Umpire Association from 1948 to 1989. For many of those years he served as President of the Association. In 1991 he was inducted into the Niagara Falls Umpires Hall of Fame,

Was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight

Was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness. After he

Was an American Olympic fencer. .

Was an American Olympic fencer. .

Was a Republican United States Senator and the seventh Governor of Idaho. The city of Gooding and Go

Was a Republican United States Senator and the seventh Governor of Idaho. The city of Gooding and Gooding County, both in southern Idaho, are named for him. Gooding also managed to get elected to the Idaho Legislature in 1898 and as Governor of Idaho in 1

Is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the C

Is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he is the only player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently seventh).

Was an illustrator of US pulp magazines in the science fiction field. He was born in Vienna, Austria

Was an illustrator of US pulp magazines in the science fiction field. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a numb

Was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, among others.

Is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, accordin

Is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. Dancevic's best tournament res

Was an American professional football player and amateur golfer.He played in the 1938 East-West Shri

Was an American professional football player and amateur golfer.He played in the 1938 East-West Shrine Game. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1938 NFL Draft but played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (Steelers) in 1939. He also was an assistant coa

Is a former professional basketball player.A 6’1” guard from Louisiana State University, Brian s

Is a former professional basketball player.A 6’1” guard from Louisiana State University, Brian signed with the Anderson Packers of the National Basketball League in 1947. He scored 2,442 points in three seasons with the Packers, then joined the Chicago Stags of the NBA when the Packers franchise folded in 1949. The Stags quickly traded Brian to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, whom Brian represented as an NBA All-Star in 1951.

Was an American astronomer.He worked at Yerkes Observatory and pioneered the use of photographic met

Was an American astronomer.He worked at Yerkes Observatory and pioneered the use of photographic methods to determine stellar parallaxes. He was director of Allegheny Observatory from 1905 to 1920 and Yale University Observatory from 1920 to 1941.He made major contributions to astrometry. He compiled and published the Yale Bright Star Catalogue.Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest "The name is so difficult for those who do not speak German that I am usually called sles'in-jer, to rime with messenger. It is, of course, of German origin and means 'a native of Schlesien' or Silesia. In that language the pronunciation is shlayzinger, to rime with singer." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

Was an American football running back who played for the Washington Redskins of the National Footbal

Was an American football running back who played for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at Washington State University.

Is an American fitness author, publisher, TV personality, and a fitness model of Italian and German

Is an American fitness author, publisher, TV personality, and a fitness model of Italian and German descent. Sepe has been featured on more than 100 magazine covers all over the world, on romance book covers, in hundreds of bodybuilding magazine articles,

Was an American equestrian and Olympic champion.

Was an American equestrian and Olympic champion.

American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His re

American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kineti