Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter F

S a Mexican-American Latin pop and adult contemporary singer.[1] A native speaker of the Spanish lan

S a Mexican-American Latin pop and adult contemporary singer.[1] A native speaker of the Spanish language, he has had several hits in the United States, including "Don't Wanna Try" in 2003 and "Obsession" in 2005.[2] His album The One debuted at #3 on the Billboard album charts in April 2005 & later was classified platinum by RIAA.[3] For some time, he had also been a member of the musical group Kumbia Kings.

Is a Taiwanese singer. His birth name is ??? (Gé Yuánchéng) and he has been using the moniker The

Is a Taiwanese singer. His birth name is ??? (Gé Yuánchéng) and he has been using the moniker The Frog Prince (???? Qingwa Wángzi) for more than three decades which was given to him by his close friend, comedian Ni Min-jan. He also has a friend named Chang Fei, the host of Variety Big Brother. He is known for the song "Flaming Phoenix" (???).

Was a successful American musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years, from his fi

Was a successful American musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005

Is an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered to be one of the founding

Is an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop.He frequented Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious "Kat's Korner", a corner of the dance floor in which impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner Frieda Washington performed the first air step (often referred to as an aerial) in a swing dance competition at the Savoy Ballroom. The air step he performed was a "back to back roll" and was danced while Chick Webb played "Down South Camp Meeting" (which was Frankie's request after having heard the song earlier in the evening).

Is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter and Vocalist [1]who had success in the 1970s. Miller was raised

Is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter and Vocalist [1]who had success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow with his parents, Kathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. He attended Sacred Heart Primary school [2]. He

Is one of Jamaica's best-loved and popular dancehall reggae artists. Born almost blind, he has been

Is one of Jamaica's best-loved and popular dancehall reggae artists. Born almost blind, he has been dubbed by some 'The Jamaican Stevie Wonder'.1983 he formed his own band, called Paul Blake and the Bloodfire Posse. In 1984 he wrote their first song – Rub-A-Dub Soldier – which went straight to the top of reggae charts all over the world, a song which now belongs to the true reggae classics. Blakes second song, Get Flat, also climbed to the top of the charts.

A female British singer and occasional actress.She started her career in 2001 in the group S Club Ju

A female British singer and occasional actress.She started her career in 2001 in the group S Club Juniors, who were later known as S Club 8. The band split in 2003 but went on to shoot I Dream in Spain. In 2007 she joined the girl group The Saturdays, which includes Rochelle Wiseman (who had also been in S Club 8 alongside Sandford), Una Healy, Mollie King and Vanessa White.

Is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The 4 Seasons.Valli, along with Tommy DeVito, Ni

Is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The 4 Seasons.Valli, along with Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio, the original members of The 4 Seasons, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990[1] and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]

Was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 recordings in h

Was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 recordings in his lifetime.He was born Frank Abelsohn to a Jewish family in Devon Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The name 'Vaughan came from a grandmother whose

Was a polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", he was the premier artist to play in the Slov

Was a polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", he was the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style.Yankovic enlisted in the Armed Forces in 1943, and cut some records while on leave, prior to his departure for Europe. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where a severe case of frostbite nearly resulted in the amputation of his hands and feet; fortunately, he was able to beat the gangrene before that became necessary, and was awarded a Purple Heart. The doctors urged him to have his fingers amputated, but he refused, since that would mean he would not be able to play the accordion.

Was one of the founders of, and the first lead singer of The Wailers.Junior Braithwaite was born in

Was one of the founders of, and the first lead singer of The Wailers.Junior Braithwaite was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in the same neighborhood where Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer (aka. Bunny Livingston) and Peter Tosh later lived. Higgs and Wilson, one of the top harmonizing groups in Jamaica at that time, used to rehearse in his backyard. The friends Braithwaite, Wailer, Marley, Tosh and Beverley Kelso, inspired by Wilson and Higgs, started singing together under various names, and in 1963 they became known as "The Wailers".

Was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.Fr

Was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, playing the piano.

Was an African-American rock and roll/Rhythm and blues singer, best known as the boy soprano lead si

Was an African-American rock and roll/Rhythm and blues singer, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group called The Teenagers. The group included five boys, all in their early to mid teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African-American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.

Was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.Fr

Was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanfor

Is a Dutch singer of "het levenslied" (Dutch folk music).From an early age, Frans Bauer was determin

Is a Dutch singer of "het levenslied" (Dutch folk music).From an early age, Frans Bauer was determined to become a singer. His great idols are Julio Iglesias and Elvis Presley. By the latter, he was sometimes brought on stage to sing along with Ik verscheurde je foto (I shred your photo).

Was a Dutch Golden Age painter especially famous for portraiture. He is notable for his loose painte

Was a Dutch Golden Age painter especially famous for portraiture. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art

Was a Flemish painter, son of Frans Pourbus the Elder and grandson of Pieter Pourbus. He was born in

Was a Flemish painter, son of Frans Pourbus the Elder and grandson of Pieter Pourbus. He was born in Antwerp and died in Paris. He is also referred to as "Frans II".

Is a Dutch painter, who was born at The Hague, Netherlands.His landscapes and Amsterdam cityscapes a

Is a Dutch painter, who was born at The Hague, Netherlands.His landscapes and Amsterdam cityscapes are painted in a style that recalls the classical tradition of the Hague School and the Amsterdam Impressionists

Was a Dutch genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons

Was a Dutch genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660-1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters.

Was a Czech sculptor.His work includes not only traditional statues and busts, but also large-scale

Was a Czech sculptor.His work includes not only traditional statues and busts, but also large-scale more abstract works. He produced a number of statues of Winston Churchill, one of them at the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in Fulton, Missouri.

Was a German composer and music publisher.Hoffmeister’s reputation today however rests almost excl

Was a German composer and music publisher.Hoffmeister’s reputation today however rests almost exclusively on his activities as a music publisher. By 1785 he had established one of Vienna’s first music publishing businesses, second only to Artaria & Co which had ventured into the field just five years earlier. Hoffmeister published his own works and those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Albrechtsberger, Dittersdorf, and Vanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D (K.499) to him, and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as "most beloved brother".

Is a German bass-baritone.A native of Wipperfürth, Crass studied with Gerda Heuer in Wiesbaden and

Is a German bass-baritone.A native of Wipperfürth, Crass studied with Gerda Heuer in Wiesbaden and with Professor Clemens Glettenberg at the Hochschule für Musik in Köln. He won numerous competitions throughout Germany in the 1950s. In 1954 he made his debut at the municipal theater in Krefeld; from 1956 he sang at the Landestheater Hannover.

Was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the Wessobrunner School.A sculpt

Was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the Wessobrunner School.A sculptor and stuccoist, he (along with his brother Johann Michael) was responsible for the choir stalls in the Benedictine monastery church in Einsiedeln, Switzerland,[1] and for the sculptures on the altars and pulpits in the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten, Austria.[2] He also assisted in the rebuilding of the Salem Abbey, destroyed in a fire in 1697.[3]

Was a German Baroque painter. He is best known for his frescoes, which decorate many of the churches

Was a German Baroque painter. He is best known for his frescoes, which decorate many of the churches and monasteries along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. The frescoes in the Zwiefalten Abbey are considered his masterpiece.[1]Spiegler was the son of a district court attorney in the Free Imperial City of Wangen im Allgäu. After the death of his father in 1692, his mother married the painter Adam Joseph Dollmann, a member of an old patrician family in Wangen. This was Spiegler's first introduction to the arts. Around 1710 Spiegler began training as a painter in Munich under the tutelage of his great-uncle, the Bavarian court painter Johann Kaspar Sing. During the course of his studies, Spiegler also became acquainted with the historical painting in vogue with the Dutch painters of the time.

Is a well known Austrian opera and air singer. He is a famous interpreter of clerical music and Bach

Is a well known Austrian opera and air singer. He is a famous interpreter of clerical music and Bach-Cantatas. He is well known for portraying humorous roles (e.g. the pigs baron in Johann Strauß' Gipsy baron, Tewje in Anatewka, for which he was especially honored).