Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in

Was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in big band settings, particularly for the Count Basie orchestra, where he was part of the "All-American Rhythm Section" with Basie on piano, Jo Jones on drums, and Walter Page on bass.

Was a Zanzibar-born British musician, best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band

Was a Zanzibar-born British musician, best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001).

Is a singer-songwriter from Edinburgh.Stevenson is the eldest of three children born to Scottish art

Is a singer-songwriter from Edinburgh.Stevenson is the eldest of three children born to Scottish artist and potter Charles Stevenson and children's television writer and producer Jocelyn Stevenson, co-creator of the popular programme Fraggle Rock.[1] Stev

Is an Irish singer-songwriter.By age 13 White was playing in school bands and by 17 playing professi

Is an Irish singer-songwriter.By age 13 White was playing in school bands and by 17 playing professionally. At 19, he moved to London, where he busked in subways, and developed his unique voice and guitar style.

Was a German schlager singer, composer, record producer, and news anchor.Breck studied to be a machi

Was a German schlager singer, composer, record producer, and news anchor.Breck studied to be a machinist, then studied singing under Heinz Gietz. He sang schlager songs which were based on well-known classical melodies. His first success was "Überall auf der Welt", based on the "Gefangenenchor" from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco. He went on to score 5 platinum records and 35 gold records over the course of his career.

Is an American rock and roll singer.He learned to play the guitar as a boy and in high school formed

Is an American rock and roll singer.He learned to play the guitar as a boy and in high school formed a band. It helped having parents who had more than a passing interest in music; his father played the trumpet, sang, and fronted local combos as Freddy Ka

A German father and a Japanese mother.[1] He now lives in Berlin.In a controversial turn of events,

A German father and a Japanese mother.[1] He now lives in Berlin.In a controversial turn of events, Kempf's early adult career ironically benefited from his failure to win the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where the first prize in the piano section went instead to Denis Matsuev. Apparently, some judges had wanted to award the first prize jointly to Matsuev and Kempf and had successfully negotiated with the Russian Culture Ministry for the additional funding. However, Kempf collected only third prize in the end, which provoked a barrage of indignant protests from the audience and the Russian press, who accused some of the judges of bias (especially towards contestants who also happened to be their former pupils).[5][6]

Is a Spanish actor, musician, and singer.He is the director of the Spanish theatre company Keops Kar

Is a Spanish actor, musician, and singer.He is the director of the Spanish theatre company Keops Karnak Teatro. That company was the first one in Spain, exclusively dedicated to musicals.

Is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within the German-speaking world soared in the late

Is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. Similar to Hans Albers two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends. Quinn's Irish-sounding name comes from his Irish born salesman father. His mother was an Austrian journalist. He is often associated with the Schlager scene.

Was the most popular Sri Lankan comedian of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 450 film

Was the most popular Sri Lankan comedian of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 450 films ( of which 300 were screened at the celebration of fifty years in Sinhala Cinema).In the 1950s Silva performed the Alanson Mendis composition "Bar Bar Bar" in front of Sir John Kotelawala and was warmly received. He used this opportunity to get a letter of recommendation from Kotelawala which he presented to Livy Wijemanne of Radio Ceylon to secure a job as a radio artist.[1]

An American composer and virtuoso pianist.Rzewski (pronounced zheff-skee) began playing piano at age

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.

Was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Huds

Was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in h

He claimed that from seeing Peter Pan his only thought was to go on the stage. He began his career i

He claimed that from seeing Peter Pan his only thought was to go on the stage. He began his career in 1931 at the Casino de Paris with Josephine Baker. He co-found the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet and was founder director of the National Ballet in Washington.

Was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject m

Was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter.In 1860, he moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning's tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878–96). His 1877 sculpture, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, was considered at its time to inaugurate a renaissance in contemporary British sculpture, referred to as the New Sculpture. His paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition.

Was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old

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

Was a Canadian painter, famous for his landscape and scenery paintings from the Canadian plains in t

Was a Canadian painter, famous for his landscape and scenery paintings from the Canadian plains in the west.Verner was born at Sheridan, Ontario, which was then called Hammondsville, in Upper Canada. Already as a boy he was fascinated and inspired by the paintings of Paul Kane and tried to convince this established painter to take him on as a pupil, but was turned away. A few years later, he went to London, where he studied at Hetherleys Academy of Arts from 1856 to 1860, before joining the British army, enlisting in the 3rd West York regiment. He returned to Toronto in 1862, where he worked first as a photograph colorist and then as a photographer himself. During this time, he became a friend of his long-time idol Paul Kane.

Was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoo

Was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the charac

Was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during Th

Was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy (this last one for the Walter Lantz Studio) into regular cartoon characters. His influence was found in almost all of the animated cartoon series by various studios in the 1940s and 1950s.

Was an American Impressionist painter.He was born in Owosso, Michigan and studied at the School of t

Was an American Impressionist painter.He was born in Owosso, Michigan and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian in Paris. Frieseke and his family resided for fourteen years in Giverny, which was also home to Monet. He had a great influence on the Americans at the colony there, many of whom shared his Midwestern American background.

Was a prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes.

Was a prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and the museums.

Is an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bo

Is an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60's up until today.

Was an English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist.Leslie was born in Woolwich, London, England. H

Was an English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist.Leslie was born in Woolwich, London, England. He was the youngest son of Charles Hobson, a wealthy military outfitter, and Sarah Hobson, née Pye. Leslie was educated in Woolwich, Lewisham and Pas-de-Cal

Was an American sculptor and animalier, well known for portraying living animals. The statue of the

Was an American sculptor and animalier, well known for portraying living animals. The statue of the sled dog Balto in New York City's Central Park is perhaps his most famous piece.

Was an English artist.was an English artist.Frederick's first commission, for Isambard Brunel, was s

Was an English artist.was an English artist.Frederick's first commission, for Isambard Brunel, was six watercolour paintings of the Rotherhithe Tunnel. Four of these were exhibited at the Royal Academy when Frederick was 16. His first oil won a Society of Arts silver medal. He exhibited work at the Royal Academy 27 times between 1838 and 1859. He was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1852.Goodall visited Egypt in 1858 and again in 1870, both times travelling and camping with Bedouin tribesmen. In order to provide authentic detail to his paintings, Goodall brought back sheep and goats from Egypt. The Eyptian theme was prominent in his work, with 170 paintings being exhibited at the Royal Academy over 46 years.

Was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, an

Was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, and clear acrylic (a technique he coined as "sculpting with light").