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F.R. David
F.R. David (originally Eli Robert Fitoussi) (born January 1, 1947, in Menzel Bourguiba, in Tunisia) is a Tunisian-born French singer, most famous for his smash hit "Words" (1982). ..
Frá dauða Sinfjötla
Frá dauða Sinfjötla (On the death of Sinfjötli) is a short prose piece found in the Codex Regius manuscript of the Poetic Edda. It describes the death of Sinfjötli, son of Sigmundr, connecting Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Grípisspá. Borghildr, wife of Sigmundr, wanted Sinfjötli, her step..
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Frédéric-Louis Allamand
Frédéric-Louis Allamand (~ February 5 1736 - after 1803) was a Swiss botanist. Born in Payerne, Switzerland, he moved to Leiden, Netherlands in 1749 to live with his uncle, Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand (1731-1791). He started to study literature at the university of Leiden, however later chang..
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (born in France in 1959) is a novelist, critic and interviewer. His first book was published in 1985. He took up mexican citizenship in 1987. He has published extensively in France, Belgium and Mexico. His main books are Cyclone and Charité. He has also published book-length..
Frédérick Lemaître
Frédérick Lemaitre, (July 28, 1800 - January 26, 1876) was a French actor and playwright. The son of an architect, he was born Antoine Louis Prosper Lemaitre at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime but adopted the first name Frédérick as a stage name. He spent two years at the Conservatoire, and made his ..
Frédérick Raynal
Frédérick Raynal is a French video game designer and programmer. He is probably best known for Alone in the Dark, a game that established many conventions of the survival horror computer game genre (although Resident Evil was the first to truly popularize them). Raynal also has a cult followin..
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux (May 11, 1811 - January 16, 1886), was a French politician and author. He was born at Angers. His father had been ennobled by King Charles X of France, and Falloux began his career as a Legitimist and clerical journalist under the influence of Madame Swet..
Frédéric Back
Frédéric Back (born April 8, 1924) is a Canadian award-winning animator. Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, he emigrated to Canada in 1948. In 1952, he joined the graphics department of Radio-Canada and has remained there since. He created a massive stained glass mural entitled L'histoire de la mus..
Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira
Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira (b. 24 June 1961) was 1st Vice-President of Burundi from 11 June 1998 to 1 November 2001. He is a member of the Hutu ethnic group. Running as a candidate for the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) in 29 June 1993 legislative elections, he won a seat representing Kir..
Frédéric Bartholdi
One of his works Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor. Born in Colmar, Alsace, he studied architecture in Colmar and then went to Paris to further his studies in architecture as well as painting. Bartholdi would go on to ..
Frédéric Bastiat
Frédéric Bastiat Claude Frédéric Bastiat (June 30, 1801–December 24, 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. Contents 1 Biography2 Views3 Works4 Bastiat's Negative Railroad5 Selected quotations..
Frédéric Bazille
Self-Portrait. 1865–1866. Frédéric Bazille. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago. (Jean) Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was an Impressionist painter best known for his depiction of figures. Born in Montpellier, Hérault, France, into a middle-class ..
Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder, Cracow (Poland), October 23, 2004 Frédéric Beigbeder (born September 21 1965) is a French writer, commentator critic and pundit. He was born into a privileged family in Neuilly-on-Seine. His mother, Christine de Chasteigner is a translator of mawkish novels (Barbara C..
Frédéric Belaubre
Frédéric Belaubre (born February 14, 1980) is an athlete from France. He competes in triathlon. Belaubre competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed fifth with a total time of 1:52:00.53. ..
Frédéric Berat
Frédéric Berat (March 11, 1801 – December 2, 1855) was a French poet and songwriter. Born in Rouen, he was author of a great number of popular songs, most of which are devoted to his native Normandy, and his most popular song was Ma Normandie ("My Normandy"). He earned his living, however, ..
Frédéric Boilet
Frédéric Boilet (born January 16 1960, in Épinal, France) is a French cartoonist and a mangaka. Biography Frédéric Boilet's debut in comic art was in 1983 with La Nuit des Archées. He created Le Rayon vert in 1987, followed by 36 15 Alexia in 1990, two albums where he experimented with a me..
Frédéric Bozo
Professor Dr. Frédéric Bozo is currently Professor at the Sorbonne, where he teaches contemporary history and international relations. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Institut Français de Relations Internationales (IFRI) where his focus is on Atlantic and European security issues. H..
Frédéric Cailliaud
Frédéric Cailliaud (born June 9, 1787 in Nantes; died May 1, 1869 in Nantes) was a French mineralogist. He travelled in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia, collecting minerals and making observations. He was curator of the museum at Nantes from 1836 to 1869. Works Voyage à Meroë : au fleuve Blanc, au..
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. (born December 3, 1930) is the Archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ordained as a priest on 13 July, 1958, he became Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro on 11 November 1977. He was proclaimed a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 28 Ju..
Frédéric Chopin
"Chopin" redirects here. For , see . The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. Frédéric François Chopin (IPA: [fʁedeʁik fʁɑ̃swa ʃɔpɛ̃]), (March 1 1810Some sources give February 22, please see Biography for details –&..
Frédéric Chopin Piano Competitions
Several piano competitions are named after Frédéric Chopin, one of the most famous piano composers and pianists ever. The oldest and the most famous of them is the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. There are more Chopin Competitions: most notably the American Chopin Co..
Frédéric Cuvier
Frédéric Cuvier (June 28, 1773 - July 24, 1838) was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of Georges Cuvier. Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1804 to 1838. The chair of comparative physiology was created for him at the Mus..
Frédéric Dard
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Frédéric Déhu
Frédéric Déhu (born 24 October 1972 in Villeparisis) is a French football defender who currently, as of July 2006, plays for Levante UD in the spanish La Liga. He has been capped 5 times for the French national team. Clubs 1991-1999 : RC Lens1999-2000 : FC Barcelona2000-2004 : Paris Saint-Ge..
Frédéric de Lafresnaye
Baron Nöel Frédéric Armand André de Lafresnaye (July 24, 1783 - July 14, 1861) was a French ornithologist and collector. Lafresnaye was born into an aristocratic family at Chateau de La Fresnaye in Falaise. He took an early interest in natural history, particularly entomology. It was only after..
Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
Frédéric Marie Joseph Bruno de Laparre de Saint-Sernin (born 14 February 1958) was the representative of French Co-Prince Jacques Chirac in Andorra until 2002. He has been an advisor to the French President since 1999. He is a member of the French Parliament, representing Dordogne for the politic..
Frédéric Dohou
Frédéric Dohou is a Beninese politician. He served as acting foreign minister of the country from February 2006 to 10 April 2006 after the previous foreign minister, Rogatien Biaou, was sacked following corruption allegations. ..
Frédéric Dumas
Frédéric Dumas was one of the first two diving companions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. ..
Frédéric Dupré
Frédéric Dupré (born 12 May 1979) is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for Standard de Liège. Clubs 1989-1998 : K.A.A. Gent youth team1998-1999 : K.S.V. Oudenaarde1999-2000 : K.A.A. Gent2000-2001 : K.S.V. Roeselare2001-2002 : K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder2002-2006 : S.V. Zulte-..
Frédéric Dutoit
Frédéric Dutoit (born May 26, 1956 in Marseille) is a French politician from the French Communist Party. ..
Frédéric Febvre
Alexandre Frédéric Febvre (1835-1916) was a French actor. He was born in Paris, and after the usual apprenticeship in the provinces and in several Parisian theatres in small parts, was called to the Comedie francaise in 1866, where he made his debut as Philip II in Don Juan d'Autriche. He soon be..
Frédéric Fekkai
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Frédéric François-Marsal
Frédéric François-Marsal, French politician Frédéric François-Marsal (1874-1958) was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. François-Marsal's Ministry, ..
Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1779-1863), the third son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, was a French nobleman who, during Napoléon's brief 1815 return to power, fled to Switzerland and tried to organise a volunteer army in support o..
Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel (born August 16, 1974) is a Belgian football goalkeeper who, as of 2005, is playing for K.A.A. Gent. At the age of 7 he began to play for S.C. Havré and then moved to Anderlecht in 1988 where he played in the youth team. Between 1993 (his arrival in the senior squad) and 1997, ..
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Frédéric Joliot-Curie Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie né Joliot (March 19, 1900 – August 14, 1958) was a French physicist and Nobel laureate. Born in Paris, France, he was a graduate of the School of Chemistry and Physics of the city of Paris. In 1925 he became an assistant to Marie Curi..
Frédéric Jules Sichel
Frédéric Jules Sichel ( 14 May 1802 – 11 November 1868) was a French physician and entomologist. Sichel was born Frankfurt am Main.After his initial studies he went to live in Paris in 1829 where he opened the first ophthalmic clinic in 1832 and is credited with bringing modern ophthalmology ..
Frédéric Kakon
Frederic Kakon is a French guitarist, born on September 19th, 1973 from a family of musicians (father drummer, mother singer). External Links [Fred Kakon Homepage] ..
Frédéric Kanouté
Frédéric "Fredi" Kanouté (born September 2, 1977 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, near Lyon) is a French-Malian footballer, who plays for Sevilla in the Spanish league. Kanouté's talents as a tall striker were noticed by local Olympique Lyonnais team and he joined them as an apprentice in 1997. Kanout..
Frédéric Leclercq
Frédéric Leclercq is the bassist for extreme power metal band DragonForce. Frédéric is a long time friend of DragonForce lead guitarist Herman Li and an ex-member of French Power Metal band, Heavenly. He is multi-talented and can play bass, guitar and keyboards, as well as being a singer. He ..
Frédéric Lepied
Frédéric Lepied (born 1967) is a French computer engineer, and the CTO of Mandriva till january 2006. Lepied is a graduate of the ESIEE engineering school in France. Frédéric Lepied joined the Mandrakesoft Research and Development team in 1999. He is the author of rpmlint, an RPM packages chec..
Frédéric Louis Godet
Frédéric Louis Godet (October 25 1812, Neuchatel – October 29 1900, Neuchatel) was a Swiss Protestant theologian. After studying theology at Neuchatel, Bonn and Berlin, he was in 1850 appointed professor of theology at Neuchatel. From 1851 to 1866 he also held a pastorate. In 1873 he became one..
Frédéric Masson
Louis Claude Frédéric Masson (March 8, 1847 – 1923) was a French historian, born in Paris. Biography His father, Francis Masson, a solicitor, was killed on June 23, 1848, when major in the garde nationale. Young Masson was educated at the college of Sainte Barbe, and at the lycée Louis-le-..
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon (1605-1652) was prince of the independent principality of Sedan, and general in the French royal army. Born in Sedan, he was the son of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon and Maria Elisabeth of Nassau. His brot..
Frédéric Michalak
Frédéric Michalak Date of Birth: 16 October, 1982 Place of Birth: Toulouse, France Height: 1.8 m Weight: 78 kg Position(s): Scrum-halfFly-half Country: France Test Caps: 42 Test Points: 245 (10t, 36c, 36p, 5d) Club: Stade Toulousain Frédéric Michalak..
Frédéric Mistral
Statue of Frédéric Mistral in Arles Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 - March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the literary félibrige movement. He shared the Nobel Prize for Literature..
Frédéric Mitterrand
Frédéric Mitterrand (born August 21, 1947) is a French actor, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, producer and director. He is the nephew of the former French president François Mitterrand and the son of Edith Cahier, the niece of Eugène Deloncle, co-founder of La Cagoule. ..
Frédéric Monod
Frédéric Monod (1794-1863) was a French Protestant pastor. The brother of Adolphe Monod, he was greatly influenced by Robert Haldane. Along with Count Gasparin, Monod founded the Union of the Evangelical Churches of France; his son, Theodore, (b. 1836) followed in his footsteps. Naturalist and e..
Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro
Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro was Vice-President of Burundi from 11 November 2004 to 26 August 2005. He is an ethnic Tutsi and a member of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) party. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Frédéric Ozanam
Frédéric Antoine Ozanam (April 23, 1813 - September 8, 1853) was a French scholar. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997, hence he may be properly called Blessed Frédéric by Cat..
Frédéric Passy
Frédéric Passy Frédéric Passy (May 20, 1822 - June 12, 1912) was a French economist and a joint winner (together with Henry Dunant) of the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1901. Born in Paris, Passy's uncle Hippolyte Passy was a cabinet minister for both Louis Philippe and Louis Napole..
Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne (born December 8, 1978, in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French football player who plays in the forward position, currently for Saint-Etienne in France. This "International Espoir" previously played for Golden Star (division of honor in Martinique), Nîmes (second division, 200..
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (born in Germany, circa 1942) is best known as the eighth (legal) husband of the Hungarian-born American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Originally born Hans Robert Lichtenberg (other sources state Hans-Georg Lichtenberg), he was adopted in 1980 by an elderly German princess of A..
Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif (August 14, 1922 - April 18, 1990) was a French film and television director. He directed several documentaries, primarily dealing with animals and historical events, and frequently used music of Vangelis, although also used original compositions by Maurice Jarre. He was born in C..
Frédéric Sy
Asteroids discovered: 2 858 El Djezaïr May 26 1916 859 Bouzaréah October 2 1916 Frédéric Sy was a French astronomer. He published scientific articles during the period from 1894–1918 on the topic of comets and asteroids. He worked at the Algiers Observatory and was a colleague o..
Frédéric Vitoux
Frédéric Vitoux (born in 1944) is a French writer and journalist. He is known as a novelist, biographer and literary columnist. He was elected at the Académie Française in 2001. Bibliography 1973 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Misère et parole (Gallimard)1973 Cartes postales (Gallimard)1976 ..
Frédéric Weis
Position: Center Nationality: French Date of Birth: 22.06.77 NBA draft: 1999, 1st roundpick 15th by the New York Knicks Current club: Lagun Aro Bilbao (ESP) Height: 218 cm (7'2") Weight: 117 kg (258 pounds) Frédéric Weis (born 22nd June, 1977 in Thionville, France) is a ..
Frédérik Boisvert
Frédérik Boisvert is the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party of Canada's riding committee for the federal electoral district of Québec, and is the party's candidate for that riding in the next federal election. He was also manager of Robert Ouellette campaign for the leadership of Renouvea..
Frédérique Bangué
Frederique Bangue (born December 31, 1976 in Lyon) is a French sprint athlete. Competing in the 100 metres, her personal best being 11.16, she has never reached an international final. However, when competing in the shorter distance of 60 metres (only held indoor) or relay races, she has won a few m..
Frédérique Ries
Frédérique Ries (born on 14 May 1959 in Balen) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Publ..
Frýdek-Místek
Frýdek-Místek is a city in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. External link [Municipal website] (cz, en) Image ..
Frýdlant
The Czech placename Frýdlant refers to: Frýdlant v ČecháchFrýdlant nad Ostravicí See also Friedland. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directl..
Frýdlant-Heřmanice Railway
In 1864, a committee for construction of normal gauge railway line Zittau - Reichenau (Bogatynia) - Frýdlant - Liegnitz (Legnica) was established. Negotiations with governments and investors failed. In 1884, a narrow gauge railway connecting Zittau with Markersdorf via Reichenau was built. As a re..
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (German: Friedland an der Ostrawitza) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 9,800 inhabitants. External link [Municipal website] (in Czech) ..
Frýdlant v Čechách
''For other uses of the terms Frýdlant & Friedland see Frýdlant (disambiguation) & Friedland (disambiguation). Frýdlant, sometimes cited also as Frýdlant v Čechách (-Czech, German: Friedland im Isergebirge) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 7,500 i..
Frýdštejn Castle
Ruin of Frýdštejn Castle can be found in the Liberec Region, Czech Republic, near the town Turnov. It is one of three castles in Jablonec nad Nisou District. A typical rock castle, it lies on upper end of long sandstone rock ridge, next to the village Frýdštejn (former Zásada). The cas..
Fr Donat Spiteri
Fr. Donat Spiteri, OFM Cap, born in Marsa on 13 October 1922, is a biblical scholar in Malta. He was Professor of Biblical Studies New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta(1966-88). A co-founder of the Malta Bible Society in 1958, he has served as its president (1988-); a..
Fr Donat Spiteri OFM Cap
Fr. Donat Spiteri, OFM Cap, born in Marsa on 13 October 1922, is a biblical scholar in Malta. He was Professor of Biblical Studies New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta(1966-88). A co-founder of the Malta Bible Society in 1958, he has served as its president (1988-); a..
Für Den Frieden Der Welt
Für Den Frieden Der Welt (English translation: "For The Peace Of The World") was the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in German by Petra Frey. The song was performed twentieth on the night (following Greece's Costas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers with To Trehandiri a..
Førde
Førde kommune County Sogn og Fjordane District Sunnfjord Municipality NO-1432]] Administrative centre Førde Mayor (2003) Nils Gjerland (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²553 km²0.18 % 2004) - Percent..
Førde, Hordaland
Førde (or Førde i Hordaland) is a village in Sveio municipality, Norway, formerly belonging to Vikebygd. Its population is 390 . References ..
Førde Airport, Bringeland
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