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Faber, Eberhard
- Head of the famous Eberhard Faber Pencil Company.
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Fairbanks, Douglas
- American silent film actor known for his performance in swashbuckling
adventures such as 'Robin Hood'
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Farragut, David G.
- Admiral, US Navy. Leading Union naval officer of the US Civil War.
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Feller, Bob
- Hall of Fame baseball pitcher with the 28th most winning record.
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Fernández-Juncos, Manuel
- Hero of Puerto Rico, the capital's second most important boulevard is
named after him.
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Fiala, Anthony
- War correspondent and famous photographer of Brazilian
and polar expeditions.
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Field, Stephen J.
- US Supreme Court Justice (1863-1897)
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Fields, W. C.
- American entertainer known for his raspy voice, bulbous nose, and sardonic
disposition. His films include My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a
Sucker an Even Break (1941).
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Fisher, Geoffrey
- English churchman, the 99th Archbishop of Canterbury. He became Bishop of
London in 1939, and archbishop of Canterbury in 1945. Fisher was a
distinguished pastor and administrator, helping to reorganize the work of
the Church of England after World War II. As President of the World Council
of Churches (1946-54), he was a vigorous proponent of ecumenism.
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Fitch, John
- American inventor, who probably developed the first American steamboat, an
achievement often attributed to American inventor Robert Fulton.
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Fleming, Sir Alexander
- British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. He shared a 1945
Nobel Prize for this achievement.
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Foelsche, Paul
- First police inspector in Australia's Northwest Territories.
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da Fonseca, Manuel Deodoro -
Grão Mestre de Grande Oriente do Brasil, later first president of Brazil.
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Ford, Gerald R.
- 25 year Congressman and Minority Leader of the US House of
Representatives, he was appointed Vice President of the U.S. in the wake of
the Spiro Agnew scandal. When President Richard Nixon resigned, he became
the 38th President of the United States.
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Ford, Glenn
- Famous US movie actor
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Ford, Henry
- Invented the first gasoline powered automobile in 1893, founded Ford Motor
Company in 1903 and mass-produced the first widely available and affordable
car.
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Francis II
- Holy Roman Emperor
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Francis, Russell Ross
- Professional football player: New England Patriots and San Francisco
49ers.
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Frank, Eugene M.
- Methodist Bishop
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Franklin, Benjamin
- American printer (he published the first book to come off the press in the
colonies - Anderson's Constitutions of 1723), author, diplomat, philosopher,
and scientist, whose contributions to the American Revolution (1775-1783),
and the newly formed federal government that followed, rank him among the
country's greatest statesmen. He held the Masonic title of Grand Master of
Pennsylvania and was one of the 13 Masonic signers of the Constitution of
the United States.
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Francona, Tito
- US baseball player for the Cleveland Indians. He held a record for the
most hits for a player in under 400 at bats.
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Frederick II ("The Great")
- King of Prussia (1712-1786) Effective military commander, music composer,
patron of literature and the arts and institutor of many social reforms.
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Fuller, Alfred
- Fuller Brushes
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Fulton, Robert
- Often referred to as a Mason (as a member of Hiram Lodge in New York
City), his Masonic membership cannot be established factually. At least one
Masonic Lodge was named for him - Robert Fulton Lodge #104, New York, NY.
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