Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Floris IV

b. 1210

Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234

Floris V, Count of Holland

b. 1254

Count of Holland from 1256 to 1296

Flow (Japanese band)

b. 1977

Japanese rock band

Floyd Curry

b. 1925

Canadian ice hockey player

Floyd Gottfredson

b. 1905

American cartoonist (1905–1986)

Floyd Little

b. 1942

American football player (1942–2021)

Floyd Patterson

American boxer (1935–2006)

Floyd Reifer

b. 1972

West Indian cricketer (born 1972)

Floyd Roberts

American racing driver (1900–1939)

Floyd Smith (ice hockey)

b. 1935

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Floyd Temple

American basketball player and coach (1926–2012)

Flynn Robinson

American basketball player (1941–2013)

Foday Sankoh

Sierra Leonean warlord (1937–2003)

Foeke Booy

b. 1962

Dutch footballer, manager and sporting director (born 1962)

Folke Jansson

b. 1897

Swedish triple jumper

Fontella Bass

b. 1940

American R&B and soul singer (1940–2012)

Fonua Pole

b. 2002

NZ Rugby league footballer

Foo Swee Chin

b. 1977

Singaporean comic book artist and illustrator

Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Forbes Burnham

Leader of Guyana from 1964 to 1985

Forbes Carlile

b. 1921

Australian Olympic swimming coach (1921–2016)

Forbes Johnston

b. 1971

Scottish footballer

Ford Madox Brown

b. 1821

British painter (1821–1893)

Ford Madox Ford

English writer and publisher (1873–1939)