Leading Figures in History

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

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Frederic Schwartz

American architect

Frederic T. Greenhalge

b. 1842

American politician (1842-1896)

Frederic Weatherly

English barrister and lyricist (1848-1929)

Frederica Sagor Maas

b. 1900

American playwright, screenwriter and memoirist (1900–2012)

Frederica von Stade

b. 1945

American mezzo-soprano

Frederick A. Johnson

American politician

Frederick Abel

English chemist (1827–1902)

Frederick August Otto Schwarz

Founder Of FAO Schwarz

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Ruler of Saxony from 1763 to 1827

Frederick Augustus II of Saxony

b. 1797

King of Saxony from 1836 to 1854

Frederick Banting

b. 1891

Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891–1941)

Frederick Barbarossa

Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

Frederick Barthelme

b. 1943

American minimalist novelist and short story writer

Frederick Blackman

b. 1866

British plant physiologist (1866–1947)

Frederick Bligh Bond

b. 1864

British architect, illustrator, archaeologist

Frederick Buechner

b. 1926

American religious writer (1926–2022)

Frederick C. Bock

US Army Air Forces officer

Frederick C. Weyand

b. 1916

United States Army general

Frederick Carl Frieseke

American painter

Frederick Chapman Robbins

American Nobel Prize recipient

Frederick Chiluba

b. 1943

Former President of Zambia (1991–2002)

Frederick Christian II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

b. 1765

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony

b. 1722

Elector of Saxony in 1763

Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

b. 1708

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth