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37 people of 861, A to Z.

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  • Faisal of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia in 1973.
  • Felipe Guaman Poma de AyalaWriter and illustrator of colonial Peru whose chronicle of about 1615 tells the conquest from an Andean point of view.
  • Felipe VIKing of Spain since 2014; addressee of the Mexican president's 2019 letter.
  • Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452–1516King of Aragon from 1479 and, with Isabella, ruler of the united Spanish kingdoms.
  • Ferdinand NahimanaFounder of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines; convicted by the Rwanda Tribunal in the Media case.
  • Fidel Castro 13 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2016Cuban revolutionary leader; Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–1976).
  • Fidji SimoExecutive, CEO and chair of Instacart when elected to OpenAI's board in March 2024.
  • Filipp GoloshchekinParty leader of Soviet Kazakhstan for much of the famine of 1930–33; dismissed in early 1933.
  • Flavio CarboniBusinessman who travelled with Calvi to London; tried and acquitted in the Calvi murder case.
  • Florida NgulinziraSheltered at the school in Kigali from which the Belgian UN troops left on 11 April 1994, and described it to Frontline. The UN inquiry quotes a Mrs Florida Ngulinzira on the death of her husband Boniface, the former Foreign Minister.
  • Folke BernadotteUN Mediator on Palestine in 1948; signed the progress report of 16 September 1948.
  • Frances GeretyCopywriter at the N. W. Ayer advertising agency; wrote "A diamond is forever" in 1947.
  • Frances Oldham KelseyFDA medical reviewer who refused to approve thalidomide in 1960.
  • Francis Augustus MacNuttAmerican translator and editor of Cortés's letters (1908) and biographer of Las Casas (1909).
  • Francis ChardonSuperintendent of Fort Clark in 1837; kept the post journal.
  • Francis deSouzaTechnology executive; named CEO of Scale AI effective August 10, 2026. Previously Chief Operating Officer of Google Cloud and CEO of Illumina.
  • Francisco de XerezSecretary to Francisco Pizarro; wrote the first printed report of the taking of Atahualpa.
  • Francisco PizarroSpanish captain who led the party that took Atahualpa at Cajamarca in 1532.
  • Frank A. HowardStandard Oil Company of New Jersey executive who spoke for the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation at the 1925 conference.
  • Frank B. (Wamsutta) James 1923–2001Man chosen to speak at the Massachusetts celebration of 1970; his speech was never given there.
  • Frank ChurchU.S. senator from Idaho who chaired the Senate committee that investigated the intelligence agencies in 1975.
  • Frank CollbohmAmerican engineer at Douglas Aircraft who became the RAND Corporation's first president, serving from 1948 to 1967.
  • Frank DikötterHistorian; author of Mao's Great Famine (2010).
  • Frank Olson until 28 Nov 1953Civilian Army scientist at Fort Detrick who died in New York City on 28 November 1953, days after being given LSD without his knowledge.
  • Frank P. WalshMissouri lawyer, chairman of the Commission on Industrial Relations.
  • Frank VanderlipPresident of the National City Bank of New York and a former Treasury official.
  • Frank YoungFDA Commissioner in 1989.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945President of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
  • Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf 1852–1925Chief of Staff of the army of Austria-Hungary in 1914.
  • Françoise Bettencourt MeyersL'Oréal director; L'Oréal's report counts her and her family as its largest shareholder.
  • Fred D. GrayAlabama attorney and legislator who represented about 40 living men of the Tuskegee study.
  • Fred WertheimerPresident of Common Cause in 1991.
  • Frederick the Wise 1463 – 5 May 1525Elector of Saxony, who founded the University of Wittenberg and kept Luther safe at the Wartburg.
  • Friedrich Flick 1883–1972Head of the Flick concern, the largest private iron, steel and arms group in Germany.
  • Fritz Fischer 1908–1999German historian who wrote Germany’s Aims in the First World War.
  • Fritz Platten 1883–1942Swiss socialist; secretary of the Swiss Social Democratic party, who negotiated and led the 1917 journey of the Russian exiles across Germany.
  • Fritz ThyssenGerman steel industrialist; heir of the Thyssen business and an early supporter of the Nazi Party who later broke with it.