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Will Eisner (1917 - 2005)
American cartoonist; popularized the term "graphic novel"  
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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^I was thinking of Wyatt Earp.
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Yevgeny Erastov (born 1963). Russian poet and a Medicinae Doctor.  |
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Ziggy Elman (Harry Aaron Finkelman, 1914 – 1968)
American jazz, swing, and big band trumpeter associated with Benny Goodman. 
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Anne Frank (1929 - 1945), the famous victim of the holocaust. Kept a diary during the German occupation in Netherlands.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Founding Father of the US, politician, scientist, freemason etc.  |
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Carlos Fuentes (1928 – 2012), Mexican novelist and essayist, one of the most admired Latin American writers.
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 Dick Francis (1920 - 2010) (Francis is the one on the right.) British steeplechase jockey turned crime novelist. His books, such as Whip Hand, center on the world of English horse racing. |
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Eduardo Frei (1911 - 1982).
Chilean politician. President 1964-1970.  |
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Florian Fricke (1944 – 2001), German keyboard player and composer, the leader of the classic Krautrock band POPOL VUH.
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Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
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Heinz Fricke (1927 -2015).
German conductor.  Edited by Atkingani - January 09 2018 at 08:11 |
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Ian Flemming (1908 - 1964)
English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer. 
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Joan Fontaine (born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland; 1917 – 2013), British-American actress.
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Ken Follett (born 1949).
British author: Eye of the Needle.  |
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 Leo Fender (1909 – 1991) American inventor and founder of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, or "Fender" for short. Where would rock be without the mighty Strat? |
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Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984).
French philosopher, one of the most influential contemporary thinkers.  |
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 Neil Finn (b 1958) New Zealand singer, songwriter, and multi instrumentalist. With older brother Tim (great singer!), co-frontman of Split Enz. Founder and frontman of Crowded House. A very talented, accomplished songwriter. 
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Otto Frank (1889 - 1980).
Holocaust survivor. Father of Anne Frank who discovered and helped publish her diary.  |
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Peter Fonda? Peter Falk? Too obvious. Peter Frampton? Yikes! NO! How about:
Percy Faith  (1908 – 1976) Canadian (Toronto-born) bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for lush arrangements of popular songs and Christmas favourites. Often credited with popularizing "easy listening." Faith became a household name in American popular music in the 1950s and was a top seller well into the 1960s. My parents thought he was the bee's knees. |
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Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988), American theoretical physicist. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.  |
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