Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Owen Farrell
English professional rugby union player
Owen Andrew O'Loughlin Farrellis an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and captains the England national team. Since 2012, Farrell has ...

Perry Farrell
American singer
Perry Farrellis an American singer, songwriter, and musician referred to as the "Godfather of Alternative Music". Farrell began his career with Psi Com in the early 1980s, before becoming the frontman...

Kenneth Farrington
English retired actor
Kenneth William Farringtonis a retired English actor whose career spanned television, film, and stage. Born on April 18, 1936, in Dulwich, London, he became widely known for playing Billy Walker in Co...

Fariba Farshad
Photgrapher and co-Founder of Candlestar
Fariba Farshadis co-Founder of Candlestar, a company that specialises in the creation and development of new international cultural initiatives including Condé Nast’s College of Fashion and the Prix P...

Michael Fassbender
German-Irish actor
Michael Fassbenderis a German-Irish actor. After studying at the Drama Centre London he became known for playing intense roles in film and television. He is the recipient of various accolades, includi...

Lisa Faulkner
English actress
Lisa Tamsin Faulkneris an English actress, presenter and home cook. She has had roles in The Lover (1992), Dangerfield (1995), Brookside (1997–1998), Holby City (1999–2001), Spooks (2002), Burn It (20...

Sebastian Faulks
British novelist
Sebastian Charles Faulksis a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. He has als...

Guido Fawkes
Communication and Internet
Guido Fawkes is a right-wing political website published by British-Irish political blogger Paul Staines. History In September 2004, Staines began writing an anonymous blog&nb

Melanie Faye
American musician
Melanie Fayeis an American R&B musician and social media personality. She became known after a video of her guitar playing on Instagram went viral in the summer of 2017. She has since performed with a...

Roger Federer
Swiss former professional tennis player
Roger Federeris a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finis...

Anna Fedorova
Pianist
Anna Borysivna Fedorovais a Ukrainian concert pianist. Fedorova performs as soloist, chamber musician and with symphony orchestras in the major concert halls of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy...

Kevin Feige
American film and television producer
Kevin Feigeis an American film and television producer who has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007. The films he has pro...

Sinn Fein
Politics and Administration
Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin

Liz Feldman
American comedian
Liz Feldmanis an American comedian, writer, producer and director. She is best known as the creator and executive producer of the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me and No Good Deed. She also creat...

Thomas Felton
English actor
Thomas Andrew Feltonis an English actor. Born in Surrey, Felton began appearing in commercials and made his screen debut in the role of Peagreen Clock in The Borrowers (1997). He portrayed Louis T. Le...

Vanessa Feltz
English television personality
Vanessa Jane Feltzis an English television personality, broadcaster, and journalist. She has appeared on various television shows, including Vanessa (1994–1998), The Big Breakfast (1996–1998), The Van...

Emerald Fennell
Actress
Emerald Lilly Fennellis an English actress, novelist, television writer, screenwriter, film director, television producer, film producer, and playwright. She appeared in period drama films, such as Al...

Rio Ferdinand
English former professional footballer
Rio Gavin Ferdinandis an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for TNT Sports. He played 81 times for the England national team between 199...

Stacy Ferguson
American singer
Stacy Ann "Fergie" Fergusonis an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. After earning recognition as a child actress in the 1980s, Fergie achieved international fame as a member of t...

Neil Morris Ferguson
British epidemiologist
Neil Morris FergusonOBE FMedSci (born 1968) is a British epidemiologist and professor of mathematical biology, who specialises in the patterns of spread of infectious disease in humans and animals. He...