Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Shannon Frizell
New Zealand rugby union player
Shannon Michael Frizellis a Tongan born New Zealand rugby union player. His position is flanker. Playing career Early career In 2011, he switched from Football to Rugby, he started playing for 'Apifo'...
Martin Frizell
Producer and editor
Martin Frizellis a producer and editor, known for the films "This Morning" (1988), "Free Women" (1999) and "This Morning is Sunday" (2019). He has been married to Fiona Phillips since May 1997. They h...
David Frost
former British diplomat
David George Hamilton Frostis a former British diplomat, civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiato...
Sadie Frost
English actress
Sadie Liza Frostis an English actress, producer and fashion designer. Her credits as an actress include Empire State (1987), Diamond Skulls, also known as Dark Obsession (1989), Bram Stoker's Dracula ...
Nicholas Frost
English actor
Nicholas John Frostis an English actor. He has appeared in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films, consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), and the te...
Hannah Fry
British mathematician
Hannah Fryis a British mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter. She is Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Her work has included s...
Stephen Fry
English actor
Sir Stephen John Fryis an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two sta...
Cary Fukunaga
American filmmaker
Cary Joji Fukunagais an American filmmaker. A director of TV and film, he first came to wide prominence by directing the first season of the HBO series True Detective (2014). He is known for directing...
The Public Investment Fund
Banks and investments
The Public Investment Fund is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$776
Claire Furley
Singer
Claire Furleyis Singer. Although her first love was the violin, and she dreamed of the life of a professional violinist, a chance meeting with Sylvia Young back when she was 15 led to her hobby of sin...
Tadhg Furlong
Irish professional rugby union player
Tadhg Vincent Furlongis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Career Club career Furlong made his seni...
David Furnish
Canadian filmmaker and former advertising executive
David James Furnishis a Canadian filmmaker and former advertising executive. He is the husband of English singer, pianist and composer Sir Elton John. Career After graduation, he was recruited by the ...
Tyson Fury
British professional boxer
Tyson Luke Furyis a British professional boxer. He held multiple world heavyweight championships, including unified titles from 2015 to 2016, the Ring magazine title twice between 2015 and 2022, and t...
The GMB
Politics and Administration
The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 600,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, s
GQ
Advertising and media
GQ (formerly Gentlemen's Quarterly and Apparel Arts) is an American international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931. The publica
GSMA
Consumer goods
The GSM Association (commonly referred to as 'the GSMA' or Global System for Mobile Communications, originally Groupe Spécial Mobile) is an industry organisation that repres
Richard Gadd
Scottish actor
Richard Gaddis a Scottish actor, comedian, and writer, best known for creating and starring in the 2024 Netflix drama series Baby Reindeer, which was based on his one-man dark comedy show of the same ...
Gal Gadot
Israeli actress
Gal Gadotis an Israeli actress, best known for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). She first gained attention in Israel after winning the Miss Israel pageant in 2004...
James Gaffigan
American stand-up comedian
James Christopher Gaffiganis an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His material often addresses fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. He is regarded as ...
Virgin Galactic
Auto and Transport
Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and his British Virgin Group retains an 18% stake through Virgin Investments Limit