Browsing People by name starting with F (85 records)
  • 260 – 203 BCE, Roman

    General. He succeeded in wearing down Hannibal by being cautious, patient and avoiding battle.

  • 1835 – 1895, English
  • 1768 – 1826, Polish

    Writer and donor. He established the "Company of Friends in Need" for homeless children.

  • 1933 – 2007, American

    Evangelist. A "Bible-believing" Baptist pastor, he felt that people of faith needed to become much more active in politics, which led to his founding The Moral Majority. He also founded Liberty University as a protest against what he considered the anti-religious, left-wing, and immoral drift of American higher education.

  • Born 1933, American
  • 1946 – 1982, German

    Film director. He provided a model of the film director as political and social critic.

  • 605 – 633, Arabian
  • 1897 – 1962, American
  • 1847 – 1929, English
  • 1570 – 1606, English

    Political figure. Faithful to Catholicism, he plotted against the government and was hanged.

  • 360 – 430, Chinese

    Traveler. A Buddhist monk, he visited Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and India, and left a written account.

  • 1801 – 1887, German
  • 1920 – 1993, Italian

    Film director. He was a master of fantasy and surrealism.

  • 1651 – 1715, Roman

    Roman Catholic archbishop. A tutor of Louis XIV's grandson, he got in trouble with the Court by espousing reforms and in even more trouble with the Church for defending Madame Guyon, a celebrated mystic.

  • 1872 – 1918, Russian
  • 1723 – 1816, Scottish

    Philosopher. A professor of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburg and a member of the "Common Sense" school, he tried to organize an ethical system around the concept of "perfection" (as opposed to the then more current concept of "benevolence").

  • Born 1919, American
  • 1915 – 2011, English
  • 1592 – 1637, English
  • 1804 – 1872, German