Frederic (given name)
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Frederic is a given name, and may refer to:
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In politics:
- Frederic C. WalcottFrederic C. WalcottFrederic Collin Walcott was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, he attended the public schools of Utica, New York and graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1886, from Phillips Academy in 1887 and from Yale University in 1891, where he was a...
, United States Senator from Connecticut - Frederic M. SackettFrederic M. SackettFrederic Mosley Sackett served as a United States Senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany during the Hoover Administration....
, United States Senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany - Frederic Mackarness Bennett, British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament
- Frederic NorthFrederic NorthFrederic Dudley North, CMG , was an England-born Australian public servant and cricketer.-Early life:...
(1866–1921), Australian civil servant and cricketer - Frederic René Coudert, Jr.Frederic René Coudert, Jr.Frederic René Coudert Jr. ; born, died in New York City) was a Representative from New York.-Background:Coudert attended Browning and Morristown Schools in New York City, then graduated from Columbia University in 1918 and from its law school in 1922...
, Representative from New York
In artistry:
- Frederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters...
, American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut - Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron LeightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA , known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 1886 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter...
, English painter and sculptor - Frederic Jacobs Smith, only child of Carrie Jacobs-BondCarrie Jacobs-BondCarrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular sheet music from the 1890s through the early 1940s....
, composer of "A Perfect DayA Perfect Day (song)"A Perfect Day" is a parlor song written by Carrie Jacobs-Bond in 1909 at the Mission Inn, Riverside, California. Jacobs-Bond wrote the lyrics after watching the sun set over Mount Rubidoux from her 4th-floor room. She came up with the tune three months later while touring the Mojave Desert...
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In literature:
- Frederic LebowFrederic LebowFrederic Lebow is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for While You Were Sleeping with Daniel G. Sullivan, but while it was acclaimed by many it did not receive any awards. He also had a minor role in the 1991 B-movie Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. He currently resides in Long...
, American actor and writer - Frederic TutenFrederic TutenFrederic Tuten is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He has written five novels – The Adventures of Mao on the Long March , Tallien: A Brief Romance , Tintin in the New World: A Romance , Van Gogh's Bad Café and The Green Hour – as well as one book of inter-related short...
, American novelist whose works are characterized by a highly ingenious prose style
In music:
- Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
, Polish composer of Romantic MusicRomantic musicRomantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....
In law:
- Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount MaughamFrederic Maugham, 1st Viscount MaughamFrederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham PC, KC was a British lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor from 1938 until 1939 despite having virtually no political career at all....
, British lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor - Frederic William MaitlandFrederic William MaitlandFrederic William Maitland was an English jurist and historian, generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.-Biography:...
, English jurist and historian
In other fields:
- Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett (1886–1969), British psychologist and professor of experimental psychology
- Frederic Charles DreyerFrederic Charles DreyerAdmiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, GBE, KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who developed a fire control system for British warships...
, officer of the Royal Navy who developed a fire control system for British warships - Frederic FriedelFrederic FriedelFrederic Alois Friedel, born in 1945, studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and in Oxford, graduating with a thesis on speech act theory and moral language...
, co-founder of the chess database company ChessBase - Frederic HsiehFrederic HsiehFrederic Hsieh was a Chinese-born American realtor and investor who "founded" the first Chinese American suburban community of Monterey Park, California by purchasing and reselling plots of abandoned land in the city at premium prices to Chinese investors from Taiwan...
, Chinese-born American realtor and investor - Frederic GehringFrederic GehringFrederic Gehring was the Padre of Guadalcanal. Father Gehring was known for being a big part of World War II. He died on April 26th, 1998, at the age of 95.-World War II:...
was a priest in World War II who got the name Padre of Guadalcanal
As a fictional character:
- Frederic, orphaned nobleman turned pirate in Gilbert and SullivanGilbert and SullivanGilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
's comic opera Pirates of Penzance - Frédéric François Chopin, protagonist in Eternal SonataEternal Sonatais an original role-playing video game created by Tri-Crescendo. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe...
. Based on the composer of the same name.
Other
- Hurricane FredericHurricane FredericHurricane Frederic was the sixth tropical cyclone, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. Frederic was the costliest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Gulf Coast at that particular time...
– a hurricane that devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 1979
See also
- FedericoFederico-People with the given name Federico:In business:* Federico Moctezuma, founder of Damazco Builders and Land Development CorpIn the arts:* Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan composer and DJ....
- FredFredFred may refer to:People:*Fred , pen name of French comics creator Fred Othon Aristidès*Fred Tuttle , American farmer from Vermont who ran for the U.S...
- Freddo
- FreddyFreddyFreddy or Freddie may refer to:*Freddy Auratus, a fiction golden hamster from The Golden Hamster Saga, written by Dietlof Reiche and translated from the German by John Brownjohn.*Freddie Mac, government sponsored enterprise of the U.S...
- FrédéricFrédéricFrédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to:In artistry:* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator* Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor...
- FrederickFrederick-Royalty:Austria* Frederick I, Duke of Austria , Duke of Austria from 1195–1198* Frederick II, Duke of Austria , last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty...
- FredericoFredericoFrederico is a given name, and may refer to:In literature:* Frederico Barbosa, Brazilian poet* Frederico Ghisliero, Italian fencer and soldier who wrote his text Regole di molte cavagliereschi essercitiiIn sports:...
- FredrikFredrikFredrik is derived from the Germanic name Friedrich or Friederich, from the Old High German fridu meaning "peace" and rîhhi meaning "ruler" or "power". The name means "peaceful ruler" The most common variant spelling of this name is Frederik, although the English spelling Frederick is more common...
- FriedrichFriedrich-Names:*Friedrich , people with the surname Friedrich*Friedrich , people with the given name Friedrich-Other:*Friedrich , a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War...
- Fryderyk (disambiguation)Fryderyk (disambiguation)Fryderyk is a given name, and may refer to:* Fryderyk Chopin , a Polish piano composer* Fryderyk Getkant , a military engineer, artilleryman and cartographer of German origin...