Frederick may refer to:

People

Frederick (given name) Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is the English form of the German name Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements ''frid'', or peace, and ''ric'', meaning "ruler" or "power". Frederick rank ...

, the name

Nobility

Anhalt-Harzgerode

* Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)

Austria

* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 *

Frederick II, Duke of Austria Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 25 April 1211 – 15 June 1246), known as Frederick the Quarrelsome (''Friedrich der Streitbare''), was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the Ho ...

(1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans

Baden

* Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden

Bohemia

* Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia

Britain

* Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain

Brandenburg/Prussia

* Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of Brandenburg * Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620–1688), Duke of Prussia * Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), Elector of Brandenburg *

Frederick II of Prussia Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...

(1712–1786), King of Prussia, Frederick the Great *

Frederick III, German Emperor Frederick III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informa ...

(Frederick III of Prussia, 1831–1888), German emperor and King of Prussia *

Frederick William I of Prussia Frederick William I (german: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the "Soldier King" (german: Soldatenkönig), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuch ...

(1688–1740), King of Prussia * Frederick William II of Prussia (1744–1797), King of Prussia *

Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, wh ...

(1770–1840), King of Prussia *

Frederick William IV of Prussia Frederick William IV (german: Friedrich Wilhelm IV.; 15 October 17952 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 to his death on 2 January 1861. Also referred to ...

(1795–1861), King of Prussia

Denmark

* Frederick I of Denmark (1471–1533), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick II of Denmark Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death. A member of the House of Oldenburg, Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at the age of ...

(1534–1588), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bi ...

(1609–1670), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick IV of Denmark Frederick IV (Danish: ''Frederik''; 11 October 1671 – 12 October 1730) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of Christian V of Denmark-Norway and his wife Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel. Early lif ...

(1671–1730), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick V of Denmark Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: ''Frederik V''; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark–Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. He was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Ma ...

(1723–1766), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick VI of Denmark Frederick VI (Danish and no, Frederik; 28 January 17683 December 1839) was King of Denmark The monarchy of Denmark is a constitutional political system, institution and a historic office of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom includes ...

(1768–1839), King of Denmark and Norway *

Frederick VII of Denmark Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as an ...

(1808–1863), King of Denmark *

Frederick VIII of Denmark Frederick VIII ( da, Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl; 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912) was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912. The eldest son of King Christian IX, nicknamed the ''Father-in-law of Europe'', Frederic ...

(1843–1912), King of Denmark *

Frederick IX of Denmark Frederick IX ( da, Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was List of Danish monarchs, King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Born into the House of Glücksburg, Frederick was the elder son of Ch ...

(1899–1972), King of Denmark *

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, (Frederik André Henrik Christian; born 26 May 1968) is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. He is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. Early life Crown Prince Freder ...

(born 1968), Crown Prince of Denmark *

Frederik Raben-Levetzau Frederik Raben-Levetzau (1850–1933) was a Danish noble and politician who was the minister of foreign affairs between 1905 and 1908. He was a landowner and had estates in Lolland and South Zealand. Biography Raben-Levetzau was born in Lek ...

(1850–1933), Danish count and politician

Holy Roman Empire

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...

(1125–1190), king & emperor *

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (German language, German: ''Friedrich''; Italian language, Italian: ''Federico''; Latin: ''Federicus''; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Em ...

(1196–1250), king & emperor *

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (German: ''Friedrich III,'' 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death. He was the fourth king and first emperor of the House of Habsburg. He was the penultimate emperor to be crown ...

(1415–1493), German ruler

Mantua

* Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua * Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Naples

Frederick of Naples Frederick (April 19, 1452 – November 9, 1504), sometimes called Frederick IV or Frederick of Aragon, was the last King of Naples from the Neapolitan branch of the House of Trastámara, ruling from 1496 to 1501. He was the second son of Ferdinan ...

(1452–1504), King of Naples

Nuremberg

Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg Frederick III of Nuremberg ( 1220 – 14 August 1297 in Cadolzburg), Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern, was the eldest son of Conrad I of Nuremberg and Adelheid of Frontenhausen. Life He owned the possessions of Hohenzollern ...

(c.1220–1297) *

Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg Frederick IV of Nuremberg (1287–1332) from the House of Hohenzollern was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1300 to 1332. He was the younger son of Burgrave Frederick III from his second marriage with the Ascanian princess Helene of Saxony. Li ...

(1287–1332) *

Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (''Burggraf'') of Nuremberg, of the House of Hohenzollern. Life He was the elder son of John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Henneberg. From the de ...

(died 1398)

Palatinate

* Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574–1610), German aristocrat *

Frederick V of the Palatinate Frederick V (german: link=no, Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both r ...

(1619–1620), Bohemian aristocrat

Saxony

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German ''Friedrich der Weise''), was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther. Freder ...

(1463–1525), known as Frederick the Wise * Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750–1827), Elector and King of Saxony * Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797–1854), King of Saxony * Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865–1932), King of Saxony

Sweden

Frederick I of Sweden Frederick I ( sv, Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and (as ''Frederick I'') also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne f ...

(1676–1751), King of Sweden

Württemberg

* Frederick I of Württemberg (1754–1816), Duke, Elector, and King of Württemberg

Other people

Given name

* Frederick Banting (1891–1941), Canadian doctor who co-discovered insulin *

Fredrick de Silva Edmund Fredrick Lorenz de Silva, (1912 – 1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to France. Early life and legal career Born to George E. de Silva a prominent ...

(1912-1993), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician * Fred Dibnah (1938–2004), English steeplejack and television personality * Frederick Douglass (1818–1891), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer *

Frederick Augustus Forbes Frederick Augustus Forbes (30 September 1818 – 9 July 1878) was a politician in colonial Queensland and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Early life Forbes was born on 30 September 1818 in Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wale ...

(1818–1878), Australian politician * Frederick Forsyth (born 1938), British novelist *

Freddy Stephen Fuller Freddy Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. He was a member of the 1967 Pan American Games, 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, a several times Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion in the 1960s and 1970, and a member of th ...

, Canadian ex-amateur boxer 666 * Fred Hollows (1929–1993), Australian ophthalmologist and philanthropist *

Frederick Pei Li Frederick Pei Li (; May 7, 1940 – June 12, 2015) was a United States, Chinese-American physician. He is most famous for his discovery, together with his colleague Joseph Fraumeni, of Li–Fraumeni syndrome, which is caused by germline mutations ...

(born 1940), American physician and co-discoverer of Li-Fraumeni syndrome * Frederik Magle (born 1977), Danish composer *

Frederick Norris Frederick Norris (4 September 1921 – 13 December 2006) was a British long-distance runner. Athletics career Born in Tyldesley, Norris competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Fred Norris was born in Tyldesl ...

(1921–2006), British marathon runner *

Frederick de la Roche Frederick de la Roche (died 30 October 1174) was the sixth Latin archbishop of Tyre (1164–1174), chancellor of the kingdom of Jerusalem (c. 1150), and the chief diplomat of King Amalric. He was a Lorrainer, from the town of La Roche, of noble s ...

(died 1173), the sixth Latin archbishop of Tyre *

Frederick Segura Frederick J. Segura Chirinos (born January 16, 1979) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. Career ;2002 : 1st in Stage 6 Vuelta a Venezuela, Valle de la Pascua criterium (VEN) ;2006 : 1st in Prologue Vuelta a la Indepe ...

(born 1979), Venezuelan track and road cyclist *

Frederick Skiff Frederick Woodward Skiff (1867–1947), was an author, noted collector, bibliophile, expert on Americana (culture), Americana, and founder of the Acorn Club. Skiff traveled widely throughout the United States during his adult life, but is most ass ...

(1867–1947), American author, collector and bibliophile * Fred "Sonic" Smith (1949–1994), guitarist of American rock band MC5 * Frederick Varley (1881–1969), painter * Frederik (singer), (1945), stage name of Finnish singer Ilkka Juhani Sysimetsä, also known as Reetu

Surname

Dave Frederick Dave "Fredman" Frederick is an American sportswriter and former coach. Early life and education Frederick attended Bishop Egan Catholic High School near Levittown, Pennsylvania. At Bishop Egan, Frederick played tackle in football for three yea ...

, American sportswriter and coach

Middle name

* Sabrina Frederick-Traub (born 1996), Australian rules footballer

Fictional people

Frederick (Animal Farm) ''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to c ...

, the owner of Pinchfield Farm in the novel by George Orwell *

Frederick Gaylord Crane The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin Crane, Martin, brother Niles Crane, Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other min ...

, fictional child of Lilith and Frasier Crane on the American TV shows "Cheers" and "Frasier" * Emperor Frederick, the evil emperor in the '' Dune II'' game

Places

United States

* Frederick, Colorado, a town in Weld County *

Frederick, Kansas Frederick is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8. History Frederick was incorporated in 1909. It was a shipping point at the junction of the Missouri Patfic and the St. Loui ...

, a town *

Frederick County, Maryland Frederick County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. At the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 271,717. The county seat is Frederick. Frederick County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ...

* Frederick, Maryland, a city in Frederick County * Frederick, Michigan, a ghost town *

Frederick, Ohio Frederick is an unincorporated community in Miami County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 1 ...

, an unincorporated community * Frederick, Oklahoma, a city in Tillman County *

Frederick, South Dakota Frederick is a town in northwestern Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 215 at the 2020 census. Home to the annual Frederick Finn Fest, the town is part of the Aberdeen Micropolitan Statistical Area. __TOC__ History ...

, a town in Brown County * Frederick County, Virginia *

Frederick Creek (disambiguation) Frederick Creek may refer to: * Frederick Creek (Minnesota), a stream in Minnesota * Frederick Creek (Missouri), a stream in Missouri {{Geodis ...

, several streams * Frederick Sound, a sound in Alaska

Canada

* Frederick, Ontario *

Frederick Sound (Canada) Frederick Sound is a sound in the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest branch of Seymour Inlet and along with that inlet was named in honour of Frederick Seymour, second governor of the Colony of British Columbia. Frederick ...

, a sound in British Columbia

Other uses

* Frederic (band), a Japanese rock band from Kobe *

Frederick (fictional character) Leo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999) was an Italian-American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art dire ...

, the mouse protagonist of the eponymous 1968 children's book by Leo Lionni *

Frederick (horse) Frederick (1826–1837) also known as "Frederic", was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1829 to August 1831 he ran five times and won once. His only win came on his racecourse debut, when he record ...

, a racehorse * , several ships * "Frederick" (song) by Patti Smith