Frédéric and Frédérick are the
French versions of the common male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
Frederick. They may refer to:
In artistry:
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Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
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Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor
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Frédéric Bazille, Impressionist painter best known for his depiction of figures
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Frédéric Mariotti, actor
In politics:
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Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, 1st Vice-President of Burundi
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Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro, Vice-President of Burundi from 11 November 2004 to 26 August 2005
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Frédéric Bastiat, political economist and member of the French assembly
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Frédéric Dutoit (born 1956), French politician
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Frédéric Mathieu (born 1977), French politician
In literature:
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Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel '' Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book '' A French Nov ...
, French writer, commentator critic and pundit
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Frédéric Berat, French poet and songwriter
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Frédéric Mistral, French poet
In science:
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Frédéric Cailliaud, French mineralogist
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (; ; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were t ...
, French physicist and Nobel laureate
In sport:
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Frédéric Bourdillon (born 1991), French-Israeli basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
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Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet (, born 8 April 1981 in Perpignan) is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on 26 April 2009 at the f ...
(born 1981), French swimmer
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Frédéric Costes
Frédéric Costes (born 27 June 1957) is a French former rugby union international.
Born in La Rochelle, Costes learnt his rugby in Châteauroux with RACC and developed into a winger after showing proficiencies as a sprinter. He played his early ...
, (born 1957), French former rugby union international
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Frédéric Dagée
Frédéric Dagée (born 11 December 1992 in Montargis, Loiret) is a French athlete specialising in the shot put
The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far ...
, French shot putter
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Frédéric Delcourt
Frédéric Delcourt (born 14 February 1964) is a French former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist.
Delcourt was born in Nord, France.
He competed in three events for France at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, includi ...
, French swimmer
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Frédéric Demontfaucon
Frédéric Demontfaucon (born 24 December 1973) is a French judoka
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.� ...
, French judoka
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Frédéric Havas
Frédéric Havas (born May 17, 1973) is a retired volleyball player from France, born in Kaolack, Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It ...
, French volleyball player
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Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel (; born 16 August 1974) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Herpoel was born in Mons. At the age of 7 he began to play for S.C. Havré and then moved to Anderlecht in 1988 where ...
, Belgian footballer
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Frédéric Julan, French boxer
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Frédéric Kanouté, French-Malian footballer
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Frédéric Kuhn (born 1968), French hammer thrower
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Frédéric Michalak, French rugby union player
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Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer
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Frédéric Serrat, French boxer
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Frédéric Vasseur, French motorsport executive
In music:
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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...
, Polish composer
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Frédéric Leclercq, the bassist for extreme power metal band DragonForce
In other fields:
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Frédéric Dumas, one of the first two diving companions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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Frédérick Lemaître (born Antoine Louis Prosper Lemaître),
French actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
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Frédéric Lepied, French computer engineer
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Frédéric Monod, French Protestant pastor
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Frédéric Nérac (born 1960), French journalist missing since 2003
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Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar
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Frédéric Passy, French economist
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Frédérick Raynal, French
videogame designer and programmer
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Frédéric Rossif, French film and television director
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Federico
Federico (; ) is a given name and surname. It is a form of Frederick (given name), Frederick, most commonly found in Spanish language, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Italian language, Italian.
People with the given name Federico
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Fred (disambiguation)
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Freddie (disambiguation)
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Freddo
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Freddy (disambiguation)
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Frederic (given name)
Frederic is a given name. For its origin, see Frederick. Notable persons with that name include:
In arts:
* Frederic William Burton (1816–1900), Irish painter and curator
* Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composer and virtuoso pianist ...
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Frederick (given name)
Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is the English form of the German name Friedrich (given name), Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic languages, Germanic word elements ''frid'', or peace, and ''ric'', ...
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Frederico
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Fredrik
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Fredro
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Friedrich (disambiguation)
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Fryderyk (disambiguation)
French masculine given names
Masculine given names
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