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Federico Bussolino
Federico Bussolino, born in Turin in 1954, is an Italian physician-scientist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Turin, and a leading researcher on tumor angiogenesis.
Federico Cantú
Federico Cantú (Federico Heraclio Cantú Garza, 1907 or 1908–1989) was a Mexican painter, muralist, and sculptor known for the emblematic sculpture of the Mexican Social Security Institute.
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso is an Italian-born American applied physicist at Harvard who invented the quantum cascade laser at Bell Labs and leads metasurface flat optics research.
Federico Castelluccio
Federico Castelluccio (born 1964, Naples) is an Italian-American actor, realist painter, and director, known as Furio Giunta on The Sopranos and for identifying a Guercino Saint Sebastian bought for 50,000 euros in 2010, now valued over $10 million.
Federico Chiesa
Federico Chiesa, Italian forward born 1997 in Genoa, son of Enrico Chiesa; Fiorentina, Juventus, and Liverpool (No. 14, 2024, €12m); Euro 2020 winner whose career was reshaped by a 2022 ACL tear.
Federico Cinà
Federico Cinà (born 2007, Palermo) is an Italian tennis player, former world No. 4 junior, first player born 2007 or later to win an ATP Masters 1000 match (Miami 2025), 2026 Pune Challenger champion, and 2026 Roland Garros Grand Slam debutant, ranked No. 147.
Federico Croci
Federico Croci (born 2010, Bibbiena) is an Italian forward for Fiorentina. At 16 years and 44 days he became Fiorentina's youngest-ever debutant, in the 2026 Coppa Italia against Benevento, and won the 2026 UEFA U17 Euro with Italy.
Federico De Laurentiis
Federico De Laurentiis (1955–1981), son of producer Dino De Laurentiis and actress Silvana Mangano, was executive producer of King Kong (1976) and produced King of the Gypsies (1978) and She Dances Alone (1981) before dying in an Alaska plane crash; Dune (1984) was dedicated to him.
Federico Dimarco
Federico Dimarco, born 1997 in Milano, is an Italian left wing-back for Inter Milan and Italy. Inter academy product, 2025/26 Serie A MVP, winner of two Scudetti, three Coppa Italia and three Super Cups.
Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin, born 1941 in Vicenza, Italy, is an Italian-born physicist and semiconductor designer who built the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor, then co-founded Zilog.
Federico Fazio
Federico Julián Fazio is an Argentine retired footballer, born 1987 in Buenos Aires, who captained Sevilla to the 2014 and 2016 Europa Leagues and won Olympic gold at Beijing 2008.
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (1920–1993), Italian director from Rimini, co-wrote Rossellini's neorealist classics, then created La strada, La dolce vita, 8½, and Amarcord, winning four Best Foreign Language Film Oscars and an Honorary Award; "Felliniesque" names his carnival-dream style.
Federico Freni
Federico Freni is an Italian Lega politician serving as Undersecretary of State for Economy and Finance in the Meloni government, overseeing financial-system regulation and supervision.
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca was a Spanish poet and playwright, author of Bodas de sangre, Yerma, and La casa de Bernarda Alba, executed at the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
Federico Gatti
Federico Gatti, Italian centre-back born 1998 in Rivoli, plays for Juventus (number 4) and Italy. Rose from Eccellenza and bricklaying jobs to a January 2022 Juventus signing; contract runs to 2030.
Federico Higuaín
Federico Higuaín, born Federico Fernando Higuaín in 1984, is an Argentine former professional soccer player, nicknamed "Pipa," who starred for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.
Federico Macheda
Federico Macheda is an Italian professional footballer and Lazio youth product, best known for scoring the injury-time winner on his 2009 Manchester United debut aged 17.
Federico Marchetti (businessman)
Federico Marchetti, born 1969 in Ravenna, Italy, is an Italian e-commerce entrepreneur who founded Yoox and was chief executive of the YOOX Net-A-Porter Group from 2015 to 2021.
Federico Pellegrino
Federico Pellegrino, born 1990 in Aosta, Italy, is an Italian cross-country skiing sprint specialist who won the 2017 world title and Olympic sprint silvers in 2018 and 2022.
Federico Peña
Federico Peña (born 1947, Laredo, Texas) is an American attorney and politician, Denver's first Hispanic mayor (1983-1991) and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Transportation (1993-1997) and Secretary of Energy (1997-1998), later a private-equity adviser. Not the Trinidad and Tobago footballer of the same name.
Federico Roman
Federico Roman (Euro Federico Roman), Italian eventing rider born 1952 in Trieste; Olympic individual gold and team silver at Moscow 1980 on Rossinan, Italy's last Olympic equestrian medals; also competed at Montreal 1976 and Barcelona 1992.
Federico Rosei
Federico Rosei is an Italian and Canadian nanomaterials scientist, formerly at INRS in Quebec, who has held the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Trieste since 2023.
Federico Sturzenegger
Federico Sturzenegger is an Argentine economist and politician serving as Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation under President Javier Milei, having previously led the Central Bank.
Federico Tinoco Granados
Federico Tinoco Granados (1868–1931) was a Costa Rican soldier and politician who seized power in a 1917 coup, ruling until his resignation in August 1919 amid US non-recognition.
Federico Valverde
Federico Valverde (Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta, born 1998, Montevideo), Uruguayan midfielder and captain of Real Madrid and Uruguay; Peñarol youth, 2015 €5m signing, 323 Madrid appearances, 14 titles, 76 Uruguay caps.
Federigo Fregoso
Federigo Fregoso, also Federico Fregoso (c. 1480 – 1541), was a Genoese nobleman, soldier, diplomat, and cardinal who served as archbishop of Salerno and later bishop of Gubbio.
Federweisser
Federweißer (Federweisser, Federweisse) is German partly fermented grape must, a young cloudy wine drunk in autumn with Zwiebelkuchen; called Sturm in Austria and burčák in Czechia.
FedEx
FedEx Corporation is a Memphis, Tennessee-based multinational delivery and logistics company founded by Frederick W. Smith in 1971, which pioneered overnight air freight via its hub-and-spoke airline, Federal Express.
FedEx Cup
FedEx Cup (FedExCup): PGA Tour season-long points competition since 2007, decided by three playoffs events ending at the TOUR Championship, East Lake; Tiger Woods first champion, Tommy Fleetwood the 2025 winner.
FedEx Express
FedEx Express, originally Federal Express Corporation, is the world's largest express transportation company, founded by Fred Smith in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 around a hub-and-spoke overnight air freight system serving more than 220 countries.