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Florence Y. Pan
Florence Y. Pan, born 1966, is an American jurist serving as a US circuit judge on the DC Circuit since 2022, appointed by President Biden.
Florence-2
Florence-2 is a small open vision foundation model from Microsoft, released on Hugging Face in 2024 under the MIT license, that handles captioning, detection, grounding, and segmentation.
Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama: county seat of Lauderdale County on the Tennessee River, largest of the four Shoals cities, founded 1818 and named for Florence, Italy; home of the University of North Alabama, W. C. Handy, and the Rosenbaum House.
Florence, Colorado
Florence, Colorado: small statutory city in Fremont County's Arkansas River Valley, elevation 5,180 ft, population about 3,885. Founded 1862; early Colorado oil field; Antique Capital of Colorado with 100+ shops near the Royal Gorge.
Florence, SC Metro Area
Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 22500), northeastern South Carolina metro centered on Florence city; about 201,000 residents in 2025, $54,443 median household income, 4.1% job growth 2024-2025. Distinct from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
Florence, South Carolina
Florence, South Carolina: county seat of Florence County and Pee Dee region hub, founded 1853 as a railroad junction named for Florence Harllee. Population 41,231 (2025 est.); at I-95/I-20; AESC $1.6B battery plant paused 2025.
Florencia Beach
Florencia Beach, also called Florencia Bay or Wreck Beach, is a 5 km surf beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Canada, with A-frame beach-break waves, northeast offshore winds, cold water, and access via the Willowbrae and Nuu-chah-nulth trails.
Florencia Torche
Florencia Torche is a Chilean American sociologist of social stratification and mobility, Edwards S. Sanford Professor at Princeton University, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.
Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes is a Mexican economist, Professor of Finance at SKEMA Business School, who co-founded the law and finance research program linking countries' legal origins to investor protection and financial market development.
Florent Couao-Zotti
Florent Couao-Zotti, born in 1964 in Pobé, Benin, is a Beninese novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose fiction centers on the streets and margins of Cotonou.
Florent Ginhoux
Florent Ginhoux is a French immunologist known for showing that many tissue macrophages arise from embryonic precursors, and now leads a laboratory at Gustave Roussy Hospital in Villejuif.
Florent Groberg
Florent Groberg is a French-born, naturalized American retired Army captain who received the Medal of Honor for stopping a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2012.
Florent Malouda
Florent Malouda, born 1980 in Cayenne, French Guiana, French left winger; 80 caps for France, 2006 World Cup finalist; Lyon (4 Ligue 1 titles), Chelsea (2012 Champions League, 2010 Premier League); later FC Zurich scout and 3e REI reserve officer.
Florent Manaudou
Florent Manaudou, French swimmer (born 1990, Villeurbanne), Olympic 50 m freestyle champion at London 2012 and six-time Olympic medalist; first swimmer with four medals in the event; retired August 2026 at 35.
Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny, French singer and actor born 1961 in Chalon-sur-Saône, known for "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", and "Caruso"; survived lung cancer diagnosed 2022 and returned with the album Grandeur nature and the 65 Tour.
Florent Sinama Pongolle
Florent Sinama Pongolle (Florent Stéphane Sinama-Pongolle), French forward born 1984 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion; 2001 U-17 World Cup winner, Liverpool 2004-05 Champions League winner, one France cap (2008), retired 2019.
Florent van Aubel
Florent van Aubel (born 1991, Ghent), nicknamed "the magician", is a Belgian field hockey attacker, shirt number 8, four-time Olympian with the Red Lions: silver Rio 2016, gold Tokyo 2020, retired from international hockey after Paris 2024.
Florenti(ol)a
Florenti(ol)a, also Florentia [2] and Florentiola, a Roman road station on the Via Aemilia in Regio VIII between Placentia and Fidentia, 15 Roman miles from Placentia, modern Fiorenzuola d'Arda, distinct from Florentia (Florence).
Florentin Pogba
Florentin Pogba, born 1990 in Conakry, Guinea, twin of Mathias and elder brother of Paul Pogba, is a left-footed Guinean central defender who played for Sedan, Saint-Étienne, Gençlerbirliği, Atlanta United, Sochaux, and ATK Mohun Bagan.
Florentina
Florentina, also written Florentia, is a sixth- and seventh-century Iberian virgin saint, sister of the bishops Leander, Isidore, and Fulgentius, venerated as patroness of Plasencia with a feast on 20 June.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex, also called the Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España, is a bilingual Nahuatl-Spanish encyclopedia of central Mexico compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators between 1575 and 1577.
Florentine school
The Florentine school is the painting and sculpture tradition centered in Florence from the late 13th century, conventionally traced to Giotto and a leading force of the Italian Renaissance.
Florentino Pérez
Florentino Pérez Rodríguez (born 1947, Madrid), Spanish engineer and ACS chairman, president of Real Madrid 2000-2006 and 2009-present, Galácticos architect, 66 titles, reelected 2026 until 2030, Super League promoter.
Florentius Radewyns
Florentius Radewyns (c. 1350–1400) was a Dutch priest of Deventer, disciple and named successor of Geert Groote, who organized the Brethren of the Common Life and directed the founding of the monastery of Windesheim.
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867 or 1869, Chicago – July 22, 1932, Hollywood), American Broadway impresario, creator of the annual Ziegfeld Follies revues (1907–1931), producer of Show Boat (1927), discoverer of stars including Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, and Marilyn Miller.
Flores
Flores is an Indonesian island in East Nusa Tenggara, Lesser Sunda Islands, east of Sumbawa; home of Komodo National Park, Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua, Kelimutu lakes, and major earthquakes and volcanoes.
Flores contact model
The Flores contact model is a continuous contact force model for multibody dynamics, proposed by Paulo Flores and colleagues in 2011 for impacts on soft materials with low or moderate restitution.
Flores de Mayo
Flores de Mayo, Spanish for "Flowers of May," is a month-long Filipino Catholic devotion each May honoring the Virgin Mary with daily Rosary and flower offerings.
Flores Sea
Flores Sea (Laut Flores), Indonesian marginal sea between southern Sulawesi and Flores, Komodo, and Sumbawa; IHO East Indian Archipelago area of about 102,816 km², Flores Basin to 5,140 m, key Indonesian Throughflow pathway.
Florescence
Florescence is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Maisie Peters, released May 22, 2026 on Gingerbread Man/Asylum Records UK, co-produced with Ian Fitchuk, featuring Julia Michaels and Marcus Mumford, and reaching UK number 1.