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Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who has represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House since 1993, after representing the 3rd district from 1989.
Frank Pentangeli
Frank Pentangeli, aka Frankie Five-Angels, is the fictional Corleone caporegime played by Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather Part II (1974); created to replace Clemenza, he testifies before a Senate committee, retracts, and dies by suicide.
Frank Perkins (engine manufacturer)
Frank Arthur Perkins (1889–1967) was an English engineer who co-founded Perkins Engines in Peterborough in 1932 with Charles Chapman, building it into the world's largest diesel engine maker by 1953.
Frank Perry
Frank Perry (1930–1995), American independent film director and producer of David and Lisa, The Swimmer, Diary of a Mad Housewife, and Mommie Dearest; Oscar-nominated for David and Lisa.
Frank Peter Roetsch
Frank-Peter Roetsch, born 1964 in Güstrow, is a German biathlete who swept the 10 km sprint and 20 km individual at the 1988 Calgary Olympics for East Germany, took 1984 silver, and won three World Cup overall titles.
Frank Philip Bowden
Frank Philip Bowden (1903–1968) was an Australian physicist and physical chemist who founded the modern physical theory of friction and is counted a founder of tribology.
Frank Plummer
Frank Plummer, born Francis Allan Plummer, was a Canadian microbiologist whose study of HIV-resistant Nairobi sex workers shaped vaccine research; he led Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory.
Frank Pollmann
Frank Pollmann is a theoretical condensed matter physicist, Full Professor at the Technical University of Munich since 2022, who works on topological phases of matter and quantum many-body simulation.
Frank Porter Graham
Frank Porter Graham was an American historian who led the University of North Carolina from 1930 to 1949, then served briefly in the US Senate.
Frank Potenza
Frank Potenza, born Francis Michael Potenza, was an American retired New York City police officer known as "Uncle Frank" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from 2003 until his death in 2011.
Frank Press
Frank Press (1924–2020) was an American geophysicist who first measured the Earth's free oscillations, advised President Carter on science, and led the National Academy of Sciences.
Frank Quitely
Frank Quitely, also known as Vincent Deighan, is a Scottish comic book artist born in 1968. He is known for his work on All-Star Superman and The Invisibles.
Frank R. DeLeo
Frank R. DeLeo is an American microbiologist who serves as Chief of the Laboratory of Bacteriology at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, studying how Staphylococcus aureus evades neutrophils.
Frank R. Zapata
Frank R. Zapata, born in Safford, Arizona in 1944, is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, appointed by President Clinton in 1996.
Frank Rafael Smets
Frank Rafael Smets (born 1964) is a Belgian economist who is Acting Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements.
Frank Rattray Lillie
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870–1947) was an American zoologist and embryologist whose 1917 freemartin studies explained sex differentiation in cattle twins, and who directed the Marine Biological Laboratory.
Frank Reich
Frank Reich (born 1961) is an NFL coach and former quarterback, Jets offensive coordinator since 2026; led the Bills' record 32-point playoff comeback, won Super Bowl LII as Eagles OC, and coached the Colts and Panthers.
Frank Rijkaard
Frank Rijkaard (Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard), Dutch midfielder and coach born 1962 in Amsterdam; Euro 1988 winner, three European Cups with Milan and Ajax, and Barcelona coach 2003-08 winning two La Liga titles and the 2006 Champions League.
Frank Rizzo
Frank Rizzo (Francis Lazzaro Rizzo, 1920–1991), Philadelphia police commissioner 1967–1971 and mayor 1972–1980; law-and-order Democrat, later Republican; 71 percent 1971 win, MOVE raid, statue removed 2020.
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson (1935–2019) was an American Hall of Fame right fielder who hit 586 home runs, won MVP awards in both leagues, and became MLB's first Black manager.
Frank Robinson (aeronautical engineer)
Frank Robinson, also known as Frank D. Robinson, was an American aeronautical engineer who founded Robinson Helicopter Company in 1973 and designed the affordable R22 helicopter.
Frank Rosenblatt
Frank Rosenblatt (1928–1971) was an American psychologist at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, New York, who invented the perceptron in 1957, a direct ancestor of today's neural networks.
Frank Rosenthal
Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal (1929–2008), Chicago-born bookmaker and Las Vegas casino executive who ran the Stardust, Fremont, Hacienda, and Marina for the Chicago Outfit without a license, pioneered casino sports books, survived a 1982 car bombing, and inspired the film Casino.
Frank Ross McCoy
Frank Ross McCoy (1874–1954) was a United States Army major general and soldier-diplomat who chaired the Far Eastern Commission overseeing occupied Japan from 1945 to 1949.
Frank Rotman
Frank Rotman is an American venture capitalist who co-founded the fintech investment firm QED Investors in 2007 and is known for leading its Credit Karma investment.
Frank Ruschitzka
Frank Ruschitzka is a cardiologist who directs the Clinic for Cardiology at University Hospital Zurich and is a professor of cardiology at the University of Zurich, specializing in heart failure and heart transplantation.
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell (John Francis Stanley Russell, 1865-1931), Bertrand Russell's elder brother: British peer, author, divorce-law reformer, and under-secretary for India, twice divorced and imprisoned for bigamy after a 1901 House of Lords trial.
Frank S. Barnes
Frank S. Barnes is an American electrical engineer and Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.
Frank S. Bates
Frank S. Bates is an American polymer scientist and Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, known for work on block copolymer thermodynamics and morphology.
Frank S. Lee
Frank S. Lee is an American pathologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania whose laboratory studies the HIF oxygen-sensing pathway, erythrocytosis, and human high-altitude adaptation.