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Fréchet space
A Fréchet space, named for Maurice Fréchet, is a complete metrizable locally convex topological vector space whose topology is given by a countable family of seminorms.
Fréchet Video Distance
Fréchet Video Distance (FVD) is a metric for evaluating generative video models, introduced by Google researchers in December 2018 as the video analog of the Fréchet Inception Distance for images.
Freckle
Freckle (ephelis, ephelides): small brown macule on sun-exposed skin that darkens in summer and fades in winter, caused by uneven MC1R-linked melanin production; distinct from lentigines and moles, and a marker of skin cancer risk.
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Fred "Sonic" Smith (Frederick Dewey Smith, 1949-1994) was an American guitarist, co-founder of MC5, founder of Sonic's Rendezvous Band ("City Slang"), and husband of Patti Smith; he played a major role on her 1988 Dream of Life.
Fred (footballer, born 1983)
Fred (Frederico Chaves Guedes, born 1983, Teófilo Otoni) is a Brazilian retired striker; Fluminense idol with 199 goals in 382 games, three-time Brasileirão top scorer, Lyon Ligue 1 winner, Brazil 39 caps, 2006 and 2014 World Cups.
Fred (footballer, born 1993)
Fred, full name Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, is a Brazilian central midfielder who spent five seasons at Manchester United after Shakhtar Donetsk and now plays for Atlético Mineiro.
Fred Again
Fred again.. (Frederick John Philip Gibson, born 1993, Balham, London) is an English producer and DJ, distinct from the Is the Sample Good Enough? author Fred Morstatter and from Fred James. Known for the Actual Life voice-note albums, his 2022 Boiler Room set, and winning the 2024 Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Grammy.
Fred Agbedi
Fred Agbedi is a Nigerian politician of the Peoples Democratic Party who serves as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and has represented Sagbama/Ekeremor, Bayelsa State, since 2011.
Fred Alderman
Fred Alderman (Frederick Pitt Alderman, 1905–1998), American quarter-miler and Michigan State Spartan; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 4x400 m relay, world record 3:14.2, third leg 49.4.
Fred Allen
Fred Allen (John Florence Sullivan, 1894–1956), American radio comedian and satirist, star of Town Hall Tonight and The Fred Allen Show, creator of Allen's Alley, famous for his mock feud with Jack Benny and later a What's My Line? panelist.
Fred and George Weasley
Fred and George Weasley are fictional identical twin brothers and Ron Weasley's older brothers in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, proprietors of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
Fred Anton Maier
Fred Anton Maier (1938–2015), Norwegian long-distance speed skater; 1968 Olympic 5,000 m champion and World and European all-round champion; set 11 world records and won 4 Olympic medals.
Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen (Fereydun Robert Armisen, born 1966, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American comedian, actor, and musician: Trenchmouth and Blue Man Group drummer, SNL cast member 2002–2013, Portlandia co-creator with Carrie Brownstein, 8G Band bandleader, and Uncle Fester on Wednesday.
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz, 1899–1987), American dancer, choreographer, singer, and actor; starred with sister Adele on Broadway, then in ten musicals with Ginger Rogers at RKO and MGM, including Top Hat and Swing Time.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the American screen dance team of ten musicals (nine RKO, 1933-1939, plus The Barkleys of Broadway 1949), famed for Flying Down to Rio, Top Hat, and Swing Time and for Astaire's single-take dance filming.
Fred B. Schneider
Fred B. Schneider is an American computer scientist at Cornell University known for work on fault-tolerant distributed systems, security, and formal methods, including fail-stop processors.
Fred Ball
Fred Ball refers to several people: Frederick Henry Ball (1915–2007), Desilu executive and brother of Lucille Ball; Fred S. Ball (1932–2015), Salt Lake Chamber CEO; Norwegian songwriter Fredrik Ball; and actor-magician Fred Ball (1938–2017).
Fred Basolo
Fred Basolo (1920–2007) was an American inorganic chemist who spent his career at Northwestern University, establishing the mechanisms of ligand-substitution reactions of metal complexes and coauthoring the 1958 textbook Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions.
Fred Berry
Fred Berry (1951-2003), American actor and dancer nicknamed Rerun, played Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on What's Happening!! (1976-79) and What's Happening Now!; earlier a Lockers member, later a Baptist minister.
Fred Biletnikoff
Fred Biletnikoff (Frederick S. Biletnikoff), born 1943 in Erie, PA, Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders 1965-78; 589 catches, 8,974 yards, 76 TDs, Super Bowl XI MVP, later Raiders receivers coach.
Fred Børre Lundberg
Fred Børre Lundberg (born 1969, Hammerfest) is a Norwegian former Nordic combined skier, Olympic individual champion 1994 and team champion 1998, world champion 1991 and 1995, Holmenkollen Medal 1998.
Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks, born Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr., was an American computer scientist who managed IBM's System/360, wrote The Mythical Man-Month, and won the 1999 Turing Award.
Fred C. Anson
Fred C. Anson (1933–2024) was an American electrochemist, the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor at Caltech for 44 years, known for the Anson plot and polymer-modified electrodes.
Fred C. Koch
Fred C. Koch was an American chemical engineer who developed an improved oil cracking process, built refineries in the Soviet Union, and cofounded Koch Industries' predecessor in 1940.
Fred Chang
Fred Chang is an American cell biologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, known for work on cytokinesis and cell shape in fission yeast.
Fred Clark
Fred Clark is an American Democratic politician, forester, and business owner from Bayfield, Wisconsin, who won the 2026 Democratic nomination for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District seat.
Fred Claus
Fred Claus is a 2007 American Christmas comedy directed by David Dobkin, in which Vince Vaughn plays Santa Claus's older brother, who works off his debt at the North Pole.
Fred Couples
Fred Couples (b. 1959, Seattle), 'Boom Boom', American golfer; 15 PGA Tour wins, 1992 Masters champion as World No. 1 for 16 weeks, 13 senior wins, three Presidents Cup captaincies, World Golf Hall of Fame 2013.
Fred Crespo
Fred Crespo is an American politician, a Democrat in the Illinois House of Representatives who has represented the 44th district since first being elected in 2006.
Fred Cresser
Fred Cresser (Frederick John Gräßer, 1872–1919), German-born American rower with Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; won gold in the men's eights at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.