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Fredro Starr
Fredro Starr (Fred Lee Scruggs Jr., born 1971) is a Queens rapper and actor who founded hardcore hip-hop group Onyx, scored 1993's platinum Bacdafucup and hit "Slam," then built a solo and acting career.
Fredros O Okumu
Fredros O Okumu, born in Kenya in 1981, is a Kenyan malaria researcher and professor at the University of Glasgow known for tools against outdoor-biting mosquitoes.
Fredy Guarín
Fredy Guarín (Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez, born 1986, Puerto Boyacá), Colombian midfielder for Porto, Inter Milan (141 games, 23 goals), Shanghai Shenhua, Vasco, Millonarios; 2014 World Cup; retired 2021, sober since April 2024.
Fredy Schmidtke
Fredy Schmidtke (1961-2017), West German track cyclist from Cologne-Worringen; Olympic 1000m time trial gold at Los Angeles 1984 in 1:06.10 and 1982 world champion; later bankruptcy and early death.
Free (band)
Free (band): English rock band formed in London in 1968 with Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser, and Simon Kirke. Sparse blues-rock band of the British blues boom, best known for the 1970 hit All Right Now (UK No. 2, US No. 4) from the album Fire and Water; broke up in 1973.
Free (Iggy Pop album)
Free (2019) is Iggy Pop's 18th solo studio album, a 10-track, 33-minute jazz-ambient record made with Leron Thomas and Noveller after the Post Pop Depression tour, released on Loma Vista/Caroline.
Free (Kid Cudi album)
Free is Kid Cudi's studio album, released August 22, 2025 on Republic/Wicked Awesome Records. His self-described first pop album, 13 tracks in 40 minutes, no guest features, with singles Neverland, Grave, and Mr. Miracle.
Free (music)
"Free" is a 1997 house single by American singer Ultra Naté, produced with Mood II Swing and released by Strictly Rhythm as the lead single of Situation: Critical.
Free abelian group
A free abelian group is an abelian group that is a direct sum of copies of the integers, or equivalently an abelian group with a basis.
Free Aceh Movement
The Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM) was an armed separatist group founded in 1976 by Hasan di Tiro to win independence for Aceh, Indonesia.
Free agent
A free agent is a professional athlete whose contract has expired or been bought out, allowing negotiation with other clubs under each league's collective bargaining agreement restrictions.
Free algebra
A free algebra is an algebraic structure with a set of generators such that every map of the generators into any algebra of the class extends to a homomorphism.
Free and Equal (Italy)
Free and Equal (Liberi e Uguali, LeU) was an Italian center-left electoral alliance founded in December 2017 by Article 1, Italian Left, and Possible under Pietro Grasso; it won 3.39% and 14 Chamber seats in 2018 and dissolved in November 2018.
Free and open-source software
Free and open-source software (FOSS), also called libre software or FLOSS, is software whose licenses guarantee users the rights to run, study, modify, and redistribute it.
Free as a Bird
"Free as a Bird" is a 1995 Beatles single built from John Lennon's 1977 home demo, completed by McCartney, Harrison, and Starr with producer Jeff Lynne for Anthology; it reached No.2 in the UK and won a 1997 Grammy.
Free association (psychology)
Free association is a core psychoanalytic method, made fundamental by Sigmund Freud, in which the patient verbalizes every thought without censorship so unconscious material can surface and be interpreted.
Free banking
Free banking is a banking system in which banks competitively issue their own notes without a central-bank monopoly, seen historically in Scotland, Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Free base
The free base (also free-basing) is the neutral, non-ionized form of a basic compound like an alkaloid; unlike its ammonium salts, it is water-insoluble but dissolves in nonpolar solvents.
Free Bert
Free Bert is a 2026 Netflix comedy series starring Bert Kreischer as a heightened version of himself fitting into Beverly Hills society. Created by Jarrad Paul and Andy Mogel; six episodes premiered January 22, 2026; renewed for a 2027 second season.
Free Bird
"Free Bird" is a 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, produced by Al Kooper; a nine-minute ballad with a long guitar-solo finale that peaked at No. 19 on the Hot 100.
Free Birds
Free Birds is a 2013 computer animated comedy film directed by Jimmy Hayward. It was the first feature for Reel FX and grossed over $110 million worldwide.
Free body diagram
A free body diagram, or force diagram, is a drawing of one isolated object with all external forces and moments shown as labeled vector arrows, used to solve statics and dynamics problems.
Free Boolean algebra
A free Boolean algebra is a Boolean algebra generated by a set X so that every function from X to any Boolean algebra extends uniquely to a homomorphism.
Free boundary problem
A free boundary problem is a boundary value problem in which part of the domain's boundary is unknown and must be solved for along with the PDE solution.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow (FCF) is a non-GAAP measure of the cash a business generates, commonly operating cash flow less capital expenditures, and the raw material of discounted cash flow valuation.
Free cash flow to equity
Free cash flow to equity (FCFE) is the cash flow available to a company's common stockholders after operating expenses, reinvestment needs, and debt-related cash flows, discounted at the required return on equity.
Free cash flow to the firm
Free cash flow to the firm (FCFF) is the cash a company generates that is available to all capital providers, both debt and equity holders.
Free Cinema
Free Cinema was a British documentary film movement of six programs at London's National Film Theatre from 1956 to 1959, founded by Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz, and Tony Richardson.
Free City of Danzig
Free City of Danzig (Freie Stadt Danzig, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk): semi-autonomous Baltic city-state 1920–1939, created by the Treaty of Versailles under League of Nations protection with special ties to Poland; over 90% German, annexed by Nazi Germany in September 1939.
Free City of Frankfurt
Free City of Frankfurt (Freie Stadt Frankfurt): independent German city-state 1815–1866, one of four free cities of the German Confederation and its seat; formerly a free imperial city, annexed by Prussia in 1866.