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Fatigue limit

The fatigue limit, also called the endurance limit, is the maximum cyclic stress amplitude below which a material can endure an infinite number of cycles.

Fatigue risk management in aviation

Fatigue risk management in aviation is the set of scheduling controls, reporting processes, and regulations used to keep flight crew fatigue at a safe level.

Fatigue Risk Management System

A fatigue risk management system (FRMS) is a data-driven, science-based method of continuously monitoring and managing fatigue-related safety risks, tailored to each operator so crews perform at adequate alertness levels.

Fatigue testing

Fatigue testing applies repeated cyclic loads to materials and components to measure how long they survive, producing S-N curves, fatigue strengths, and crack growth data.

Fatih

Fatih is Istanbul's historic-peninsula district, named for Mehmed the Conqueror. It spans 15.6 km2 with 57 neighborhoods, holds Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, and the Grand Bazaar, and forms part of the UNESCO Historic Areas of Istanbul.

Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin (Fatih Akın), German director, screenwriter and producer born 1973 in Hamburg to Turkish parents; Golden Bear for Head-On (2004), Cannes Best Screenplay for The Edge of Heaven, Golden Globe for In the Fade; latest film Amrum (2025).

Fatih M. Uckun

Fatih M. Uckun (Fatih Mehmet Uçkun) is a physician-scientist in hematology, oncology, and immunology whose targeted biotherapy research used the CD19 antigen against B-lineage leukemia.

Fatih Mosque, Istanbul

The Fatih Mosque (Fatih Camii) is a congregational mosque in Istanbul, built on the order of Sultan Mehmed II after his conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

Fatih Terim

Fatih Terim, nicknamed the Emperor, is a Turkish football manager and former Galatasaray defender who won the 2000 UEFA Cup with the club and led Turkey to EURO 2008's semi-finals.

Fatiha El-Ghorri

Fatiha El-Ghorri, British-Moroccan stand-up comedian from Hackney known for hijabi, sweary stereotype-smashing comedy; Taskmaster series 19, Cockney Stacking Doll tour and Fringe debut, Best Newcomer nominee, Donkey short, and book The Perks of My Hijab.

Fatima (2020 film)

Fatima is a 2020 drama film directed by Marco Pontecorvo dramatizing the 1917 Marian apparitions three children reported in Fatima, Portugal, released in limited theaters and streaming.

Fatima (فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد)

Fatima, known as Fatima al-Zahra, was the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, the wife of Ali, and the mother of Hasan and Husayn.

Fatima al-Fihri

Fatima al-Fihri (فاطمة الفهرية) is the woman credited by tradition with founding the al-Qarawiyyin mosque in Fez, Morocco, in 859, though some historians doubt she existed.

Fatima al-Masumah

Fatima al-Masumah (فاطمة المعصومة), fully Fatima bint Musa, was a daughter of the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim and sister of Ali al-Rida, who died in Qom in 816.

Fatima Ali (فاطمہ علی)

Fatima Ali (فاطمہ علی), Pakistani-American executive chef (1989–2019) from Lahore; first Pakistani woman to win Chopped, Top Chef season 15 Fan Favorite; died of Ewing's sarcoma; memoir Savor, Chef Fatima Foundation. Not the Fatima Aliyu fundraiser, Fatima Jinnah, or unrelated foundations.

Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi

Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi, born 1989 in Kuwait, is a Danish nanophysicist known for nanosensors that detect bacterial communication in patient samples in 30 seconds, and for founding the diagnostics start-up PreDiagnose.

Fátima Bernardes

Fátima Bernardes (born 1962) is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter who co-anchored Jornal Nacional with William Bonner for 14 years, then hosted the morning show Encontro until leaving Globo in 2023.

Fatima Bhutto (فاطمہ بھٹو)

Fatima Bhutto (فاطمہ بھٹو), born 1982 in Kabul, is a Pakistani writer, journalist, and activist, daughter of assassinated Murtaza Bhutto; author of Songs of Blood and Sword (2010), The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, The Runaways, and The Hour of the Wolf (2026).

Fatima bint Abd Allah al-Jawzdhani

Fatima bint Abd Allah al-Jawzdhani (فاطمة بنت عبد الله) was a sixth-century AH woman hadith transmitter of Isfahan, the decisive link carrying al-Tabarani's hadith collections to later generations.

Fatima bint al-Abbas

Fatima bint al-Abbas (فاطمة بنت العباس), known as al-Baghdadiyya and Umm Zaynab, was a Hanbali scholar and mufti who headed a Cairo ribat and died in 1314–1315.

Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi (فاطمة بنت مبارك الكتبي)

Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi (فاطمة بنت مبارك الكتبي), born 1943, Emirati royal known as Mother of the Nation, wife of UAE founder Sheikh Zayed, mother of President Mohamed bin Zayed, founder of the General Women's Union.

Fátima Bosch

Fátima Bosch Fernández, Mexican model from Teapa, Tabasco, Miss Universe México 2025 and Miss Universe 2025, the fourth Mexican winner, crowned 21 November 2025 in Thailand after a walkout over organizer Nawat Itsaragrisil's insults.

Fátima Cardoso

Fátima Cardoso is a Portuguese medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer, known for leading the MINDACT trial and creating Portugal's first certified Breast Unit in Lisbon.

Fatima Farheen Mirza

Fatima Farheen Mirza (born 1991) is an American novelist, Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate, and author of A Place for Us (2018), the New York Times bestselling debut and first SJP for Hogarth book about a Shia Muslim Indian-American family.

Fatima Galvez

Fátima Gálvez Marín, Spanish trap shooter born 1987 in Baena, Córdoba; Olympic trap mixed team gold at Tokyo 2020 with Alberto Fernández, 2015 world champion, four-time Olympian.

Fatima Jinnah (فاطمہ جناح)

Fatima Jinnah (فاطمہ جناح), Madar-e-Millat, 1893–1967, Pakistani dental surgeon, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and opposition candidate against Ayub Khan in the 1965 presidential election.

Fatima Kline

Fatima "The Archangel" Kline (born 2000) is an American UFC women's strawweight from New York with a 10-1 record, four-fight win streak, ranked #6, eyeing a 2027 title shot.

Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou

Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou is a French cancer biologist, Research Director at Inserm and director of the Stress and Cancer laboratory at Institut Curie in Paris, elected an EMBO Member in 2016.

Fatima Moreira de Melo

Fátima Moreira de Melo, born 1978 in Rotterdam, is a Dutch former field hockey midfielder with 257 caps: Olympic gold 2008, silver 2004, bronze 2000, and the 2006 World Cup, later a PokerStars professional poker player.

Fatima Sana Shaikh (फ़ातिमा सना शेख)

Fatima Sana Shaikh (फ़ातिमा सना शेख), born 1992 in Hyderabad, is an Indian actress who debuted as a child artist in Chachi 420 (1997), played Geeta Phogat in Dangal (2016) and Indira Gandhi in Sam Bahadur, and stars in Hunkkaar: The Roar (2026).