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List of first overall NHL draft picks
The list of first overall NHL draft picks covers every opening selection of the NHL entry draft since 1963, when the Montreal Canadiens chose center Garry Monahan first.
List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients
First World War Victoria Cross recipients: the 628 men awarded Britain's highest gallantry decoration, the VC, in 1914-1918, the largest total of any conflict; recorded in WO 98 registers and the London Gazette.
List of first-class cricket records
First-class cricket records: statistical extremes of multi-day cricket, quoted from CricketArchive and Wisden. Brian Lara's 501 (1994) is the highest individual score; the record dates from 1772.
List of firsts in aviation
The list of firsts in aviation, also called list of aviation firsts, covers earliest achievements in powered flight from the Wright brothers' 1903 flight onward.
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing: all-time and per-championship medal tables. Norway leads with 134 golds; Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo swept all six 2025 Trondheim titles for 15 career golds.
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Nordic combined medalists: men's Gundersen events since the early championships; women debuted at Oberstdorf 2021 (Gyda Westvold Hansen first champion), Mixed Team debuted 2023, Falun 2027 adds Team Sprint.
List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing
Women's cross-country skiing medalists at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, held since the women's 10 km debut at Falun 1954; at Trondheim 2025 Sweden swept all six women's golds, including team sprint and 4x7.5 km relay.
List of fish common names
Fish common names are vernacular species names, standardized by FAO's ASFIS list (13,708 items, 3-alpha codes), ISSCAAP groups, FishBase (333,200 names, 200+ languages), and AFS checklists; unlike ICZN scientific names, they have no regulatory code.
List of Fitbit products
List of Fitbit products: activity trackers, smartwatches, and scales by Fitbit (Google since 2021). Ranges from the 2009 clip-on tracker and Ultra through Charge, Inspire, Versa, Sense, and Ionic to the 2026 screenless Fitbit Air and GPS-equipped Fitbit Edge.
List of flag names
List of flag names: vexillological type names (ensign, jack, standard, pennant, burgee, guidon) and nicknames of specific flags such as Canada's Maple Leaf Flag, Brazil's auriverde, and China's Five Stars Red Flag, with the vexillum etymology.
List of flags by color
List of flags by color: vexillological indexes that group national flags by color palette. Red appears on 149 national flags, red-white-blue is the largest combination (32-49 flags), classified via FIAV tinctures.
List of flags by color combination
List of flags by color combination: indexes grouping national flags by shared color sets. Red-white-blue leads (~30-32 flags); red is the most common single color; green rose sharply after African independence; Pan-Arab, Pan-African, Pan-Slavic traditions recur.
List of flags of the Soviet Union
Flags of the Soviet Union: the USSR state flag, RSFSR flags from the 1918 Chekhonin design through the 1937 and 1954 versions, the 1949–1954 union republic flags, ASSR flags, and the Banner of Victory.
List of flags of the United States
Flags of the United States: the 27-design national Stars and Stripes (13 stripes, 50 stars since 1960), governed by the 1777 and 1818 Flag Acts and Executive Order 10834, plus the 50 state, DC, and territorial flags.
List of flags with blue, red, and white stripes
Flags with blue, red, and white stripes: about 25 national flags use only these colors, 38 feature them. Descends from the Dutch tricolour (1572/1937), France's 1794 Tricolore, Russia's Peter the Great flag, and the US 1777 Stars and Stripes.
List of Flash enemies
Flash enemies: the Rogues (Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Gorilla Grodd, Weather Wizard, Captain Boomerang, Heat Wave) and speedster foes the Rival, Reverse-Flash, Zoom, and Godspeed, introduced from Showcase #8 (1957) and Flash Comics #104 (1949) onward.
List of Flashpoint episodes
The list of Flashpoint episodes covers all 75 episodes, in five seasons, of the Canadian police drama Flashpoint, which aired on CTV from 2008 to 2012.
List of fleets
List of fleets: naval fleets and the US Navy's seven active numbered fleets (Second through Seventh, Tenth), established 15 March 1943, with fleet sizes, headquarters, deployment counts, and 2026 tonnage rankings by country.
List of Fleetwood Mac members
List of Fleetwood Mac members: Mick Fleetwood is the only member in every lineup of the band formed in London in 1967; sources count 16 or 18 full members.
List of flood myths
Flood myths: deluge-and-survival narratives worldwide. Key names: Noah, Utnapishtim, Atrahasis, Ziusudra, Manu, Yu the Great (大禹治水), Nüwa. Oldest written version is Mesopotamian, Old Babylonian c. 2000–1600 BC; Egypt has none.
List of flooded towns in the United States
Flooded towns in the United States, also called drowned towns, are settlements deliberately submerged by dam and reservoir projects, including Robinette, Butler, St. Thomas, Neversink, Monticello, and Inchelium.
List of floods
The list of floods, also called List of notable floods, compiles the most destructive and historically significant floods, such as the 1342 Magdalena Flood and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
List of Florida Gators head football coaches
The list of Florida Gators head football coaches covers the 31 men who have led the University of Florida program since its first season in 1906, including Spurrier and Meyer.
List of Florida hurricanes
The list of Florida hurricanes covers tropical cyclones that struck Florida since records began in 1851, including the 1928 Lake Okeechobee hurricane, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Ian in 2022.
List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present)
A list of hurricanes that struck Florida from 2000 to the present, including the four-storm seasons of 2004 and 2005 and Ian, the state's costliest hurricane in 2022.
List of Focke-Wulf Fw 190 variants
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 variants were the lettered developments of the German World War II fighter, from the BMW 801-powered A series through the D-9 and ground-attack F to the Ta 152 interceptor.
List of folk festivals
A list of folk festivals, recurring public events celebrating traditional folk music, dance, and crafts, ranging from the National Folk Festival to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
List of food origins
Food origins: where dishes, ingredients, and products first took shape. Covers medieval Arab recipe lineages (sikbaj to ceviche), crop domestication, geographical indications, and isotope-based origin authentication.
List of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma characters
Character list for Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (食戟のソーマ), the Tōtsuki Academy cooking-battle manga by Tsukuda and Saeki: Sōma Yukihira, Erina Nakiri, the Nakiri family, Polar Star Dormitory, Elite Ten, and voice cast.
List of football clubs by competitive honours won
A list of football clubs by competitive honors won, also known as the list of most successful football clubs; Nacional leads one 2024 count with 162 trophies, ahead of Peñarol.