Authors Starting with “F”
8 authors found
Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer who established the empirical scientific method, emphasizing observation and experimentation over established doctrine. Known as the "father of empiricism," his major works include Novum Organum and The Advancement of Learning. He served as Lord Chancellor before dying of pneumonia.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest-serving U.S. president.
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls
Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter and cultural icon known for her self-portraits and works inspired by Mexican nature and artifacts. Her paintings are known for their uncompromising colors and exploration of themes like identity, the human body, and death.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.