List of Famous people named Frederick

Name Frederick is among the most common names in England. Often it's a shorthand for Friedrich. Similar names: Friedrich, Frederik, Friederike, Frederique, Frederikke, Friderika. Here are some famous Fredericks:

Frederick III of Denmark

First Name Frederick
Last Name Denmark
Born on March 18, 1609
Died on February 9, 1670 (aged 60)

Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, and the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1635–45).

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Frederick III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

First Name Frederick
Born on December 22, 1597
Died on August 10, 1659 (aged 61)

Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

First Name Frederick
Born on July 28, 1676
Died on March 23, 1732 (aged 55)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

First Name Frederick
Last Name Brandenburg
Born on September 21, 1371
Died on September 20, 1440 (aged 68)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Frederick was the last Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1397 to 1427, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1398, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1420, and Elector of Brandenburg from 1415 until his death. He became the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

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Frederick, Prince of Wales

First Name Frederick,
Last Name Wales
Died on March 20, 1751

Frederick, Prince of Wales,, was heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death from a lung injury at the age of 44. He was the eldest but estranged son of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, and the father of King George III.

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Frederick Scherger

First Name Frederick
Last Name Scherger
Born on May 18, 1904
Died on January 16, 1984 (aged 79)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff, the RAAF's highest-ranking position, from 1957 until 1961, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, forerunner of the role of Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, from 1961 until 1966. He was the first RAAF officer to hold the rank of air chief marshal.

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Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony

Friedrich Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver von Sachsen
First Name Frederick
Last Name Saxony
Born on September 5, 1722
Died on December 17, 1763 (aged 41)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Frederick Christian was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for fewer than three months in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, by his wife, Maria Josepha of Austria.

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Frederick B. Dent

First Name Frederick
Last Name Dent
Born on August 17, 1922
Died on December 10, 2019 (aged 97)

Frederick Baily Dent was an American businessman who served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, Jr. His assistant secretary, Hastings Wyman, a native of Aiken, South Carolina, became a political consultant and in 1978 the publisher of The Southern Political Report.

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Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

First Name Frederick
Last Name Württemberg
Born on August 19, 1557
Died on January 29, 1608 (aged 50)

Friedrich I of Württemberg was the son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse, daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.

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Frederick III of Sicily

First Name Frederick
Last Name Sicily
Born on December 13, 1272
Died on June 25, 1337 (aged 64)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Frederick II was the regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1291 until 1295 and subsequently king of Sicily from 1295 until his death. He was the third son of Peter III of Aragon and served in the War of the Sicilian Vespers on behalf of his father and brothers, Alfonso ΙΙΙ and James ΙΙ. He was confirmed as king by the Peace of Caltabellotta in 1302. His reign saw important constitutional reforms: the Constitutiones regales, Capitula alia, and Ordinationes generales.

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