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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.

Pope and bishop of Rome from 526 to 530

Felix IV

Pope Felix IV was the bishop of Rome from 12 July 526 to his death on 22 September 530.

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Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)

Ferdowsi

Abu al-Qasim Mansur bin Hasan Tosi, better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet who is notable for being the author of the Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of the Persian-sp

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Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricard

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher.

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Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)

Fethullah Gülen

Muhammed Fethullah Gülen was a Turkish Muslim scholar, preacher, and leader of the Gülen movement, which as of 2010 had 8-10 million of followers globally and had established a network of over 2,000 STEM focused schools in more than 150 countries.

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English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.

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Pope

Formosus

Pope Formosus was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896.

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Italian Early Renaissance painter

Fra Angelico

John of Fiesole, known posthumously as Fra Angelico or in Italian as Beato Angelico, was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.

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Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)

France Prešeren

France Prešeren was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature.

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English-American playwright and author (1849–1924)

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright.

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