Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us.
This time it is all about Frank!
Frank James* Confederate soldier/ outlaw/the older brother of Jesse James – Clay County, MO USA (1843)
Frank J. Sprague* naval officer/inventor/”Father of Electric Traction” – Milford, CT USA (1857)
Frank Lloyd Wright* architect/interior designer/ educator – Richland Center, WI USA (1867)
Frank Dummerth* rower/OB – St. Louis, MO USA (1871)
Frank Shannon* actor/silent film pioneer/writer – Ireland (1874)
Frank Chance* baseball player – Salida, CA USA (1877)
Frank Mayo* actor – New York, NY USA (1889)
Frank Fay* stand-up comedian/actor – San Francisco, CA USA (1891)
Frank Scully* journalist/author – New York, NY USA (1892)
Frank J. Selke* hockey manager – Berlin, ON Canada (1893)
Frank Loomis* hurdler/OG – Saint Paul, MN USA (1896)
Frank Capra* American film director – Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy (1897)
Frank Macfarlane Burnet* virologist/N – Trafalgon, Victoria, Australia (1899)
Frank Zamboni* engineer/ inventor of ice resurfacer – Eureka, UT USA (1901)
Frank Thomas* animator/pianist – Fresno, CA USA (1912)
Frank Sinatra* singer/actor – Hoboken, NJ USA (1915)
Frank Middlemass* actor – Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England (1919)
Frank Herbert* science fiction writer/ journalist/photographer – Tacoma, WA USA (1920)
Frank Horvat* photographer active in France – Abbazia, Italy (1928)
Frank Drake* astronomer/ astrophysicist – Chicago, IL USA (1930)
Frank Robinson* baseball player – Beaumont, TX USA (1935)
Frank Langella* actor – Bayonne, NJ USA (1938)
Frank A. Howard* police officer/politician – Hornbeck, LA USA (1938)
Frank Zappa* musician/ activist/filmmaker – Baltimore, MD USA (1940)
Frank Oz* (b Oznowicz) American actor/puppeteer/director – Hereford, England (1944)
Frank Biondi* businessman/ entertainment executive – New York City, NY USA (1945)
Frank Bey* blues singer – Millen, GA USA (1946)
Frank Abagnale* con artist/security consultant – Bronxville, NY USA (1948) pic
Frank Stallone* actor/singer-songwriter/guitarist – New York, NY USA (1950)
Frank Andersson* wrestler/WC – Trollhättan, Sweden (1956)
Frank Miller* comic book artist/director/ producer – Olney, MD USA (1957)
Frank Darabont* Hungarian-American film director/ screenwriter/ producer – Montbéliard, France (1959)
Frank Bruno* boxer – London, England (1961)
Frank Grillo* actor – New York, NY USA (1965)
Frank Lampard* football player – Romford, London, England (1978)
Frank Mir* mixed martial artist – Las Vegas, NV USA (1979)
Frank Erichsen* farmer/television personality/writer – Bevtoft, Denmark (1983)
Frank Dillane* actor – London, England (1991)
Updated 10.5.2021