Frick
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People
- Alexander FrickAlexander FrickDr. Alexander Frick was the Regierungschef of Liechtenstein from September 3, 1945 until July 16, 1962, serving as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party....
(1910-1991), head of government of Liechtenstein - Arnold FrickArnold FrickArnold Frick is a retired male judoka from Liechtenstein, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the first round of the Men's Middleweight division by Senegal's veteran Akilong Diabone...
(born 1966), Liechtenstein judoka - Aurelia FrickAurelia FrickAurelia Frick is a Liechtenstein government minister with responsibility for justice, foreign affairs, and cultural affairs.-Education:Frick studied law at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, graduating in 1999...
(born 1975), Liechtenstein government minister - Bruno FrickBruno FrickBruno Frick is Swiss politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party . Frick has been a member of the Swiss Council of States for the Canton of Schwyz since 1991. In 2005, he was president of the Council of States....
(born 1953), Swiss politician - Childs FrickChilds FrickChilds Frick was an American vertebrate paleontologist.He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership with him. He established its Frick Laboratory...
(1883-1965), American vertebrate paleontologist - Ebbe FrickEbbe FrickEbbe Frick is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1950s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and two silver .-References:**...
, Swedish sprint canoer in the early to mid 1950s - Ford FrickFord FrickFord Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and executive who served as president of the National League from to and as the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1951 to . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...
(1894–1978), American sportswriter, president of the National League and third commissioner of Major League Baseball - Frick and FrackFrick and FrackFrick and Frack were two Swiss skaters who came to the U.S. in 1937 and joined the original Ice Follies show as comedy ice skaters. "Frick" was Werner Groebli , born in Basel. "Frack" was Hansruedi Mauch, , also born in Basel...
, ice skaters - Gottlob FrickGottlob FrickGottlob Frick was a German bass who sang in opera. He was known for his wide repertory including Wagner and Mozart roles, as well as those of Nicolai and Lortzing.-Career:...
(1906-1994), German operatic bass - Henry FrickHenry FrickHenry Frick was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry Frick was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and apprenticed to a printer in Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812...
(1795–1844), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Henry Clay FrickHenry Clay FrickHenry Clay Frick was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel steel manufacturing concern...
(1849–1919), American industrialist, financier and art patron - Henry Clay Frick IIHenry Clay Frick IIHenry Clay Frick II was an American physician and professor of medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons....
(1919—2007), American physician and professor of medicine, son of Childs Frick and grandson of Henry Frick - Helen Clay FrickHelen Clay FrickHelen Clay Frick was an American philanthropist.She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and Adelaide Howard Childs . She grew up at the family's Pittsburgh estate, Clayton, although the family later moved to New York City in 1905...
(1888-1984), American philanthropist, daughter of Henry Frick - Jacob G. FrickJacob G. FrickJacob Gilbert Frick was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in action while serving as the colonel of the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.-Civil War service:Eighteen...
(1825-1902), American Civil War Union officer awarded the Medal of Honor - Mario Frick (politician) (born 1965), former head of government of Liechtenstein
- Mario Frick (footballer)Mario Frick (footballer)Mario Frick is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner football striker, who plays for Liechtenstein side FC Balzers in the Swiss 1st League.-Liechtenstein:...
(born 1974), Swiss-born Liechtensteiner football striker - Ola Frick, vocalist, instrumentalist, producer and songwriter for the Swedish indie pop duo Moonbabies
- Stephen FrickStephen FrickStephen Nathaniel Frick is an American astronaut and a veteran of two space shuttle missions. Raised in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a Navy...
(born 1964), American astronaut - Wilhelm FrickWilhelm FrickWilhelm Frick was a prominent German Nazi official serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was tried for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed...
(1877-1946), German Nazi official - William FrickWilliam FrickC. William 'Bill' Frick is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is one of three members of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 16, which includes of Bethesda, Friendship Heights, and Somerset...
(born 1974), American politician
Buildings
- Frick Art & Historical CenterFrick Art & Historical CenterThe Frick Art & Historical Center is a cluster of museums and historical buildings located at 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and collectively known as "Clayton"...
, a Pittsburgh museum - Frick BuildingFrick BuildingThe Frick Building is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The tower was built by and is named for Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist coke producer who created a portfolio of commercial buildings in Pittsburgh...
, a skyscraper in Pittsburgh - Frick CollectionFrick CollectionThe Frick Collection is an art museum located in Manhattan, New York City, United States.- History :It is housed in the former Henry Clay Frick House, which was designed by Thomas Hastings and constructed in 1913-1914. John Russell Pope altered and enlarged the building in the early 1930s to adapt...
, New York City museum - Frick Fine Arts BuildingFrick Fine Arts BuildingThe Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building is a landmark Renaissance villa and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms-Oakland Civic Historic District on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States...
, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Frick 6-8 Middle School, a former Pittsburgh public school now on the National Register of Historic Places
Other uses
- Frick, SwitzerlandFrick, SwitzerlandFrick is a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. A dinosaur graveyard containing more than 100 Plateosaurus was found there in August 2007.-History:...
- Frick ParkFrick ParkFrick Park is the largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, covering .The park began when Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion . He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on...
, a major park in Pittsburgh - Frick Art Reference LibraryFrick Art Reference LibraryThe Frick Art Reference Library is a research institution affiliated with The Frick Collection. It is located at 10 East 71st Street in New York City...
, research institution affiliated with the Frick Collection - A variant of Frig (interjection), a minced oath