Arts and Music

• Felix Mendelssohn (born 1809, died 1847)

  German composer.

  • Composed A Midsummer Night''s Dream (see list of Romantic Composers)
• Felix Pappalardi
  • Performer with Mountain at Woodstock (see list of Performers at Woodstock)

Leadership

• Felix Frankfurter (born 1882, died 1965)

  Austrian-born American scholar and jurist.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1939-62 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
• Felix I - IV

  Four popes served under this name, from Felix I (269-274) to Felix IV (526-530) although there were three officially recognized popes who bore the name Felix. Felix II (355-358) was antipope.

  • Saint Felix who was pope from 483-492, is either Felix II or III in official Roman Catholic documents. (see list of Religious Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Felix
  • Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
• Felix

  Procurator of Judea who tried Paul at Caesarea.

  • Appears in Acts (see list of Biblical Names from the New Testament)
• Felix Frankfurter (born 1882, died 1965)

  Austrian-born American scholar and jurist.

  • 1963 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Felix Bloch (born 1905, died 1983)

  Swiss-born American physicist who studied the magnetic field of atomic nuclei.

  • 1952 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Edward Purcell (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Felix E. Browder

  American professor of mathematics and computer science

  • 1999 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

The Literary World

• Felix Morley
  • 1936 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)