Frederick Lee "Fred" Shuttlesworth (born Fred Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was a U.S. civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, initiated and was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, and continued to work against racism and for alleviation of the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took up a pastorate in 1961. He returned to Birmingham after his retirement in 2007. He helped Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.

Frederick Salem Zain (April 14, 1951 – December 2, 2002) was a forensic laboratory technician in West Virginia and Bexar County, Texas, who falsified serology results to obtain convictions.

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Fred McIlhattan (born September 22, 1944) is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 63rd District from 1997 through 2008. He and his wife live in Knox, Pennsylvania and have 2 children. He retired prior to the 2008 election and was succeeded by Republican Donna Oberlander.