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- Michael Fabricant MP, born in Brighton in 1950; educated at the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode, photographer who explored sexuality, race and culture, lived in Brighton in his youth
- Simon Fanshawe, broadcaster, writer, and comedian, lives in Kemptown
- Tommy Farr, boxer, "The Tonypandy Terror", ran a pub in Brighton after retirement
- Steve Ferrone, drummer with Average White Band, has also played for various high-profile performers, born in Brighton in 1950
- Frank Finlay, actor, owned a house in Wyndham Street for 30 years until 2009
- Fink (Fin Greenall) (born 1972), singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, DJ, is based in Brighton
- Maria Fitzherbert, illegitimate wife of George IV (the marriage of a Catholic to a member of the British Royal Family was illegal)
- Russell Floyd, actor, lives in Brighton
- Chris Foreman, nicknamed Chrissy Boy, guitarist, Madness
- Derek Francis, comedy and character actor, was born in Brighton in 1923
- William Friese-Greene, cinematographic pioneer, subject of the film The Magic Box
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