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- Samuel Factor (Poland, USA, 1883–1949)
- Louisa Matilda Fagan (Italy, England, 1850–1931)
- Hugo Fähndrich (Hungary, Austria, 1851–1930)
- Hans Fahrni (Bohemia, Switzerland, 1874–1939)
- William Fairhurst (England, Scotland, New Zealand, 1903–1982)
- Sammi Fajarowicz (Germany, 1908–1940)
- Raphael Falk (Russia, 1856–1913)
- Ernst Falkbeer (Austria-Hungary, 1819–1885)
- Stefan Fazekas (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, England, 1898–1967)
- Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine, born 1981)
- Alexei Fedorov (Belarus, born 1972)
- John Fedorowicz (USA, born 1958)
- Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia, born 1995)
- Movsas Feigins (Latvia, Argentina, 1908–1950)
- Rafał Feinmesser (Poland, born before 1906)
- Florin Felecan (Romania, USA, born 1980)
- Virgilio Fenoglio (Argentina, 1902–?)
- Arthur Feuerstein (USA, born 1935)
- Alexandr Fier (Brazil, born 1988)
- Martha Fierro (Ecuador, born 1977)
- Miroslav Filip (Czech Republic, born 1928)
- Anton Filippov (Uzbekistan, born 1986)
- Reuben Fine (USA, 1914–1993)
- Ben Finegold (USA, born 1969)
- Julius Finn (Poland, USA, 1871–1931)
- Nick de Firmian (USA, born 1957)
- Robert James Fischer (USA, Iceland, 1943–2008)
- Alex Fishbein (USA, born 1968)
- Alexander Flamberg (Poland, 1880–1926)
- Alfred Flatow (Germany, Australia, born 1937)
- Glenn Flear (England, born 1959)
- Ernst Flechsig (Germany, 1852–1890)
- Bernhard Fleissig (Hungary, Austria, 1853–1931)
- Max Fleissig (Hungary, Austria, 1845–after 1882)
- János Flesch (Hungary, 1933–1983)
- Salo Flohr (Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Russia, 1908–1983)
- Rodrigo Flores (Chile, 1913–2007)
- Alberto Foguelman (Argentina, born 1923)
- Jan Foltys (Czechoslovakia, 1908–1952)
- George Salto Fontein (Netherlands, 1890–1963)
- Arnold van Foreest (Netherlands, 1863–1954)
- Dirk van Foreest (Netherlands, 1862–1956)
- Leó Forgács (Hungary, 1881–1930)
- Győző Forintos (Hungary, born 1935)
- Albert Fox (USA, 1881–1964)
- Maurice Fox (Ukraine, Canada, 1898–1988)
- Selim Franklin (England, USA, 1814–1884)
- Zenon Franco (Paraguay, born 1956)
- Michael Freeman (England, New Zealand, born 1960)
- Laurent Fressinet (France, born 1981)
- Sergey von Freymann (Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946)
- Joel Fridlizius (Sweden, 1869–1963)
- Daniel Fridman (Latvia, Germany, born 1976)
- Frederic Friedel (Germany, born 1945)
- Gunnar Friedemann (Estonia, 1909–1943)
- David Friedgood (South Africa, England, born 1946)
- Henryk Friedman (Poland, 1903–1942)
- Alexander Fritz (Germany, 1857–1932)
- Martin Severin From (Denmark, 1828–1895)
- Achilles Frydman (Poland, 1905–1940)
- Paulino Frydman (Poland, Argentina, 1905–1982)
- Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, born 1957)
- Andrija Fuderer (Vojvodina, Belgium, born 1931)
- Semyon Furman (Russia, 1920–1978)
- Ivana Maria Furtado (India, born 1999)
- Géza Füster (Hungary, Canada, born 1910)
- Roy Fyllingen (Norway, born 1975)
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