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Felix
Gender Male
Meaning "lucky" or "successful"
Origin Latin
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Felix (Latin for "lucky" or "successful") is a male given name and the name of many different individuals, both real and fictional. The surname Felix is observed among the English, Spanish, French and German. For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


People

Saints

Saints Felix and Adauctus (d. ... Saints Nabor and Felix were martyred under the reign of Diocletian in 303. ... The saints Felix and Regula, together with their servant Exuperantius are the patron saints of Zürich, their feast day being 11 September. ... Saint Felix of Burgundy is a saint widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to East Anglia in Eastern England. ... St. ... Saint Felix of Como (d. ... Saint Felec or Felix of Cornwall was an obscure 5th or 6th century British saint active in the countrys south-western peninsula. ... Saint Felix of Girona (Catalan Sant Feliu; San Félix de Gerona) (d. ... Saint Felice da Nicosia (Felix of Nicosia) was born in Nicosia, Sicily, on November 5, 1715 he was a Capuchin friar, and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Saint Felix of Nola (feast day: January 14) was the elder son of Hermias, a Syrian soldier who had retired to Nola, Italy. ... St. ... Anesius is one of several Christian martyrs in Africa commemorated as saints on March 31. ... The hagiography of the forty-eight Martyrs of Córdoba was developed in Christian Spain, describing in detail their executions for capital violations of Muslim law in al-Andalus. ... Aurelius and Natalia (d. ... Furci is a commune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Chieti Categories: | ... Saint Justin of Siponto, as well as Saints Florentius, Felix, and Justa, are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Catholic Church. ...

Popes

  • Antipope Felix V, earlier Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1439-1449)

Pope Felix I, pope (January 5, 269 - December 30, 274), a Roman by birth, succeeded Dionysius after his death on December 26, 268 as Pope, being elected in January 269. ... Felix II is generally considered an antipope rather than a pope. ... Felix III was pope from March 13, 483 to 492. ... Felix IV was Pope from 526 to 530. ... Amadeus VIII (1383 - November 7, 1451), surnamed the Peaceful was the Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and the 1st Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. ...

Bishops and Priests

Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city, which, according to legend, was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας in Greek). ... Félix Caballero was a Dominican priest. ... Felix, Bishop of Urgel (or Urgell), was a religious figure who lived at the monastery Sant Sadureni de Tabernoles in the foothills of the Pyrenees. ...

Romans

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Latin: L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX)[1] (ca. ... Marcus Antonius Felix (Felix in Greek: ο Φηλιξ, born between 5/10-?) was the ancient Rome procurator of Iudaea Province 52-60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. ... Right leaf of the consular diptych of Flavius Felix Flavius Constantius Felix, often just Flavius Felix, was a consul of the Roman Empire in the West[1] in the year 428. ... This is a list of Roman cognomina. ...

Other men with the name Felix (examples)

Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg (October 2, 1800, ÄŒeský Krumlov, Bohemia - April 5, 1852, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian statesman who restored the Habsburg empire as a European power following the disorders of 1848. ... Prince Felix of Denmark (Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian) (b. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 23, 1871 – December 16, 1916 (O.S.)) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the... Nicholas Felix Wanostrocht (born 5 October 1804 at Camberwell, London; died 3 September 1876 at Wimborne Minster, Dorset) was a noted English cricketer. ... Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... Felix Christian Klein (April 25, 1849, Düsseldorf, Germany – June 22, 1925, Göttingen) was a German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the connections between geometry and group theory. ... Félix Abraham Hernández (born April 8, 1986 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a baseball starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) West Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Seattle Mariners (1977–present) Other nicknames The Ms Ballpark Safeco Field (1999–present) King County Domed Stadium (Kingdome) (1977-1999) Major league titles World Series titles (0) none AL Pennants (0) None... The young Felix von Luckner, a German war hero noted for his long voyage on the Sea Eagle during which he captured 14 enemy ships. ... Felix Hoffman (January 21, 1868 – February 8, 1946) was a German chemist. ... This article is about the drug. ... Prof. ... Wankel Engine in Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany The Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. ... Félix Guattari (1930 - 1992) was a French pioneer of institutional psychotherapy, as well as the founder of both Schizoanalysis and the science of Ecosophy. ... Wolfgang-Felix Magath (born July 26, 1953) is a German-Puerto Rican who is association football director with the FC Bayern Munich team. ... Félix Tito Trinidad, Jr. ... Félix The Cat Potvin (born June 23, 1971 in Anjou, Quebec, Canada) is currently a free-agent professional hockey goaltender. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Fictional Felix

  • Felix the Cat, cartoon character
  • Felix Boulevardez, a character in the television series, The Proud Family
  • Felix Gaeta, a secondary character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
  • Felix Gunn, a minor character in the book series, Children of the Red King
  • Felix Jaeger, a character in the Gotrek and Felix series of books
  • Felix Leiter, character from the James Bond books and movies
  • Felix Müller, defender of the DHB
  • Felix Sanders, the protagonist of the book series The Divide
  • Felix Unger, character in television series The Odd Couple
  • Felix, the protagonist of the novel Armor
  • Felix, the title character from a series of Micro Power video games of the early 1980s such as Felix in the Factory
  • Felix, a character from the Nintendo video game series Golden Sun
  • Felix, a character in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
  • Felix, a character from the video game series SSX
  • Felix Lodd, A character in the Edge Chronicles

The famous Felix pace as seen in Oceantics (1930) Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. ... The Proud Family is an American animated television series geared towards pre-teens and teenagers. ... Lieutenant Felix Gaeta is a character on Battlestar Galactica played by Alessandro Juliani. ... Children of the Red King is a popular series of childrens fantasy novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo. ... Felix Jaeger is a major fictional character in the Gotrek and Felix series of books that are set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. ... Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... Felix Unger was one of the principal characters in Neil Simons play The Odd Couple. ... Armor is a military science fiction novel by John Steakley. ... Felix in the Factory is a platform game for home computers published by Micro Power (a. ... This is a list of the most significant characters featured in Nintendo’s video games Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. ... This article is about the first installment in the series of video games. ...

Places

  • St. Felix, Prince Edward Island
  • Felix, Spain is a municipality (pop. 566) in the Spanish province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia
  • Felix Arba, Rab, honorary Roman title of island Rab in Croatia
  • San Felix, uninhabited Atlantic island
  • Saint-Félix is the name or part of the name of several places
  • Băile Felix, a thermal spa resort in Western Transylvania, Romania
  • Felixstowe, city in England
  • Felixdorf, a town in Austria

St. ... Felix is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. ... Rab (Croatia) Coat of arms The historic town center of Rab For other uses, see Rab (disambiguation). ... Map Of Desventuradas Islands (Chile) Map Of Chile The Desventuradas Islands (Unfortunate Islands) are relatively small oceanic islands, located approximately 850 km off the coast of Chile, part of Valparaíso region. ... Saint-Félix is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Saint-Félix, in the Allier département Saint-Félix, in the Charente département Saint-Félix, in the Charente-Maritime département Saint-Félix, in the Lot département Saint... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... , For the Aircraft manufacturer, see Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe Felixstowe is a North Sea seaport in Suffolk, England. ...

Other

  • Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries
  • the Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc
  • Operation Felix, a German project to conquer Gibraltar
  • Felix (newspaper) is the weekly students' newspaper of Imperial College, London
  • Apache Felix, an open source OSGi framework by Apache Software Foundation.
  • Felix (programming language), an open source, community-based programming language
  • St. Felix's Flood, a flood disaster that struck the Netherlands in 1530
  • Felix B. Maduro, one of the biggest department stores in Panama
  • A bar-restaurant located in The Peninsula Hong Kong.
  • the Felix meteorite of 1900, which fell in Alabama, United States (see meteorite falls)
  • 1664 Felix, an asteroid
  • The Free Electron Laser (FEL) for Infrared eXperiments "FELIX", located at the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
  • Felix Felicis, a potion that makes people lucky in the Harry Potter series
  • Felix (guided bomb), an infrared-guided bomb
  • Felix (musician), aka Francis Wright, dance/techno act from the early 90's with hits including Don't You Want Me & It Will Make Me Crazy
  • Felix Bus Services of Stanley, Derbyshire, England
  • Hurricane Felix (2007)

The Felix brand is a European brand of popular cat food, The Felix brand is one of Purinas most successful and popular brand. ... The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in Quebec. ... World War II, Felix was the proposed name for a German/Spanish seizure of Gibraltar. ... Felix is the student newspaper of Imperial College London. ... Felix is an open source implementation of the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) Release 4 framework. ... Apache Software Foundation Logo The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit corporation (classified as 501(c)(3) in the United States) to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. ... Felix is a new , open source, community based programming language which provides an ML style type system with a syntax that C++ programmers should find easy to learn. ... The St. ... The Peninsula The Peninsula Hong Kong (香港半島酒店) is one of the most famous hotels in the world. ... Meteorite falls are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they transitted the atmosphere or impacted the Earth, and were subsequently collected. ... A List of named asteroids ordered alphabetically from F to K. See also: List of named asteroids (A-E) List of named asteroids (L-R) List of named asteroids (S-Z) // 12044 Fabbri 3645 Fabini 26177 Fabiodolfi 1576 Fabiola 27341 Fabiomuzzi 1649 Fabre 5221 Fabribudweis 11142 Facchini 27959 Fagioli 1593... Felix Felicis (IPA pronunciation: //, // Classical Latin: FELIX•FELICIS) is the name of a potion in the fiction book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that grants temporary good luck to the drinker. ... BOLT-117 laser guided bomb Precision-guided munitions (smart munitions or smart bombs) are self-guiding weapons intended to maximize damage to the target while minimizing collateral damage. Because the damage effects of an explosive weapon scale as a power law with distance, quite modest improvements in accuracy (and hence... Felix was the alias of British DJ/producer Francis Wright. ... A Felix bus in Derby Bus Station Felix Bus Services is a small British bus and coach operator based in the village of Stanley, near Ilkeston in Derbyshire. ... The name Felix has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. ...

See also

  • List of people by name: Fela - Feli
  • Articles starting with Felix

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Alexander Palace Time Machine - Prince Felix Yussupov (1908 words)
Felix was the second of two sons born to Princess Zinaida Yussupova and her husband Count Elston-Sumarokoff.
Felix' face was fairly well known, he had a famous portrait of him done by Serov which was widely admired and reproduced in magazines, and his mother's clothes and famous jewels also widely recognized in society.
Felix was a frequent visitor to Aleksandra's Mauve Boudoir and she considered him one of her proteges.
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Felix has started moving his upper body a bit more in bed; he pulls himself up from the rail and helps us out when we need to sit him up to put him in his wheel chair.
Felix spends a few hours everyday in his old room; he likes to see what is going on outside the window.
Felix's skin and muscle tone have strengthened, his weight is ideal, and his appearance is coming back to normal.
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