But the secretary insists that the success of the American farmer is the `` greatest single source of strength '' in the struggle to insure freedom around the world.

The term baccalaureus is a pun combining the prosaic baccalarius with bacca lauri ' " laurel berry "— according to the American Heritage Dictionary, " bacca " is the Old Irish word for " farmer " + laureus, " laurel berry ," the idea being that a " baccalaureate " had farmed ( cultivated ) his mind.

In the words of William Jennings Bryan, " You shall not crucify the American farmer on a cross of gold.

* 1889 – Walter Knott, American farmer ( d. 1981 )

Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789 ) was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician.

* 1973 – Max Yasgur, American farmer ( Woodstock Festival ) ( b. 1919 )

* 1713 – Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire ( d. 1786 )

* 1907 – Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman ( d. 1995 )

* 1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist ( d. 1999 )

* February 6 – Elias Disney, American farmer and father of Walt Disney ( d. 1941 )

* October 27 – John Cook, American farmer and President of Delaware ( b. 1730 )

* December 11 – Walter Knott, American farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm ( d. 1981 )

* December 3 – Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator ( b. 1889 )

** Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, American farmer and frontiersman ( d. 1944 )

** John Cook, American farmer and President of Delaware ( d. 1789 )

* December 17 – William Peery, American farmer and lawyer ( b. 1743 )

* September 19 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard ( b. c. 1612 )

* George Hara Williams ( 1894 – 1945 ), an American farmer activist and politician

* Richard Coke, an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman

The " yeoman farmer " ideal of Jeffersonian democracy was powerful in American political history, and during the 1850s, politicians believed a homestead act would help increase the number of virtuous yeomen.

Dirt farmer is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his own land.

Benjamin Banneker ( November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806 ) was a free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer.

The book is written from the perspectives of several people-Merlin Van Tornhout and Johnny Reeves, both members of the Ku Klux Klan, Sara Chickering, a farmer, Esther Hirsh, a six-year-old Jewish girl, Leonora Sutter, an African American girl, Iris Weaver, a resteraunteur, Harvey and Viola Pettibone, who are shop owners, Reynard Alexander, a newspaper editor, Fitzgerald Flitt, the doctor, and Percelle Johnson, the town constable.

* 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2007 )

* 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter ( d. 2008 )

* 1890 – Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician ( d. 1933 )

* 1977 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian ( b. 1954 )

* 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian ( d. 1977 )

* 1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player ( d. 1979 )

* 1988 – Freddie Smith, American actor

* 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor

* 1978 – Freddie Mitchell, American football player

* 1934 – Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 1976 )

* 1989 – Freddie Freeman, American baseball player

** Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian ( Chico and the Man ) ( b. 1954 )

** Freddie Stowers, American soldier ( b. 1896 )

* December 1 – Freddie Young, American cinematographer ( b. 1902 )

** Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor

** Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician ( b. 1890 )

Freddie James Prinze ( Frederick Karl Pruetzel ; June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977 ) was an American actor and stand-up comedian.

* Freddie Fitzsimmons, American professional baseball pitcher and manager ( Giants, Dodgers and Phillies )

Other influential people who have lived in Hartsdale include the artist / sculptor Malvina Hoffman, American businessman Vernon Jordan, National Urban League president John Edward Jacob, pro-wrestler " Classy " Freddie Blassie, actor Peter Riegert, singer / musician / composer Billy Vera, novelist and educator Michael Rubin, Mad magazine artist Jack Davis, and Nobel laureate Louis J. Ignarro.

Although overshadowed by the growth of rock music the blues did not disappear in Britain, with American bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor, and Freddie King continuing to be well received in the UK and an active home scene led by figures including Dave Kelly and his sister Jo Ann Kelly, who helped keep the acoustic blues alive on the British folk circuit.

Sagal was married to German American musician Freddie Beckmeier ( 1978 – 1981 ) and country music drummer Jack White ( November 26, 1993 – July 24, 2000 ).

The loss of American Columbia product had forced English Columbia to groom its own talent such as Russ Conway, Acker Bilk, John Barry, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Helen Shapiro, Frank Ifield, Rolf Harris, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Dave Clark Five, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Des O ' Connor, Ken Dodd, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Seekers, Pink Floyd ( who have been on both Columbia UK and US ), and The Yardbirds.

Frederick Dewayne " Freddie " Hubbard ( April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008 ) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Frederick Kenneth Blassie ( February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003 ), better known as " Classy " Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri.