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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Frank Zappa established himself as a prolific and highly distinctive musician, composer and band leader. Frank Zappa worked in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers and symphony orchestra, as well as Musique concrète works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesized or sampled sources. In addition to his music recordings, Frank Zappa created feature-length and short films, music videos, and album covers.

Although Frank Zappa only occasionally achieved major commercial success, Frank Zappa maintained a highly productive career that encompassed composing, recording, touring, producing and merchandising his own and others' music. Frank Zappa self-produced almost every one of the more than sixty albums Frank Zappa released with the Mothers of Invention or as a solo artist. Frank Zappa received multiple Grammy nominations and won for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1988 for the album Jazz From Hell. Frank Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. In 2005, Frank Zappa's 1968 album with the Mothers of Invention, We're Only in It for the Money, was inducted into the United States National Recording Preservation Board's National Recording Registry. The same year, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Frank Zappa #71 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Politically, Frank Zappa was a self-proclaimed "practical conservative", an avowed supporter of capitalism and independent business. Frank Zappa was also a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion. Frank Zappa was a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech and the abolition of censorship, and his work embodied his skeptical view of established political processes and structures.

Frank Zappa was married to Kathryn "Kay" Sherman (1960–1964; no children), and then in 1967 to Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom Frank Zappa remained until his death in December 1993 of prostate cancer. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa handles the businesses of her late husband under the company name the Zappa Family Trust.

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