If an $n\times n$ matrix has $n$ distinct eigenvalues in $\mathbb F$, their eigenvectors are independent, so the matrix is diagonalizable over $\mathbb F$. This condition is sufficient but not necessary: the identity has a single eigenvalue and is already diagonal.
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