Francis

Francis Lee Bailey, Jr. (1933-2021) was a prominent, exceptionally talented American criminal defense attorney. He successfully defended neurosurgeon Sam Sheppard; U.S. Army Captain, Ernest Medina; and former NFL player, O.J. Simpson. He is regarded as one of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

Sir Francis Smith (1819 – 1909) was an Australian lawyer, judge and politician, who served as the fourth Premier of Tasmania from 12 May 1857 until 1 November 1860.

In one episode from the Cartoon Network's We Baby Bears, there is one called "Baby Bear Genius" where the main antagonist for that episode is a red headed boy genius called Francis. According to his wiki profile, he can be best described as an arrogant and petulant boy who belittles his fellow classmates at the school he attends. Needless to say he is not well liked for his behavior.

Francis Butthurst Pope is a deuteragonist from the "Big Nate" comic book series and new 2022 Nickelodeon animated kid's show. Francis is considered Nate Wright's best friend despite Nate having another best friend, Teddy Ortiz. Francis is a bit of a nerdy geek according to his friends. He is also the electric guitarist for Nate's garage band, Enslave the Mollusk. A very intelligent boy, Francis excels in his academics at school.

Julian Edelman’s middle name is Francis.

Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier was the captain of HMS Terror on Franklin's lost expedition of 1845. Crozier assumed command of the expedition following the death of Sir John Franklin in June 1847 (as recorded in a note recovered by the McClintock expedition in 1859), but, like everyone on the expedition, never made it home. Prior to the Franklin expedition, Crozier had fairly extensive experience as an explorer - he made three journeys to the Arctic under William Parry (two as a midshipman and one as a lieutenant), one to the Arctic under his close friend James Clark Ross (searching for 12 lost British whaling ships), and one to the Antarctic under James Clark Ross (where he commanded HMS Terror for the first time). He was portrayed by Jared Harris in the 2018 TV series The Terror.

Francis Wayland Thurston is the narrator of "The Call of Cthulhu", a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. He compiles a manuscript on Cthulhu and its cult based on an old newspaper entry and the papers of his great-uncle.

Francis "Frank" Simcoe was the son of Toronto founding father John Graves Simcoe and one of our subway stations, Castle Frank, is named after him. Or rather the house that the Simcoes lived in was called Castle Frank and the station is named after the house. But still, it is named after him.

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Francis was the oldest brother from the sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle.”

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The bully from “The Fairly Oddparents” was also named Francis.

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The “Recess” character Hustler Kid’s real name was this as well.

King Francis of France. He died of an ear infection. Married to Mary the Queen Of Scots for less than a year before he died.

Francis "Coyote" Shivers is a Canadian musician and actor. Shivers co-produced the first single for the band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The B-side to that single, "Having an Average Weekend," became the theme to the television show The Kids in the Hall. He also co-produced the band's first two albums.

Francis Maxwell grew up in a small town named Clydebank, on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Francis juggled playing professional soccer whilst studying acting at Edinburgh College, from which he obtained a HNC qualification in the art. In 2010 he moved to Los Angeles after securing a place at Whittier College to study sociology and film, graduating in 2014, and since has gone on to pursue acting full time.

Francis Magundayao is a Filipino actor and commercial model. He was first known as Iking in the series, Darna. He is also known for portraying young Travis in Sana Maulit Muli, Paco in the May Bukas Pa, Adrian in Aryana.

Two prominent characters in Marvel Comics and adaptations have this as their middle name:

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Charles Francis Xavier aka Professor X
Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton aka Hawkeye.

Frank Sinatra:) Francis Albert.

The full first name of the author and teacher Frank McCourt who wrote about his life growing up in Ireland, moving to America, and teaching in the NYC public school system. His three books are Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, and Teacher Man.

Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion was a famous officer in the Revolutionary War. For decades afterward — as evidenced in the U.S. censuses — many a young male was named Francis Marion. If you see a male named Francis M., you can bet the middle name is Marion.

Francis Underwood, usually called Frank, is the main character in the Netflix series "House of Cards", portrayed by Kevin Spacey. He is known to give monologues that break the fourth wall (where he speaks directly to the viewer) and for being a ruthless American politician willing to do anything to gain power.

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church.

Irish theatre actor Fra Fee is actually named Francis Fee.

The new Pope, Francis I, was elected on March 13, 2013. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At his election he named himself after St. Francis of Assisi.

Francis (1481-1481) was the youngest son of Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor) and his wife Mary of Burgundy. He died in infancy.

Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841) was an English sculptor.

Francis Bird (1667-1731) was an English sculptor.

Francis Barlow (1626-1704) was an English painter and draughtsman, mainly of animal subjects, known as 'the father of British sporting painting'.

Francis is the name of an anime/manga character in the series Hetalia Axis Powers. He personifies the country France and his full name is Francis Bonnefoy.

Francis York Morgan. Deadly Premonition's charming and charismatic FBI agent.

Francis, from the game "Left 4 Dead." From now on, every time I hear the name Francis, I'll get the image of a badass biker, and I'm not saying that as a bad thing. :)

Historically, the name of Ben Franklin's middle child, who died of smallpox at age four. Fictionally, the name used by the family of Father John Francis Patrick Mulcahy in the TV show M*A*S*H (in other words, growing up, the chaplain went by the name Francis Mulcahy, even though his first name was John).

Francis Gage, who hated his first name, was a Texas Ranger on the television show "Walker, Texas Ranger." He was played by Judson Mills, who also played Alexander "Hutch" Hutchinson on one of the soaps (I don't recall which).

Another famous saint that went by the name Franics was Saint Francis de Sales. He was a 16th century saint and bishop of Geneva.

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after the bombardment of Fort McHenry, during the war of 1812. The orinigal poem was changed into a song and was adopted as the American national anthem on March 3, 1931.

The F. in RFK is Francis. Robert Francis Kennedy was a noted US politician, who served as Attorney General under his brother, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and would later serve the state of New York as senator from 1964 until 1968. Like his brother, he too fell to an assassin's bullet and died while running in the Democratic primary for President in 1968, mere moments after winning the key state of California.

A famous Mexican drag queen makes him/herself be called "Francis".

Francis is one of Malcolm's brothers in the show Malcolm in the Middle.

Francis Bean is Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter's name.

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love did not name their daughter 'Francis' - they named her Frances.

Francis Bacon, English philosopher and writer.
Francis Bacon, English painter born in Ireland.

Francis Dolarhyde is a fictional character featured in Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon. He is a serial killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy".

Francis is the birth name of Frank Sinatra.

Francis Albert Sinatra. Ol' Blue Eyes was born today, December 12th, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. His unfortunate death was May 14th, 1998, due to some different health problems. "That's Life." His legacy and love will forever live on.

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Happy Birthday, Frank.

Francis is the F. in the author F. Scott Fitzgerald's name.

Film director Francis Ford Coppola is a famous bearer of this name.

One famous bearer of this name is Francis the Mule, star of several films in the 50s. The creator of the concept of Francis the Mule went on to create, unsurprisingly, the TV show Mr. Ed.

Brooke Shields used it as a middle name for her daughter, Rowan Francis. She named her after her father Francis Alexander Shields "Frank", who died shortly before Rowan was born.