Namesakes
Alexander De Croo
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1975- 
Belgian Prime Ministers 2020-
Arthur Bell
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1590-1643
Saints
Ben Johnson
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1918-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1972 The Last Picture Show (actor)
Charles Francis Richter
(m) 1900-1985
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charlie Harper
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 Two and a Half Men
Christopher John Francis Boone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Conn Findlay
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1930-2021
Olympic Medalists 1956; 1960; 1964; 1976 rowing; sailing (gold/bronze)
Darryl F. Zanuck
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1902-1979
Notable Filmmakers
David Lean
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (silver)
Don Dee
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1943-2014
Olympic Medalists 1968 basketball (gold)
Don Draper
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Mad Men
Donal Logue
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Doyle
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Angel
Eion Bailey
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eric F. Wieschaus
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1947-
Nobel Prize Winners 1995 (medicine)
Ferenc
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1768-1835
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1792-1835
Ferenc József I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1830-1916
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1848-1916
Fran Tarkenton
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 1986 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1975 football
Francesco Veninbeni of Fabriano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1251-1322
Saints
Francesco of Pesaro
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1350
Saints
Francesco di Paola
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1416-1508
Saints
Francesco di Calderola
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1507
Saints
Francesco de Geronimo
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1642-1716
Saints
Francesco Arrighetto
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1328
Saints
Francesco Bianchi
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1743-1815
Saints
Francesco Caracciolo
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1563-1608
Saints
Francesco Antonio Fasani
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1681-1742
Saints
Francesco Fogolla
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1839-1900
Saints
Francis
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Henry IV (1)
Friar Francis
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Much Ado About Nothing
Francis of Assisi
(m) c. 1182-1226
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Saints
Francis of Saint Bonaventure
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francis Ch'oe Kyong-hwan
(m) 1804-1839
Saints
Francis Trung Van Tran
(m) 1825-1858
Saints
Francis
(m) 1936-
Bishops of Rome and the Popes 2013-
Francis William Aston
(m) 1877-1945
Nobel Prize Winners 1922 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Francis Bacon
(m) 1561-1626
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Francis Bacon
(m) 1909-1992
Notable Artists
Francis Bell
(m) 1851-1936
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1925
Francis Xavier Can
(m) ?-1837
Saints
Francis Capra
(m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Francis Chakichi
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francis "King" Clancy
(m) 1903-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1958 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Francis Ford Coppola
(m) 1939-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 1975 The Godfather Part II (director)
Francis Crick
(m) 1916-2004
Nobel Prize Winners 1962 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Francis Dickenson
(m) ?-1590
Saints
Francis Drake
(m) 1540-1596
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Notable Military Figures
Francis Feeble
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Henry IV (2)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1896-1940
Notable Writers
Francis Flute
(m)
Shakespearian Characters A Midsummer Night's Dream
Francis Gailey
(m) 1882-1972
Olympic Medalists 1904 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 880 yard freestyle (bronze/silver)
Francis Goya
(m) 1946-
Notable Musicians
Francis "Chick" Hearn
(m) 1916-2002
Hall-of-Famers 2003 (basketball)
Francis "Doc Hoc" Hockenbury
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987 Tour of Duty
Francis Johnson
(m) 1910-1997
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Francis Kerbiriou
(m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1972 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Francis Kuloi
(m) ?-1627
Saints
Francis Lane
(m) 1874-1927
Olympic Medalists 1896 100 m (bronze)
Francis Man
(m) ?-1839
Saints
Francis Xavier Mau
(m) ?-1838
Saints
Francis Obikwelu
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2004 100 m (silver)
Francis Page
(m) ?-1602
Saints
Francis Pinzokere
(m) ?-1627
Saints
Francis Reynaud
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2012 Chocolat
Francis Peyton Rous
(m) 1879-1970
Nobel Prize Winners 1966 (medicine)
Francis Schewetta
(m) 1919-2007
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (silver)
Francis Xavier Seelos
(m) 1819-1867
Saints
Francis Severeyns
(m) 1968-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Francis Takea
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francis Taylor
(m) ?-1621
Saints
Francis Troy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1847 Far From the Madding Crowd
Francis "Buzz" Watson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005; 2012 The Closer; Major Crimes
Francis Wilkerson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 Malcolm in the Middle
Francis Xavier
(m) 1506-1552
Saints
Francis Younghusband
(m) 1863-1942
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Francisco of Nagasaki
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Francisco of Saint Michael
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Francisco de Morales
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1622
Saints
Francisco of Saint Mary
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1627
Saints
Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1644-1713
Saints
Francisco Aranha
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1583
Saints
Francisco Borgia
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1510-1572
Saints
Francisco Branco
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Francisco Fernández de Capillas
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1606-1648
Saints
Francisco Gálvez
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1623
Saints
Francisco Pacheco
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1565-1626
Saints
Francisco Serrano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1748
Saints
Francisco Solano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1549-1610
Saints
Francisus de Roye
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1572
Saints
François I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1494-1547
Frankish and French Kings 1515-1547
François II
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1544-1560
Frankish and French Kings 1559-1560
François de Sales
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1567-1622
Saints
François-Xavier of Montmorency-Laval
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1623-1708
Saints
François-Régis Clet
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1748-1820
Saints
Françoise Gil de Frederich
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1745
Saints
Frank Barone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Brimsek
(m) 1913-1998
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Frank Finlay
(m) 1926-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Frank Forde
(m) 1890-1983
Australian Prime Ministers 1945
Frank Gifford
(m) 1930-2015
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Frank "Moose" Goheen
(m) 1894-1979
Hall-of-Famers 1952 (ice hockey)
Olympic Medalists 1920 ice hockey (silver)
Frank Gorman
(m) 1937-
Olympic Medalists 1964 diving - springboard (silver)
Frank Hussey
(m) 1905-1974
Olympic Medalists 1924 4x100 m relay (gold)
Frank Irons
(m) 1886-1942
Olympic Medalists 1908 long jump (gold)
Frank Mahovlich
(m) 1938-
Hall-of-Famers 1981 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Frank Martin
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 ER
Frank McGee
(m) 1882-1916
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Frank Nighbor
(m) 1893-1966
Hall-of-Famers 1947 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1924 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Frank Sinatra
(m) 1915-1998
Grammy Award Winners 1960; 1966; 1967 Come Dance with Me!; September of My Years; A Man and His Music; Strangers in the Night (album of the year/record of the year)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Oscar Award Winners 1954 From Here to Eternity (actor)
Frank Tripp
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 CSI: Miami
Frankie Boyle
(m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Frankie Frisch
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1897-1973
Hall-of-Famers 1947 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1931 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
František
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1768-1835
Bohemian Kings 1792-1835
František Josef I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1830-1916
Bohemian Kings 1848-1916
Franz I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1708-1765
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors 1745-1765
Franz I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1768-1835
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1792-1835
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Franz II) 1792-1806
Franz Joseph I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1830-1916
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1848-1916
Gary Glitter
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1944-
Notable Musicians
Harry Edward
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1898-1973
Olympic Medalists 1920 100 m; 200 m (bronze)
Hew Strachan
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1949-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Hill Harper
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Isabelle Daniels
(a.k.a. Francis) (f) 1937-2017
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Jack Donaghy
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 30 Rock
Jaco Pastorius
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1951-1987
Notable Musicians
James Cagney
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1899-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1943 Yankee Doodle Dandy (actor)
Jared Harris
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-François Régis
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1597-1640
Saints
Jim Delaney
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1921-2012
Olympic Medalists 1948 shot put (silver)
Jim Thorpe
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1887-1953
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Athletes (football)
Olympic Medalists 1912 decathlon; pentathlon (gold)
Jimmy Tremeer
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1874-1951
Olympic Medalists 1908 400 m hurdles (bronze)
"Little" Joe Cartwright
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1959 Bonanza
Joe Dolan
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1939-2007
Notable Musicians
Joe Primeau
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1906-1989
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (ice hockey)
Joey Tribbiani
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994; 2004 Friends; Joey
John Cregan
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1878-1965
Olympic Medalists 1900 800 m (silver)
John Francis Daley
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
John O'Shea
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jon Bon Jovi
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1962-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2018 Bon Jovi
Jon Koncak
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1963-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Keenan Wynn
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1916-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Keith Duffy
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1974-
Notable Musicians
Kevin Joyce
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
Kian Egan
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1980-
Notable Musicians
Larry Kubiac
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Lex Marinos
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mike Troy
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1940-2019
Olympic Medalists 1960 swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold)
Monte Collins
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1898-1951
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Nevill Francis Mott
(m) 1905-1996
Nobel Prize Winners 1977 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Patrick Labyorteaux
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Pete Henry
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1897-1952
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Peter Higgins
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1928-1993
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Peter Francis Neron
(m) 1818-1860
Saints
Regis Philbin
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1931-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Richard Francis Burton
(m) 1821-1890
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Richard Harris
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1930-2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Robert F. Furchgott
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1916-2009
Nobel Prize Winners 1998 (medicine)
Robert F. Kennedy
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1925-1968
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Rupert Young
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ryan Atwood
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 The O.C.
Seán Lemass
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1899-1971
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1959-1966 (prime minister)
Seán Ó Faoláin
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1900-1991
Notable Writers
Sean Paul
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1973-
Notable Musicians
Stanley Rother
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1935-1981
Saints
Tim Robbins
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2004 Mystic River (actor)
Tom Farrell
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1968 800 m (bronze)
Tom Kiely
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1869-1951
Olympic Medalists 1904 decathlon (gold)
Victor Francis Hess
(m) 1883-1964
Nobel Prize Winners 1936 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Walt Davis
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1931-2020
Olympic Medalists 1952 high jump (gold)
William Giauque
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1895-1982
Nobel Prize Winners 1949 (chemistry)
Zoey Deutch
(a.k.a. Francis) (f) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)