Namesakes
François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire"
(m) 1694-1778 
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Writers
Frédéric Chopin
(middle name François) (m) 1810-1849
Notable Musicians
François Hollande
(m) 1954-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2012-2017 (president)
François Rabelais
(m) c. 1494-1553
Notable Writers
François Mitterrand
(m) 1916-1996
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1981-1995 (president)
François I
(m) 1494-1547
Frankish and French Kings 1515-1547
François Mauriac
(m) 1885-1970
Nobel Prize Winners 1952 (literature)
Notable Writers
François Villon
(m) c. 1431-c. 1463
Notable Writers
Jean-François Champollion
(m) 1790-1832
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Marquis de Sade
(middle name François) (m) 1740-1814
Notable Writers
François II
(m) 1544-1560
Frankish and French Kings 1559-1560
François Truffaut
(m) 1932-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
François Arago
(m) 1786-1853
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1848 (prime minister)
Oscar I
(middle name François) (m) 1799-1859
Swedish Kings and Queens 1844-1859
Norwegian Kings and Queens (Oskar I) 1844-1859
François-René de Chateaubriand
(m) 1768-1848
Notable Writers
Charles Gounod
(middle name François) (m) 1818-1893
Notable Musicians
François Englert
(m) 1932-
Nobel Prize Winners 2013 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jean-Claude Van Damme
(middle name François) (m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
François de Sales
(m) 1567-1622
Saints
François Fillon
(m) 1954-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2007-2012 (prime minister)
Albert François Lebrun
(m) 1871-1950
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1932-1940 (president)
François Boucher
(m) 1703-1770
Notable Artists
Jean-François Millet
(m) 1814-1875
Notable Artists
François Couperin
(m) 1668-1733
Notable Musicians
Auguste Marie François Beernaert
(m) 1829-1912
Belgian Prime Ministers 1884-1894
Nobel Prize Winners 1909 (peace)
Jules Grévy
(a.k.a. François) (m) 1807-1891
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1879-1887 (president)
Marie François Sadi Carnot
(m) 1837-1894
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1887-1894 (president)
Félix Faure
(middle name François) (m) 1841-1899
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1895-1899 (president)
François de La Rochefoucauld
(m) 1613-1680
Notable Writers
François Jacob
(m) 1920-2013
Nobel Prize Winners 1965 (medicine)
Émile Loubet
(middle name François) (m) 1838-1929
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1892; 1899-1906 (prime minister/president)
François Guizot
(m) 1787-1874
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1847-1848 (prime minister)
Dominique de Villepin
(middle name François) (m) 1953-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2005-2007 (prime minister)
Corneille Heymans
(middle name François) (m) 1892-1968
Nobel Prize Winners 1938 (medicine)
François Duvalier
(m) 1907-1971
Haitian Presidents 1957-1971 (president)
François-Noël Babeuf
(m) 1760-1797
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Jean François de Galaup
(m) 1741-1788
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Eugène François Vidocq
(m) 1775-1857
Other Notables criminology
Jules Ferry
(middle name François) (m) 1832-1893
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1880-1881; 1883-1885 (prime minister)
François-Joseph Gossec
(m) 1734-1829
Notable Musicians
Fromental Halévy
(middle name François) (m) 1799-1862
Notable Musicians
François Bayrou
(m) 1951-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2024- (prime minister)
François Cevert
(m) 1944-1973
Notable Athletes (driving)
Michel Bouquet
(middle name François) (m) 1925-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gaston Eyskens
(middle name François) (m) 1905-1988
Belgian Prime Ministers 1949-1950; 1958-1961; 1968-1973
Paul Vanden Boeynants
(middle name François) (m) 1919-2001
Belgian Prime Ministers 1966-1968; 1978-1979
François Moubandje
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean-François Gillet
(m) 1979-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jules Simon
(middle name François) (m) 1814-1896
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1876-1877 (prime minister)
Emmanuel of Belgium
(middle name François) (m) 2005-
Other Royalty 2005- Belgium (prince)
Franciscus Gomarus
(a.k.a. François) (m) 1563-1641
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jean Bouin
(middle name François) (m) 1888-1914
Olympic Medalists 1912 5000 m (silver)
François Chau
(m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Pierre de Decker
(middle name François) (m) 1812-1891
Belgian Prime Ministers 1855-1857
Faf du Plessis
(a.k.a. Francois) (m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (cricket)
Francois Pienaar
(m) 1967-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Gérard Cooreman
(middle name François) (m) 1852-1926
Belgian Prime Ministers 1918
Jules Vandenpeereboom
(middle name François) (m) 1843-1917
Belgian Prime Ministers 1899
Pierre Dartout
(middle name François) (m) 1954-
Other Leaders 2020-2024 Monaco (prime minister)
Louis Borno
(middle name Francois) (m) 1865-1942
Haitian Presidents 1922-1930 (president)
François C. Antoine Simon
(m) 1843-1923
Haitian Presidents 1908-1911 (president)
Francis Goya
(a.k.a. François) (m) 1946-
Notable Musicians
François Denys Légitime
(m) 1841-1935
Haitian Presidents 1888-1889 (president)
Siméon-François Berneux
(m) 1814-1866
Saints
Frank Boucher
(m) 1901-1977
Hall-of-Famers 1958 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
François Isidore Gagelin
(m) 1799-1833
Saints
Betico Croes
(middle name François) (m) 1938-1986
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Francois Louw
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Frans Malherbe
(middle name Francois) (m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
François-Didier Gregh
(m) 1906-1992
Other Leaders 1969-1972 Monaco (prime minister)
Frankie Brady
(a.k.a. François) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
René Artois
(middle name François) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1982 'Allo 'Allo!
François-Xavier of Montmorency-Laval
(m) 1623-1708
Saints
François-Régis Clet
(m) 1748-1820
Saints
François Jaccard
(m) ?-1838
Saints
Jean-François Régis
(m) 1597-1640
Saints
Pierre-François Jamet
(m) 1762-1845
Saints