Namesakes
Francis
(m) 
Shakespearian Characters Henry IV (1)
Friar Francis
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Much Ado About Nothing
Francis Feeble
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Henry IV (2)
Francis Flute
(m)
Shakespearian Characters A Midsummer Night's Dream
Francis of Assisi
(m) c. 1182-1226
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Saints
Francesco Veninbeni of Fabriano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1251-1322
Saints
Francesco Arrighetto
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1328
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Francesco of Pesaro
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1350
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Francesco di Paola
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1416-1508
Saints
François I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1494-1547
Frankish and French Kings 1515-1547
Francis Xavier
(m) 1506-1552
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Francesco di Calderola
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1507
Saints
Francisco Borgia
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1510-1572
Saints
Francis Drake
(m) 1540-1596
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Notable Military Figures
François II
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1544-1560
Frankish and French Kings 1559-1560
Francisco Solano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1549-1610
Saints
Francis Bacon
(m) 1561-1626
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Francesco Caracciolo
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1563-1608
Saints
Francisco Pacheco
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1565-1626
Saints
François de Sales
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1567-1622
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Francisus de Roye
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1572
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Francisco Aranha
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1583
Saints
Francis Dickenson
(m) ?-1590
Saints
Arthur Bell
(middle name Francis) (m) 1590-1643
Saints
Francisco of Nagasaki
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Francisco of Saint Michael
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Francisco Branco
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Jean-François Régis
(middle name Francis) (m) 1597-1640
Saints
Francis Page
(m) ?-1602
Saints
Francisco Fernández de Capillas
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1606-1648
Saints
Francis Taylor
(m) ?-1621
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Francis of Saint Bonaventure
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francis Chakichi
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francis Takea
(m) ?-1622
Saints
Francisco de Morales
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1622
Saints
Francisco Gálvez
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1623
Saints
François-Xavier of Montmorency-Laval
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1623-1708
Saints
Francis Kuloi
(m) ?-1627
Saints
Francis Pinzokere
(m) ?-1627
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Francisco of Saint Mary
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1627
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Francesco de Geronimo
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1642-1716
Saints
Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1644-1713
Saints
Francesco Antonio Fasani
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1681-1742
Saints
Franz I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1708-1765
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors 1745-1765
Francesco Bianchi
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1743-1815
Saints
Françoise Gil de Frederich
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1745
Saints
Francisco Serrano
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) ?-1748
Saints
François-Régis Clet
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1748-1820
Saints
Ferenc
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1768-1835
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1792-1835
Bohemian Kings (František) 1792-1835
Austrian Dukes and Emperors (Franz I) 1792-1835
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Franz II) 1792-1806
Francis Ch'oe Kyong-hwan
(m) 1804-1839
Saints
Peter Francis Neron
(m) 1818-1860
Saints
Francis Xavier Seelos
(m) 1819-1867
Saints
Richard Francis Burton
(m) 1821-1890
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Francis Trung Van Tran
(m) 1825-1858
Saints
Ferenc József I
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1830-1916
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1848-1916
Bohemian Kings (František Josef I) 1848-1916
Austrian Dukes and Emperors (Franz Joseph I) 1848-1916
Francis Xavier Can
(m) ?-1837
Saints
Francis Xavier Mau
(m) ?-1838
Saints
Francis Man
(m) ?-1839
Saints
Francesco Fogolla
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1839-1900
Saints
Francis Troy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1847 Far From the Madding Crowd
Francis Bell
(m) 1851-1936
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1925
Francis Younghusband
(m) 1863-1942
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Tom Kiely
(middle name Francis) (m) 1869-1951
Olympic Medalists 1904 decathlon (gold)
Jimmy Tremeer
(middle name Francis) (m) 1874-1951
Olympic Medalists 1908 400 m hurdles (bronze)
Francis Lane
(m) 1874-1927
Olympic Medalists 1896 100 m (bronze)
Francis William Aston
(m) 1877-1945
Nobel Prize Winners 1922 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
John Cregan
(middle name Francis) (m) 1878-1965
Olympic Medalists 1900 800 m (silver)
Francis Peyton Rous
(m) 1879-1970
Nobel Prize Winners 1966 (medicine)
Joseph Stadler
(middle name Francis) (m) 1880-1950
Olympic Medalists 1904 high jump - standing; triple jump - standing (silver/bronze)
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)
Frank McGee
(m) 1882-1916
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Francis X. Bushman
(m) 1883-1966
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Victor Francis Hess
(m) 1883-1964
Nobel Prize Winners 1936 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Frank Irons
(m) 1886-1942
Olympic Medalists 1908 long jump (gold)
Jim Thorpe
(middle name Francis) (m) 1887-1953
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Athletes (football)
Olympic Medalists 1912 decathlon; pentathlon (gold)
Frank Morgan
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1890-1949
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Frank Forde
(m) 1890-1983
Australian Prime Ministers 1945
Frank Nighbor
(m) 1893-1966
Hall-of-Famers 1947 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1924 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Frank "Moose" Goheen
(m) 1894-1979
Hall-of-Famers 1952 (ice hockey)
Olympic Medalists 1920 ice hockey (silver)
William Giauque
(middle name Francis) (m) 1895-1982
Nobel Prize Winners 1949 (chemistry)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1896-1940
Notable Writers
Frankie Frisch
(middle name Francis) (m) 1897-1973
Hall-of-Famers 1947 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1931 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Pete Henry
(middle name Francis) (m) 1897-1952
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Harry Edward
(middle name Francis) (m) 1898-1973
Olympic Medalists 1920 100 m; 200 m (bronze)
Monte Collins
(middle name Francis) (m) 1898-1951
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Seán Lemass
(middle name Francis) (m) 1899-1971
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1959-1966 (prime minister)
James Cagney
(middle name Francis) (m) 1899-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1943 Yankee Doodle Dandy (actor)
Francis Lederer
(m) 1899-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Seán Ó Faoláin
(middle name Francis) (m) 1900-1991
Notable Writers
Charles Francis Richter
(m) 1900-1985
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Darryl F. Zanuck
(middle name Francis) (m) 1902-1979
Notable Filmmakers
Francis "King" Clancy
(m) 1903-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1958 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Frank Hussey
(m) 1905-1974
Olympic Medalists 1924 4x100 m relay (gold)
John of the United Kingdom
(middle name Francis) (m) 1905-1919
Other Royalty 1905-1919 United Kingdom (prince)
Nevill Francis Mott
(m) 1905-1996
Nobel Prize Winners 1977 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Joe Primeau
(middle name Francis) (m) 1906-1989
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (ice hockey)
Lou Costello
(middle name Francis) (m) 1906-1959
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Francis Bacon
(m) 1909-1992
Notable Artists
Francis Johnson
(m) 1910-1997
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Frank Brimsek
(m) 1913-1998
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (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)
Robert F. Furchgott
(middle name Francis) (m) 1916-2009
Nobel Prize Winners 1998 (medicine)
Francis Crick
(m) 1916-2004
Nobel Prize Winners 1962 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Keenan Wynn
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1916-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Michael Gough
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1916-2011
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Francis "Chick" Hearn
(m) 1916-2002
Hall-of-Famers 2003 (basketball)
Ben Johnson
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1918-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1972 The Last Picture Show (actor)
Francis Schewetta
(m) 1919-2007
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (silver)
Jim Delaney
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1921-2012
Olympic Medalists 1948 shot put (silver)
Rory Calhoun
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1922-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Robert F. Kennedy
(middle name Francis) (m) 1925-1968
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Frank Finlay
(m) 1926-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peter Higgins
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1928-1993
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Conn Findlay
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1930-2021
Olympic Medalists 1956; 1960; 1964; 1976 rowing; sailing (bronze/gold)
Frank Gifford
(m) 1930-2015
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Richard Harris
(middle name Francis) (m) 1930-2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walt Davis
(middle name Francis) (m) 1931-2020
Olympic Medalists 1952 high jump (gold)
Regis Philbin
(middle name Francis) (m) 1931-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Luke Askew
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1932-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stanley Rother
(middle name Francis) (m) 1935-1981
Saints
David Lean
(middle name Francis) (m) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay (silver)
Francis
(m) 1936-
Bishops of Rome and the Popes 2013-
Frank Gorman
(m) 1937-
Olympic Medalists 1964 diving - springboard (silver)
Frank Mahovlich
(m) 1938-
Hall-of-Famers 1981 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Francis Ford Coppola
(m) 1939-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 1975 The Godfather Part II (director)
Joe Dolan
(middle name Francis) (m) 1939-2007
Notable Musicians
Fran Tarkenton
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 1986 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1975 football
Mike Troy
(middle name Francis) (m) 1940-2019
Olympic Medalists 1960 swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold)
Don Dee
(middle name Francis) (m) 1943-2014
Olympic Medalists 1968 basketball (gold)
Tom Farrell
(middle name Francis) (m) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1968 800 m (bronze)
Gary Glitter
(middle name Francis) (m) 1944-
Notable Musicians
Francis Goya
(m) 1946-
Notable Musicians
Eric F. Wieschaus
(middle name Francis) (m) 1947-
Nobel Prize Winners 1995 (medicine)
Jameson Parker
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lex Marinos
(middle name Francis) (m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Hew Strachan
(middle name Francis) (m) 1949-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Francis Kerbiriou
(m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1972 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Kevin Joyce
(middle name Francis) (m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
Jaco Pastorius
(middle name Francis) (m) 1951-1987
Notable Musicians
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
(middle name Francis) (m) 1954-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Daley Thompson
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1980; 1984 decathlon (gold)
Tim Robbins
(middle name Francis) (m) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2004 Mystic River (actor)
"Little" Joe Cartwright
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1959 Bonanza
Thomas F. Wilson
(middle name Francis) (m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jared Harris
(middle name Francis) (m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jon Bon Jovi
(middle name Francis) (m) 1962-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2018 Bon Jovi
Jon Koncak
(middle name Francis) (m) 1963-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Patrick Labyorteaux
(middle name Francis) (m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donal Logue
(middle name Francis) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Hill Harper
(a.k.a. Francis) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Francis Severeyns
(m) 1968-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jeff Williams
(middle name Francis) (m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2004 baseball (silver)
Frankie Boyle
(m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Sean Paul
(middle name Francis) (m) 1973-
Notable Musicians
Keith Duffy
(middle name Francis) (m) 1974-
Notable Musicians
Alexander De Croo
(middle name Francis) (m) 1975-
Belgian Prime Ministers 2020-2025
Eion Bailey
(middle name Francis) (m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
(middle name Francis) (m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rupert Young
(middle name Francis) (m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Francis Obikwelu
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2004 100 m (silver)
Kian Egan
(middle name Francis) (m) 1980-
Notable Musicians
John O'Shea
(middle name Francis) (m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Francis Capra
(m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
John Francis Daley
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Francis "Doc Hoc" Hockenbury
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987 Tour of Duty
Larry Kubiac
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Frank Martin
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 ER
Joey Tribbiani
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994; 2004 Friends; Joey
Zoey Deutch
(middle name Francis) (f) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Frank Barone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Doyle
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Angel
Francis Wilkerson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 Malcolm in the Middle
Frank Tripp
(a.k.a. Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 CSI: Miami
Charlie Harper
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 Two and a Half Men
Ryan Atwood
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 The O.C.
Christopher John Francis Boone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Francis "Buzz" Watson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005; 2012 The Closer; Major Crimes
Jack Donaghy
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 30 Rock
Don Draper
(middle name Francis) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Mad Men
Francis Reynaud
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2012 Chocolat