Belgian Prime Ministers: 6 prime ministers
Pierre de Decker (a.k.a. François)   1855-1857  
Auguste Marie François Beernaert   1884-1894  
Jules Vandenpeereboom (a.k.a. François)   1899  
Gérard Cooreman (a.k.a. François)   1918  
Gaston Eyskens (a.k.a. François)   1949-1950; 1958-1961; 1968-1973  
Paul Vanden Boeynants (a.k.a. François)   1966-1968; 1978-1979  
Fictional Characters from Television: 2 characters
Frankie Brady (a.k.a. François)   1965   Days of Our Lives  
René Artois (a.k.a. François)   1982   'Allo 'Allo!  
Frankish and French Kings: 2 kings
King François I   1515-1547  
King François II   1559-1560  
French Presidents and Prime Ministers: 6 presidents, 6 prime ministers, 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister) François Guizot   1847-1848  
(prime minister) François Arago   1848  
(prime minister) Jules Simon (a.k.a. François)   1876-1877  
(president) Jules Grévy (a.k.a. François)   1879-1887  
(prime minister) Jules Ferry (a.k.a. François)   1880-1881; 1883-1885  
(president) Marie François Sadi Carnot   1887-1894  
(president) Félix Faure (a.k.a. François)   1895-1899  
(prime minister/president) Émile Loubet (a.k.a. François)   1892; 1899-1906  
(president) Albert François Lebrun   1932-1940  
(president) François Mitterrand   1981-1995  
(prime minister) Dominique de Villepin (a.k.a. François)   2005-2007  
(prime minister) François Fillon   2007-2012  
(president) François Hollande   2012-2017  
Haitian Presidents: 4 presidents
(president) François Denys Légitime   1888-1889  
(president) François C. Antoine Simon   1908-1911  
(president) Louis Borno (a.k.a. Francois)   1922-1930  
(president) François Duvalier   1957-1971  
Hall-of-Famers: 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Frank Boucher   1958  
Nobel Prize Winners: 2 medicine, 1 literature, 1 peace, 1 physics
(peace) Auguste Marie François Beernaert   1909  
(medicine) Corneille Heymans (a.k.a. François)   1938  
(literature) François Mauriac   1952  
(medicine) François Jacob   1965  
(physics) François Englert   2013  
Norwegian Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Oskar I (a.k.a. François)   1844-1859  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 1 revolutionary
(revolutionary) François-Noël Babeuf   1760-1797  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 3 actors
François Truffaut   1932-1984  
François Chau   1959-  
Jean-Claude Van Damme (a.k.a. François)   1960-  
Notable Artists: 2 painters
François Boucher   1703-1770  
Jean-François Millet   1814-1875  
Notable Athletes: 3 rugby, 2 soccer, 1 cricket, 1 driving, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Frank Boucher   1901-1977  
(driving) François Cevert   1944-1973  
(rugby) Francois Pienaar   1967-  
(soccer) Jean-François Gillet   1979-  
(cricket) Faf du Plessis (a.k.a. Francois)   1984-  
(rugby) Francois Louw   1985-  
(soccer) François Moubandje   1990-  
(rugby) Frans Malherbe (a.k.a. Francois)   1991-  
Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 1 explorer
Jean François de Galaup   1741-1788  
Notable Filmmakers: 1 screenwriter/director
François Truffaut   1932-1984  
Notable Musicians: 5 composers, 1 musician
François Couperin   1668-1733  
François-Joseph Gossec   1734-1829  
Fromental Halévy (a.k.a. François)   1799-1862  
Frédéric Chopin (a.k.a. François)   1810-1849  
Charles Gounod (a.k.a. François)   1818-1893  
Francis Goya (a.k.a. François)   1946-  
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 1 philologist, 1 philosopher, 1 theologian
Franciscus Gomarus (a.k.a. François)   1563-1641  
François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire"   1694-1778  
Jean-François Champollion   1790-1832  
Notable Politicians and Statespeople: 1 politician
Betico Croes (a.k.a. François)   1938-1986  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 1 physicist
François Englert   1932-  
Notable Writers: 6 authors, 1 poet
François Villon   c. 1431-c. 1463  
François Rabelais   c. 1494-1553  
François de La Rochefoucauld   1613-1680  
François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire"   1694-1778  
Marquis de Sade (a.k.a. François)   1740-1814  
François-René de Chateaubriand   1768-1848  
François Mauriac   1885-1970  
Olympic Medalists: 1 silver
(silver) Jean Bouin (a.k.a. François)   1912   5000 m  
Other Leaders: 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister François-Didier Gregh   1969-1972   Monaco  
Prime Minister Pierre Dartout (a.k.a. François)   2020-2024   Monaco  
Other Notables: 1 person
Eugène François Vidocq   1775-1857   criminology  
Other Royalty: 1 prince
Emmanuel of Belgium (a.k.a. François)   2005-   Belgium  
Saints: 5 saints, 3 blessed
Saint François de Sales   1567-1622  
Saint Jean-François Régis   1597-1640  
Blessed François-Xavier of Montmorency-Laval   1623-1708  
Blessed François-Régis Clet   1748-1820  
Blessed Pierre-François Jamet   1762-1845  
Saint François Isidore Gagelin   1799-1833  
Saint Siméon-François Berneux   1814-1866  
Saint François Jaccard   ?-1838  
Swedish Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Oscar I (a.k.a. François)   1844-1859