Namesakes
Belgian Prime Ministers:
6 prime ministers
Pierre de Decker (middle name François) 1855-1857 
Auguste Marie François Beernaert 1884-1894
Jules Vandenpeereboom (middle name François) 1899
Gérard Cooreman (middle name François) 1918
Gaston Eyskens (middle name François) 1949-1950; 1958-1961; 1968-1973
Paul Vanden Boeynants (middle name François) 1966-1968; 1978-1979
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Frankie Brady (a.k.a. François) 1965 Days of Our Lives
René Artois (middle name 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:
7 prime ministers, 6 presidents, 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister) François Guizot 1847-1848
(prime minister) François Arago 1848
(prime minister) Jules Simon (middle name François) 1876-1877
(president) Jules Grévy (a.k.a. François) 1879-1887
(prime minister) Jules Ferry (middle name François) 1880-1881; 1883-1885
(president) Marie François Sadi Carnot 1887-1894
(president) Félix Faure (middle name François) 1895-1899
(prime minister/president) Émile Loubet (middle name François) 1892; 1899-1906
(president) Albert François Lebrun 1932-1940
(president) François Mitterrand 1981-1995
(prime minister) Dominique de Villepin (middle name François) 2005-2007
(prime minister) François Fillon 2007-2012
(president) François Hollande 2012-2017
(prime minister) François Bayrou 2024-
Haitian Presidents:
4 presidents
(president) François Denys Légitime 1888-1889
(president) François C. Antoine Simon 1908-1911
(president) Louis Borno (middle name 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 (middle name François) 1938
(literature) François Mauriac 1952
(medicine) François Jacob 1965
(physics) François Englert 2013
Norwegian Kings and Queens:
1 king
King Oskar I (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name Francois) 1991-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Jean François de Galaup 1741-1788
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director/screenwriter
François Truffaut 1932-1984
Notable Musicians:
5 composers, 1 musician
François Couperin 1668-1733
François-Joseph Gossec 1734-1829
Fromental Halévy (middle name François) 1799-1862
Frédéric Chopin (middle name François) 1810-1849
Charles Gounod (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name François) 1740-1814
François-René de Chateaubriand 1768-1848
François Mauriac 1885-1970
Olympic Medalists:
1 silver
(silver) Jean Bouin (middle name François) 1912 5000 m
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers
Prime Minister François-Didier Gregh 1969-1972 Monaco
Prime Minister Pierre Dartout (middle name François) 2020-2024 Monaco
Other Notables:
1 person
Eugène François Vidocq 1775-1857 criminology
Other Royalty:
1 prince
Emmanuel of Belgium (middle name 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 (middle name François) 1844-1859