Francis (given name)

Francis, as a variation of Franciscus a male and female first name of Latin origin, which is also found as a family name. A short form of the given name is Fran.

Bearers of the name

Male first name

  • Francis Arinze ( b. 1932 ), Nigerian clergyman, Archbishop of Onitsha
  • Francis Asbury (1745-1816), American Methodist bishop
  • Francis Atterbury (1663-1732), English Bishop of Rochester
  • Francis Ayume (1940-2004), Ugandan lawyer
  • Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher
  • Francis Bacon ( painter) ( 1909-1992 ), Irish painter
  • Francis Bertrand (1937-1994), a Belgian comic book artist
  • Francis Bott (1904-1998), German painter
  • Francis Brooks (1924-2010), Northern Irish bishop
  • Francis Collins ( born 1950 ), American geneticist
  • Francis Ford Coppola ( born 1939 ), American film director and producer
  • Francis Drake (1540-1596), British sailors
  • Francis Durbridge (1912-1998), British writer
  • Francis Edward Faragoh (1895-1966), American screenwriter and writer
  • Francis Fulton -Smith (born 1966 ), German - British actor
  • Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846-1929), British Cardinal
  • Francis Lessard ( born 1979 ), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Francis Matthews (* 1927), British actor
  • Francis Muthaura ( born 1946 ), Kenyan officials and politicians
  • Francis Rossi ( born 1949 ), British musician
  • Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897), American statistician
  • Francis Mansour Zayek (1920-2010), American archbishop

Family name

  • Alice Francis, German singer
  • Alun Francis ( b. 1943 ), Welsh conductor
  • Alwin Francis ( * 1987), Indian badminton players
  • Andre Francis ( born 1925 ), French journalist and jazz music producer
  • Amy Price - Francis ( born 1975 ), Canadian actress
  • Andrew Francis ( born 1946 ), Pakistani cleric, Roman Catholic Bishop of Multan
  • Anne Francis (1930-2011), American film actress
  • Arlene Francis (1907-2001), American actress
  • Bob Francis (born 1958 ), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Cedric Francis (1915-2003), American- British film producer
  • Clive Francis ( born 1946 ), British actor
  • Connie Francis ( born 1938 ), American pop singer
  • David Francis ( curator) ( born 1935 ), British film archivist and curator
  • David Francis ( writer ) (born 1958 ), Australian writer
  • David Albert Francis, known as Panama Francis (1918-2001), American jazz drummer
  • David Rowland Francis (1850-1927), American politician
  • Dick Francis (1920-2010), British author and jockey
  • Don Francis ( b. 1942 ), American epidemiologist
  • Don Francis ( entertainer ), German party organizer and entertainers
  • E. Lee Francis (1913-2001), American politician
  • Edward Francis ( physician) ( 1872-1957 ), American physician
  • Edward Francis ( bishop) ( born 1930 ), Indian priest, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sivagangai
  • Emerich K. Francis (1906-1994), Austrian- American sociologist
  • Eve Francis (1886-1980), French-Belgian actress
  • Freddie Francis (1917-2007), British cinematographer and director
  • Genie Francis (born 1962 ), American actress
  • George B. Francis (1883-1967), American lawyer and politician
  • Gerry Francis ( born 1951 ), English footballer and coach
  • HG Francis ( Hans Gerhard Franciskowsky; 1936-2011 ), German book and author of radio plays
  • James B. Francis (1815-1892), British- American engineer
  • Javon Francis ( * 1994), Jamaican track and field athlete
  • John Francis (sculptor ) ( 1780-1861 ), English sculptor
  • John Francis ( Busch Ranger) (1825 -? ), Australian bush ranger
  • John Brown Francis (1791-1864), American politician (Rhode Iceland )
  • John GF Francis ( b. 1934 ), British computer scientist
  • Karl Francis ( director) ( born 1943 ), British film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Karl Francis, known as Dillinja ( born 1975 ), British DJ and producer
  • Kay Francis (1905-1968), American actress
  • Kevin Francis ( b. 1982 ), American alpine skier
  • Lauren Francis, British soprano
  • Mark Francis (painter) (born 1962 ), British painter
  • Mark Francis ( composer ), American composer
  • Mark Francis ( footballer ), English -American football players
  • Mark Lewis - Francis ( b. 1982 ), British track and field athlete
  • Mathews Kunnepurayidom Francis ( born 1944 ), Indian minister
  • Mayann Francis, Canadian human rights activist
  • Melissa Francis (born 1972 ), American actress
  • Michael Kpakala Francis (1936-2013), Liberian clergyman, Archbishop of Monrovia
  • Mike Francis (1961-2009), Italian singer and composer
  • Moni Francis, German singer-songwriter, musicians and cabaret artist
  • Panama Francis ( David Albert Francis; 1918-2001 ), American jazz drummer
  • Paul Francis, American computer scientist and university teacher
  • Ranganathan Francis ( * 1920 ), Indian hockey player
  • Richard Francis - Bruce ( born 1948 ), Australian Cutter
  • Rimona Francis, Israeli jazz musician
  • Robert Francis ( poet ) ( 1901-1987 ), American poet
  • Robert Francis ( author) ( 1909-1946 ), French writer
  • Robert Francis ( actor) ( 1930-1955 ), American actor
  • Robert Francis ( editor ), American Cutter
  • Robert Francis (musician ) (* 1987), American folk rock musicians
  • Ron Francis ( b. 1963 ), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Sage Francis ( born 1977 ), American rapper
  • Sam Francis (1923-1994), American painter and graphic artist
  • Sebastian Francis ( born 1951 ), Malaysian cleric, Bishop of Penang
  • Steve Francis ( b. 1977 ), American basketball player
  • Thomas Francis Jr. (1900-1969), American physician, virologist and epidemiologist
  • Trevor Francis (born 1954 ), English footballer and coach
  • Wil Francis ( b. 1982 ), American musician
  • William B. Francis (1860-1954), American politician
  • Willie Francis (1929-1947), American occasional survivor of an official execution
  • Zaine Francis - Angol (* 1993), Antiguan footballer
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