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