Francisco (disambiguation)
Francisco is a male first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the name French Spanish short forms include Fran and Paco. A Portuguese short form is Chico.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Francisco Aguirre ( football player, 1977) ( born 1977 ), Argentine footballer
- Francisco Alcácer (* 1993), Spanish footballer
- Francisco de Almeida (1450-1510), Portuguese navigator and military
- Francisco Álvares (~ 1465 - ~ 1540), Portuguese missionary and explorer
- Francisco d' Andrade (1859-1921), Portuguese opera singer (baritone )
- Francisco de Asís de Borbón (1822-1902), King consort of Isabella II of Spain
- Francisco Ayala (1906-2009), Spanish writer and sociologist
- Francisco José Barnés de Castro ( born 1946 ), Mexican chemical engineer and manager
- Francisco Blake Mora (1966-2011), Mexican politician
- Francisco Bru (1885-1962), Spanish football players, referees and coaches
- Francisco Buarque de Hollanda ( born 1944 ), Brazilian musician and author
- Francisco Casa Vella (1963-2008), Spanish writer
- Francisco Claver (1929-2010), Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines
- Francisco Cornejo (1892-1963), Mexican painter and sculptor
- Francisco Corzas Chávez (1936-1983), Mexican painter
- Francisco da Costa Soares, East Timorese politicians
- Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Spanish painter
- Francisco Díaz de León (1897-1975), Mexican graphic artist
- Francisco Eppens Helguera (1913-1990), Mexican artist
- Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Spanish general and dictator
- Francisco Galdos ( born 1947 ), Spanish cyclist
- Francisco Henriques († 1518), Flemish- Portuguese Renaissance painter
- Francisco de Ibarra (1539-1575), Spanish conquistador and explorer
- Francisco Largo Caballero (1869-1946), Spanish politician and Prime Minister of the Second Republic
- Francisco Madero (1873-1913), Mexican revolutionary, statesman and President of Mexico ( 1911-1913 )
- Francisco de la Maza (1913-1972), Mexican art historian and critic
- Francisco Medina (* 1977), German - Chilean theater and television actor
- Francisco de Mendoza (1545-1623), Spanish military leader
- Francisco Mérida Pérez, known as Fran Mérida ( * 1990), Spanish footballer
- Francisco Montes de Oca y Saucedo (1837-1885), Mexican politician and military doctor
- Francisco Moreno Capdevila (1926-1995), Spanish - Mexican artist
- Francisco Muñiz James IV, known as Frankie Muniz ( born 1985 ), American actor
- Francisco de Orellana (1490-1546), President of Central American
- Francisco de Peñalosa (1470-1528), Spanish cleric, singer and composer
- Francisco Pizarro ( ~ 1477-1541 ), Spanish Conquistador
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), Spanish writer
- Francisco Ribeiro (1965-2010), Portuguese musicians
- Francisco Romano Guillemin (1884-1950), Mexican painter
- Francisco J. Serrano (1900-1982), Mexican architect
- Francisco Simões ( born 1946 ), Portuguese sculptor and draftsman
- Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras (1759-1833), Mexican architect, painter, sculptor and poet
- Francisco Varela (1946-2001), Chilean biologist and neuroscientist
- Francisco de Xavier (1506-1552; Saint Francis Xavier ), Spanish missionary and co-founder of the Jesuit order
- Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998), Costa Rican - Mexican sculptor and painter
- Gustavo Petro Urrego Francisco ( b. 1960 ), Colombian politicians
Family name
- Don Francisco ( television presenter ) ( born 1940 ), Chilean -American television presenter
- Don Francisco ( singer) ( born 1946 ), American singer and composer
- James Francisco ( b. 1937 ), American politician
- Juan Francisco (born 1978 ), Dominican baseball player
- João Manoel Francisco ( b. 1946 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Chapecó
- Rafael da Silva Francisco ( Rafinha; b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
- Silvino Francisco ( born 1946 ), South African professional snooker
- Vicente Francisco ( * 1891, † after 1965 ), Filipino politician
Artist Name
- Lady Francisco actually Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon ( b. 1940 ), Brazilian actress