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. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the given name Francesco

Francesco I (disambiguation) Francesco I may refer to: Persons * Pope Francis (born 1936, reigned 2013-present), the current Pope, also known in Latin as Franciscus * Francesco I Ordelaffi (c. 1300 – 1332) * Francesco I of Lesbos (died 1384) * Francesco I Crispo (died 1397 ...

, several people *

Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation) Francesco Barbaro may refer to: * Francesco Barbaro (politician) (1390–1454), Italian politician, diplomat and humanist from Venice * Francesco Barbaro (patriarch of Aquileia) (1546–1616), Venetian diplomat and Italian Catholic bishop * Frances ...

, several people *

Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation) Francesco Bernardi may refer to: *Senesino Francesco Bernardi (; 31 October 1686 – 27 November 1758), known as Senesino ( or traditionally ), was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaborat ...

, several people *

Francesco di Giorgio Martini Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms: ...

(1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter *

Francesco Berni Francesco Berni Francesco Berni (1497/98 – 26 May 1535) was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is now known as " Bernesque poetry", a serio-comedic type of poetry with elements of satire. Biography Life Berni was born 1497 o ...

(1497–1536), Italian writer *

Francesco Canova da Milano Francesco Canova da Milano (Francesco da Milano, also known as ''Il divino'', ''Francesco da Parigi'', etc.) (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal cou ...

(1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer *

Francesco Primaticcio Francesco Primaticcio (April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Biography Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua and became a pupil of I ...

(1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor *

Francesco Albani Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617), ...

(1578–1660), Italian painter *

Francesco Borromini Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino

(1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect *

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...

(1602–1676), Italian composer *

Francesco Maria Grimaldi Francesco Maria Grimaldi, SJ (2 April 1618 – 28 December 1663) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani. Work Between 1 ...

(1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist *

Francesco Bianchini Francesco Bianchini (13 December 16622 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being ''camiere d'honore'' of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the cal ...

(1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist *

Francesco Galli Bibiena Francesco Galli, called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena), a member of the theatrical Galli da Bibiena family and younger brother of Ferdinando Galli, was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwar ...

(1659–1739), Italian architect and designer *

Francesco Antonio Bonporti Francesco Antonio Bonporti (11 June 1672 – 19 December 1749) was an Italian priest and amateur composer. Born in Trento, he was admitted in 1691 to the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome, where he studied theology. While in Rome, he also studied ...

(1672–1749), Italian priest and composer *

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables o ...

(1675–1755), Italian archaeologist *

Francesco Manfredini Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (22 June 1684 – 6 October 1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician. He was born at Pistoia to a trombonist. He studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli in Bologna, then a part of the Papal ...

(1684–1762), Italian composer *

Francesco Geminiani 230px Francesco Saverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, ...

(1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer *

Francesco Maria Veracini Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...

(1690–1768), Italian composer * Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian painter *

Francesco Zahra Francesco Vincenzo Zahra ( mt, Franġisk Żahra, 15 December 1710 – 19 August 1773) was a Maltese painter who mainly painted religious works in the Neapolitan Baroque style. His works may be found in many churches around the Maltese Islands, as ...

(1710–1773), Maltese painter *

Francesco Algarotti Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He wa ...

(1712–1764), Italian philosopher *

Francesco Guardi Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (; 5 October 1712 – 1 January 1793) was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of ...

(1712–1793), Italian artist *

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (March 27, 1714 - October 10, 1795) was an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer. Biography Francesco Antonio Zaccaria was born in Venice. His father, Tancredi, was a noted jurist. He joined the Austria ...

(1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian *

Francesco Cetti Francesco Cetti (9 August 1726 – 20 November 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician. Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college ...

(1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist * Francesco Hayez (1791–1882), Italian painter *

Francesco Puccinotti Francesco Puccinotti (8 August 1794 – 8 October 1872Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 1891Volume VIII) was an Italian pathologist. Puccinotti was born in Urbino and started his career as the main doctor in Recanati but moved on to Macerata where h ...

(1794–1872), Italian pathologist *

Francesco Ticciati Francesco Ticciati (20 December 1893 – 10 February 1949) was an Italian composer, concert pianist, Piano pedagogy, piano teacher and lecturer. Life Born in Rome, he studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, studying piano with Franc ...

(1893–1949), Italian musician *

Francesco Greco Francesco Achille Greco (9 November 1942 – 1 October 2018), also known as Franco Greco, was an Italian lawyer and politician. He was elected to the Italian Senate from 1983 to 1994 in the region of Sicily for numerous parties. First he served ...

(1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician *

Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film ''The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to ha ...

(1922–2015), Italian film maker *

Francesco Merloni Francesco Merloni (born 17 September 1925) is an Italian industrialist, engineer and politician who was a member of the Christian Democrats. He served as the minister of public works from 1992 to 1994. He chaired Merloni Termosanitari until 2011 ...

(born 1925), Italian industrialist, academic and politician *

Francesco Ricci Bitti Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 15 January 1942) is an Italian sports administrator and former tennis player who has presided over the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) since 2013. Since 2015 he has been honorary life p ...

(born 1942), Italian sports official *

Francesco Beschi Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of Bergamo. Life Francesco Beschi was born to a railroad worker and his wife on 6 August 1951 in Brescia. He grew up in Brescia and joined the seminary of his diocese in his youth. He became a priest in 1 ...

(born 1951), Italian bishop * Francesco Moser (born 1951), Italian cyclist *

Franco Serantini Franco (Francesco) Serantini (July 16, 1951 – May 7, 1972) was an Italian anarchist. Biography He was born in Cagliari and spent his childhood in a foster family and in institutions, sometimes under a semi-free regime. After graduating from t ...

(born 1951), Italian anarchist * Francesco Schettino (born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner *

Francesco da Mosto Francesco da Mosto (; born 1961) is an Italian architect, author, historian, film maker and television presenter. He presented the three BBC 2 series '' Francesco's Venice'' (2004) and '' Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe'' (2006) where he explored ...

(born 1961), Italian architect, film maker and television presenter *

Francesco Attolico Francesco Attolico (born 23 March 1963 in Bari) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team record ...

(born 1963), Italian water polo player *

Francesco Saverio Romano Francesco Saverio Romano (born 24 December 1964) is an Italian politician and lawyer. He served as the minister of agricultures in 2011 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 2001 and 2018. Early life and education Romano was born in ...

(born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer *

Francesco Bruno Francesco Bruno (born 15 June 1978) is an Italian sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of usin ...

(born 1968), Italian sport shooter *

Francesco Lollobrigida Francesco Lollobrigida (born 21 March 1972) is an Italian lawyer and politician who has been the Italian Minister of Agriculture, minister of agriculture since 22 October 2022. Biography Lollobrigida was born in Tivoli, Lazio, Tivoli on 21 March ...

(born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician *

Francesco Postiglione Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972 in Naples) is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breas ...

(born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player * Francesco Totti (born 1976), Italian football player *

Francesco Bilotto Francesco Bilotto (born August 30, 1981) is a television design and entertaining expert, contributing to many media sources. Currently seen as a re-appearing guest on national network news morning programs as well as daytime entertainment talk sh ...

(born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert *

Francesco Cernuto Francesco Cernuto (born 25 January 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Paganese. Club career He made his Serie C debut for Treviso on 2 September 2012 in a game against Cuneo. On 2 September 2019, he signed a 2-year cont ...

(born 1992), Italian footballer

Characters with the given name

Francesco Bernoulli ''Cars'' is a media franchise including the 2006 film ''Cars'', the 2011 film ''Cars 2'', the 2017 film ''Cars 3'', the 2013 film '' Planes'' and the 2014 film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue''. Characters in the fictional universe include: Piston Cu ...

, character in the Disney-Pixar animated film ''Cars 2''

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