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Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ...

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Frances Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the ...

(female). The name may refer to: People: *

Francie Barrett Francis Barrett (born 7 February 1977), commonly known as Francie Barrett, is a retired Irish professional boxer, who represented Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Background He was introduced to boxing by trainer, mentor ...

(born 1977), Irish boxer * Francie Bellew (born 1976), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Francie Brolly Francis Brolly (13 January 1938 – 6 February 2020) was an Irish musician, teacher and Irish republican politician from Dungiven, Northern Ireland. Brolly was a Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry fro ...

(born 1947), Northern Ireland Sinn Féin politician *

Françoise Ducros Françoise (Francie) Ducros is a Canadian government official. She was a communications director for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, from 1999 to 2002, until she resigned after referring to President of the United States, President George W. Bush a ...

, Canadian government official *

Francie Kraker Goodridge Francea ("Francie") Norma Kraker Goodridge (born February 9, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former women's track and field athlete and coach from the United States. She set a world record in the 600-yard indoor event and was the first Michigan-bo ...

(born 1947), American former women's track and field athlete and coach * Francie Grehan, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Francie Molloy Francie Molloy ( ga, Proinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh; born 16 December 1950) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been the abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster since 2013. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) ...

(born 1950), Northern Ireland Sinn Féin politician * Francis O'Brien (Irish politician) (born 1943), Irish former Fianna Fáil politician *

Francie Larrieu Smith Frances Anne "Francie" Larrieu Smith (November 23, 1952 in Palo Alto, California) is an American track and field athlete. She was the flagbearer at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for the United States of America. Larrieu Smith was the thi ...

(born 1952), American middle- and long-distance runner Other: * Francie (Barbie), a fashion doll produced by Mattel *Francis "Francie" Brady, protagonist of the Irish novel '' The Butcher Boy'' *

Francie Calfo Francine "Francie" Calfo is a fictional character on the television series ''Alias,'' portrayed by Merrin Dungey from 2001–03 and again in 2006. Initially the best friend of lead character Sydney Bristow ( Jennifer Garner), Francie is murdered ...

, a fictional character on the television series ''Alias'' *Francie Nolan, heroine of the novel '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', as well as the 1945 film and 1951 Broadway musical adaptations *Francie Stevens, in the 1955 movie ''

To Catch a Thief '' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 To Catch a Thief (novel), novel of the same name by David Dodge (novelist), David Dodge. The ...

'' and the novel on which it was based, played by Grace Kelly in the film *half of the act Francie and Josie, Francie being played by Scottish comedian Jack Milroy * Francie, a character created by American cartoonist Al Columbia

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