Francisca is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Francisca Ballesteros (born 1969), Spanish serial killer * Maria Francisca Bia (1809-1889), Dutch actor * Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria (1640-1706), first female governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru *

Francisca Duarte Francisca Duarte ( Antwerp, 1595 – Gest Alkmaar, 1640) was a Portuguese singer. She was active as a court singer at the court of the governor in the Spanish Netherlands. She was the daughter of the banker and jeweler Diego Duarte (1545? -162 ...

(1595–1640), Portuguese singer *

Francisca Campos Francisca Linoska Campos Salas (born July 19, 1985 in Antofagasta) is a female cyclist from Chile, specializing in competitive mountain biking. Campos represented her native South American country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she finishe ...

(born 1985), Chilean mountain biker * Francisca del Espiritu Santo Fuentes (1647-1711), Filipina religious leader * Francisca Martínez (born 1966), Mexican race walker * Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal (circa 1540-1596), victim of the Inquisition * Francisca Pleguezuelos (born 1950), Spanish politician *

Francisca Queiroz Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime. Biography Born in Campinas, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, her father ...

(born 1979), Brazilian actress * Francisca Rojas (born 1865), Argentine murderer * Francisca Senhorinha da Motta Diniz , Brazilian teacher and feminist * Francisca Stading (1763-1836), Swedish opera singer *

Francisca Subirana Francisca "Panchita" Subirana Wolf (also y Lobo; 24 January 1900 – March 1981) was a Spanish tennis player. Biography Subirana was born in Barcelona. She won the city's tennis tournament from 1916 to 1920 five times in a row. In 1920, she reach ...

(1900–1981), Spanish tennis player *

Francisca Wieser Francisca Wieser, also known as Frances A. Wieser, or Francesca Wieser ( – ) was an American scientific illustrator, drafter, artist, and photographic assistant. She worked for the United States Geological Survey, and the United States National ...

(1869–1949), American scientific illustrator *

Dilian Francisca Toro Dilian Francisca Toro Torres (born 6 January 1959) is a Colombian physician and politician, she served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2013. She was investigated by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia on charges of money laundering, and ...

(born 1959), Colombian doctor and politician *

Francisca Urio Francisca Urio (born February 6, 1981, in Meiningen, Thuringia, East Germany) is a German singer-songwriter and radio presenter of Afro-German heritage who lives in Berlin. Personal life Francisca Urio was born in Meiningen, a town in souther ...

(born 1981), German singer-songwriter and radio presenter *

Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal Infanta Francisca Josefa Maria Xaviera(; ) (30 January 1699 – 15 July 1736) was a Portuguese ''infanta'' (princess) and the last of eight children of King Peter II of Portugal and his second wife Marie Sophie of Neuburg. Francisca Josefa w ...

(1699-1736), Portuguese princess * Infanta Maria Francisca Isabel of Portugal (born 1997), third in line to the Portuguese throne *

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (; en, Mary Frances); full name: ''Maria Francisca de Assis da Maternidade Xavier de Paula e de Alcântara Antónia Joaquina Gonzaga Carlota Mónica Senhorinha Sotera e Caia de Bourbon e Bragança''; 22 April ...

(1800-1834), daughter of King John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Borbón * Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736-1813), Portuguese princess *

Maria Francisca of Nemours Dona Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy (french: Marie Françoise Élisabeth; 21 June 1646 – 27 December 1683) was Queen of Portugal during her marriage to King Dom Afonso VI from 2 August 1666 to 24 March 1668 and, as the wife of Afonso's br ...

(1646-1683), Queen of Portugal *

Princess Francisca of Brazil Dona Francisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of the Empire of Brazil (as daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal, and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Habsburg), who became Princess o ...

(1824-1898), Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta Fictional characters with the name include: * Francisca, from ''

Kirby Star Allies ''Kirby Star Allies'' is a 2018 platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The twelfth mainline installment in the ''Kirby'' series, the player controls Kirby in his quest to prevent a pri ...

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