Francesco, the
Italian
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(and original) version of the personal name "
Francis", is the
most common given name among males in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
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Francesco I (disambiguation), several people
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Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation), several people
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Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation), several people
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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
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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
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Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer
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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 ...
(1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor
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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
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Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect
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Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer
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Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist
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Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist
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Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659–1739), Italian architect and designer
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749), Italian priest and composer
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Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (1675–1755), Italian archaeologist
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Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762), Italian composer
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Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer
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Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768), Italian composer
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Francesco Zuccarelli
Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli (commonly known as Francesco Zuccarelli, ; 15 August 1702 – 30 December 1788) RA, was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He is considered to be the most important landscape painter to hav ...
(1702–1788), Italian painter
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Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), Maltese painter
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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 was ...
(1712–1764), Italian philosopher
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Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), Italian artist
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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
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Francesco Cetti (1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist
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Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...
(1791–1882), Italian painter
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Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), Italian pathologist
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Francesco Ticciati (1893–1949), Italian musician
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Francesco Greco (1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician
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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
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Francesco Merloni (born 1925), Italian industrialist, academic and politician
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Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 1942), Italian sports official
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Francesco Beschi (born 1951), Italian bishop
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Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser wa ...
(born 1951), Italian cyclist
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Franco Serantini (born 1951), Italian anarchist
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Francesco Schettino
Francesco Schettino (; born 14 November 1960) is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship ''Costa Concordia'' when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of ...
(born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner
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Francesco da Mosto (born 1961), Italian architect, film maker and television presenter
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Francesco Attolico (born 1963), Italian water polo player
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Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer
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Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
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Francesco Lollobrigida (born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician
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Francesco Postiglione (born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player
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Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He is often referred to as ''Er Bimbo de Oro'' (The Golden Boy), ''L'Ottavo Re di Roma'' (The Eig ...
(born 1976), Italian football player
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Francesco Bilotto (born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert
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Francesco Cernuto (born 1992), Italian footballer
Characters with the given name
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Francesco Bernoulli, character in the Disney-Pixar animated film ''Cars 2''
See also
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References
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