François () is a

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name

Francis Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2 ...

People with the given name

* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter *

François-Marie Arouet François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his '' nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher ('' philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Chris ...

(better known as

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *

François Beauchemin Joseph Jean-François Vinet Beauchemin (born June 4, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the third round, 75th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1998 NH ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks *

François Blanc François Blanc (; 12 December 1806 – 27 July 1877), nicknamed "The Magician of Homburg" and "The Magician of Monte Carlo", was a French entrepreneur and operator of casinos, including the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. His daughter, Marie-F� ...

(1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *

François Bonlieu François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu (21 March 1937 – 18 August 1973) was a French alpine skier. Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old. He was a four time French Champion (twice in the giant slal ...

(1937–1973), French alpine skier *

François Cevert Albert François Cevert (; 25 February 1944 – 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Cevert won the 1971 United States Grand Prix with Tyrrell Racing, Tyrrell. Cevert competed in Formula One for Tec ...

(1944–1973), French racing driver *

François Chau François Chau (born October 26, 1959) is a Cambodian and American actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's '' Lost'', Quick Kick on '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Dr. Chang in the film '' 21 & Over'', Shredder in '' ...

(born 1959), Cambodian American actor *

François Clemmons François Scarborough Clemmons (born April 23, 1945) is an American singer, actor, writer and teacher. He is known for his appearances as "Officer Clemmons" on the PBS television series ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' from 1968 to 1993. Early li ...

(born 1945), American singer and actor *

François Corbier François Corbier (17 October 1944 – 1 July 2018) was a French television presenter and songwriter. Early life Corbier was born as Alain Roux in 1944 in Paris. Career Corbier began his career as a songwriter in Parisian cabarets, where he work ...

(1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter *

François Coty François Coty (; born Joseph Marie François Spoturno ; 3 May 1874 – 25 July 1934) was a French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts. He was the founder of the Coty, Coty perfume company, today a multin ...

(1874–1934), French perfumer *

François Coulomb the Elder François Coulomb the Elder was a French naval architect and builder of warships (''ingénieur-constructeur''), the son of Laurent Coulomb. François Coulomb was born on 24 January 1654 at La Ciotat, and died on 20 March 1717 at Toulon. He was fi ...

(1654–1717), French naval architect *

François Coulomb the Younger François Coulomb the Younger ( La Ciotat, 1691 - Toulon, July 1751) was a French naval architect (''ingénieur-constructeur''), the son of François Coulomb the Elder. During his career, he designed 18 ships for the French Navy The French Na ...

(1691–1751), French naval architect *

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque music, Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musi ...

(1668–1733), French Baroque composer, keyboardist *

François Couturier François Couturier (born 2 May 1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Orléans) is a French Jazz piano, jazz pianist. Biography Couturier began learning piano at the age of six. A year after earning his degree in classical music, classical piano and mus ...

(born 1950), French jazz pianist * François Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 1948), Dutch poet * François de Klerk (born 1991), South African rugby player * François "Faf" du Plessis (born 1984), South African cricketer *

François Englert François, Baron Englert (; born 6 November 1932) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate. Englert is professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he is a member of the Service de Physique Thé ...

(born 1932), Belgian particle physicist who in 2013 shared the Nobel Prize with Peter Higgs *

François Feldman François Feldman (; born 23 May 1958) is a French singer. He had a great success in the 1980s and the 1990s in France. Biography The young François Feldman spent his adolescence listening to soul music, including songs by Marvin Gaye, Stevie ...

(born 1958), French singer * François Gautier (born 1950), French journalist * François Gernigon (born 1961), French politician * François Lalande (1930–2020), French actor * François Lapointe (politician) (born 1971), Canadian politician * François Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker *

François Laroque François Laroque (born 26 April 1948) is a French academic and translator specialising in the works of William Shakespeare. He is professor emeritus of the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 since 2014. Career François Laroque is a forme ...

(born 1948), French academic, translator and Shakespeare specialist * François Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler *

François Leterrier François Leterrier (; 26 May 1929 – 4 December 2020) was a French film director and actor. He entered the film industry when he was cast as the lead in Robert Bresson's film ''A Man Escaped'' (1956). After this he assisted other directors before ...

(1929–2020), French film director and actor *

François Lionet François Lionet is a French programmer, best known for having written STOS BASIC on the Atari ST and AMOS BASIC on the Amiga (along with Constantin Sotiropoulos). He has also written several games on these platforms. In 1994, he founded Click ...

(born 1963), French computer programmer *

François Pienaar Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for ...

(born 1965), South African rugby player *

François Pinault François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis. Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. Taken public i ...

(born 1936), French billionaire *

François-Henri Pinault François-Henri Pinault (; born 28 May 1962) is a French businessman, the son of billionaire François Pinault. François-Henri took the reins of his father's retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute in 2005, and turned it into the luxury ...

(born 1962), French billionaire * François Prelati, Italian cleric and alchemist *

François Quesnay François Quesnay (; ; 4 June 1694 – 16 December 1774) was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school. He is known for publishing the " Tableau économique" (Economic Table) in 1758, which provided the foundations of the ideas ...

(1694–1774), French economist * François Rabbath (born 1931), French double-bass player and composer *

François Rabelais François Rabelais ( , ; ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A Renaissance humanism, humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholars in the Renaissance, Gr ...

(died 1553), French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist *

François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor. Biography Roth is the son of the organist Daniel Roth—the two share the same first name. His brother Vincent is a violist. Before turning to conducting, he was a flauti ...

(born 1971), French conductor *

François Rozenthal François Rozenthal (born 20 June 1975) is a French former professional ice hockey player. Personal Rozenthal is Jewish, and is the identical twin brother of Maurice Rozenthal, who is also a French ice hockey player. Ice hockey career He has be ...

(born 1975), French ice hockey player *

François Ruffin François Marcel Joseph Bernard Ruffin (; born 18 October 1975) is a French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician. The editor-in-chief of the satirical quarterly ''Fakir'', which he founded, he is best known for directing the 2016 film ' ...

(born 1975), French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician *

François Sagat François Sagat (; born June 5, 1979) is a French male bisexual pornographic film actor, model and director. Adult film career At the age of twenty-five Sagat performed in his first adult film under the screen name Azzedine. After several fi ...

(born 1979), French model and porn actor *

François Steyn François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn (born 14 May 1987) is a South African former professional rugby union player. A Utility player#Rugby union, utility back who represented his South Africa national rugby union team, country, he was able to play a ...

(born 1987), South African rugby player * François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers (1792–1881), Dutch general *

François Tracanelli François Tracanelli (born 4 February 1951) is a retired pole vaulter from France, who was born in Italy. Tracanelli was an All-American pole vaulter for the UCLA Bruins track and field team, finishing runner-up at the 1971 NCAA University Divi ...

(born 1951), French pole vaulter *

François Trinh-Duc François Trinh-Duc (; born 11 November 1986) is a former French rugby union player. Trinh-Duc's regular position was as a fly-half or inside centre. Early life Trinh-Duc was born in Montpellier. Trinh-Duc started playing rugby at the age o ...

(born 1986), French rugby player *

François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a ...

(1932–1984), French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film critic *

François Vérove François Vérove (; 22 January 1962 – 29 September 2021), also known as ''Le Grêlé'' (, the Pockmarked Man), was a French serial killer, rape, rapist and police officer who murdered at least three people between 1986 and 1994 in the Île-de ...

(1962–2021), French serial killer * François Vidal (1832–1911), French poet * François van 't Sant (1883–1966), Dutch spy and police commissioner

Heads of State and Government

France

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

(1494–1547), King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" *

Francis II of France Francis II (; 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was List of French monarchs, King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also List of Scottish consorts, King of Scotland as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in ...

(1554–1560), King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots *

François Fillon François Charles Amand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union ...

(born 1954), Prime Minister of France 2007–2012 *

François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France), First Secretary of th ...

(born 1954), President of France 2012–2017 *

François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former First ...

(1916–1996), President of France 1981–1995

Haiti

François Denys Légitime François Denys Légitime (; November 20, 1841 – July 29, 1935) was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889. Biography Légitime was born in Jérémie, Haiti, on 20 November 1841 to Denys Légitime and Tinette ...

(1841–1935), President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889 *

François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haiti, Haitian politician and Haitian Vodou, Vodouisant who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 195 ...

(1907–1971), President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971

Fictional Characters

* Francois Turbot, a recurring character in the Canadian television series ''PAW Patrol''

Further disambiguation

François Aubry (disambiguation) François Aubry (1747–1798) was a French soldier who became a member of the National Convention of France during the French Revolution. François Aubry may also refer to: * François Xavier Aubry (1824–1854), French Canadian merchant and explo ...

, several people *

François Baby (disambiguation) François Baby may refer to: * François Baby (businessman) (1733–1820), businessman and politician in Lower Canada * François Baby (legislative councillor) (1794–1864), seigneur, businessman, and legislative councillor in Lower Canada, ...

, several people *

François Boucher (disambiguation) François Boucher may refer to: * François Boucher François Boucher ( , ; ; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous ...

, several people *

François Caron (disambiguation) François Caron François Caron (; 1600 – 5 April 1673) was a French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands who served the Dutch East India Company (''Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie'' or VOC) for 30 years, rising from cook's mate to the dire ...

, several people *

François Dominique (disambiguation) François Dominique may refer to: * François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest * François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier, French politician * François Dominique (writer), French writer and translator Persons with the given name ...

, several people *

François Duval (disambiguation) François Duval (born 1980) is a Belgian rally driver. François Duval may also refer to: * François Duval (dancer) (born 1743), known as Malter, was French dancer * François Duval (politician) (1903–1984), politician from Martinique wh ...

, several people *

François Fournier (disambiguation) François Fournier may refer to: * François Fournier (Lower Canada politician) (1776–1836), land surveyor and politician in Lower Canada * François Fournier (French politician) (1866–1941), French politician from Manduel, Gard * François F ...

, several people

People with the surname

* Abraham François (born 1977), Canadian soccer player *

Alexandre François Alexandre François is a French linguist specialising in the description and study of the indigenous languages of Melanesia. He belongs t''Lattice'' a research centre of the CNRS and dedicated to linguistics. Research Language description and ...

, French linguist *

André François André François may refer to: *André François (athlete) (born 1964), Vincentian sprinter *André François (footballer) (1886–1915), French international footballer *André François (cartoonist) (1915–2005), Hungarian-born French cartoonist ...

(1915–2005), Hungarian-born French cartoonist * Christian Francois (born 1985), volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago *

Claude François Claude Antoine Marie François (; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of " Comme d'habitude" ( ...

(1939–1978), French pop singer *

Déborah François Déborah François (; born 24 May 1987) is a Belgium, Belgian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Palme d'Or-winning film, ''L'Enfant (film), The Child'' (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers. In 2009, she won a César A ...

(born 1987), Belgian actress *

Deondre Francois Deondre Francois (born February 12, 1997) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for Hampton University and Florida State University. He also played for the Orlando Guardians and DC Defenders of the XFL. Early li ...

(born 1997), Haitian-born American football player * Elvis Francois (born 1985), American orthopedic surgeon and singer * Guillaume François (born 1990), Belgian professional footballer *

Hermann von François Hermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German ''General der Infanterie'' during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914. Early life and military ...

(1856–1933), German general during WW1 * Hunter J. Francois (1924–2014), Saint Lucian politician *

Jacques François Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (; 16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor. During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. Biography ...

(1920–2003), French actor * Jacques Francois (footballer) (born 1992), Haitian football player *

Julien François Julien François (born 21 September 1979) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Metz, Julien started his career at FC Metz, and also played for Gazélec Ajaccio and Grenoble, in Ligue 2. He playe ...

(born 1979), French footballer *

Kendall Francois Kendall L. Francois (July 26, 1971 – September 11, 2014) was an American serial killer convicted of killing eight women in Poughkeepsie, New York, between 1996 and 1998. Early years Francois was the second of four children born to Haitian par ...

(1971–2014), serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York *

Mark François Mark Gino Francois (; born 14 August 1965) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford since 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 and was re-elected i ...

(born 1965), British politician * Tony François (born 1971), Mauritian international footballer

People with the given name

Heads of State and Government

France

Haiti

Fictional Characters

Further disambiguation

People with the surname

See also