François

François

François (English pronunciation: /frænˈswɑː/) may refer to:

• a French name; see also Françoise, Francis, François-Dominique
• François Beauchemin (b. 1980), professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
• François Gerome (b. 1985), French painter
• François Pinault (b. 1936), Founder of PPR
• François-Henri Pinault (b. 1962), Chairman and CEO of PPR and husband of actress Salma Hayek.
• François (album), the 1989 album by Desireless
• François Rabelais, a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
• Francis I of France
• François Couperin (1668–1733): French Baroque composer, keyboardist
• François Lapointe (b. 1961), Canadian racewalker
• François Lapointe, Canadian politician
• François Mitterrand, former President of France
• François Pienaar, South African rugby player
• François Quesnay, early French economist
• François Rozenthal, French ice hockey player
• François Sagat, model and gay pornographic actor
• François Steyn, South African rugby player
• François Robineau (b. 1961), a French photographer,
• François Tracanelli, French pole vaulter
• François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
• "Citizen François", hostile British national personification of Revolutionary France
• François Lionet, French computer programmer
• François Rabbath, French double-bass player and composer

François is part of the name of several communes in France:

• François, Deux-Sèvres
• Saint-François-de-Sales, in the Savoie département
• Saint-François-Lacroix, in the Moselle département
• Saint-François-Longchamp, in the Savoie]département
• Vitry-le-François, in the Marne département
• Saint-François, Guadeloupe
• Le François, in the Martinique département

See also

• Saint-François (disambiguation)