Francis Drake (disambiguation)

Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) was an Elizabethan privateer and naval hero.

Francis Drake may also refer to:

• Francis Drake (1573–1634), nephew of the Sir Francis Drake above and Sir Richard Grenville
• Francis Henry Drake (1694–1740), son of Sir Francis Drake; MP for Tavistock
• Francis Drake (antiquary) (1696–1771), English antiquary and surgeon
• Francis William Drake (1724–1787), third son of Francis Henry; British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland
• Francis Samuel Drake, fourth son of Francis Henry; British Admiral, commander of lead division at the Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781
• Francis Drake (diplomat) (1764–1821), British diplomat
• Francis M. Drake (1830–1903), American politician
• Frances Drake (actor) (1912–2000), American actress

Media

• Sir Francis Drake (TV series), British television series 1961–1962

Other uses

• Sir Francis Drake was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
• Sir Francis Drake Channel is a strait in the British Virgin Islands
• HMS Sir Francis Drake was the name of 32-gun ship in the Royal Navy from 1806-1825.

See also

• Frances Drake, American actress
• Frank Drake (born 1930), American astronomer and astrophysicist
• Frank Drake (comics), fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics