François

François

Pronunciation	French: [fʁɑ̃swa] English: /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/, /frɒ̃ˈswɑː/, US also /frænˈswɑː/, /ˈfrænswɑː/
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	French
Other names
Related names	Françoise, Francis, Francesco, Franciscus, Francisco, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin

François (French: [fʁɑ̃swa]) is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.

People with the given name

• Francis I of France, King of France (r. 1515–1547), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
• Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (r. 1558–1560), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
• François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
• François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
• François Aubry (disambiguation), several people
• François Baby (disambiguation), several people
• François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks
• François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos
• François Boucher (disambiguation), several people
• François Caron (disambiguation), several people
• François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver
• François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor
• François Clemmons (born 1945), American singer and actor
• François Corbier (1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter
• François Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer
• François Coulomb the Elder (1654–1717), French naval architect
• François Coulomb the Younger (1691–1751), French naval architect
• François Couperin (1668–1733), French Baroque composer, keyboardist
• François Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 1948), Dutch poet
• François Dominique (disambiguation), several people
• François de Klerk (born 1991), South African rugby player
• François "Faf" du Plessis (born 1984), South African cricketer
• François Duval (disambiguation), several people
• François Duvalier, President of Haiti
• François Englert (born 1932), Belgian particle physicist who in 2013 shared the Nobel Prize with Peter Higgs
• François Feldman (born 1958), French singer
• François Fillon (born 1954), Prime Minister of France 2007–2012
• François Fournier (disambiguation), several people
• François Gautier (born 1950), French journalist
• François Hollande (born 1954), President of France 2012–2017
• François Lalande (1930–2020), French actor
• François Lapointe (politician), Canadian politician
• François Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker
• François Laroque, French academic, translator and Shakespeare specialist
• François Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler
• François Leterrier (1929–2020), French film director and actor
• François Lionet, French computer programmer
• François Mitterrand, President of France 1981–1995
• François Pienaar, South African rugby player
• François Pinault (born 1936), French billionaire
• François-Henri Pinault (born 1962), French billionaire
• François Quesnay, French economist
• François Rabbath, French double-bass player and composer
• François Rabelais, French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
• François-Xavier Roth, French conductor
• François Rozenthal, French ice hockey player
• François Ruffin, French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician
• François Sagat, French model and porn actor
• François Steyn, South African rugby player
• François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers, Dutch general
• François Tracanelli, French pole vaulter
• François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
• François Truffaut, French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film critic
• Francois Turbot, a recurring character in the Canadian television series PAW Patrol
• François Vérove (1962–2021), French serial killer
• François Vidal (1832–1911), French poet

People with the surname

• Abraham Francois, Canadian soccer player
• Alexandre François, French linguist
• André François, Hungarian-born French cartoonist
• Christian Francois, volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago
• Claude François, French pop singer
• Déborah François, Belgian actress
• Deondre Francois, Haitian-born American football player
• Elvis Francois (born c. 1985), American orthopedic surgeon and singer
• Guillaume François, Belgian professional footballer
• Hermann von François (1856–1933), German general during WW1
• Hunter J. Francois, Saint Lucian politician
• Jacques François, French actor
• Jacques Francois (footballer), Haitian football player
• Julien François, French footballer
• Kendall Francois, serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York
• Mark François, British politician
• Tony François, Mauritian international footballer

See also

• "Citizen François", a caricatural personification of Revolutionary France by James Gillray
• François, Deux-Sèvres, a municipality in the Poitou-Charentes region, France
• Francois, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Canada
• Le François, a town on the island of Martinique, France
• Lefrançois, a French surname
• Saint-François (disambiguation)
• françois (language) (IPA [frãnˈswɛ]), a common name describing the French language before the reform of French orthography in 1835.