François
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Françoise, Francis, Franciscus, Francis, Francisco, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin |
François (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃.swɑ]) 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. Reign; 1 January 1515 - 31 March 1547.the Father and Restorer of Letters
- François II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots, known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, 1558–1560
- François-Marie Arouet, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
- François Beauchemin (born 1980), professional ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks
- François Cevert (1944-1973): French racing driver
- François Couperin (1668–1733): French Baroque composer, keyboardist
- François "Faf" du Plessis, South African cricketer
- François Duvalier, former President of Haiti
- François Englert (born 1932), particle physicist who in 2013 shared the Nobel Prize with Peter Higgs
- François Gerome (born 1895), French painter
- François Hollande (born 1954), former President of France (2012–2017)
- François Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker
- François Lapointe (politician), Canadian politician
- François Lavoie, Canadian ten-pin bowler
- François Lionet, French computer programmer
- François Mitterrand, former President of France
- François Pienaar, South African rugby player
- François Pinault (born 1936), Founder of PPR
- François-Henri Pinault (born 1962), Chairman and CEO of PPR and husband of actress Salma Hayek
- François Quesnay, early French economist
- François Rabbath, French double-bass player and composer
- François Rabelais, a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
- François Robineau (born 1961), a French photographer,
- François-Xavier Roth, French conductor
- François Rozenthal, French ice hockey player
- François Sagat, model and gay pornographic actor
- François Steyn, South African rugby player
- 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 Vidal (1832-1911), French Provençal poet.
People with the surname
- Abraham Francois, a Canadian soccer player
- André François, a Hungarian-born French cartoonist
- Christian Francois, a volleyball player
- Claude François, a French pop singer
- Déborah François, a Belgian actress
- Guillaume François, a Belgian professional footballer
- Hunter J. Francois, a Saint Lucian politician
- Jacques François, French actor
- Jacques Francois (soccer), Haitian soccer player
- Julien François, a French footballer
- Tony François, a Mauritian international footballer
- Hermann von François, (1856-1933) German General during WW1
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 Dominique
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