Francis
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Francis is a French
and English
first name and a surname
of Latin
origin.
Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances
, and (less commonly) Francine. (For most speakers, Francis and Frances are homophones or near homophones; a popular mnemonic for the spelling is "i for him and e for her".) The name Fran is a common diminutive for Francis, Frances and Francine. In Spanish, the form Fran is mostly used for boys and men, while Franci is more common for girls and women.
) Catholic. Other non-European languages have also adopted variants of the name. These names include:
(baptized Giovanni) by his francophile
father, celebrating his trade with French merchants, though possibly in memory of the boy's mother, a Frenchwoman, who died when the boy was still in his early years. It means 'Little Frenchman'. The name of France
itself comes from the Germanic
people known as the Franks
; the origin of their name is unclear but is thought to mean "free". The characteristic national weapon of the Franks was the francisca
, throwing axe.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
first name and a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
origin.
Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances
Frances (disambiguation)
Frances is a human name, the feminine version of Francis.It can also mean:* Frances, a 1982 film starring Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer* Frances, South Australia, a town* Hurricane Frances, a hurricane* Frances , a New Zealand racehorse...
, and (less commonly) Francine. (For most speakers, Francis and Frances are homophones or near homophones; a popular mnemonic for the spelling is "i for him and e for her".) The name Fran is a common diminutive for Francis, Frances and Francine. In Spanish, the form Fran is mostly used for boys and men, while Franci is more common for girls and women.
Related names in other languages
Related names are common in other Western European languages, in countries that are (or were before the ReformationProtestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
) Catholic. Other non-European languages have also adopted variants of the name. These names include:
- ArabicArabic languageArabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
: فرانشيسكو (Frānsheskū) - AragoneseAragonese languageAragonese is a Romance language now spoken in a number of local varieties by between 10,000 and 30,000 people over the valleys of the Aragón River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in Aragon, Spain...
: Francho - ArmenianArmenian languageThe Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
: Ֆրանծիսկոս (Franciskos) - AsturianAsturian languageAsturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the Spanish Region of Asturias by the Asturian people...
: Xicu - AlbanianAlbanian languageAlbanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
: Françesku - Alemannic German: Franz
- BasqueBasque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
: Frantzisko - BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
: Франциск (Frantsisk) - BelarusianBelarusian languageThe Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
: Francišak, Францішак (Frantsishak) - BretonBreton languageBreton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
: Frañsez, Fañch, Fañchig, Soaig, Saig - CatalanCatalan languageCatalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
: FrancescFrancescFrancesc is a masculine given name of Catalan origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:*Cesc Fàbregas , Spanish professional football player...
, Cesc, Cesco, Xesc, Xisco (male version); Francesca, Cisca, Xisca, Xesca, Fani, Francina (female version) - ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
: 弗朗西斯科 (Fú lǎng xī sī kē) - CorsicanCorsican languageCorsican is a Italo-Dalmatian Romance language spoken and written on the islands of Corsica and northern Sardinia . Corsican is the traditional native language of the Corsican people, and was long the vernacular language alongside the Italian, official language in Corsica until 1859, which was...
: Francescu - CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Franjo, FranoFrånöFrånö is a locality situated in Kramfors Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 679 inhabitants in 2005....
, Frane - CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
: FrantišekFrantišekFrantišek is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:*Frank Daniel , Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter...
, Františka (female version) - DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
: Frans, Frank (Francis, Franciska or Francien is used to signify the female version in Holland) - EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: FranklinFranklinFranklin often refers to Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States.It may also refer to:* Franklin * Franklin - Entertainment :* Franklin , character in the comic strip Peanuts...
, FrankFrankFrank may refer to:* A member of the medieval Germanic people, the Franks* Frank * Frank * Crusaders or any persons originating in Catholic western Europe, in medieval Middle Eastern history... - Esperanto: Francisko
- EstonianEstonian languageEstonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
: Franciscus - FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
: Frans, Fransiscus - FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: François, Francis, Francisque (rare) (male version); FrançoiseFrançoiseFrançoise may refer to:* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange , French actress* Claudine Françoise Mignot , French adventuress* Françoise Adnet , French figurative painter...
, France, Francine (female version) - GalicianGalician languageGalician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
: Francisco - GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Franziskus, Franz, Franziska (female version) - GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
: Fragkiskos, (Φραγκίσκος) , Frantzeskos , (Φραντζέσκος)/ Fragkiska, (Φραγκίσκα) , Frantzeska , (Φραντζέσκα) (female version) - HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
: FerencFerencFerenc is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:* Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist* Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor* Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian Prime Minister...
, Feri, Franciska (female version) - IcelandicIcelandic languageIcelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
: Frans - IndonesianIndonesian languageIndonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
: Fransiskus - IrishIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
: Proinsias, Proinnsias [Francie], (all variants are valid for both males & females, rare for a female to adopt this name in Irish) - ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
: Francesco, Franco, Franca, Francesca (female version) - JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
: フランシス (Furanshisu) - KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: 프랜시스 (Peuraensiseu) - Latin: FranciscusFranciscusFranciscus is a given name or surname, and may refer to:*Francis of Assisi *Franciscus Henri*Franciscus Accursius*Franciscus Gomarus*Franciscus Donders*Franciscus Patricius*James Franciscus...
- LatvianLatvian languageLatvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
: Francisks - LithuanianLithuanian languageLithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
: Francas, Pranciškus (historical) - Lombard: Francesch
- MalayalamMalayalam languageMalayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
: പൊറിഞ്ചു (Porinchu/Porinju), പ്രാഞ്ചി Pranchi, , Prenju, Frenju ( popular amongst the Syro Malabar Catholics of Kerala. Porinchu being more common in the North around the Thrissur ArchDiocese, while Prenju and Frenju are more common in the South in the Kuttanad region of the Changanacherry ArchDiocese) - MalteseMaltese languageMaltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English,while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic...
: Franġisk - NeapolitanNeapolitan languageNeapolitan is the language of the city and region of Naples , and Campania. On October 14, 2008 a law by the Region of Campania stated that the Neapolitan language had to be protected....
: Franciscu - NormanNorman languageNorman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon...
: Françouais - Occitan: Francés
- PiedmontesePiedmontese languagePiedmontese is a Romance language spoken by over 2 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. It is geographically and linguistically included in the Northern Italian group . It is part of the wider western group of Romance languages, including French, Occitan, and Catalan.Many European and...
: Fransesch - PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
: FranciszekFranciszekFranciszek is a masculine given name of Polish origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:... - PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: FranciscoFrancisco (disambiguation)Francisco is a given name.Francisco may also refer to:*"Francisco", a song by Brian Eno from the album The Shutov Assembly* Francisco, Indiana, a town in Gibson County, USA* Francisco, an Apache warchief in the late 19th century...
, Francisquinho, Chico, Chiquinho, Quico, Fran, Paco (diminutives) FranciscaFranciscaThe francisca is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 AD and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne .Although generally associated...
(female version), Francisquinha, Chica, Chiquinha, Quica (diminutives) - RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
: Francisc - RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Франческо (Franchesko), Франциск (Frantsisk), Франц (Frants) - Samogitian: Prancėškos
- Scottish Gaelic: Frangag
- SerbianSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
: Францесцо (Frantsetso) - SicilianSicilian languageSicilian is a Romance language. Its dialects make up the Extreme-Southern Italian language group, which are spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands; in southern and central Calabria ; in the southern parts of Apulia, the Salento ; and Campania, on the Italian mainland, where it is...
: Franciscu - SlovakSlovak languageSlovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
: František - Slovene: Frančišek, France, Franc, FranFran (disambiguation)Fran is a Spanish and Italian name , and a common abbreviation for the English names Frances and Francis:*Fran Adams, actress with Second City*Fran Capo, a motivational speaker and author...
, Franko - SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: FranciscoFrancisco (disambiguation)Francisco is a given name.Francisco may also refer to:*"Francisco", a song by Brian Eno from the album The Shutov Assembly* Francisco, Indiana, a town in Gibson County, USA* Francisco, an Apache warchief in the late 19th century...
, PacoPacoPaco is - together with Pancho - the Spanish nickname for Francisco, as in Pancho Villa, the legendary Mexican revolutionary.The nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order...
, FranFran (disambiguation)Fran is a Spanish and Italian name , and a common abbreviation for the English names Frances and Francis:*Fran Adams, actress with Second City*Fran Capo, a motivational speaker and author...
, Quico, Pancho, CiscoCiscoCisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, Chisco, FranciscaFranciscaThe francisca is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 AD and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne .Although generally associated...
(female version), PacaPacaThe Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...
(female version), PaquitaPaquitaPaquita is a ballet in two acts and three scenes, with libretto by Joseph Mazilier and Paul Foucher. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of Edouard Deldevez. First presented by at the Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera Ballet on 1 April 1846...
(female version) - SwahiliSwahili languageSwahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...
: Fransisko - SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
: Franciskus - TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
: Françesko - VenetianVenetian languageVenetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken as a native language by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometimes spoken and often well understood outside Veneto, in Trentino, Friuli, Venezia...
: Francesco - VietnameseVietnamese languageVietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
: Phanxicô - WelshWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
: Ffransis - West FrisianWest Frisian languageWest Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...
: Fransiskus - UkrainianUkrainian languageUkrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
: Франциск (Frantsisk)
Derivation
Francesco was the name given to Saint Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
(baptized Giovanni) by his francophile
Francophile
Is a person with a positive predisposition or interest toward the government, culture, history, or people of France. This could include France itself and its history, the French language, French cuisine, literature, etc...
father, celebrating his trade with French merchants, though possibly in memory of the boy's mother, a Frenchwoman, who died when the boy was still in his early years. It means 'Little Frenchman'. The name of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
itself comes from the Germanic
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
people known as the Franks
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
; the origin of their name is unclear but is thought to mean "free". The characteristic national weapon of the Franks was the francisca
Francisca
The francisca is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 AD and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne .Although generally associated...
, throwing axe.
People with the surname Francis
- Alun FrancisAlun FrancisAlun Francis is a Welsh conductor.-Professional career:Francis was the principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra from 1966 for ten years...
(born 1943), Welsh conductor - Anne FrancisAnne FrancisAnne Lloyd Francis was an American actress, best known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet , and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West . She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy award for her role in Honey West...
(1930-2011), was an American actress - Arlene FrancisArlene FrancisArlene Francis was an American actress, radio talk show host, and game show panelist...
(1907-2001), American actress - Black Francis (born 1965), American Musician
- Clare FrancisClare FrancisClare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist also known for her former career as a yachtswoman.Clare Francis was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail...
(born 1946), British author - Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(born 1938), American pop singer - David Rowland Francis (1850–1927), American politician, Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Damien FrancisDamien FrancisDamien Jerome Francis is a retired Jamaican international footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.-Early career:As a child Francis followed Wimbledon, and was a ball boy at their ground...
, (born 1979), English-born Jamaican footballer - Dick FrancisDick FrancisRichard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE was an English jockey and crime writer, many of whose novels centre around horse racing.- Personal life :...
(1920-2010), British jockey-turned-novelist - Eddie FrancisEddie FrancisEddie Francis is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Windsor, Ontario. He was 29 years old when he was elected mayor in 2003, the youngest mayor in Windsor's history and one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Canada...
, (born 1974), Canadian politician - Freddie FrancisFreddie FrancisFrederick William Francis BSC was an English cinematographer and film director.He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer, including winning two Academy Awards, for Sons and Lovers and Glory...
(1917-2007), English cinematographer and film director - Jane FrancisJane FrancisJane Francis is Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds In 2002 became the fourth woman to receive the Polar Medal.-Education:...
, Winner of Polar Medal, 2002 - Genie FrancisGenie FrancisEugenie "Genie" Francis Frakes is an American actress known for her portrayal of Laura Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. She is currently playing Genevieve Atkinson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless...
(born 1962), Actress - Gerry FrancisGerry FrancisGerald Charles James Francis is an English former footballer and manager, now working as First Team coach at Stoke City.-Playing career:Francis made his debut for Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool in March 1969...
(born 1951), English footballer and manager - James FrancisJames FrancisJames Goodall Francis , Australian colonial politician, was the 9th Premier of Victoria. Francis was born in London, and emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1847, where he became a businessman. He moved to Victoria in 1853 and became a leading Melbourne merchant...
(1819-1884), Australian colonial politician - Jeff FrancisJeff FrancisJeffrey William Francis is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.-Early life:...
, Major League Baseball pitcher - Joseph Francis (disambiguation)Joseph Francis (disambiguation)Joseph Francis or Joe Francis may refer to:* Joseph Francis, inventor of the Francis life-car* Joseph R. Francis , founder of Mantra Films, Inc. and Girls Gone Wild...
, several people named Joe or Joseph Francis - Kay FrancisKay FrancisKay Francis was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress...
(1905-1968), American actress - Kevin Francis (disambiguation), several people named Kevin Francis
- Leigh FrancisLeigh FrancisLeigh Szaak Francis is an English impressionist born in Leeds. He is best known for his work as the creator of Channel 4's Bo' Selecta!, and for his portrayal of Keith Lemon for several ITV programmes. Francis lives in Camden Town, London, and on October 31, 2003, at Allerton Castle, North...
(born 1974), British comedian - Mark FrancisMark FrancisMark Francis was an English-American soccer midfielder who played in the American Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association, SISL and USISL. He has also coached at the high school, college and professional levels...
, Anglo-American soccer player - Melissa Francis (born 1972), American television journalist and former child actress
- Norman FrancisNorman FrancisNorman C. Francis , is the president of Xavier University of Louisiana. He has been Xavier's president since 1968, making him the longest-tenured current leader of an American university...
(born 1931), President of Xavier University of Louisiana - Ranganathan FrancisRanganathan FrancisRanganathan Francis was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
(born 1920), Indian hockey player - Ron FrancisRon FrancisRonald Michael Francis, Jr. is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs...
(born 1963), Canadian professional ice hockey centerman - Roy Francis, British rugby league footballer and coach
- Sage FrancisSage FrancisPaul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
(born 1977), hip-hop artist - Sam FrancisSam FrancisSamuel Lewis Francis was an American painter and printmaker.-Early life:...
, (1923-1994), American painter and printmaker - Sam FrancisSam Francis (American football)-Sources:* Lyons, Robert S. . On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-731-2-External links:*...
, American football player - Samuel Kensinger Francis, Fitness trainer
- Samuel T. Francis (1947–2005), American columnist
- Steve FrancisSteve FrancisSteven D'Shawn Francis is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He had also played for the Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic, and New York Knicks...
(born 1977), American professional basketball player - Thomas Francis, Jr.Thomas Francis, Jr.Thomas Francis, Jr. was an American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist. Francis was the first person to isolate influenza virus in America, and in 1940 showed that there are other strains of influenza, and took part in the development of influenza vaccines.- Life and achievements :Francis...
(1900-1969), American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist - Trevor FrancisTrevor FrancisTrevor John Francis , is a former footballer who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest and played for England 52 times. He was England's first £1 million player...
(born 1954), English footballer
People with the given name Francis
- Francis BaconFrancis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
- Francis E. DonoghueFrancis E. DonoghueFrancis E. Donoghue was a member of Illinois State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1909. He was an Irish Catholic Democrat from Chicago....
(1872–1952), member of Illinois State House of Representatives - Francis DrakeFrancis DrakeSir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He also carried out the...
English sea captain - Francis B. FoleyFrancis B. FoleyFrancis B. Foley , was an American ferrous metallurgist.-Biography:Foley was born July 7, 1887 in Philadelphia. His father, Dennis Foley, died in 1889 in Dakota Territory, leaving a wife, daughter, and three sons...
(1887 - 1973), American ferrous metallurgist - Francis FukuyamaFrancis FukuyamaYoshihiro Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist, political economist, and author. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford. Before that he served as a professor and director of the International Development program at the School of...
, (1952-), American political scientist - Francis IrvingFrancis IrvingFrancis Irving is a 36 year old British computer programmer and activist for freedom of information.Francis Irving developed TortoiseCVS.He co-founded Public Whip with Julian Todd and became a developer of the affiliated TheyWorkForYou website, a project which parses raw Hansard data to track how...
a British computer programmer and activist for freedom of information - Francis MaudeFrancis MaudeFrancis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Horsham...
a politician - Frankie ValliFrankie ValliFrankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons. He is well-known for his unusually powerful falsetto singing voice...
, born Francis Castelluccio, lead singer of The Four Seasons
Monarchs named Francis
- Francis I, Duke of BrittanyFrancis I, Duke of BrittanyFrancis I , was duke of Brittany, count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1442 to his death. He was son of Duke John VI and Joan of France.He first married, at Nantes in 1431, Yolande of Anjou Francis I (in Breton Fransez I, in French François I) (Vannes/Gwened, May 14, 1414 –...
(1414–1450) - Francis I, Duke of LorraineFrancis I, Duke of LorraineFrancis I was a member of the French nobility. He was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545.-History:...
(1517–1545) - Francis I of FranceFrancis I of FranceFrancis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
(1494–1547) - Francis I, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis I, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
(1708–1765) - Francis I, Emperor of AustriaFrancis II, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
(1768–1835) - Francis I of the Two SiciliesFrancis I of the Two Sicilies-Biography:Francis was born in Naples, the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria. He was also the nephew of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI the last King and Queen of France before the first French Republic....
(1777–1830) - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488)
- Francis II of FranceFrancis II of FranceFrancis II was aged 15 when he succeeded to the throne of France after the accidental death of his father, King Henry II, in 1559. He reigned for 18 months before he died in December 1560...
(1544–1560) - Francis II, Duke of LorraineFrancis II, Duke of LorraineFrancis II , was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois. He was Duke of Lorraine briefly in 1624, quickly abdicating in favour of his son.-Biography:...
(1572–1632) - Francis II RákócziFrancis II RákócziFrancis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...
, Duke of Transylvania (1676–1735) - Francis II, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis II, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
(1768–1835) - Francis II of the Two SiciliesFrancis II of the Two SiciliesFrancis II , was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies, as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his rule, and marked the first major event of Italian unification...
(1836–1894) - Franz, Duke of BavariaFranz, Duke of BavariaFranz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern , styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, is head of the Wittelsbach family, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria...
(born 1933), called "Francis II" by Jacobite supporters - Francis III, Duke of LorraineFrancis I, Holy Roman EmperorFrancis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
and Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765) - Francesco III d'EsteFrancesco III d'EsteFrancesco III was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1737 until his death.-Biography:He was born in Modena, the son of Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg....
, Duke of Modena (1737–1780) - Francis IV, Duke of ModenaFrancis IV, Duke of ModenaFrancis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola , Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara , Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece...
(1779–1846) - Francis V, Duke of ModenaFrancis V, Duke of ModenaFrancesco Ferdinando Geminiano von Habsburg-Lothringen, known as Francis V of Modena , Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Guastalla , Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara from 1846 to 1859...
(1819–1875) - Francis, Infante of PortugalInfante Francisco, Duke of BejaThe Infante Francis, 7th Duke of Beja was a Portuguese infante son of Peter II, King of Portugal and his second wife Maria Sofia of the Palatinate....
(1691–1742), 7th Duke of Beja, 2nd son of King Peter II of Portugal - Francis of SpainFrancis of SpainFrancis of Spain was King consort of Spain as spouse of Isabella II of Spain. He is commonly styled the Duke of Cádiz, the title he held before his marriage.-Family:...
(1822-1902), Duke of Cádiz, Consort of Queen Isabella IIIsabella II of SpainIsabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of... - Prince Francis Joseph of BraganzaPrince Francis Joseph of BraganzaPrince Francis Joseph of Braganza was a member of the exiled branch of House of Braganza and an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. During his life he was involved in a number incidents ranging from sex scandals to swindles...
(1878-1919), Infante of Portugal, 2nd son of Miguel II, legitimist claimant to the throne of Portugal
Other uses
- Francis, SaskatchewanFrancis, Saskatchewan- See also :* Francis * List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:...
, Canada- Francis (electoral district)Francis (electoral district)Francis is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Francis, Saskatchewan. This district was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. The riding was dissolved and combined with the...
- Francis (electoral district)
- Francis Township, Holt County, NebraskaFrancis Township, Holt County, NebraskaFrancis Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 37 at the 2000 census. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 34.-External links:*...
- Francis Griffin, a fictional character from animated TV comedy Family GuyFamily GuyFamily Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, voiced by Charles Durning - Francis, a character from American TV comedy Malcolm in the Middle played by Christopher Masterson
- Francis the Talking MuleFrancis the Talking MuleFrancis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. The character originated in a novel by writer David Stern, and Universal Studios bought the rights for a film series, with Stern adapting his own script for the first entry, simply titled...
, a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s - Francis (1950 film)Francis (1950 film)Francis is a 1950 black-and-white comedy film that launched the Francis the Talking Mule series. It starred Donald O'Connor as an American soldier who gets into trouble when he insists an Army mule named Francis can speak. The distinctive voice of Francis was provided by Chill Wills...
, a 1950 comedy film that launched Francis the Talking Mule - Francis, a 1983 play by Julian MitchellJulian MitchellJulian Mitchell FRSL , full name Charles Julian Humphrey Mitchell, is an English playwright, screenwriter and occasional novelist...
- FRANCISFRANCISFRANCIS is an academic bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST, CNRS. FRANCIS covers the core academic literature in the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on European literature....
, bibliographic database - Francis, a fictional character in Left 4 DeadLeft 4 DeadLeft 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X...
- Francis, the lead character from Felidae (novel)Felidae (novel)Felidae is a 1989 novel by German-Turkish writer Akif Pirinçci. The main character is a cat named Francis who investigates the murders of several cats in a big city in Germany...
- Francis, a character from Disney and PixarPixarPixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
's A Bug's LifeA Bug's LifeA Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film after Toy Story, and the third American computer-animated film after Toy... - Major Francis Monogram of Phineas and FerbPhineas and FerbPhineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
- Francis, a minor character from South ParkSouth ParkSouth Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
See also
- Francies (disambiguation)
- Francisco (disambiguation)Francisco (disambiguation)Francisco is a given name.Francisco may also refer to:*"Francisco", a song by Brian Eno from the album The Shutov Assembly* Francisco, Indiana, a town in Gibson County, USA* Francisco, an Apache warchief in the late 19th century...
- Franciscus (disambiguation)
- Francesco (disambiguation)