John Francis
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John Francis may refer to:
- John Francis (cricketer)John Francis (cricketer)John Francis is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left-arm bowler....
(born 1980), English cricketer - John Francis (Australian sportsman)John Francis (Australian sportsman)John 'Jack' Charles Francis was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League ....
(1908–2001), cricketer - John Francis (environmentalist)John Francis (environmentalist)John Francis is an American environmentalist nicknamed the planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia, the son of a West Indian immigrant, he moved to Marin County, California as a young man. After witnessing the devastation caused by a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he stopped riding in motorized...
(born 1946), American environmentalist - John Francis (footballer)John Francis (footballer)John Andrew Francis is a retired English professional association footballer who played as a striker.He now operates within the academy side of the club.-References:...
(born 1963), English association football player - John Brown FrancisJohn Brown FrancisJohn Brown Francis was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1808. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, attended the Litchfield Law School, and was...
(1791–1864), United States Senator from Rhode Island - John Francis (bushranger)John Francis (bushranger)John Francis was one of a party of bushrangers who held up the Melbourne Private Escort Company's regular escort of gold from the McIvor diggings at Heathcote, Victoria and Kyneton on the morning of 20 July 1853. At least six men were involved, five of whom including John Francis and his brother...
(c. 1825–?), Australian bushranger - John Francis (musician)John Francis (Musician)John Francis Maher , performing as John Francis, is an American singer-songwriter from Warwick Township, Pennsylvania. Francis dropped his last name and adopted his first and middle names as his stage moniker. He won the ASCAP Sammy Cahn lyricist award in 2006, and the Jay Gorney award for...
, American musician - John F. FrancisJohn F. FrancisJohn F. Francis was an American painter, primarily of still lifes.He was born in Philadelphia. Predominantly self-taught as an artist, he worked until 1845 as a portrait painter in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Francis's portraits reveal his early fascination with the most minute details...
(1808–1886), American painter - John G.F. FrancisJohn G.F. FrancisJohn G.F. Francis is an English computer scientist, who in 1961 published the QR algorithm for computing the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, which has been named as one of the ten most important algorithms of the twentieth century. The algorithm was also proposed independently by Vera N...
(born 1934), English computer scientist
See also
- Jon FrancisJon FrancisJon Charles Naekauna Francis is former American football player. He is the son of former Green Bay Packer, Joe Francis, and brother of one of the Detroit Lion's 2007 second round draft pick, Ikaika Alama-Francis....
(born 1964), former American football player - John Francis RegisJohn Francis RegisJohn Francis Regis, also known as Saint Jean-François Régis, Saint François Régis, and St. Regis, , was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church....
(1597–1640), saint of the Roman Catholic Church - John Frank (disambiguation)John Frank (disambiguation)John Frank may refer to:*John Frank , American football player*John Frank , Canadian epidemiologist*John Frank -See also:*John Francis *John Franks...