François
Pronunciation | French: [fʁɑ̃swa] English: /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/, /frɒ̃ˈswɑː/; also US: /frænˈswɑː/, /ˈfrænswɑː/ |
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Gender | Masculine |
Origin | |
Word/name | 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 Duck
- 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 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 Dominique (disambiguation), several people
- 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 Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 1948), Dutch poet
- François Hollande (born 1954), President of France 2012–2017
- François Lalande (1930–2020), French actor
- François Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker
- François Lapointe (politician), Canadian politician
- François Laroque, French academic, translator and Shakespeare specialist
- François Lavoie, Canadian ten-pin bowler
- François Leterrier (1929–2020), French film director and actor
- François Lionet, French computer programmer
- Francois Mathieu (entrepreneur) (born 1984), Canadian entrepreneur
- 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 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
- François Gautier (born 1950), French journalist
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) ([frãswɛ]), a common name describing the French language before the reform of French orthography in 1835.
Categories:
- Given names
- Surnames
- French masculine given names
- French-language surnames
- Surnames of French origin
- Toponymic surnames