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Pronunciation | French: [f?ɑ?swa] English: /?fr??swɑ?/, /fr???swɑ?/, US also /fr?n?swɑ?/, /?fr?nswɑ?/ |
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Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | French |
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Related names | Fran?oise, Francis, Francesco, Franciscus, Francisco, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin |
Fran?ois (French: [f?ɑ?swa]) is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
[edit]- Fran?ois Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
- Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
- Fran?ois Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks
- Fran?ois Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos
- Fran?ois Bonlieu (1937–1973), French alpine skier
- Fran?ois Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver
- Fran?ois Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor
- Fran?ois Clemmons (born 1945), American singer and actor
- Fran?ois Corbier (1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter
- Fran?ois Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer
- Fran?ois Coulomb the Elder (1654–1717), French naval architect
- Fran?ois Coulomb the Younger (1691–1751), French naval architect
- Fran?ois Couperin (1668–1733), French Baroque composer, keyboardist
- Fran?ois Couturier (born 1950), French jazz pianist
- Fran?ois Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 1948), Dutch poet
- Fran?ois de Klerk (born 1991), South African rugby player
- Fran?ois "Faf" du Plessis (born 1984), South African cricketer
- Fran?ois Englert (born 1932), Belgian particle physicist who in 2013 shared the Nobel Prize with Peter Higgs
- Fran?ois Feldman (born 1958), French singer
- Fran?ois Gautier (born 1950), French journalist
- Fran?ois Gernigon (born 1961), French politician
- Fran?ois Lalande (1930–2020), French actor
- Fran?ois Lapointe (politician) (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Fran?ois Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker
- Fran?ois Laroque (born 1948), French academic, translator and Shakespeare specialist
- Fran?ois Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler
- Fran?ois Leterrier (1929–2020), French film director and actor
- Fran?ois Lionet (born 1963), French computer programmer
- Fran?ois Pienaar (born 1965), South African rugby player
- Fran?ois Pinault (born 1936), French billionaire
- Fran?ois-Henri Pinault (born 1962), French billionaire
- Fran?ois Prelati, Italian cleric and alchemist
- Fran?ois Quesnay (1694–1774), French economist
- Fran?ois Rabbath (born 1931), French double-bass player and composer
- Fran?ois Rabelais (died 1553), French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
- Fran?ois-Xavier Roth (born 1971), French conductor
- Fran?ois Rozenthal (born 1975), French ice hockey player
- Fran?ois Ruffin (born 1975), French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician
- Fran?ois Sagat (born 1979), French model and porn actor
- Fran?ois van 't Sant (1883–1966), Dutch spy and police commissioner
- Fran?ois Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player
- Fran?ois Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers (1792–1881), Dutch general
- Fran?ois Tracanelli (born 1951), French pole vaulter
- Fran?ois Trinh-Duc (born 1986), French rugby player
- Fran?ois Truffaut (1932–1984), French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film critic
- Fran?ois Vérove (1962–2021), French serial killer
- Fran?ois Vidal (1832–1911), French poet
- Fran?ois Villon (c. 1431–1463), French poet and outlaw
Heads of state and government
[edit]France
[edit]- Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France (r.?1515–1547), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
- Francis II of France (1554–1560), King of France and King consort of Scots (r.?1558–1560), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
- Fran?ois Fillon (born 1954), Prime Minister of France 2007–2012
- Fran?ois Hollande (born 1954), President of France 2012–2017
- Fran?ois Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of France 1981–1995
Haiti
[edit]- Fran?ois Denys Légitime (1841–1935), President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889
- Fran?ois Duvalier (1907–1971), President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971
Fictional characters
[edit]- Francois Turbot, a recurring character in the Canadian television series PAW Patrol
Further disambiguation
[edit]- Fran?ois Aubry (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Baby (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Boucher (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Caron (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Dominique (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Duval (disambiguation), several people
- Fran?ois Fournier (disambiguation), several people
People with the surname
[edit]- Abraham Fran?ois (born 1977), Canadian soccer player
- Alexandre Fran?ois, French linguist
- André Fran?ois (1915–2005), Hungarian-born French cartoonist
- Christian Francois (born 1985), volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Claude Fran?ois (1939–1978), French pop singer
- Déborah Fran?ois (born 1987), Belgian actress
- Deondre Francois (born 1997), Haitian-born American football player
- Elvis Francois (born 1985), American orthopedic surgeon and singer
- Guillaume Fran?ois (born 1990), Belgian professional footballer
- Hermann von Fran?ois (1856–1933), German general during WW1
- Hunter J. Francois (1924–2014), Saint Lucian politician
- Jacques Fran?ois (1920–2003), French actor
- Julien Fran?ois (born 1979), French footballer
- Kendall Francois (1971–2014), serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York
- Mark Fran?ois (born 1965), British politician
- Tony Fran?ois (born 1971), Mauritian international footballer
See also
[edit]- "Citizen Fran?ois", a caricatural personification of Revolutionary France by James Gillray
- Fran?ois, Deux-Sèvres, a municipality in the Poitou-Charentes region, France
- Francois, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Canada
- Le Fran?ois, a town on the island of Martinique, France
- Lefran?ois, a French surname
- Saint-Fran?ois (disambiguation)
- Fràn?ois & the Atlas Mountains
- fran?ois (language) (IPA [fr??s(w)?]), a common name describing the French language before the reform of French orthography in 1835.