Arts and Music

• Francis Castelluccio
  • Frankie Valli (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)
• Francis Hopkinson (born 1737, died 1791)

  American patriot, poet and composer.

  • One of the first American composers (see list of Classical Composers)
• Francis Scott Key (born 1779, died 1843)

  American lawyer.

  • Wrote the lyrics of ''''The Star-Spangled Banner'''' during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Maryland, in the War of 1812 (see list of Songwriters)
• Francis Poulenc (born 1899, died 1963)

  French composer.

  • Composed Dialogues des Carmélites (see list of Composers of the 20th Century)

Leadership

• St. Francis of Assisi (born 1182, died 1226)

  Italian friar and preacher.

  • Founded the Franciscan order (see list of Religious Leaders)
• Francis W. Ayer (born 1848, died 1923)

  American advertising pioneer.

  • Founded the N.W. Ayer & Son advertising firm (see list of Miscellaneous Business Leaders)
• Francis Drake (died 1596)

  English naval commander and explorer.

  • A leader of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Francis Hopkinson (born 1737, died 1791)

  American patriot, poet and composer.

  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New Jersey (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Francis II (born 1768, died 1835)

  Last Holy Roman emperor, ruling 1792-1806. Emperor of Austria, 1804-35, as Francis I.

  • Led Austria into war against his son-in-law, Napoleon (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)
• Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr.

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Fourth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Francis Lightfoot Lee
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Virginia (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Francis Lewis
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Francis Marion (died 1795)

  American militia commander known as ''the Swamp Fox.''

  • Led guerrilla raids in South Carolina during the American Revolution (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Francis E. Townsend (born 1867, died 1960)

  American physician.

  • Led the old-age pension movement (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)

Miscellaneous

• Francis E. Warren
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)

Science and Philosophy

• Francis W. Aston (born 1817, died 1945)

  British chemist and physicist who developed the mass spectrograph.

  • 1922 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Francis Bacon (born 1561, died 1626)

  English philosopher.

  • Devised an inductive (rather than deductive) system of logic (see list of Philosophers)
• A. Francis Birch

  Geologist.

  • 1967 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Francis H. C. Crick (born 1916)

  British biologist who, with James Watson, discovered the double helix structure of DNA.

  • 1962 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Maurice Wilkins and James Watson (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Francis S. Gabreski
  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Francis A. Gaffney

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1991) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Francis Parkman (born 1823, died 1893)

  American historian.

  • Traversed the Oregon Trail and wrote an account of it (see list of Historians)
• Francis Peyton Rous (born 1879, died 1970)

  American pathologist who discovered tumor-inducing viruses.

  • 1965 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
  • 1966 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, for Charles B. Huggins (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)

Sports

• Francis Irons

  American athlete.

  • 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
• Francis Jarvis

  American athlete.

  • 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 100m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 100 Meter Sprint)
• Francis G. Lowe
  • 1915 Australian Open tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
• Francis Ouimet
  • 1913 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)

Stage and Screen

• Francis Xavier Bushman (born 1883, died 1966)

  American silent-film actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939)

  American writer, actor, directer, producer and composer.

  • 1974 Academy Award winner for The Godfather, Part II (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
• Father Francis

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''Days of Our Lives'''' (see list of Characters on ''Days of Our Lives'')
• Francis Lederer (born 1906)

  Czech actor. Original name: Frantisek Lederer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Francis Mulcahy

  Fictional character.

  • Protrayed by William Christopher (see list of Characters on ''M*A*S*H*'')

The Literary World

• Friar Francis
  • He conspires with the lovely Hero to restore her good name in Much Ado About Nothing (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
• Francis Godwin (born 1562, died 1633)

  English bishop and historian.

  • First English writer to write about space travel, in The Man in the Moone (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
• Francis A. Jamieson
  • 1933 Pulitzer Prize winner for Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting)
• Francis Thompson (born 1859, died 1907)

  English poet.

  • Wrote The Hound of Heaven (see list of Poets of the Victorian Era)