François Explained
| François |
| Pronunciation: | in French fʁɑ̃swa/
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| Gender: | Male |
| Language origin: | French |
| Related Names: | Françoise, Francis, Francesco, Franciscus, Francisco, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin |
François (in French fʁɑ̃swa/) is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
- François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
- François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
- François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks
- François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos
- 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 Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer
- 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 Couturier (born 1950), French jazz pianist
- François Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 1948), Dutch poet
- François de Klerk (born 1991), South African rugby player
- François "Faf" du Plessis (born 1984), South African cricketer
- François Englert (born 1932), Belgian particle physicist who in 2013 shared the Nobel Prize with Peter Higgs
- François Feldman (born 1958), French singer
- François Gautier (born 1950), French journalist
- François Gernigon (born 1961), French politician
- François Lalande (1930–2020), French actor
- François Lapointe (politician) (born 1971), Canadian politician
- François Lapointe (racewalker) (born 1961), Canadian racewalker
- François Laroque (born 1948), French academic, translator and Shakespeare specialist
- François Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler
- François Leterrier (1929–2020), French film director and actor
- François Lionet (born 1963), French computer programmer
- François Locufier, French cartoonist
- François Pienaar (born 1965), South African rugby player
- François Pinault (born 1936), French billionaire
- François-Henri Pinault (born 1962), French billionaire
- François Quesnay (1694–1774), French economist
- François Rabbath (born 1931), French double-bass player and composer
- François Rabelais (died 1553), French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
- François-Xavier Roth (born 1971), French conductor
- François Rozenthal (born 1975), French ice hockey player
- François Ruffin (born 1975), French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician
- François Sagat (born 1979), French model and porn actor
- François Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player
- François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers (1792-1881), Dutch general
- François Tracanelli (born 1951), French pole vaulter
- François Trinh-Duc (born 1986), French rugby player
- François Truffaut (1932-1984), French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film critic
- François Vérove (1962–2021), French serial killer
- François Vidal (1832–1911), French poet
- François van 't Sant (1883–1966), Dutch spy and police commissioner
Heads of State and Government
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Haiti
Fictional Characters
- Francois Turbot, a recurring character in the Canadian television series PAW Patrol
Further Disambiguation
People with the surname
- Abraham François (born 1977), Canadian soccer player
- Alexandre François, French linguist
- André François (1915-2005), Hungarian-born French cartoonist
- Christian Francois (born 1985), volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Claude François (1939-1978), French pop singer
- Déborah François (born 1987), Belgian actress
- Deondre Francois (born 1997), Haitian-born American football player
- Elvis Francois (born 1985), American orthopedic surgeon and singer
- Guillaume François (born 1990), Belgian professional footballer
- Hermann von François (1856–1933), German general during WW1
- Hunter J. Francois (1924-2014), Saint Lucian politician
- Jacques François (1920-2003), French actor
- Jacques Francois (footballer) (born 1992), Haitian football player
- Julien François (born 1979), French footballer
- Kendall Francois (1971-2014), serial killer from Poughkeepsie, New York
- Mark François (born 1965), British politician
- Tony François (born 1971), 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)
- Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains
- (pronounced as /frãnˈswɛ/), a common name describing the French language before the reform of French orthography in 1835.
