Francis
Francis is a male given name of Latin origin as a variant of Franciscus , which also occurs as a family name . A short form of the first name is Fran .
Name bearer
Male first name
- Francis Amuzu (* 1999), Ghanaian-Belgian soccer player
- Francis André (militiaman) (1909–1946), French militiaman
- Francis André (artist) (1906–1972), Belgian artist
- Francis André (author) (1897–1976), Belgian poet
- Francis Arinze (* 1932), Nigerian clergyman, Archbishop of Onitsha
- Francis Asbury (1745-1816), American Methodist bishop
- Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), British Bishop of Rochester
- Francis Ayume (1940-2004), Ugandan lawyer
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher
- Francis Bacon (painter) (1909–1992) Irish painter
- Francis Bertrand (1937–1994), Belgian comic artist
- Francis Birch (1903-1992), American geophysicist
- Francis Birch (1889–1956), British film actor, pantomime and cryptanalyst
- Francis Bott (1904–1998), German painter
- Francis Brooks (1924-2010), British bishop
- Francis Buchholz (* 1954), German rock musician and composer
- Francis Collins (born 1950), American geneticist
- Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939), American director and producer
- Francis Drake (1540–1596), British navigator
- Francis Durbridge (1912-1998), British writer
- Francis Edward Faragoh (1895–1966), American screenwriter and writer
- Francis Fulton-Smith (* 1966), German-British actor
- Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846–1929), British cardinal
- Francis Gérard-Kumleben (1901–1974), Franco-German journalist and activist
- Francis Hofstein (* 1937), French psychoanalyst and jazz author
- Francis Jager (1869–1941), Slovenian-American clergyman, apidologist, agronomist, university professor, beekeeper and gardener
- Francis Lai (1932–2018), French composer and accordionist
- Francis Lessard (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
- Francis Matthews (1927-2014), British actor
- Francis Muthaura (* 1946), Kenyan civil servant and politician
- Francis Nenik (* 1981), German writer and publicist
- Francis Rossi (born 1949), British musician
- Francis Sejersted (1936–2015), Norwegian historian
- Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897), American statistician
- Francis Mansour Zayek (1920–2010), American Archbishop
family name
- AJ Francis (born 1990), American football player
- Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), American actor and silent film director
- Alice Francis , German singer
- Alun Francis (* 1943), British conductor
- Alwin Francis (* 1987), Indian badminton player
- Amy Price-Francis (born 1975), Canadian actress
- André Francis (1925–2019), French music journalist and jazz producer
- Andrew Francis (1946–2017), Pakistani clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Multan
- Anne Francis (1930–2011), American film actress
- Anne Francis Bayless , American cellist
- Arlene Francis (1907-2001), American actress
- Bev Francis (* 1955), Australian shot putter
- Bob Francis (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Cedric Francis (1915-2003), US-British film producer
- Charles S. Francis (1853–1911), American journalist and diplomat
- Charlie Francis (1948-2010), Canadian athlete and athletics coach
- Clive Francis (born 1946), British actor
- Connie Francis (* 1937), American pop singer
- David Francis (curator) (* 1935), British film archivist and curator
- David Francis (politician) , Sierra Leonean politician and minister
- David Francis (writer) (born 1958), Australian writer
- David Francis (actor) , actor
- David Albert Francis , known as Panama Francis (1918-2001), American jazz drummer
- David Rowland Francis (1850–1927), American politician
- Dean Francis (1974-2018), British boxer
- Dick Francis (1920-2010), British author and jockey
- Dillon Francis (* 1987), American DJ and music producer
- Don Francis (* 1942), American epidemiologist
- Don Francis (entertainer) , German party organizer and entertainer
- E. Lee Francis (1913-2001), American politician
- Edward Francis (Medic) (1872–1957), American medic
- Edward Francis (Bishop) (1930-2017), Indian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sivagangai
- Emerich K. Francis (1906–1994), Austrian-American sociologist
- Emile Francis (* 1926), Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
- Eve Francis (1886–1980), Franco-Belgian actress
- Freddie Francis (1917–2007), British cameraman and director
- Genie Francis (born 1962), American actress
- George B. Francis (1883–1967), American lawyer and politician
- Gerry Francis (* 1951), English football player and coach
- HG Francis ( Hans Gerhard Franciskowsky; 1936–2011), German book and radio play author
- Herb Francis (1940–1988), American cyclist
- Hywel Francis (born 1946), Welsh politician, Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
- Jamal Francis (* 1993), football player from St. Kitts and Nevis
- James B. Francis (1815-1892), British-American engineer
- Javon Francis (* 1994), Jamaican track and field athlete
- John Francis (sculptor) (1780–1861), English sculptor
- John Francis ( bush ranger ) (1825– ??), Australian bush ranger
- John Francis (mathematician) , American mathematician
- John Brown Francis (1791–1864), American politician (Rhode Island)
- John GF Francis (* 1934), British computer scientist
- John M. Francis (1823-1897), American diplomat
- Joseph Francis (1801-1893), American inventor and boat builder
- Karl Francis (director) (born 1943), British director, screenwriter and producer
- Karl Francis , known as Dillinja (* 1975), British DJ and producer
- Kay Francis (1905–1968), American actress
- Kemi Francis (* 1993), Nigerian heptathlete and hurdler
- Kevin Francis (soccer player, 1967) (born 1967), English soccer player, international for St. Kitts and Nevis
- Kevin Francis (ski racer) (* 1982), American ski racer
- Kevin Francis (soccer player, 1994) (born 1994), Vincentian soccer player
- Kirk Francis (* 1947), American sound engineer
- Lauren Francis , British opera singer (soprano)
- Mark Francis (painter) (born 1962), British painter
- Mark Francis (composer) , American composer
- Mark Francis (soccer player) , English-American soccer player
- Mark Lewis-Francis (* 1982), British athlete
- Mathews Kunnepurayidom Francis (* 1944), Indian clergyman
- Mayann Francis , Canadian human rights activist
- Melissa Francis (born 1972), American actress
- Melody Francis (* 1988), Australian squash player
- Michael Kpakala Francis (1936–2013), Liberian clergyman, Archbishop of Monrovia
- Mike Francis (1961–2009), Italian singer and composer
- Moni Francis , German singer-songwriter, musician and cabaret artist
- Nathaniel Francis , Turks and Caicos Islands politician
- Noel Francis (1906–1959), American actress
- Panama Francis ( David Albert Francis; 1918-2001), American jazz drummer
- Paul Francis , US-German computer scientist
- Peter Francis (* 1936), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Phyllis Francis (* 1992), American sprinter
- Ranganathan Francis (1920–1975), Indian hockey player
- Richard Francis-Bruce (* 1948), Australian film editor
- Rimona Francis , Israeli jazz musician
- Robert Francis (poet) (1901–1987), American poet
- Robert Francis (author) (1909-1946), French writer
- Robert Francis (actor) (1930–1955), American actor
- Robert Francis (film editor) , American film editor
- Robert Francis (musician) (* 1987), American folk rock musician
- Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sage Francis (born 1976), American rapper
- Sam Francis (1923–1994), American painter and printmaker
- Sam Francis (athlete) (1913–2002), American shot putter and American football player
- Sebastian Francis (* 1951), Malaysian clergyman, Bishop of Penang
- Shaun Francis (* 1986), Jamaican soccer player
- Shingo Francis (born 1969), American painter
- Simon Francis (* 1985), English football player
- Sophie Francis (* 1998), Dutch music producer and DJ in the field of electronic dance music
- Steve Francis (* 1977), American basketball player
- Thomas Francis junior (1900–1969), American doctor, virologist, and epidemiologist
- Tim Francis (1928-2016), New Zealand diplomat
- Trevor Francis (* 1954), English football player and coach
- Waylon Francis (* 1990), Costa Rican soccer player
- Wil Francis (* 1982), American musician
- William B. Francis (1860–1954), American politician
- Willie Francis (1929–1947), American temporary survivor of an official execution
- Zaine Francis-Angol (* 1993), Antiguan football player