François (name)
François [ fʀɑ̃ˈswa ] (rarely also Francois ) is a French variation of the name Franz .
Name bearer
Ruler's name
- François de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien (1519–1546), French prince from the House of Bourbon and general
- François de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme (1470–1495), Count of Vendôme
- Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau (1750–1828), French statesman and poet
- François I. de Clèves, duc de Nevers (1516–1562; German Franz von Kleve ), Count of Nevers and Eu
- François II. De Clèves, duc de Nevers (1540–1562; German Franz II. Von Kleve ), Duke of Nevers and Count of Rethel and Eu
First name
- François Bondy (1915–2003), Swiss journalist, writer and translator
- François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver
- François Ellis (* 1959), French snooker player
- François Gonon (* 1979), French orienteer
- François Haby (1861–1938), German entrepreneur and court hairdresser of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
- François Hollande (* 1954), French politician
- François Lachenal (1918–1997), Swiss diplomat and publisher
- François de La Rochefoucauld (Cardinal) (1558–1645), French cardinal
- François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), French writer and aphorist
- François de Metz († 1444), cardinal and bishop of Geneva
- François Mitterrand (1916–1996), French President
- François Moubandje (* 1990), Swiss football player
- François Noël (missionary) (1651–1729), Belgian Jesuit
- François Noël (humanist) (1756–1841), French humanist
- François Ozon (* 1967), French film director
- François Partant (1926–1987), French author
- François II. De Tournon (1489–1562), French cleric, Archbishop of Lyon
- François Truffaut (1932–1984), French film director
- François Van der Elst (1954-2017), Belgian football player
family name
- Alexander von François (1813–1861), from 1851 to 1860 district administrator of the Demmin district
- Alexis François (1877–1958), Swiss Romance philologist and historian
- Alfred von François (1849–1911), Prussian officer, most recently major general
- Alphonse François (1814–1888), French engraver
- André François (football player) (1885-1915), French football player
- André François (artist) (1915–2005), Hungarian-French painter, draftsman and sculptor
- André François (track and field athlete) (born 1964), Vincentian track and field athlete
- André François-Poncet (1887–1978), French German studies specialist, politician and diplomat
- Ange François (1800–1867), Belgian history, genre and animal painter
- Atilio François Baldi (1922–1997), Uruguayan cyclist
- Auguste François (1857–1935), French diplomat and photographer
- Bruno von François (1818–1870), Prussian officer, most recently major general and knight of the Pour le Mérite
- Charles François (politician) (1874–1945), French politician, member of the National Assembly
- Charles François (actor) , German actor
- Charles François (cyberneticist) (1922–2019), Belgian cyberneticist
- Claude François (1939–1978; called Cloclo ), French chansonnier
- Claudine François (* 1948), French musician
- Curt von François (1852–1931), German African explorer and founder of Windhoek
- Déborah François (* 1987), Belgian actress
- Denise François-Geiger (1934–1993), French linguist and Romance scholar
- Étienne François (* 1943), German-French historian
- Frédéric François (* 1950), Italian singer and composer
- Frédéric François-Marsal (1874–1958), French banker and politician
- Gustav von François (1815–1877), Prussian officer, most recently major general
- Guy François (born 1947), Haitian football player
- Hardy von Francois (1879–1956), German actor and director
- Hermann von François (1856–1933), German general in the First World War
- Hugo von François (1861–1904), German captain of the protection force in South West Africa
- Jacques François (1920–2003), French actor
- Jean François (historian) (1722–1791), French Benedictine, historian and Romanist
- Jean Francois (basketball player) (born 1980), American basketball player
- Jean François-Poncet (1928–2012), French diplomat and politician
- Jean-Charles François (1717–1769), French engraver and etcher
- Jean-Pierre François (* 1965), French football player and pop singer
- Joseph Michel François (* 1957), Haitian military
- Jules François (1907–1984), Belgian ophthalmologist
- Julien François (* 1979), French football player
- Juliette François (1925–2007), Luxembourg theater actress
- Karl von François (1785–1855), German general in the Royal Prussian Army
- Kurt von François (architect) (1855 – after 1929), German architect and painter
- Louis François , French racing car driver
- Louise von François (1817–1893), storyteller and writer
- Mark Francois (* 1965), British Conservative Party politician
- Michel François (* 1956), Belgian sculptor and installation artist
- Myriam François-Cerrah (* 1982), Franco-British journalist, writer and actress
- Pierre Joseph Célestin François (1759–1851), Belgian history painter
- Roger François (weightlifter) (1900–1949), French weightlifter
- Roger François (wrestler) , French wrestler
- Samson François (1924–1970), French pianist and composer
- Sandrine François (* 1980), French singer
- Wilhelm François (1878–1955), German craftsman and politician (economic party)