Frances (first name)
Frances or Francés is a female given name .
variants
A.
- Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), Canadian pianist
- Frances E. Allen (1932-2020), American computer scientist
B.
- Frances Baard (1901–1997), South African trade unionist and opponent of apartheid
- Frances Bay (1919–2011), Canadian actress
- Frances Bergen (1922–2006), American actress and model
- Frances Brandon (1517–1559), British noblewoman
- Frances Brundage (1854–1937), American painter and author
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), British author
- Frances Burney (1752–1840), English writer
C.
- Julie Frances Christie (born 1941), British film actress
- Frances Cleveland (1864–1947), American first lady
- Frances Conroy (born 1953), American actress
- Frances Jane Crosby (1820–1915), American author
D.
- Frances Dafoe (1929-2016), Canadian figure skater
- Frances de la Tour (born 1944), British actress
- Frances Dee (1909-2004), American actress
- Rita Frances Dove (* 1952), American author
- Frances Drake (1912–2000), American actress
E.
- Jane Frances Agnes Elgee (1821-1896), Irish author
F.
- Frances Farmer (1913–1970), American actress
- Frances Fisher (born 1952), British actress
- Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (1908–1991), American essayist
- Frances Fyfield (* 1948), English lawyer and author
G
- Frances Goodrich (1890–1984), American author and actress
- Frances Wilson Grayson (1890–1927), American pilot
- Frances Ethel Gumm (1922–1969), American film actress and singer
H
- Frances Havergal (1836–1879), English poet
- Frances G. Hill (* 1958), German author
- Frances Hyland (1927-2004), Canadian actress
I.
- Frances Itani (* 1942), Canadian writer and poet
K
- Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914-2015), American pharmacologist
- Frances Anne Kemble (1809-1893), English actress and writer
- Frances Kissling (* 1943), American feminist
- Frances Shand Kydd (1936–2004), mother of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
L.
- Frances Langford (1913–2005), American singer and actress
- Mary Frances Lyon (1925–2014), English geneticist
M.
- Frances Magnus (1882–1969), German politician
- Debra Frances Manheim (born 1961), American actress
- Frances Marion (1888–1973), American screenwriter and director
- Frances Beatrice Marshoff (* 1957), South African politician
- Frances McDormand (born 1957), American actress
- Frances MacDonald McNair (1873–1921), Scottish painter and artisan
- Frances Moore Lappé (* 1944), American author
- Frances Elizabeth Moran (1889–1977), Irish lawyer
N
- Frances Elaine Newton (1965–2005), American criminal
O
- Frances O'Connor (born 1967), Australian actress
- Frances Belle O'Connor (1914–1982), American show attraction and actress
P
- Mary Frances Penick (1931-2004), American singer
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898–1994), Canadian painter
- Frances Perkins (1880–1965), American politician
- Frances Fox Piven (* 1932), Canadian political scientist and sociologist
R.
- Frances Reid (1914-2010), American actress
- Frances Ridste (1919–1948), American actress
S.
- Frances Scholz (* 1962), American artist
- Frances Thurber Seal , Christian
- Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins Searles (1818-1891), American millionaire wife
- Frances Sherwood (* 1940), American writer
- Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997), British Crown Princess
- Henrietta Frances Spencer (1761-1821), British nobleman
- Frances Stephens (1851-1915), Canadian philanthropist
- Frances Sternhagen (* 1930), American actress
- Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1647–1702), Scottish noblewoman
T
- Frances Trollope (1779–1863), British author
U
- Frances Ann Ulmer (* 1947), American politician
V
- Frances Villiers (1753–1821), English mistress
W.
- Frances Walsh (* 1959), New Zealand screenwriter
- Frances Wayne (1919 / 1924–1978), American singer
- Frances Willard (1839–1898), American suffragette and social reformer
- Kay Frances Worthington (* 1959), Canadian rowing athlete
Y
- Frances A. Yates (1899–1981), English historian and author