Francisco
Francisco is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the name Franz . Spanish short forms include Fran and Paco. Chico is a Portuguese short form. The Spanish short form goes back to the Franciscan order: "Padres de la comunidad san francisco".
Name bearer
First name
- Francisco Aguirre (soccer player, 1977) (* 1977), Argentinian soccer player
- Francisco Alcácer (* 1993), Spanish football player, see Paco Alcácer
- Francisco de Almeida (1450–1510), Portuguese navigator and military
- Francisco Álvares (~ 1465– ~ 1540), Portuguese missionary and explorer
- Francisco d'Andrade (1859–1921), Portuguese opera singer (baritone)
- Francisco de Asís de Borbón (1822–1902), King Consort of Isabellas II of Spain
- Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), Spanish writer and sociologist
- Francisco José Barnés de Castro (* 1946), Mexican chemical engineer and manager
- Francisco Blake Mora (1966–2011), Mexican politician
- Francisco Bru (1885–1962), Spanish soccer player, referee and coach
- Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (* 1944), Brazilian musician and author
- Francisco Casavella (1963-2008), Spanish writer
- Francisco Claver (1929-2010), Roman Catholic Bishop in the Philippines
- Francisco Cornejo (1892–1963), Mexican painter and sculptor
- Francisco Corzas Chávez (1936–1983), Mexican painter
- Francisco da Costa Soares , East Timorese politician
- Francisco de Enzinas (1518–1552), Spanish Protestant and translator
- Francisco de Goya (1746–1828), Spanish painter
- Francisco Díaz de León (1897–1975), Mexican graphic artist
- Francisco Eppens Helguera (1913–1990), Mexican artist
- Francisco Felicilda , Filipino pool player
- Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator
- Francisco Galdós (* 1947), Spanish racing cyclist
- Francisco Henriques († 1518), Flemish-Portuguese Renaissance painter
- Francisco de Ibarra (1539–1575), Spanish conquistador and explorer
- Francisco Largo Caballero (1869–1946), Spanish politician and Prime Minister of the Second Republic
- Francisco Madero (1873-1913), Mexican revolutionary, statesman and President of Mexico (1911-1913)
- Francisco de la Maza (1913–1972), Mexican art historian and critic
- Francisco Medina (actor) (* 1977), German-Chilean actor
- Francisco Medina Ramírez (1922–1988), Mexican religious, prelate of El Salto
- Francisco Ramírez Medina (1828 – after 1868), Puerto Rican freedom fighter
- Francisco de Mendoza (1545–1623), Spanish general
- Francisco Mérida Pérez , known as Fran Mérida (* 1990), Spanish football player
- Francisco Montero (* 1999), Spanish soccer player
- Francisco Montes de Oca y Saucedo (1837–1885), Mexican politician and military doctor
- Francisco Moreno Capdevila (1926–1995), Spanish-Mexican artist
- Francisco James Muñiz IV , known as Frankie Muniz (* 1985), American actor
- Francisco de Orellana (1511–1546), Central American President
- Francisco de Peñalosa (1470–1528), Spanish cleric, singer and composer
- Francisco Pizarro (~ 1477–1541), Spanish conquistador
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), Spanish writer
- Francisco Ribeiro (freedom fighter) , East Timorese freedom fighter
- Francisco Ribeiro (musician) (1965-2010), Portuguese musician
- Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes (* 1965), Portuguese diplomat, musician and songwriter
- Francisco Ribeiro dos Santos , East Timorese freedom fighter
- Francisco Romano Guillemín (1884–1950), Mexican painter
- Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (* 1991), Spanish pool player
- Francisco J. Serrano (1900–1982), Mexican architect
- Francisco Simões (* 1946), Portuguese sculptor and draftsman
- Francisco Toledo (Cardinal) (1532–1596), Roman Catholic Cardinal
- Francisco Toledo (painter) (1940–2019), Mexican painter
- Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras (1759–1833), Mexican architect, painter, sculptor and poet
- Francisco Varela (1946–2001), Chilean biologist and neuroscientist
- Francisco de Xavier (1506–1552; Saint Francis Xavier ), Spanish missionary and co-founder of the Jesuit order
- Francisco Zúñiga (1912–1998), Costa Rican-Mexican sculptor and painter
- Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (* 1960), Colombian politician
family name
- Don Francisco (motor journalist) (1918–2005), American motor journalist, publisher and co-founder of the "National Off-Road Racing Association"
- Don Francisco (TV presenter) (born 1940), Chilean-American TV presenter
- Don Francisco (singer) (born 1946), American singer and composer
- Hidilyn Diaz Francisco (* 1991), Filipino weightlifter
- James Francisco (1937–2018), American politician
- Juan Francisco (* 1978), Dominican baseball player
- Mannie Francisco († 2020), South African English billiards and snooker player
- Manoel João Francisco (* 1946), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Chapecó
- Noel Francisco (* 1969), American lawyer
- Rafael Ferreira Francisco ( Toró ; * 1986), Brazilian soccer player
- Rafael da Silva Francisco ( Rafinha ; * 1983), Brazilian soccer player
- Ramón Francisco (* 1929), Dominican poet and essayist
- Silvino Francisco (* 1946), South African snooker player
- Peter Francisco (* 1962), South African snooker player
- Vicente Francisco (1891–1974), Filipino politician
stage name
- Lady Francisco actually Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon (1935-2019), Brazilian actress
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Francisco on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)