Franco (name)
Franco is a masculine Italian given name that occurs in other Romance languages. The German variant is Frank . Franco is also used as a family name in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese- speaking countries.
Name bearer
Single name
- Franco († 903), Bishop of Liège
- Franco von Köln (Franco Teutonicus), German music theorist
- Franco von Meschede , German scholaster, poet and chancellor of the 14th century
First name
- Franco Abbiati (1898–1981), Italian musicologist
- Franco Acosta (* 1996), Uruguayan football player
- Franco Andolfo (1938–2012), Italian-Austrian entertainer, pop singer and composer
- Franco Autori (1903–1990) Italian-American conductor
- Franco Battiato (* 1945), Italian cantautore, composer, film director and non-party politician
- Franco Bignotti (1930–1991), Italian comic artist
- Franco Brienza (* 1979), Italian football player
- Franco Caprioli (1912–1974), Italian comic artist
- Franco Cariolato (bl. 1900s), Italian racing car driver
- Franco Cervi (* 1994), Argentine football player
- Franco Citti (1935-2016), Italian actor
- Franco Collenberg (* 1985), Swiss ice hockey player
- Franco Colturi (* 1970), Italian ski racer
- Franco Columbu (1941–2019), Italian-American bodybuilder, chiropractor, and film actor
- Franco Corelli (1921–2003), Italian opera singer, spinto tenor and dramatic tenor
- Franco Cristaldi (1924–1992), Italian film producer
- Franco Cuter (1940–2019), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Grajaú
- Franco Di Santo (* 1989), Argentinian football player
- Franco Diogene (1947-2005), Italian actor
- Franco Ferrari (1635–1711), Italian Cistercian, abbot, theologian, librarian and scholar
- Franco Foda (* 1966), German soccer player and coach
- Franco Frattini (* 1957), Italian politician
- Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician and singer
- Franco Morbidelli (* 1994), Italian motorcycle racer
- Franco Nero (born 1941), Italian actor
- Franco José Vieira Neto (* 1966), Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Franco Ossola (1921-1949), Italian football player
- Franco Paselli (1944–1944), Italian victim of National Socialism, see Franco Paselli Peace Prize #Franco Paselli
- Franco Petruso (* 1988), German-Italian soccer player
- Franco Riccardi (* 1921), Italian opera singer (tenor)
- Franco Saudelli (* 1952), Italian comic artist
- Franco Selvaggi (* 1953), Italian football player
- Franco Semioli (* 1980), Italian football player
- Franco Vázquez (* 1989), Argentine-Italian football player
- Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019), Italian director
- Franco Zuculini (* 1990), Argentinian football player
family name
A.
- Adolfo de Oliveira Franco (1915–2008), Brazilian lawyer and politician
- Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco (1930-2020), Brazilian diplomat
- Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (writer) (1868-1916), Brazilian writer and journalist
- Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (politician) (1905–1990), Brazilian politician, historian, lawyer and author
- Albano Franco (* 1940), Brazilian politician
- Alfonso Franco (1466–1523), Italian painter and silversmith
- Andrés Franco (athlete) (* 1925), Filipino high jumper
- Andrés Franco Ramos (* 1966), Cuban judoka
- Andrés T. Franco (* 1925), Filipino athlete
- Antonio Franco (* 1937), Italian clergyman and Vatican diplomat
- Antonio Ortega Franco (* 1941), Mexican religious, auxiliary bishop in Mexico
- Arely Franco (* 1968), Salvadoran athlete
B.
- Bárbara Franco (* 1974), Spanish swimmer
- Bob Franco (1937-2016), German actor and singer
C.
- Carlos Franco (boxer) , Uruguayan boxer
- Carlos Franco (golfer) (* 1965), Paraguayan golfer
- Carlos Matamoros Franco (* 1966), Ecuadorian chess player
- Carmen Franco y Polo (1926–2017), Spanish author, daughter of General Franco
- Carmen Guerrero Franco (1911–1986), Mexican actress
- César Augusto Franco Martínez (* 1948), Spanish clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Madrid
- Cesare Franco (sculptor) , Italian architect and sculptor
- Cesare Franco (composer) (1885–1944), Italian composer and organist
- Cesarino Franco (also Cesare Franco ; 1884–1959), Italian flautist and composer
- Claudia Franco (* 1975), Spanish swimmer
- Corine Franco (* 1983), French soccer player
- Corrado Franco (* 1956), Italian director
D.
- Darío Franco (* 1969), Argentinian football player
- Dave Franco (* 1985), American actor
- David Franco-Mendes (1713–1792), Dutch poet of Portuguese origin
- Denzil Franco (* 1985), Indian soccer player
- Diego Armando Maradona Franco (* 1960), Argentinian football player, see Diego Maradona
- Dilmo Franco de Campos (* 1972), Brazilian clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Anápolis
- Domenico Franco (* 1992), Italian football player
- Douglas Franco Teixeira (* 1988), Dutch-Brazilian soccer player, see Douglas (soccer player, 1988)
E.
- Edgardo Franco ( El General ; * 1969), Panamanian musician and DJ
- Eli Franco (* 1953), Israeli Indologist
- Ethiene Franco (* 1992), Brazilian gymnast
F.
- Federico Franco ( Luis Federico Franco Gómez ; * 1962), Paraguayan politician, President 2012 to 2013
- Felipe Aguirre Franco (* 1934), Mexican clergyman, Archbishop of Acapulco
- Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish dictator and generalissimo
- Francisco Franco de Sousa (1885–1955), Portuguese sculptor
- Fulvia Franco (1931–1988), Italian actress
G
- Gaston Franco (* 1944), French politician
- Gilda Perez Franco († 2009), Dominican politician
- Giovanni Battista Franco (also Battista Franco Veneziano and Semolei ; before 1510–1561), Italian painter
- Giuseppe Franco (* 1981), Italian Catholic theologian and dogmatist
- Guilherme Franco (1946–2016), Brazilian musician
- Guillermo Franco (* 1976), Mexican-Argentine soccer player
H
- Hernando Franco (1532–1585), Spanish composer
I.
- Itamar Franco (1930–2011), Brazilian politician
- Iván Franco (* 2000), Paraguayan football player
J
- James Franco (* 1978), American filmmaker
- Jamy Franco (* 1991), Guatemalan athlete
- Jean Franco (* 1924), English literary scholar and literary critic
- Jess Franco (1930–2013), Spanish film director
- João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo Branco (1855–1929), Portuguese politician
- João Manuel Antonio do Amaral Franco (1921–2009), Portuguese botanist
- Jorge Franco (fencer) (1923–1989), Portuguese fencer
- Jorge Franco Ramos (* 1962), Colombian writer
- Jorge Franco Alviz (* 1993), Spanish football player
- José Franco (artist) (1920–2009), Portuguese sculptor and ceramic artist
- José Ferreira Franco (1934–2009), Brazilian soccer player, see Zequinha
- José María Franco (* 1978), Uruguayan football player
- José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1795-1859), Bolivian politician, president between 1828 and 1848
- Juan Carlos Franco (* 1973), Paraguayan football player
- Julio Franco , Uruguayan soccer player
L.
- Larry J. Franco (* 1949), American film producer and director
- Leo Franco (* 1977), Argentine football goalkeeper
- Leonardo Franco (musician) (1942–2015), Uruguayan musician
- Leryn Franco (* 1982), Paraguayan athlete and model
- Luis Franco (Author) (1898–1988), Argentine writer
- Luis Franco (boxer) (* 1986), Cuban boxer
- Luis Gabriel Romero Franco (* 1935), Colombian clergyman, Bishop of Facatativá
M.
- Manuel Franco (1871–1919), Paraguayan university professor, minister and president
- María Gabriela Franco (* 1981), Venezuelan sports shooter
- María Judith Franco (1925-2017), Puerto Rican actress and voice actress
- Marielle Franco (1979–2018), Brazilian politician
- Mario Franco (* 1946), Italian film director
- Maureen Franco (* 1983), Uruguayan football player
- Michel Franco (* 1979), Mexican filmmaker
- Michele Franco (* 1985), Italian football player
- Miguel García Franco (1909–1981), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Mazatlán
N
- Niccolò Franco (1515–1570), Italian poet
- Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco (* 1935), American clergyman, Bishop of Palencia
O
- Omar Franco (singer) , Dominican singer and composer
- Omar Franco (actor) , Cuban actor
P
- Pedro Franco (* 1991), Colombian football player
- Pipí Franco (1912–1978), Dominican singer and composer
- Pippo Franco (* 1940), Italian actor
- Procopio Franco (* 1970), Mexican marathon runner
R.
- Rafael Franco (1896–1973), Paraguayan major and president
- Ramón Franco (1896–1938), Spanish politician, officer and aviation pioneer
- Ramón Franco (actor) (born 1963), Puerto Rican actor
- Robert J. Franco , production designer
- Roberto Franco (* 1964), Italian freestyle skier
S.
- Sandro Franco (* 1969), Uruguayan football player
- Santiago Franco (* 1999), Uruguayan football player
- Siron Franco (born 1947), Brazilian artist
V
- Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan
- Vincenzo Franco (1917–2016), Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Otranto
- Vinicio Franco (born 1933), Dominican singer