Leading Figures in History

Francis Willughby

English ornithologist and ichthyologist

Francis X. Bushman

American actor, director, writer (1883–1966)

Francis Younghusband

British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer (1863–1942)

Francis, Duke of Teck

Austrian-born British nobleman (1837–1900)

Francisco and Jacinta Marto

Portuguese visionaries and Catholic saints

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

Spanish composer (1823–1894)

Francisco Copado

Spanish-German footballer

Francisco Cordero

Dominican baseball player (born 1975)

Francisco Cruceta

Dominican baseball player (born 1981)

Francisco da Costa Gomes

President of Portugal From 1974 to 1976

Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz

King consort of Spain from 1846 to 1868

Francisco de Lucena

Francisco de Miranda

Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816)

Francisco de Paula Santander

Colombian military and political leader (1792–1840)

Francisco de Sá de Miranda

Portuguese poet (1481–1558)

Francisco de Toledo

Viceroy of Peru (1515–1582)

Francisco de Vitoria

Spanish Catholic philosopher and jurist (c. 1483–1546)

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter (1598–1664)

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque

Spanish nobleman

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

Francisco Icaza

Mexican artist known for travels and paintings (1930–2014)

Francisco Javier Arana

Guatemalan military leader (1905–1949)

Francisco Javier Echeverría

President of Mexico in 1841

Francisco José Freire

Portuguese historian and philologist (1719–1773)