Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

François Louis, Prince of Conti

b. 1664

King of Poland (titular)

François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie

François Mauriac

French author (1885–1970)

François Michelin

French businessman (1926–2015)

François Mitterrand

b. 1916

President of France from 1981 to 1995

François Moubandje

b. 1990

Swiss footballer (born 1990)

François Ozon

b. 1967

French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

François Pérusse

b. 1960

Musical artist

François Pervis

b. 1984

French cyclist (born 1984)

François Quesnay

b. 1694

French physician, Physiocratic economist, and orientalist (1694–1774)

François Ravaillac

Assassin of King Henry IV of France

François Rebel

b. 1701

French composer

François Reichenbach

b. 1921

French film director (1921–1993)

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt

Austrian marshal

François Séverin Marceau

French general (1769–1796)

François Sterchele

Belgian footballer

François Steyn

b. 1987

South African rugby union player

François Sulpice Beudant

b. 1787

French mineralogist and geologist (1787–1850)

François Tavenas

b. 1942

François Tombalbaye

b. 1918

President of Chad from 1960 to 1975

François Trinh-Duc

b. 1986

France international rugby union player (born 1986)

François Tristan l'Hermite

French dramatist

François Truffaut

French filmmaker (1932–1984)

François Valéry

b. 1954

French singer-songwriter and composer (born 1954)