List of Famous people named Francis

Name Francis is among the most common names in France. Shortened forms: Frank. Similar names: Frank, Frances, Francys. Here are some famous Francises:

Francis Hyacinth

First Name Francis
Last Name Hyacinth
Born on September 14, 1632
Died on October 4, 1638 (aged 6)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Francis Hyacinth was the Duke of Savoy from 1637 to 1638 under regency of his mother Christine Marie.

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Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell

Francis Wallace Grenfell
First Name Francis
Last Name Grenfell
Born on April 29, 1841
Died on January 27, 1925 (aged 83)

Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, was a British Army officer. After serving as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, he fought in the 9th Xhosa War, the Anglo-Zulu War and then the Anglo-Egyptian War. He went on to become Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army and commanded the forces at the Battle of Suakin in December 1888 and at the Battle of Toski in August 1889 during the Mahdist War. After that he became Governor of Malta and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland before retiring in 1908.

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Francis Hastings Doyle

Francis Hastings Charles Doyle
First Name Francis
Last Name Doyle
Died on June 8, 1888

Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, 2nd Baronet was a British poet.

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Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell

First Name Francis
Last Name Rennell
Born on October 25, 1895
Died on March 15, 1978 (aged 82)

Major-General Francis James Rennell Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell, was an army officer and the second but eldest surviving son of the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. He served with distinction as a Chief of Civil Affairs in the Mediterranean theatre of war 1941-44.

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Francis John Longley Ogilvy

First Name Francis
Last Name Ogilvy
Born on June 23, 1866
Died on January 4, 1943 (aged 76)
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Francis Popham

First Name Francis
Last Name Popham
Born on January 1, 1573
Died on January 1, 1644 (aged 71)

Sir Francis Popham (1573–1644) of Wellington, Somerset and Littlecote, Berkshire, was an English soldier and landowner who was elected a Member of Parliament nine times, namely for Somerset (1597), Wiltshire (1604), Marlborough (1614), Great Bedwin (1621), Chippenham 1624, 1625, 1626, 1628–29), and for Minehead (1640–1644).

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Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

First Name Francis
Last Name Howe
Born on May 1, 1884
Died on July 26, 1964 (aged 80)

Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe,, styled as Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and motor racing driver and promoter. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929. While in Parliament he took up motor racing, and later won the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He ascended to the Peerage in 1929, succeeding his father as the 5th Earl Howe. Earl Howe co-founded the British Racing Drivers' Club with Dudley Benjafield in 1928, and served as its president until his death in 1964.

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Francis Bernard

First Name Francis
Last Name Bernard
Born on November 30, 1662
Died on June 30, 1731 (aged 68)

Francis Bernard SL was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge.

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Francis Hincks

First Name Francis
Last Name Hincks
Died on August 18, 1885

Sir Francis Hincks, was a Canadian businessman, politician, and British colonial administrator. Of Irish descent, he was the Co-Premier of the Province of Canada (1851–1854), Governor of Barbados (1856–1862), Governor of British Guiana (1862–1869) and Canadian Minister of Finance (1869–1873).

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Francis Dobbs

First Name Francis
Last Name Dobbs
Born on January 1, 1750
Died on January 1, 1811 (aged 61)

Francis Dobbs (1750–1811) was an Irish barrister, politician and writer on political, religious and historical topics.

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