List of Famous people named Francisco

Name Francisco is among the most common names in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Portugal. Shortened forms: Paco, Fran, Kiko. Similar names: Paco, Fran, Kiko, Francisque, Franceska, Francysk, Franciska. Here are some famous Franciscos:

Francisco Barretto

First Name Francisco
Last Name Barretto
Born on October 31, 1989 (age 36)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Francisco Carlos Barretto Júnior is a Brazilian male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Francisco "Paco" Venegas

First Name Francisco
Last Name Venegas
Born on July 16, 1998 (age 27)
Born in Mexico, Guanajuato
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Francisco Eduardo Venegas Moreno, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

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Francisco Adam

First Name Francisco
Last Name Adam
Born on August 13, 1983
Died on April 16, 2006 (aged 22)
Born in Portugal, Lisboa

Francisco Amaro Rodrigues Adam was a Portuguese actor and model, best known for his humorous role as Dino, short for Bernardino Esteves, in the Portuguese youth telenovela Morangos com Açúcar.

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Francisco Javier Atienza Valverde

First Name Francisco
Last Name Valverde
Born on January 18, 1990 (age 36)
Born in Spain, Andalusia

Francisco Javier 'Pichu' Atienza Valverde is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a central defender.

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Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica

First Name Francisco
Last Name Mojica
Born on October 5, 1963 (age 62)

Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica, usually known as Francisco Mojica, is a Spanish molecular biologist and microbiologist at the University of Alicante in Spain. He is known for his discovery of repetitive, functional DNA sequences in bacteria which he named CRISPR. These were later developed into the first widespread genome editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9.

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Francisco Estrada

First Name Francisco
Last Name Estrada
Born on February 12, 1948
Died on December 9, 2019 (aged 71)
Born in Mexico, Sonora

Francisco "Paquín" Estrada Soto was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets. Estrada, a catcher, appeared in one game for the Mets in 1971. Estrada was at the time of his death the manager of the Chihuahua Dorados in the Mexican League (Summer), and catcher's coach with Culiacán Tomateros in the Mexican Pacific League (Winter). In 2006, he served as the manager of the Mexico national baseball team for the World Baseball Classic.

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Francisco Sousa dos Santos

First Name Francisco
Last Name Santos
Born on July 27, 1989 (age 36)
Born in Brazil, Maranhão
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Francisco Sousa dos Santos, is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a midfielder or forward. He currently plays for Santa Cruz.

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Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza

First Name Francisco
Last Name Oíza
Born on October 12, 1918
Died on July 18, 2000 (aged 81)
Born in Spain, Navarre

Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza was a Spanish architect and influential practitioner of the modernist movement in Spain.

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Francisco Rezek

First Name Francisco
Last Name Rezek
Born on January 18, 1944 (age 82)
Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

José Francisco Rezek is a Brazilian judge who served as a member of the International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, Netherlands, from 1996 to 2006. His surname "Rezek" comes from Lebanon.

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Francisco Alonso

First Name Francisco
Last Name Alonso
Born on May 25, 1996 (age 29)
Born in Spain, Andalusia
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Francisco Fernando Alonso Martínez is a Spanish professional basketball player for Unicaja Málaga of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the UNC Greensboro Spartans.

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