List of Famous people named Francois

François Delapierre was a French politician. He served as the national secretary of the Left Party from December 2010 until his death. He was also a regional councillor of Île-de-France from February 2009 until his death. He was previously a member of the Socialist Party from 1986 to 2008. He was born in Paris.

François Marthouret is a French actor.

François Perrodo, is a French businessman, and the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 16 countries, which was founded by his father.

François D'Haene is a French elite athlete who specializes in ultra running and mountain running. He was born on 24 December 1985 in Lille, France.

François Van der Elst was a Belgian footballer who played as a right winger. Van der Elst was born in Opwijk, Flemish Brabant. With Anderlecht he won two national titles and four cups between 1971 and 1980. Van der Elst won the European Cup Winners’ Cup twice, in 1976 and 1978. He also helped Belgium to second place in the 1980 European Championships and was part of the World Cup squad at Spain ’82. After his career, Van der Elst owned a snooker and billiards bar in his hometown of Opwijk. On New Years’ Day he collapsed and was resuscitated by a medical emergency team before being placed in an induced coma. A period of intensive care eventually lead to his death from the sustained heart damage at the age of 62.

Jean-François Sudre, also written Sudré, was a violinist, composer and music teacher who invented a musical language called la Langue musicale universelle or Solrésol.

François Noudelmann is a contemporary French philosopher, university professor and radio producer.

François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Cheetahs in Pro 14. He usually plays at inside centre or fullback. He is one of only two South African rugby players to have won two Rugby World Cups.

François Sully (1927-1971) was a French journalist and photographer best known for his work during the Vietnam War. Sully was one of the earliest journalists to cover the Vietnam War and spent 24 years in Indochina. At the time of his death in a command helicopter crash near the Cambodian border, he was viewed as the dean of the Saigon press corps.

François Jacques Marie Gerard Lafortune was a Belgian rifle shooter who competed at seven Olympic Games from 1952 to 1976.