Francesco, the
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(and original) version of the personal name "
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
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most common given name among males in
Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
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Francesco I (disambiguation) Francesco I may refer to:
Persons
* Pope Francis (born 1936, reigned 2013-present), the current Pope, also known in Latin as Franciscus
* Francesco I Ordelaffi (c. 1300 – 1332)
* Francesco I of Lesbos (died 1384)
* Francesco I Crispo (died 139 ...
, several people
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Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation), several people
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Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation), several people
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms ...
(1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter
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Francesco Berni
Francesco Berni
Francesco Berni (1497/98 – 26 May 1535) was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is now known as " Bernesque poetry", a serio-comedic type of poetry with elements of satire.
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Life
Berni was born 1497 o ...
(1497–1536), Italian writer
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Francesco Canova da Milano
Francesco Canova da Milano (Francesco da Milano, also known as ''Il divino'', ''Francesco da Parigi'', etc.) (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal cou ...
(1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer
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Francesco Primaticcio
Francesco Primaticcio (April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.
Biography
Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua and became a pupil of I ...
(1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor
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Francesco Albani
Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617), ...
(1578–1660), Italian painter
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Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect
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Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading oper ...
(1602–1676), Italian composer
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Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, SJ (2 April 1618 – 28 December 1663) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.
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Between ...
(1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist
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Francesco Bianchini
Francesco Bianchini (13 December 16622 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being ''camiere d'honore'' of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the cale ...
(1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist
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Francesco Galli Bibiena
Francesco Galli, called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena), a member of the theatrical Galli da Bibiena family and younger brother of Ferdinando Galli, was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwa ...
(1659–1739), Italian architect and designer
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti
Francesco Antonio Bonporti (11 June 1672 – 19 December 1749) was an Italian priest and amateur composer.
Born in Trento, he was admitted in 1691 to the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome, where he studied theology. While in Rome, he also studied ...
(1672–1749), Italian priest and composer
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Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei
Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables ...
(1675–1755), Italian archaeologist
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Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762), Italian composer
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Francesco Geminiani
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Francesco Saverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, ...
(1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer
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Francesco Maria Veracini
Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...
(1690–1768), Italian composer
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Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian painter
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Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), Maltese painter
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Francesco Algarotti
Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He ...
(1712–1764), Italian philosopher
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Francesco Guardi
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (; 5 October 1712 – 1 January 1793) was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of ...
(1712–1793), Italian artist
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Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (March 27, 1714 - October 10, 1795) was an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer.
Biography
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria was born in Venice. His father, Tancredi, was a noted jurist. He joined the Austria ...
(1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian
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Francesco Cetti
Francesco Cetti (9 August 1726 – 20 November 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.
Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college ...
(1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist
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Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...
(1791–1882), Italian painter
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Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), Italian pathologist
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Francesco Ticciati (1893–1949), Italian musician
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Francesco Greco (1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician
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Francesco Rosi
Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film ''The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to h ...
(1922–2015), Italian film maker
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Francesco Merloni
Francesco Merloni (born 17 September 1925) is an Italian industrialist, engineer and politician who was a member of the Christian Democrats. He served as the minister of public works from 1992 to 1994. He chaired Merloni Termosanitari until 2011 ...
(born 1925), Italian industrialist, academic and politician
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Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 1942), Italian sports official
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Francesco Beschi (born 1951), Italian bishop
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Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Moser wa ...
(born 1951), Italian cyclist
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Franco Serantini (born 1951), Italian anarchist
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Francesco Schettino
Francesco Schettino (; born 14 November 1960) is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship ''Costa Concordia'' when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of ...
(born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner
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Francesco da Mosto (born 1961), Italian architect, film maker and television presenter
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Francesco Attolico (born 1963), Italian water polo player
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Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer
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Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
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Francesco Lollobrigida (born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician
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Francesco Postiglione (born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player
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Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He is often referred to as ''Er Bimbo de Oro'' (The Golden Boy), ''L'Ottavo Re di Roma'' (The Ei ...
(born 1976), Italian football player
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Francesco Bilotto (born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert
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Francesco Cernuto (born 1992), Italian footballer
Characters with the given name
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Francesco Bernoulli, character in the Disney-Pixar animated film ''Cars 2''
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