Franco may refer to:

Name

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

(1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" * Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th century), German music theorist

Prefix

* Franco, a prefix used when referring to

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, a country ** Franco, a prefix used when referring to French people and their diaspora, e.g. Franco-Americans, Franco-Mauritians * Franco, a prefix used when referring to

Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

, a West Germanic tribe

Places

* Franco (Mirandela), a village in Portugal * El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain * Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay * Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States

Other uses

* Franco (band), Filipino band * Franco (''General Hospital''), a fictional character on the American soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Franco, the Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy * '' Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera'', a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola * '' Franco, ese hombre'', a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia * "Franco" or "Franco-Arabic", the Arabic chat alphabet

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