François

frahn-SWAH

French variation of Francis

"Frenchman or free man"

Updated Wed Feb 18 2026

François Origin and Meaning

Variation of Franchot

François Cevert
French Formula 1 racing driver
François Baron Englert
Belgian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande
24th President of France
(Joseph Jean
)François Vineet Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
François Gerome
French painter
François Pinault
French businessman and Founder of Kering
François
Henri Pinault, French CEO of Kering, husband of actress Salma Hayek
François Rabelais
French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist
François Couperin
French Baroque composer
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand
21st President of France
François Quesnay
French economist
François Rozenthal
French ice hockey player
François Sagat
French model and actor
François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn
South African rugby union player
François Trinh
Duc, French rugby player
François Rabbath
French double,bass player and composer
Francois Arnaud
Canadian actor
Francois van Kempen
son of "The Real Housewives of New York" star Alex McCord and husband Simon van Kempen

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