Francesco

Francesco, the Italian version of the personal name "Francis", is the second most common name among males in Italy after Giuseppe, and is the given name of:

List of people with the given name Francesco

• Francesco Barbaro, (1390-1454), Venetian politician.
• Francesco Sforza, (1401-1466), Italian condottiero and Duke of Milan
• Francesco Berni, (1497 - 1536), Italian writer;
• Antonio Francesco Grazzini, (1503-1584) Italian writer;
• Francesco Primaticcio, 1504-1570) Italian painter, architect, and sculptor;
• Francesco Patrizi, (1529-1597) Italian philosopher and scientist;
• Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; (1541-1587)
• Francesco Barbaro (Patriarch of Aquileia) (1546-1616)
• Francesco Albani, Italian painter; (1578-1660)
• Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect; (1599-1667)
• Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer; (1602-1676)
• Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist; (1618-1663)
• Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer; (1659-1739)
• Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist; (1662-1729)
• Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer; (1672-1749)
• Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist; (1675-1755)
• Francesco Durante, Italian composer; (1684-1755)
• Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer; (1684-1762)
• Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer; (1687-1762)
• Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer; (1690-1768)
• Francesco Zuccarelli, painter, elected to the Venetian Academy in 1763; (1702-1788)
• Francesco Guardi, Italian artist; (1712-1793)
• Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher; (1712-1764)
• Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian; (1714-1795)
• Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist; (1726-1778)
• Francesco Hayez, Italian painter (1791-1882)
• Francesco Puccinotti, Italian pathologist (1794-1872)
• Francesco Rosi, Italian film maker (born 1922)
• Francesco Merloni (born 1925), Italian industrialist, academic and politician
• Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 1942), Italian sports official
• Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist (born 1951)
• Francesco da Mosto, Italian architect, film maker and TV presenter (born 1961)
• Francesco Attolico, Italian water polo player (born 1963)
• Francesco Bruno, Italian sport shooter (born 1968)
• Francesco Postiglione, Italian swimmer and water polo player (born 1972)
• Francesco Totti, Italian football player for AS Roma (born 1976)
• Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian lutenist and composer
• Francesco Beschi, Roman Catholic bishop of Bergamo
• Francesco Bernoulli, character in the Disney-Pixar animation Cars 2
• Francesco Mathieu Delorenzi, Member of the European Youth Parliament.

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