Francis Drake (disambiguation)

Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) was an Elizabethan privateer and naval hero.

Francis Drake may also refer to:

• Francis Drake (died 1634) (1573–1634), MP for Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency); nephew of the privateer Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville
• Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet (1588–1637), nephew of the naval hero
• Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet (1617–1662), son of 1st Baronet
• Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet (1642–1718), nephew of 2nd Baronet
• Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Baronet (1694–1740), son of 3rd Baronet; MP for Tavistock
• Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet (1723–1794), Master of the Household and MP for Bere Alston
• Francis Drake (antiquary) (1696–1771), English antiquary and surgeon
• Francis William Drake (1724–1787), third son of Francis Henry; British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland
• Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet (1729–1789), fourth son of Francis Henry; British Admiral
• Francis Drake (diplomat) (1764–1821), British diplomat
• Francis M. Drake (1830–1903), American politician
• Frances Drake (1912–2000), American actress

Media

• Sir Francis Drake (TV series), British television series 1961–1962

Other uses

• Sir Francis Drake was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
• Sir Francis Drake Channel is a strait in the British Virgin Islands
• HMS Sir Francis Drake, a Royal Navy frigate involved in the 1811 Invasion of Java

See also

• Frank Drake (born 1930), American astronomer and astrophysicist
• Frank Drake (comics), fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics