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Frances Schroth

Frances Cowells Schroth (1893–1961), American swimmer from Oakland, won gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay plus two individual bronzes at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, set a relay world record, and was the wife of water polo medalist George Schroth.

Frances Scott Fitzgerald

Frances Scott Fitzgerald (Scottie, 1921–1986), only child of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, was an American journalist, columnist, and Democratic activist who wrote for Time, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post and published three books.

Frances Shand Kydd

Frances Shand Kydd, born Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004), mother of Diana, Princess of Wales; married the 8th Earl Spencer then Peter Shand Kydd, converted to Catholicism, and died on Seil Island, Scotland.

Frances Sheridan

Frances Sheridan, born Frances Chamberlaine (1724–1766), was an Irish novelist and dramatist, author of the epistolary novel Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (1761) and mother of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen (1930–2023), American actress and two-time Tony winner for The Good Doctor and The Heiress; known on TV as Esther Clavin on Cheers, Bunny on Sex and the City, and Gamma on ER.

Frances the Mute

Frances the Mute, The Mars Volta's 2005 concept album (also styled Frances The Mute), released March 1, 2005 on Strummer/Universal: five tracks, about 77 minutes, produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, with single "The Widow".

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe, "Big Foe," American tennis player born 1998 to Sierra Leonean immigrants; career-high No. 10 (2023), 2018 Delray Beach and 2026 Halle titles, three US Open semifinals (2022, 2024, 2026), beat Nadal at 2022 US Open.

Frances Tiafoe career statistics

Frances Tiafoe career statistics: American tennis player, born 1998, four ATP titles including Halle 2026, three US Open semifinals, career-high ATP ranking No. 8, record 279-232.

Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty (born 1948, Belfast) is a Northern Irish actress, daughter of actor Joseph Tomelty and first wife of Sting (married 1976–1984), known for The Field, Bellman and True, and Outlander.

Frances Turner

Frances Turner (born 1980, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actress and former corporate attorney, known for Barb Howard in Fallout, Monique in The Boys, Bell Mallory in The Man in the High Castle, and Dr. Lyn Malvo in New Amsterdam.

Frances X. Frei

Frances X. Frei is a Harvard Business School professor of technology and operations management who served as Uber's first Senior Vice President of Leadership and Strategy in 2017.

Frances Xavier Cabrini

Frances Xavier Cabrini, born Maria Francesca Cabrini, was an Italian-born Catholic sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and became the first US citizen canonized a saint.

Francesc Gascó-Lluna

Francesc Gascó-Lluna, known online as Pakozoico, is a Spanish paleontologist born in 1984 who studies dinosaurs, wrote his thesis on Turiasaurus, and works as a science communicator.

Francesc Graus

Francesc Graus is a Spanish neurologist and neuro-oncologist at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona whose research on paraneoplastic syndromes and autoimmune encephalitis helped establish autoimmune neurology as a subspecialty.

Francesc Illas

Francesc Illas i Riera (born 1954) is a Spanish theoretical and computational chemist, a full professor at the Universitat de Barcelona working on catalysis and energy materials.

Francesc Posas

Francesc Posas is a Spanish molecular biologist studying stress-activated MAP kinase signaling, Full Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Director of IRB Barcelona since 2018.

Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese, Italian human rights lawyer and UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 since May 2022; author of Palestinian Refugees in International Law (2020); sanctioned by the US in July 2025, with sanctions suspended by a federal judge in May 2026.

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, British actor and composer from Brighton, won the 2025 Ian Charleson Award for Juliet opposite Tom Holland in Jamie Lloyd's West End Romeo & Juliet, after racist abuse; also known as Blessing in BBC's Bad Education.

Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis, English actress born in London (sources give 1944 or 1945), trained in ballet at Corona. Known for Lady Macbeth in Polanski's Macbeth (1971), Lady Jessica in Dune (1984), and the BAFTA-winning Lillie (1978), through The Forsytes (2025).

Francesca Bortolozzi Borella

Francesca Bortolozzi Borella, Italian foil fencer born 1968 in Padova, won Olympic team gold in 1992 and 1996 and silver in 1988, was individual world champion in 1993, and later became a fencing master in Padova.

Francesca Cacucci

Francesca Cacucci is a neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroscience at University College London who leads the Spatial Cognition in Development lab, studying how hippocampal circuits represent space and develop after birth.

Francesca Capaldi

Francesca Capaldi (Francesca Angelucci Capaldi), American actress born 2004 in California, known for Chloe James on Disney's Dog with a Blog and voicing the Little Red-Haired Girl in The Peanuts Movie (2015), later Crown Lake and 2024 films.

Francesca Conti

Francesca Conti (Francesca Cristiana Conti-Rath), Italian water polo goalkeeper born 1972 in Genzano di Roma; 327 international caps, Olympic gold at Athens 2004, world titles 1998 and 2001, four European titles with GS Orizzonte Catania.

Francesca D. Ciccarelli

Francesca D. Ciccarelli is an Italian cancer genomics researcher known for the Network of Cancer Genes and head of the Centre for Cancer Evolution in London since 2023.

Francesca Dominici

Francesca Dominici is an Italian-trained biostatistician, the Clarence James Gamble Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, known for studies of air pollution and mortality.

Francesca Eastwood

Francesca Eastwood, born Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood, is an American actress, daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, known for M.F.A. (2017) and her father's Juror #2 (2024).

Francesca Gardiner

Francesca Gardiner is a television writer and producer, Emmy-winning consulting producer on Succession and writer of His Dark Materials' finale, now showrunner of HBO's Harry Potter series.

Francesca Gonshaw

Francesca Gonshaw (born 1959, Marylebone, London) is an English actress who played Maria Recamier in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1987, 21 episodes) and Marie in Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986).

Francesca Gregorini

Francesca Gregorini (born 1968, Rome) is an Italian-American director, writer, and producer, stepdaughter of Ringo Starr; directed Tanner Hall, The Truth About Emanuel, and Emmy-nominated episodes of The Dropout and Killing Eve.

Francesca Hayward

Francesca Hayward, born 1992 in Nairobi, is an English Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, trained at the Royal Ballet School 2003-11, promoted to Principal in 2016, known for Manon and as Victoria in the 2019 film Cats.