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Francis Jeffers
Francis Jeffers, born 1981 in Liverpool, English striker for Everton and Arsenal, 2002 league champion, one England cap in 2003; later Everton academy coach and Macclesfield assistant manager.
Francis Johnson
Francis Lee Johnson (1910-1997), American basketball player from Kansas; Wichita University multi-sport athlete, Globe Refiners AAU champion, and gold medalist in the first Olympic basketball tournament, Berlin 1936.
Francis Luyce
Francis Luyce (born 1947), French freestyle swimmer and administrator; 800 m freestyle world record holder 1967-1968, Olympian at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968, and president of the French Swimming Federation (FFN) from 1993 to 2017.
Francis Manuleleua
Francis Manuleleua (born 2004, Auckland) is a Samoan international second-rower for the Newcastle Knights; NRL debut 2026, 2026 grand finalist, ex-Penrith pathways player and groundskeeper, 2026 World Cup Toa Samoa squad.
Francis Molo
Francis (Frank) Molo, born 1994 in Auckland, is an NRL prop for the Dolphins, formerly Broncos, Cowboys and Dragons; Queensland Origin 2021, Cook Islands and Samoa international, re-signed to 2028.
Francis Moreau
Francis Moreau (Francis Georges Henri Moreau), French track and road cyclist born 1965 in Saint-Quentin; Olympic team pursuit gold at Atlanta 1996 in 4:05.930 and 1991 world professional pursuit champion; seven Tours de France; retired 2000.
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou, born 1986 in Batié, Cameroon, is a Cameroonian-French MMA heavyweight, former UFC champion (won 2021, left 2023) and PFL-Bellator champion who lost both boxing matches to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Francis Okoronkwo
Francis Okereke Okoronkwo (born 2004, Blyth) is an English forward, ex-Sunderland and Everton academy player, loaned to Salford, Lincoln City, and Doncaster Rovers, joining Doncaster permanently in 2026.
Francis Onyeka
Francis Onyeka (Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka, born 2007, Gummersbach) is a German-Nigerian attacking midfielder, a Bayer Leverkusen academy product under contract to 2032, on loan at SV Elversberg, captain of Germany's U19 side and 2024 Fritz Walter Medal winner.
Francis Ouimet
Francis Ouimet (1893–1967), American amateur golfer, won the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline as a 20-year-old former caddie, beating Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff, the first amateur to win it.
Francisca Crovetto
Francisca Crovetto (Francisca Valeria Crovetto Chadid), Chilean skeet shooter born 1990; 2024 Paris Olympic champion, first Chilean woman Olympic gold medalist, women's skeet qualification world record holder (125, Lonato 2022), Pan American champion Santiago 2023.
Francisco Abal
Francisco "Panchito" Abal (Francisco Domingo Abal Guerault, 1951–1972), Uruguayan rugby winger for Old Christians Club and the 1970 national team, died in the Andes Flight 571 crash after swapping seats with Nando Parrado; depicted in Society of the Snow.
Francisco Conceição
Francisco Conceição (Francisco Fernandes da Conceição, born 2002, Coimbra) is a Portuguese left-footed right winger at Juventus and Portugal; Porto academy product, Euro 2024 late winner vs Czechia, €32 million permanent Juventus signing in 2025.
Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Francisco 'Paquito' Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), Spanish alpine skier who won the 1972 Sapporo Olympic slalom in 1:49.27, Spain's only Winter Olympic gold; brother of medalist Blanca Fernández Ochoa.
Francisco Lindor
Francisco Miguel Lindor, nicknamed "Mr. Smile," is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets, traded from Cleveland in 2021 for $341 million.
Francisco Mauigoa
Francisco (Kiko) Mauigoa, linebacker from American Samoa; Washington State and Miami; New York Jets fifth-round pick (162nd overall, 2025 NFL Draft); two-time second-team All-ACC; brother Francis is a Giants first-round tackle.
Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez: name shared by Venezuelan Olympic boxing champion Francisco "Morochito" Rodríguez (1945-2024, first Venezuelan gold, 1968 light-flyweight) and Spanish boxer Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez (1949-2019), plus a Cuban rower, MLB reliever, and bodybuilder.
Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)
Francisco Rodríguez (K-Rod), born 1982 in Caracas, Venezuelan MLB closer, 437 saves (sixth all-time), record 62 saves in 2008, 2002 World Series champion Angels, six-time All-Star.
Francisco Trinaldo
Francisco Trinaldo, "Massaranduba" (born 1978, Amarante, Brazil), Brazilian MMA fighter, TUF Brazil 1 alumnus, 28-9-0 UFC record, seven-fight lightweight win streak 2014-2016, welterweight 2021, UFC release 2022.
Francisco Trincão
Francisco Trincão (Francisco António Machado Mota de Castro Trincão), Portuguese winger born 1999 in Viana do Castelo; Braga, Barcelona (€31M, 2020), Sporting CP 2022-2026 (two league titles, renewed to 2030), then Al Ahli for up to USD 50 million in July 2026.
Francisco Villota
Francisco Villota (Francisco Villota y Baquiola, 1873-1950), Spanish pelotari; with José de Amézola won gold in two-man cesta, Basque pelota, Paris 1900 without playing; Spain's first Olympic medal, IOC-recognized 2004.
Franck Adisson
Franck Adisson (born 1969, Tarbes) is a French slalom canoeist who with Wilfrid Forgues won C2 slalom gold at Atlanta 1996 and bronze at Barcelona 1992, plus world titles in 1991 and 1997.
Franck David
Franck David (born 1970, Paris) is a French windsurfer, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in the men's Lechner A-390 event with 70.7 points, also 1992 world champion, later co-founder of the Race for Water Foundation.
Franck Dumoulin
Franck Dumoulin, born in 1973 in Denain, France, is a French pistol shooter who won Olympic gold in the 10 m air pistol at Sydney 2000.
Franck Esposito
Franck Esposito (Franck Simon Esposito), French butterfly swimmer born 1971 in Salon-de-Provence; 1992 Olympic 200m butterfly bronze, four Olympiads, 1998 world silver, four European 200 fly titles, and short-course world records.
Franck Eyeni
Franck Eyeni (Eyeni Mongomin N'diamoi Franck Olivier, born 2001, Aboisso) is an Ivorian recurve archer, African 70 m record holder with 660 points (Riom 2024) and 2025 African champion, based at Arc Club de Nîmes.
Franck Kessié
Franck Kessié, Ivorian midfielder born 1996, Ivory Coast captain and AFCON 2024 winner. Played for Atalanta, AC Milan (Serie A 2021/22), Barcelona, Al-Ahli; rejoined Atalanta in August 2026.
Franck Piccard
Franck Piccard (born 1964) is a French former alpine ski racer who won the first Olympic super-G gold at Calgary in 1988 and took three Olympic medals.
Franck Ribéry
Franck Ribéry (born 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a retired French left winger; 81 caps, 16 goals for France, 2006 World Cup finalist, and Bayern Munich star 2007–2019 with nine Bundesliga titles and the 2013 treble; UEFA Best Player 2013, Ballon d'Or third.
Franck Schott
Franck Schott, French backstroke swimmer born 1970 in Saint-Paul, La Réunion; three-time Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), short-course 50 m backstroke world record holder (24.60, 1994), European champion medalist, later technical adviser in La Réunion.