Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is one of the most common given names among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
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People with the given name Francesco
Francesco I (disambiguation), several people
Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter
Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764), Italian philosopher
Francesco Attolico (born 1963), Italian water polo player
Francesco Bagnaia (born 1998), Italian racing motorcyclist
Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation), several people
Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation), several people
Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer
Francesco Beschi (born 1951), Italian bishop
Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist
Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659–1739), Italian architect and designer
Francesco Bilotto (born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert
Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 1942), Italian sports official
Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749), Italian priest and composer
Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect
Francesco Bruno (sport shooter) (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
Francesco Calogero (1935–2026), Italian physicist and peace activist
Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer
Francesco Castiglia (1891–1973), later Frank Costello, Italian-American crime boss
Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer
Francesco Celeste (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Francesco Cernuto (born 1992), Italian footballer
Francesco Cetti (1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist
Francesco D'Ovidio (1849–1925), Italian philologist and literary critic
Francesco da Mosto (born 1961), Italian architect, filmmaker, and television presenter
Francesco de Sanctis (1817–1883), Italian literary critic and scholar
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501), Italian architect, engineer, and painter
Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer
Francesco Gianotti (1881–1967), Argentine-Italian architect
Francesco Greco (1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician
Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist
Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), Italian artist
Francesco Hayez (1791–1882), Italian painter
Francesco Jerace (1853–1937), Italian sculptor
Francesco Lo Celso (born 2000), Argentine footballer
Francesco Lollobrigida (born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician
Francesco Macri (1931–2019), Argentine-Italian businessman
Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762), Italian composer
Francesco Mastriani (1819–1891), Italian novelist
Francesco Merloni (1925–2024), Italian industrialist, academic, and politician
Francesco Moser (born 1951), Italian cyclist
Frank Nitti, aka Francesco Raffaele Nitto (1886–1943), a mafia enforcer
Francesco Parisi (painter) (1857–1948), Argentine-Italian painter
Francesco Patera (born 1993), Belgian professional boxer
Francesco Postiglione (born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player
Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor
Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), Italian pathologist
Francesco Righetti (1835–1917), Argentine architect
Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer
Francesco Rosi (1922–2015), Italian filmmaker
Francesco Russo (actor) (born 1993), Italian actor
Francesco Schettino (born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (1675–1755), Italian archaeologist
Francesco Tamburini (1846–1891), Argentine-Italian architect
Francesco Ticciati (1893–1949), Italian musician
Francesco Totti (born 1976), Italian football player
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768), Italian composer
Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), Maltese painter
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian
Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian painter
Francesco Zurolo (first half of the 15th century–1480), Italian feudal lord, baron, and Italian leader
Characters with the given name
Francesco Bernoulli, a character in the animated film Cars 2