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Franc-Comtois language Franc-Comtois is a term that identifies two separate language dialect groups with different linguistic origins spoken by a minority of people in the Franche-Comté and the northwestern edge of the Suisse-Romande.
France 2 France 2 is the largest French public TV network. It is part of the France Télévisions group, which also comprises France 3, France 5, Réseau France Outre-mer, and the new digital-only France 4 (plus participation in ARTE, EuroNews, and several cable/satellite thematic channels, and Mediamétrie).
France 5 France 5 is a public television network in France, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir (the knowledge and science network).
France and England in North America France and England in North America is a multi-volume history of the European colonization of North America written by Francis Parkman, which highlights the military struggles between France and Great Britain. It was well-regarded at the time of publication, and continues to enjoy a reputation as a literary masterpiece.
France and weapons of mass destruction France is said to have an arsenal of 350 nuclear weapons stockpiled as of 2002 Table of French Nuclear Forces (Natural Resources Defense Council, 2002). The weapons are part of the national Force de frappe, developed in the late 1950s and 1960s to give France the ability to distance itself from NATO while having a means of nuclear deterrence under sovereign control.
France at the 1968 Winter Olympics France was the host nation for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. It was the second time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix), and the fourth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).
France at the 1992 Winter Olympics France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Games in Grenoble), and the fifth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).
France at the Summer Olympics France has competed at all Summer Olympic Games, though the 1904 Summer Olympics is questionable, with Albert Coray's appearance being credited in places both to the United States and to France. The nation was one of 14 to compete at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.
France A. CĂłrdova France Anne CĂłrdova (born August 5, 1947) is the seventh chancellor of the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and an astrophysicist of stature. She graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in English and received her Ph.
France Antarctique France Antarctique was the name of the failed French colony south of the Equator, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which existed between 1555 and 1567, and had control over the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio.
France Antelme Major Joseph Antoine France Antelme OBE (1900-1944) was one of 14 Franco-Mauritians who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a World War II British secret service that sent spies, saboteurs and guerrilla fighters into enemy-occupied territory.
France Équinoxiale Equinoctial France was the contemporary name given to the colonization efforts of France in the 17th century in South America, around the line of Equator, before "tropical" had fully gained its modern meaning: Equinoctial means in Latin "of equal nights", i.e.
France Football France Football is a French bi-weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world. It's one of the most reputed sports publications in Europe, mostly because of their photographic reports and accurate statistics of the big European Cup matches, and extensive coverage of the European leagues.
France Football African Footballer of the Year The African Footballer of the Year, presented to the best African football player, was awarded by France Football magazine between 1970 and 1994. The award was discontinued in 1995 after the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'or) was opened to players of non-European nationality, the award being given to George Weah that year.
France Gall France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris) is a popular French singer. Her father was lyricist Robert Gall, her mother, CĂ©cile Berthier, was the daughter of Paul Berthier, co-founder of Petits Chanteurs Ă  la Croix de Bois.
France in the Eurovision Song Contest Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF-La première chaîne) or TF1 (as it is now known) was the French participant television channel in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1956 until 1981. TF1 organsed both a national song contest to select a French participant song and presentation of the actual Contest.
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 France was represented at Eurovision 2005 by Ortal with the song "Chacun pense Ă  soi". For the first time since Eurovision 2000, France 3 organised a National Preselection which was hosted by Laurent Ruquier and Elsa Fayer.
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 France’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was selected in a national final consisting of talent search performers. It was held on 14 March and the public and a panel of experts, presided by Charles Aznavour, combined to select the winner.
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 France will select their entry through a national final consisting of 10 performers selected by French television broadcasters. Valérie Louri and Medhi-T will represent RFO in the national final, while others performers have not been revealed.
France in the Middle Ages France in the Middle Ages roughly corresponds to modern day France from the death of Charlemagne in 814 to the middle of the 15th century. The Middle Ages in France were marked by (1) the Viking invasions and the piecemeal dismantling of the Carolingian Empire by local powers, (2) the elaboration of the seigneurial economic system and the feudal system of rights and obligations between lords and vassals, (3) the growth of the Capetian dynasty and their struggles with the expanding Norman and Angevin regions, (4) a period of artistic and literary outpouring from the 12th to the early 14th centuries, (5) the rise of the Valois dynasty, the protracted dynastic crisis of the Hundred Years' War with the Kingdom of England and the catastrophic Black Death epidemic, and (6) the expansion of the French nation in the 15th century and the creation of a sense of French identity.
France in the nineteenth century The History of France from 1789 to 1914 (the long 19th century) extends from the French Revolution to World War I and includes the periods of the First French Empire, the Restoration under Louis XVIII and Charles X (1814–1830), the July Monarchy under Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1830–1848), the Second Republic (1848–1852), the Second Empire under Napoleon III (1852–1871), and the first decades of the Third Republic (1871–1940).
France national rugby league team French] national [[rugby league team are often nicknamed les chanteclairs, after the cockerel which is the emblem of the team or as les tricolores. The team is administered by the Fédération Francaise de Rugby à Treize.
France Silva Private France Silva (May 9, 1876–April 10, 1951) born in Hayward, California, was the first Marine of Hispanic heritage who was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his meritorious conduct in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
France Soir France Soir ("France Evening") is a French] daily [[newspaper which was originally founded as the underground paper DĂ©fense de la France ("Defense of France") in November 1944 by Pierre Lazareff, and renamed France Soir after World War II. France Soir prospered during the 1950s, and became the top-selling newspaper in France in 1961, with a peak circulation figure in excess of one million.
France women's national football team The French women's national football team, or the Blues, constists of the best female players in France and is run by the Fédération française de football. In 2005, the team qualified for the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship
France Winddance Twine France Winddance Twine is an American sociologist, feminist theorist and ethnographer who has conducted extensive field research in Brazil, Britain and the United States. Twine's research is concerned with the intersections of racial, gender and class inequalities as an interlocking system.
France-Hayhurst family The France-Hayhurst family lived in Bostock Hall near to Middlewich in Cheshire, England from 1775, until the house was sold to the local council in the 1950s. The family were responsible for a number of developments in the area, including the redevelopment of Bostock Green (now a conservation area) between 1850 and 1875.
Francelino Matuzalem Francelino Matuzalem da Silva (born June 10, 1980 in Natal, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. His reputation as a footballer was built up through his childhood, particularly since he was a prolific goalscorer in the Egypt 1997 under-17 world championship, where he scored 3 goals in 6 games including a critical goal in the final match.
Frances (ship) Frances was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Madras, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1859. The convict, Patrick McDonald or McDonnell, was a soldier convicted of an "unnatural crime" by court-martial at Rangoon, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation.
Frances Barber Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England) is a British actress. She starred in the Pet Shop Boys‘ musical Closer to Heaven in 2001, as well as appearing alongside Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin over the 2005-6 Christmas season.
Frances Bavier Frances Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an Emmy Award winning American character actress, best remembered for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. She played the same role on Mayberry R.
Frances Bean Cobain Frances Bean Cobain (born August 18, 1992) is the only daughter and child of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love-Cobain. Frances Cobain was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at 7:48 AM, weighing 7 lb 1 oz (3.
Frances Bedingfeld Frances Bedingfeld was a Superioress of the English Institute of Mary,Frances Bedingfeld - Catholic Encyclopedia Article and founder of the Bar Convent the oldest living convent in England.History, Bar Convent official site
Frances Benjamin Johnston Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston (15 January 1864–16 May 1952) was one of the earliest American female photographers and photojournalists. During her career, she photographed such individuals as Susan B.
Frances Bergen Frances Bergen, born Frances Westerman (September 14 1922 - October 2 2006) was an American actress and fashion model. She was the wife of famous ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the mother of actress Candice and Kris Bergen.
Frances Boothby Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670), playwright, was the first woman to have a play produced in London: her tragicomedy, Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend, was performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal in 1669 (pub.
Frances Burney Frances Burney (1752 – 1840) , also known as Fanny Burney and after marriage as Madame d’Arblay, was born in King’s Lynn, England, on June 13th, 1752, to musical historian Dr. Charles Burney (1726-1814)and Mrs.
Frances Burney (1776–1828) Frances Burney (1776–1828), governess and author, was the niece of Frances Burney the well-known novelist. One of eight children of musicians Esther (Hetty) Burney (1749–1832) and Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819), she became a governess at the age of eighteen and worked in various such posts for the rest of her life.
Frances Callier Frances Callier is an American actress her television credits include According to Jim, My Name Is Earl, Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm and a few others. But she is perhaps best known for her co-starring role in the British comedy, 3 Non-Blondes.
Frances Cluett Frances Cluett (June 25, 1883 – November, 1969) was an army nurse and educator from Newfoundland, noted for her service during World War I, and especially for her many letters back home beginning in 1916 that conveyed the eye-opening experiences of a young woman leaving home for the first time and explaining in vivid detail the horrors of war.
Frances Curran Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961, Glasgow) is a member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland. She is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party, for several years was a member of its Executive Committee and is currently active in the SSP's international work.
Frances del Valle Frances del Valle is a Manhattan-born Puerto Rican artist who studied with Spanish surrealist artist/writer Eugenio Fernandez Granell and graphic artist and illustrator Carlos Marichal. Her mentors include artist Julio Rosado del Valle, Felix Bonilla-Norat, and sculptor George Warreck.
Frances Densmore Frances Densmore (1867–1957) was an important American ethnographer and ethnomusicologist. She worked among Native Americans during the early part of the 20th century, collecting and transcribing their music and documenting its use in their culture.
Frances Drake (actor) Frances Drake (October 22, 1912 (some sources say 1908) - January 18, 2000) was an American actress from the 1930s who is best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables. Born in New York City, she was educated in Canada and Britain, and was appearing as a nightclub dancer in London when she made her first film appearances under her birth name of Frances Dean, including Meet My Sister and The Jewel.
Frances Eally Gray Frances Eally Gray (September 19, 1790 - December 29, 1856), was a politician from Massachusetts. The son of Elizabeth and William Gray, he graduated Harvard University (1809) and went on to be John Quincy Adams's private secretary, a member of the Massachusetts state legislature, and president of the Boston Athenæum.
Frances Ferguson Frances Ferguson, a foremost theorist of representation and culture, teaches courses in eighteenth and nineteenth century materials and twentieth century literary theory. Ferguson is currently Mary Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Frances Ford Seymour Frances Ford Seymour (April 4, 1908 – 14 April 1950) was a New York City socialite, perhaps most famous as the second wife of actor Henry Fonda and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. She suffered from mental illness and committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor in 1950 while in a sanitarium.
Frances Fox Piven Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. In 2006-2007 she served as the President of the American Sociological Association.
Frances Glessner Lee Frances Glessner Lee (1878 - 1962) was a millionaire heiress who revolutionized the study of crime scene investigation. She founded Harvard's department of legal medicine, the first program in the nation for forensic pathology.
Frances Hamerstrom Frances "Fran" Hamerstrom (December 17, 1907 - August 29,1998) was an American author and naturalist famous for her work with the Wisconsin Prairie Grouse (also known as the Prairie Chicken and Prairie Marmot).
Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall (1805-1878) was an abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights. In contrast to many other 19th-century women writers, throughout most of her adult life she earned her living as an author; at the same time she often donated her writing for causes she believed in, such as the abolition of slavery.
Frances Hellman Frances Hellman is a physicist at University of California, Berkeley who studies the thermodynamic properties of novel solid materials, especially thin film semiconducting, superconducting, and magnetic materials. Hellman obtained her Ph.
Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Frances Isabella Duberly Fanny Duberly was an adventurous soldier’s wife from the Crimean War and Sepoy Mutiny. Her husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars, part of the famed Light Brigade of Balaclava.
Frances Julia Wedgwood Frances Julia "Snow" Wedgwood (9 July 1833-26 November 1913) was an English feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic. She was "a young woman of extreme passions and fastidious principles" (B.
Frances Moore Lappé Frances Moore Lappé, (born February 10 1944, Pendleton, Oregon, parents: John Gilmer and Ina Moore) is the author of fifteen books, including the 1971 three-million-copy bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet. Her most recent work, Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life, completes a trilogy which began in 2002 with the 30th anniversary sequel to Diet, written with her daughter, Anna Lappé: Hope's Edge.
Frances Newton Frances Elaine Newton (April 12, 1965 – September 14, 2005) was a woman famous for being executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas for the April 7, 1987 murder of her husband, Adrian, 23, her son, Alton, 7, and daughter, Farrah, 21 months.
Frances O'Connor (performer) Frances Belle O'Connor (September 8, 1914 – January 30, 1982) was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota. She was born entirely without arms, and made her living by appearing in various circus sideshows as the armless wonder or the living Venus de Milo.
Frances Olsen Frances Elisabeth Olsen (born February 4,1945) is a professor of law at UCLA and a noted member of the school of Feminist Legal Theory. She teaches Feminist Legal Theory, Dissidence & Law, Family Law, and Torts.
Frances Perry Private Hospital Frances Perry Private Hospital, co-located with the Royal Women's Hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, is a 69 bed private hospital for women run by Mayne Nickless Limited under the Affinity Health brand.
Frances Polidori Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori, later Rossetti, (c. 1801 - 8 April 1886) is noted for her family connections rather than in her own right; in particular, two of her children were co-founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and another became a famous poet.
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is a college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter-than-average players who become stars in the game. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter-in-law, was established for men in 1969 and for women in 1984.
Frances Reed Elliot Frances Reed Elliot (1892-1965) was the first African American accepted into the American Red Cross Nursing Service, on July 2, 1918. was born in Knoxville], [[Tennessee to her mother who was a plantation heiress and her father an African American farm worker.
Frances Ruffelle Frances Ruffelle was born on 29 August 1965 to Dame Sylvia Young, the founder of the famous dance school that Frances trained at and she has been performing since she was seven years of age. She is best known for originating the role of Eponine in Les Miserables, and she has also appeared in Starlight Express, Children of Eden, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon and many more.
Frances Scelsi Hess, Ed.D. Born the first generation in America, Frances Scelsi Hess is one of today's leading Science teachers. Hess attended the State University of New York at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta) and graduated in 1977 with a teaching degree in Environmental Sciences.
Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (20 January, 1936–3 June, 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work.
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1648-1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and a mistress of Charles II. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia.
Frances Swiney Rosa Frances Emily Swiney (1847-1922) was a lady of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, also a member of the British Raj in India, and married to a British Major-General, living in Cheltenham, a spa town renowned for its conservative views even in the 19th century. She was an early feminist.
Frances Tupper Frances Amélia Morse Tupper (born 1826 in Amherst, Nova Scotia; died May 11, 1912) was the wife of Sir Charles Tupper, the sixth Prime Minister of Canada. They had six children together: three boys and three girls.
Frances Tustin Frances Tustin (born in Northern England in 1913) was a pioneering psychotherapist renowned for her work with children with autism in the 1950s. She became a teacher and began studying psychoanalysis in 1943 at the University of London.
Frances Walsingham Frances Walsingham (1569 - February 13, 1631) was the only daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I. A lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, she married Philip Sidney in 1583; although he died three years later in 1586.
Frances White Frances White (born in Leeds on 1 November 1938) is a British actress, perhaps best known for her role as Miss Flood in the BBC sitcom May to December. She has also appeared in I, Claudius; Trevor's World of Sport; Dangerfield; A Very Peculiar Practice; and as Cassandra in the Doctor Who story The Myth Makers.
Frances-Anne Solomon Frances-Anne Solomon is a filmmaker, writer and producer. Born in England of Trinidadian parents, she was raised and educated in Trinidad and Canada, lived and worked in the UK for several years, and has been based in Toronto since 1999.
Frances-Marie Uitti Composer-improviser-cellist Frances-Marie Uitti is renowned the world over for her interpretations of contemporary music and is famous for her extended technique using two bows simultaneously in one hand as well as her improvisational skills. This technique expands the harmonic and timbral possibilities of the instrument in revolutionary ways: for example one can play simultaneously 4, 3, 2, and 1 string, with contrasting articulations between the two bows.
Francesc CambĂł Francesc CambĂł i Batlle (2 September, 1876 - 30 April, 1947), was a conservative Catalan politician, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was minister in several Spanish governments.
Francesc Vicent Garcia Francesc Vicent Garcia i Torres was an early modern Catalan poet known by the pseudonym of the "Vallfogona Rector." He was born in Tortosa in the Baix Ebre comarca around 1582 and died in Vallfogona de Riucorb (Conca de BarberĂ ) in 1623.
Francesca Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'free'. It is widely used in most romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and etymologists are unsure as to the place of its origin.
Francesca Bertini Francesca Bertini (born in Florence April 11, 1892, other sources say 1888; died October 13, 1985 in Rome) born Elena Seracini Vitiello, was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.
Francesca Buller (born 20 January, 1964 in Great Britain) is an English actress best known for her portryal of various characters in the TV series Farscape, most notably that of Minister Ahkna. She also has performed in theatre roles, including in Hamlet and Merchant of Venice.
Francesca da Rimini Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (1255 – 1285) was the beautiful daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.
Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) Francesca da Rimini is an opera in four acts, composed by Riccardo Zandonai, with libretto by Tito Ricordi, (1865-1933), after a play by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin on February 19, 1914, and is still staged occasionally.
Francesca Fisher-Eastwood Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood (born 7 August 1993 in California) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Frances Fisher and actor/director Clint Eastwood, and has appeared in the films True Crime (1999) (as Kate Everett) and The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) (as Mary Day).
Francesca Fremantle Francesca Fremantle is a scholar and translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan works of Hindu and Buddhist tantra, and was a student of Chögyam Trungpa for many years. Fremantle worked closely with Chögyam Trungpa on the 1975 translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Shambhala).
Francesca Gargallo Francesca Gargallo (born November 25, 1956 in Rome, Italy) is a Mexican writer and poet. She studied philosophy in her native country at the Universitá delgi Studi di Roma and then in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Francesca Hunt Francesca Hunt is a British actress. She has starred in two television drama series for the BBC, Roughnecks and Strathblair, as well as the sitcom A Prince Among Men and several one-off dramas including Over Here.
Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block (born January 3, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is the author of many highly original young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. Her first book, Weetzie Bat, was published in 1989.
Francesca Miranda Francesca Miranda is a Salvadorean fashion designer. She is one of five children of American Gloria Gonzales de Miranda, owner of Hacienda de Los Miranda, and of Ruy Cesar Miranda, a Colombian lawyer and ambassador.
Francesca Rettondini Francesca Rettondini (born March 7, 1971 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian actress/ supermodel. She is most notably known for her screen role as the seductively beautiful Italian singer Francesca in the 2002 horror/thriller movie Ghost Ship, directed by Steve Beck.
Francesca Segat Francesca Segat (born January 21, 1983 in Vittorio Veneto, Treviso) is a butterfly swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the 200m Butterfly at the European SC Championships 2003. She resides in Roma, and is trained by Andrea Palloni and Claudio Rossetto.
Francesca Vanini-Boschi Francesca Vanini-Boschi (b Bologna; d Venice, 1744) was an Italian contralto singer of the 18th century. She is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideric Handel, whom she sung for at both Italy and London, though she also sang in operas by Alessandro Scarlatti and Giovanni Bononcini.
Francesca Willis Francesca Willis (born 22 February 1987 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian model, whose claim to fame was several risque shots of her in the uniform of the prestigious Sydney private school Barker College in 2004. The images, taken with a mobile phone, and other pictures of her and her friends at a North Shore party spread quickly across the internet.
Francesca Woodman Francesca Woodman (born April 3, 1958 in Denver, Colorado, died January 19 1981 in New York) was, despite her short life, a remarkably influential and important photographer. Appearing in most of her photographs, her work concentrated mainly on her own body and her surroundings, and at times the two would seem to merge into one.
Francesco Accolti Francesco Accolti (c. 1416—1488), also called Francesco d'Arezzo, brother of Benedetto Accolti, called in his time the Prince of Subtleties, professed jurisprudence at Bologna from 1440 to 1445, and afterwards at Ferrara, Siena, and Pisa.
Francesco Alberoni Francesco Alberoni (December 31, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Province of Piacenza) is an Italian Sociologist, Journalist, and professor in Sociology. He was a Board Member and Senior Board Member (Chairman) of Rai, the national Italian Television, from 2002-2005.
Francesco Alfieri Francesco Alfieri of Padova was a 17th century master of the Italian school of swordsmanship. Two manuals by Alfieri are known La scherma di Francesco Alfieri of 1640 and L'arte di ben maneggiare la spada of 1653.
Francesco Araja Francesco Domenico Araja (or Araia, Russian: Арайя) (Born: June 25, 1709, Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, died between 1762 and 1770, Bologna, States of the Church) was an Italian composer who spent 25 year in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imperial Court including Tsefal i Prokris, the first opera written in the Russian language.There is another arguable information that in 1751 Araja composed an opera Титово милосердие (La Clemenza di Tito) to the Russian libretto (probably translated from Italian) by famous Russian actor and later opera composer Fyodor Volkov.
Francesco Bellissimo Francesco Yoshihiro Bellissimo (ベリッシモ・フランチェスコ・喜広 - Bellissimo Francesco Yoshihiro) (born January 3, 1979 in Rome), Mangaka and famous Italian TV personality transplanted in Japan. He studied at the Fourth State 'Liceo' specializing in art subjects "Alessandro Caravillani" in Rome.
Francesco Berlinghieri Francesco Berlinghieri (1440-1501)was a Florentine scholar and humanist who lived during the fifteenth century. He promoted the value of classical Greek learning and was one of the first to print a text based on Ptolemy's Geographica.
Francesco Bianchini Francesco Bianchini (December 13, 1662 – March 2, 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of many popes, including being secretary of the commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the correct date for Easter in a given year.
Francesco Cancellotti Francesco Cancellotti (born February 27, 1963 in Perugia) is a former tennis player from Italy, who won two single titles during his professional career. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 15, 1985, when he became the number 21 of the world.

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