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Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell (1563 - 1612), and Commendator of Culross and Kelso Abbeys, and Coldingham Priory, who, like his stepfather, Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, was a notorious conspirator, who died in disgrace.
Francis Stuart Francis Stuart (1902-2000) was a prolific Irish writer whose novels have a thrusting modernist iconoclasm. Though his work remains well regarded by some, it can be interpreted less appreciatively in the light of his anti-semitism, propaganda work for Nazi Germany during World War II and subsequent evasions.
Francis Summers Francis Theodore Summers, also known as Frank Summers (25 January 1887 - 27 October 1967) was an English cricketer: a right-handed tail-end batsman and wicket-keeper who played 57 times for Worcestershire in the 1920s, making over 80 dismissals.
Francis Sylvester Mahony Francis Sylvester Mahony (Father Prout) (1804‑1866), humorist, born at Cork, and educated at the Jesuit College at Clongoweswood, Co. Kildare, at Amiens, and at Rome, becoming a member of the society, was Professor of Rhetoric at Clongoweswood, but was soon after expelled from the order.
Francis the Talking Mule Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. The character originated in a novel by writer David Stern, and soon Universal Studios bought the rights for a film series, with Stern adapting his own script for the first entry, simply titled Francis.
Francis T. Brooke Francis Taliaferro Brooke (August 27, 1763 - March 3, 1851) was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the son of Richard Brooke of Smithfield and Ann Hay Talisferro. One of his brothers was Robert Brooke, a governor of Virginia, while another brother was Dr.
Francis Tanfield Sir Francis Tanfield (born 1565) was Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland colony (in modern Newfoundland) of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, his cousin's husband. Tanfield was to establish a colony at Renews and left England in 1623 with an unknown number of colonists.
Francis Thomas Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was a Maryland politician who served as Governor of Maryland from 1842-1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.
Francis Thompson Francis Thompson (December 18, 1859 – November 13, 1907) was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, but in menial work, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years.
Francis Tomkinson Francis Martin Tomkinson (21 October 1883 - 24 November 1963) was an English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in 1902. He made a duck in his only innings, but did take one catch, to dismiss Arthur Webb off the bowling of George Alfred Wilson.
Francis Tregian the Elder Francis Tregian the Elder (1548-1608) was the son of Thomas Tregian of Wolvenden, Cornwall and Catherine Arundell. A staunch Catholic, he inherited substantial estates on the death of his father, including the manors of Bedock, Landegy, Lanner and Carvolghe, and the family home, 'Golden', in the parish of Probus, near Truro.
Francis Tresham Francis Tresham (c. 1567 – 1605), English Gunpowder Plot conspirator, eldest son of Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton, Northamptonshire (a descendant of Sir Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons, executed by Edward IV in 1471), and of Muriel, daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Coughton, was educated at Oxford.
Francis Tresham (game designer) Francis Tresham is an United Kingdom based board game designer who has been producing board games since the early 1970's. Francis founded and ran games company Hartland Trefoil ( founded 1971 ) until its sale to Microprose in 1997.
Francis Turretin Francis Turretin (also known as François Turretini) was the grandson of Francesco Turrettini, who left his native Lucca in 1574 and settled in Geneva in 1592. Francis was born to Benoit Turretin at Geneva on October 17, 1623 and died there on September 28, 1687.
Francis Tuttle Technology Center Francis Tuttle Technology Center is a public vocational and technical education center affiliated with the state of Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. Franics Tuttle consist of three campuses located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Francis Varney Sir Francis Varney is the main character in the book, "Varney the Vampyre", by James Malcolm Rymer. The story is set in the reign of King George II and concerns the persecution of the Bannerworth family by Sir Francis Varney, a vampire.
Francis Vinton Greene Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Spanish-American War. He came from the Greene family of Rhode Island, noted for its long line of participants in American military history.
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School (more often referred to as the Parker Charter School, and usually as simply Parker) is a secondary school in Devens, Massachusetts, named after 19th-century educator Francis W.
Francis Wall Oliver Francis Wall Oliver FRS (10 May 1864 - 14 September 1951) was a British botanist. He was Quain Professor of Botany at University College London 1890-1925 and then Professor of Botany at the University of Cairo 1929–1935.
Francis Wayland Parker Francis Wayland Parker (October 9 1837 – March 2 1902) was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — mental, physical, and moral.
Francis Wegg-Prosser Francis Richard Wegg-Prosser (19 June, 1824 – 16 August, 1911), born Francis Richard Haggitt, was a wealthy Englishman who established the Benedictine community which became Belmont Abbey and so played a significant role in the English catholic revival.
Francis Wheatley (painter) Francis Wheatley (1747 - June 28, 1801), was an English portrait and landscape painter, was born at Wild Court, Covent Garden, London. He studied at Shipleys drawing-school and the Royal Academy, and won several prizes from the Society of Arts.
Francis Wheatley (soldier) Francis Wheatley VC,DCM (1821–21 May 1865) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross,which he won for his actions during the Crimean War. It is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Francis Wheen Francis James Baird Wheen (born January 22 1957) is a British writer and journalist, who was educated at Harrow School and Royal Holloway College, University of London. At Harrow he was a contemporary of Mark Thatcher who has been a recurring subject of his journalism.
Francis Wilkinson Pickens Francis Wilkinson Pickens (April 7, 1805 – January 25, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Governor of South Carolina when the state seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.
Francis Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby Francis Vernon Willey, CMG, CBE, MVO, TD, (29 September 1884 - April 30 1982), succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Barnby of Blyth, Nottinghamshire, in 1929. He was the Unionist (Conservative) Member of Parliament for Bradford South, from 1918 to 1922.
Francis William Aston Francis William Aston (born Harborne/Birmingham, September 1 1877; died Cambridge, November 20 1945) was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule".
Francis William Drake Francis William Drake (baptized August 22, 1724 – December 18, 1787) born in Buckland Monocharum, Devon the third son of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake, a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Francis William is often confused with his younger brother, also a naval officer whose death occurred around the same time.
Francis Willughby's Book of Games Francis Willughby's Book of Games is a book published in 2003 that printed for the first time a transcription of a seventeenth-century manuscript written by Francis Willughby that was held in the library of the University of Nottingham. The modern edition was edited by Jeffrey L Forgeng, Dorothy Johnston, and David Cram and was published by Ashgate Publishing Company with ISBN 1-85928-460-4.
Francis Wilson (actor) Francis Wilson (1854-1935) was an American actor, born in Philadelphia. He began his career in a minstrel show, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in M'liss with Annie Pixley.
Francis Wodié Romain Francis Wodié (born 25 February 1936 in Abidjan) is an Ivoirian politician and leader of the Ivoirian Workers' Party (PIT). In the October 2000 presidential election, he placed third with about 6% of the votes.
Francis Wurtz Francis Wurtz (born January 3, 1948 in Strasbourg) is a French Member of the European Parliament. Elected in the ĂŽle-de-France constituency on the French Communist Party (PCF) ticket, he sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group, and is its current President.
Francis X. Bushman Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was the first major male movie star to be known by name to the audience. His matinee idol career started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife, but it did not survive the silent screen era.
Francis X. Cretzmeyer Francis Xavier Cretzmeyer, Jr. (1912 or 1913–April 2, 2001) was the greatest track and field coach at the University of Iowa in the 20th century, leading their team the Hawkeyes to multiple Big Ten team titles.
Francis X. DiLorenzo The Most Reverend Francis Xavier DiLorenzo (born April 15, 1942) is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii. He is currently the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia.
Francis Xavier Saint Francis Xavier (Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略) (April 7, 1506 - December 2, 1552) was a pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). The Roman Catholic Church considers him to have converted more people to Christianity than anyone else since St.
Francis Xavier Pierz Francis Xavier Pierz (Slovenian "Franc Pirc") (1785-1880) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary to the Ottawa (tribe) and Ojibway Indians. He is also responsible for attracting large numbers of German Catholics to settle in Central Minnesota and is therefore referred to as "The Father of the Diocese of Saint Cloud.
Francis Younghusband Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May, 1863 - 31 July, 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritualist. He is remembered chiefly for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia and his writings on the subject.
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (February 8, 1845 - February 13, 1926) was an Irish polymath who studied at Trinity College, Dublin before obtaining a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford where he subsequently became a professor. A deep thinker, his contributions were far ahead of his time.
Francis, Baron Dhanis Francis, Baron Dhanis (1861-1909) was a Belgian administrator born in London in 1861 and passed the first fourteen years of his life at Greenock, where he received his early education. He was the son of a Belgian merchant and of an Irish lady named Maher.
Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Duke of Teck (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander; German: Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander) (August 28, 1837 – January 21, 1900), was a member of the British Royal Family, the father of Queen Mary. Francis held the titles of Count of Hohenstein (Graf von Hohenstein) and later Duke of Teck (Herzog von Teck).
Franciscan The term Franciscan is used to refer to those Anglican and Roman Catholic religious orders which follow a body of regulations known as "The rule of St. Francis","The Rule of the Franciscan Order" from the Medieval Sourcebook or a member of one of these orders.
Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn The Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn arrived from Ireland in 1858, responding to the invitation of Bishop Loughlin. They began serving the Diocese of Brooklyn in child care, primarily as educators, opening high schools and a college, and staffing local parish grammar schools.
Franciscan Crown The Franciscan Crown (or Seraphic Rosary) is a rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the seven joys of the Blessed Virgin, namely, the Annunciation, the visitation, the Birth of the Lord, the Adoration of the Magi, the finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, the Resurrection of the Lord, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and her Coronation in heaven. Devotion to the seven joys of Mary is found in a variety of forms and communities.
Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood The Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood , founded in 1947, is an international congregation and serve in 11 countries, both in the developed and developing world, serving at various campuses and schools, prisons and hospitals.
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda The Franciscan Missions of the Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, Mexico were declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2003. They were founded by Junípero Serra, who also founded important missions in California
Franciscan Montessori Earth School & Saint Francis Academy The Franciscan Montessori Earth School & Saint Francis Academy (FMES/SFA) is located in Portland, Oregon, United States. FMES/SFA is the only accredited pre-K through grade 8 Catholic Montessori school in the United States.
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are a congregation of Roman Catholic apostolic women religious. The congregation was founded in 1869 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
Franciscan University murders The so called Franciscan University murders were an infamous criminal case involving murder, kidnapping, gross sexual imposition, and robbery. The occurrence began in Steubenville, Ohio at the home of three Franciscan University college students on memorial day, May 31, 1999 and ended on a remote hillside off U.
Franciscan University of Steubenville Franciscan University of Steubenville is a Catholic institution located in Steubenville, Ohio, 40 miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school (originally named the "College of Steubenville") was founded in 1946 by the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular.
Franciscan wallflower The Franciscan Wallflower or San Francisco Wallflower (Erysimum franciscanum) is a plant endemic to the northern California coast, from Sonoma to Santa Cruz County. It is a member of the wallflower genus in the mustard family, the Brassicaceae.
Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen (1816-1878) was a Brazilian diplomat and scholar, born in SĂŁo JoĂŁo do Ypanema. He studied in Portugal, then returned to Brazil in 1859, was appointed Minister to Paraguay, but resigned because of his disapproval of the policies of LĂłpez, President and Dictator of Paraguay.
Francisco Afan Delgado DELGADO, Francisco Afan, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Bulacan Province, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1886; studied at San Juan de Letran, Ateneo de Manila, Colegio Filipino, Los Angeles (Calif.) High School, and Compton (Calif.
Francisco Alvarado Francisco Alvarado is a noted playwright of zarzuela in Lineyte-Samarnon (Waray). He was a member and literary luminary of the Sanghiran San Binisaya organization which was founded in 1909 to cultivate the Waray language.
Francisco Antonio De Zela Francisco Antonio De Zela y Arizaga is notable for sending forth the first libertarian outcry in the Peruvian city of Tacna on June 20, 1811 in an attempt to start the independence of Peru. De Zela was supported by a large group of criollos, mestizos and Indians, among them the caciques José Rosa Ara and Miguel Copaja.
Francisco Antonio Encina Francisco Antonio Encina Armanet (born in Talca, September 10, 1874; died in Santiago, August 23, 1965) was a political essayist and Chilean historian. He authored the History of Chile from the Prehistory to 1891: with 20 volumes, it stands as the largest individual historical work of the 20th century in Chile.
Francisco Antonio PĂ©rez Francisco Antonio PĂ©rez Salas (1764-1828) was a Chilean political figure. He served several times as member of different Government Juntas, and participated actively in the war of independence in that country.
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) was a well-known composer of the popular Spanish opera form, Zarzuela. His works include: El barberillo de Lavapiés, Jugar con fuego, Pan y toros, Los diamantes de la corona, and El Diablo en el poder.
Francisco Atanasio DomĂ­nguez Francisco Atanasio DomĂ­nguez was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States in 1776. He participated with Silvestre VĂ©lez de Escalante in an expedition from New Mexico trying to reach Monterey, California, during which they passed by the Grand Canyon and were the first white men to go through Utah.
Francisco Augusto Lora Francisco Augusto Lora is a former vice president of the Dominican Republic and presidential candidate for the country in 1966, 1970, 1974 and 1978. As vice-president, he was a member of President JoaquĂ­n Balaguer's Reformist Party (PR).
Francisco Álvarez Francisco Álvarez (26 July 1892 Buenos Aires - 21 April 1960 in Lanus) was a classic Argentine actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina between the late 1930s and his death in 1960. He appeared in popular Argentine films such as Al marido hay que seguirlo (1948) and Al compás de tu mentira (1950) making some 54 appearances in film.
Francisco Ávila Camberos Francisco Ávila Camberos is a Mexican politician who is candidate of the PAN (Partido Acción Nacional), and became friends with Jorge González Olivieri, the director of API (Administración Portuaria Integral de Veracruz), and the president of Mexico, Vicente Fox.
Francisco Balagtas Francisco Balagtas (April 2, 1788—February 20, 1862), christened Francisco Baltazar, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura, is regarded as his defining work.
Francisco Balbi di Correggio Francisco Balbi di Correggio (1505 - 1589) born in Correggio in the province of Emilio, Italy was an arquebusier who served with the Spanish contingent during the Siege of Malta. Little is known about him other than that he maintained a journal throughout the siege, which he afterwards published.
Francisco Bayeu y SubĂ­as Francisco Bayeu y Subias (1734, Zaragoza, Spain - 1795, Madrid) was a Spanish painter whose main subjects were religious and historical themes. He studied with Francisco Goya, who married his sister, Josefa Bayeu.
Francisco Beltrão Francisco Beltrão is the largest and main city in the southwest region of Paraná state in Brazil, and was established on December 14, 1952. The population is about 71,000 inhabitants, which 85% live in the city and 15% in the land.
Francisco Bertrand Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926) was President of Honduras from March 28, 1911 to February 1 1912, and then again between March 21 1913 and September 9 1919. He started out with a reputation as a conciliator, but during his last presidency was involved in armed conflict with his political opponents.
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School is a senior high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District with a focus on serving students who plan to major in the healthcare field. It is located at 1200 Cornwell Street, Los Angeles, California 90033, in proximity to the USC-County Medical Center.
Francisco Bru Sanz Francisco Bru Sanz (born April 12, 1885, Madrid), also referred to as Francesc Bru or Paco Bru, is a former Spanish/Catalan footballer, referee and manager. As a footballer he played as a defender for FC Barcelona, RCD Español and the Catalan XI.
Francisco Cabrera Francisco Cabrera (born October 10, 1966 in Santo Domingo) is a former Major League Baseball catcher/first baseman who played five seasons with two different teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves, from 1989 to 1993.
Francisco Cajigal de la Vega Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (sometimes spelled Francisco Caxigal de la Vega) (born ca. 1715, Spain) was a Spanish military officer, governor of Cuba from 1747 to 1760, and interim viceroy of New Spain, from April 28, 1760 to October 5, 1760, succeeded by Viceroy Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas.
Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros OFM (1436 – November 8, 1517) was a Spanish Cardinal and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, missionary of the Moors, promoted the Crusades in North Africa, and founded the Complutense University (currently the largest in Spain).
Francisco Casilla Francisco Casilla Cortés (Born October 2, 1986) also know as "Kiko" Casilla was born in Tarragona in the Province of Catalonia. He currently plays for Real Madrid Castilla (Since Summer of 2005) and has graduated from the youth ranks.
Francisco Cerezo Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (born in 1971), known as Francisco Cerezo for short, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He rode at the Danish professional cycling team of CSC-Tiscali, which he joined in 2001 from the Italian team Vitalicio Seguros.
Francisco Ciatso Francisco Ciatso is a professional wrestler who currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Deep South Wrestling, LLC. He is formerly known by the stage name "Uptown" Frankie Capone.
Francisco Coloane Francisco Coloane (July 19, 1910 – August 5, 2002) was a Chilean novelist and short fiction writer whose works were translated into many languages and some of his books were adapted to theatre and film. He was born in the southern Chilean city of Chiloé and his literary career expanded from "Perros, Caballos y Hombres” (Dogs, Horses and Men) in 1935 to the publication of his memoirs “Los Pasos del Hombre” (The steps of man) in 2000.
Francisco Cordero Francisco Cordero (born May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers. Cordero, whose nickname is "Coco", is currently the closer for the Brewers.
Francisco Craveiro Lopes Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, GCTE, GCSE, CavA, CavC, KB, RVC (pron. IPA []) born in Lisbon on 12 April 1894, was a Portuguese politician and military man, having been the 13th President of the Portuguese Republic, between 1951 and 1958.
Francisco da Costa Gomes Francisco da Costa Gomes (pron. IPA []; Chaves, June 30 1914-Lisbon, July 31 2001) was a Portuguese military officer and politician, sixteenth President of the Portuguese Republic (the second after the Carnation Revolution).
Francisco da Veiga Beirão Francisco António da Veiga Beirão (Lisbon, July 24, 1841 — Paço de Arcos, November 11, 1916), commonly known as Francisco da Veiga Beirão (pron. ) or just Veiga Beirão, was a Portuguese politician of the late period of the Constitutional Monarchy.
Francisco de Ávila Of half-caste and foundling origin, Francisco de Avila would be received by Cristóbal Rodríguez and Beatriz de Avila. Tidy priest, was promoted to the parish of Huarochiri (1597) where it initiated a series of denunciations for the existence of idolatrías.
Francisco de Bobadilla Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial administrator. In 1499, de Bobadilla was appointed to succeed Christopher Columbus as governor of Spain's new territories in the Americas by Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Francisco de Borja y Aragón Francisco de Borja y Aragón, conde de Rebolledo, príncipe de Esquilache (1581, Madrid—September 26, 1658, Madrid) was a Spanish writer, official in the court of King Philip III of Spain, and, from December 18, 1615 to December 31, 1621, viceroy of Peru.
Francisco de Carvajal Francisco de Carvajal (1464 – 1548) was a Spanish military officer, conquistador, and explorer best remembered by history as "the demon of the Andes" due to his brutality and martial exploits in the Peruvian wars of the 16th century.
Francisco de Cuellar Francisco de Cuellar was a Spanish sea captain who sailed with the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. He gave a remarkable account of his experiences in the fleet and on the run in Ireland.
Francisco de Enzinas Francisco de Enzinas (1 November 1518? – 30 December 1552), also known by the humanist name Francis Dryander (from the Greek drus, which can be translated encina in Spanish), was a classical scholar, translator, author, and Protestant apologist of Spanish origin.
Francisco de Haro Francisco de Haro (1792 - November 28, 1849) was the first Mexican Alcalde of the settlement around the Mission San Francisco de AsĂ­s in 1834, serving again as the fifth Alcalde from 1838-1839. He was instrumental in planning the street grid of Yerba Buena, soon to be renamed San Francisco, commissioning the first survey of the settlement by Vioget in 1839.
Francisco de Miranda Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez (commonly known as Francisco de Miranda March 28, 1750 – July 14, 1816) was a Venezuelan revolutionary whose own plan for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed, but who is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar and one of the most effective American fighters for independence.
Francisco de Sales Torres Homem Francisco de Sales Torres Homem (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; January 29, 1812 – Paris, France; June 3, 1876), Viscount of Inhomirim, was a physician, lawyer, journalist, romantic writer, deputy, senator, top officer of the National Treasury, president of the Bank of Brazil and Minister of Treasury. Only afrobrazilian that has ever been in charge of the economy of Brazil throughout its history.
Francisco de Salinas Francisco de Salinas (1513-1590) was a music theorist and organist, noted as among the first to describe meantone temperament in mathematically precise terms, and one of the first (along with Guillaume Costeley) to describe, in effect, 19 equal temperament. In his De musica libri septem of 1577 he discusses 1/3-, 1/4- and 2/7-comma meantone tunings.
Francisco de Salva Don Francisco Salva y Campillo - physician and scientist from Spain. In 1795 he proposed an electrostatic telegraph, the device where the signals were to be made by illuminating letters of tinfoil with the spark.
Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa (Spanish: Don Francisco de Toledo, conde de Oropesa) (July 10, 1515, Oropesa, Spain—1584, Seville) was Spanish viceroy of Peru from November 26, 1569 to September 23, 1581.
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Francisco Del Rosario Sánchez (March 9, 1817 - July 4, 1861) was a politician and founding father of the Dominican Republic. He is considered by Dominicans as the second founding father of the 1844 Dominican War of Independence, after Juan Pablo Duarte and before Ramón Matías Mella.
Francisco Dagohoy Francisco Dagohoy, (born Francisco Sendrijas) is a Bol-anon who holds the distinction of having led the longest revolt in Philippine history, the famous Dagohoy Rebellion. This rebellion against the Spanish colonial government, took place in the island of Bohol from 1744 to 1829, Readings From Bohol's History www.
Francisco Dueñas Francisco Dueñas (1810 1884) was President of El Salvador 13 May 1851 - 30 January 1852, 1852 - 1 February 1854 and 1 - 12 February 1856 and 26 October 1863 - 15 April 1871. He was a member of the Conservative Party.
Francisco Escárcega Engineer Francisco Escárcega Márquez (died 1938) was a builder of railroads in Mexico and fought in the Mexican Revolution. He was born in Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, and opened up areas in southern and eastern Mexico with railways.
Francisco Estrada Francisco "Paquin" Estrada is the current manager of the Campeche Piratas in the Mexican League (Summer), Culiacan Tomateros in the Mexican Pacific League (Winter) and also he is the manager of the Mexican Baseball Team for the World Baseball Classic.
Francisco Fadul Francisco José Fadul (born 15 December 1953) is a Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister. He held that position from 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000 and is leader of the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD), one of the country's main political parties.
Francisco Fajardo Highway The Francisco Fajardo Highway is the most important freeway of Caracas, connecting the west with the east of the city. The freeways of the country and a great number of avenues of Caracas, are not designated with a system of codification or numeration, there are designated with names of historical personages.
Francisco Fábregas Francisco Fábregas Boch (born July 1, 1949 in Barcelona) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He competed in four Olympics for Spain, starting in 1968.

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