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Francisco Fábregas Monegal Francisco ("Kiko") Fábregas Monegal (born October 14, 1977 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfielder from Spain, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Four years earlier, in Sydney, he ended up in ninth place with the national side.
Francisco Fernández Carvajal Francisco Fernández Carvajal (or Francis Fernandez), born 1938 in Granada, is a priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books. He is best known for his seven volume work Hablar con Dios (In Conversation with God), which has sold over two million copies in several languages, including Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovakian and Polish.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque, Marquis of Cuéllar, Count of Ledesma and of Huelma (Spanish, in full: Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, octavo duque de Alburquerque, marqués de Cuéllar, conde de Ledesma y de Huelma) (1619, Barcelona—March 27, 1676, Madrid) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain, from August 15, 1653 to September 15, 1660. He was also viceroy of Sicily, from 1668 to 1670.
Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Francisco Fernández Ordóñez (1930-1992) was a Spanish politician who became Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of Felipe González from 1985 until shortly before his death from a terminal illness in 1992. He studied law in Madrid and at Harvard University in the United States before joining the Ministry of Economics in 1959, becoming their assistant secreatry in 1973 and President of the National Institute of Industry in 1974, but resigned the same year for political reasons.
Francisco Ferreira Drummond Francisco Ferreira Drummond (born January 21, 1796 in Vila de SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo, died November 9, 1858 on Terceira Island in the Azores) was a historiographer, paleographer, musician and politician from the area of Vila de SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo in the island of Terceira. He was a historic publisher occupying a part of the Azorean historiographers and in the good part of the works in the History of the Azores, mainly on the island of Terceira.
Francisco Flores PĂ©rez Francisco Guillermo Flores PĂ©rez (born October 17, 1959) was the president of El Salvador from 1999 until 2004 and a member of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He majored in political science at Amherst College in Massachusetts, United States, and received a Master's in philosphy at World University.
Francisco Foglia Francisco Foglia (born September 30 1961) is a Bolivian bassist original member of The Misfits before the inclusion of Jerry Only in the band. However, he did not record any official material with the band before his fight with Glenn Danzig and Manny MartĂ­nez that resulted in his expulsion from the band.
Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November or possibly 19 NovemberFranco officially died on 20 November 1975, at the age of 82 — the same date as had José Antonio Primo de Rivera (39 years earlier), founder of the Falange. Franco is buried at Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos, a site built by forced prisoners of the Spanish Civil War as the tomb for unknown soldiers killed during war.
Francisco Frutos Francisco Frutos (born 1939) is a Spanish politician and a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC, Catalan referent of the Communist Party of Spain, PCE) since 1963, is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) since 1998 and member of the Cortes as member of Izquierda Unida (IU) since 1993.
Francisco Gabica Francisco Gabicagogescoa (born December 31, 1937) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1961 and 1972. Of his 21 professional victories, Gabica is most famous for winning the 1966 edition of the Vuelta a España besting runnerup Eusebio Velez of Spain and third-place finisher Carlos Echeverria of Spain.
Francisco Gabilondo Soler Francisco Gabilondo Soler (6 October 1907, Orizaba, Veracruz - 14 December 1990, Texcoco) was Mexican composer of children's songs. As a child, he delighted in stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and taught himself to play piano.
Francisco Garcés Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés (April 12, 1738 - July 18, 1781) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who explored much of the southwestern part of North America, including what are now Arizona, southern California, and northeastern Baja California.
Francisco Gattorno Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez (born October 12, 1964), better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a famous Cuban-Mexican actor. A native of Santa Clara, Cuba, Gattorno earned Mexican citizenship during the early 2000s.
Francisco Gil de Taboada Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos (in full Francisco Gil de Taboada y de Lemos y Villa Marín) (ca. 1736, Santa María de Soto Longo, Galicia, Spain—1809, Madrid) was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator in America.
Francisco Gil-White Francisco Gil-White is an anthropologist who was Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and lecturer at the Solomon Asch Centre for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict. He holds a Masters Degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Biological and Cultural Anthropology from UCLA.
Francisco Giner de los RĂ­os Francisco Giner de los RĂ­os (born October 10, 1839 in Ronda, Spain; died February 17, 1915 in Madrid) was a philosopher, educator and one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20ieth century.
Francisco Goitia Francisco BollaĂ­n y Goitia GarcĂ­a (1882-1960) was a Mexican realist painter born in the state of Zacatecas. He studied art first at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City (1898) and then in Barcelona (1904) under the tutelage of the Spanish Pre-Raphaelite Francisco GalĂ­.
Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma Don Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma (Seville,1552/3 — Valladolid, 1625), the favorite of Philip III of Spain and minister, was the first of the validos (which translates into the 'most worthy') through whom the later Spanish Habsburg monarchs ruled. After his fall from grace in 1618 he was succeeded by Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares.
Francisco Gonzalo Marin Lieutenant Francisco Gonzalo Marin, also known as Pachin Marin (March 9, 1863-November 1897) born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, designer of the Puerto Rican Flag was a poet and journalist who fought alongside José Martí as a member of the Cuban Liberation Army.
Francisco Guerau Francisco Guerau (1649 – 1717/1722) was a Spanish Baroque composer. Born on Majorca, he entered the singing school at the Royal College in Madrid in 1659, becoming a member of the Royal Chapel as an alto singer and composer ten years later.
Francisco Guilledo Pancho Villa (August 1, 1901 - July 14, 1925) was the nome de guerre by which the legendary Filipino flyweight boxer Francisco Guilledo was best known. Villa, who stood only 5 feet tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds, rose from obscurity to win the World Flyweight boxing championship in 1923, earning acclaim in some quarters as "the greatest Asian fighter in boxing history".
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (discoverer of Yucatán) Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (died 1517) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled. Together with some 110 discontented Spanish settlers in Cuba, Hernández de Córdoba petitioned the governor, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, for permission to launch an expedition in search of new lands and exploitable resources.
Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (October 30 1873 – February 22 1913) was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce.
Francisco Imperial Francisco Imperial was a Genoese poet who lived in Seville and wrote lyric and allegorical poetry in Spanish around the turn of the 15th century. All of his preserved poetry can be found in the Cancionero de Baena.
Francisco Iturrino Francisco ("Paco") Gonzales de Iturrino (1864–1924) was a Spanish Post-impressionist painter born in Santander. As an adolescent, he moved to Bilbao with his family, later studying engineering in Belgium in 1883 before devoting himself to figure drawing in Brussels in 1890.
Francisco J. Blanco Francisco Jose Blanco is a structural biologist working as Principal Investigator at the National Center for Oncology Research (in Madrid, Spain. His research utilizes Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR]) to characterize the three dimensional structure of proteins involved in cancer progression.
Francisco Javier Arellano FĂ©lix Francisco Javier Arellano FĂ©lix (born 11 December 1969), the brother of RamĂłn Arellano FĂ©lix, is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Tijuana Cartel involved in drug-smuggling operations from Mexico to the United States.
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén Don Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, Count of Castaños y Aragones, 1st Duke of Baylen (es: Don Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, Conde de Castaños y Aragones, primer Duque de Bailén.) (Madrid, April 22, 1758 — Ibidem, September 24, 1852), was a Spanish general.
Francisco Javier Clavijero Francisco Javier Clavijero (sometimes Francisco Saverio Clavigero) (September 6, 1731, Veracruz – April 2, 1787 Bologna, Italy), was a Novohispano Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the suppression of his order, he left New Spain and went to Italy, where he wrote a valuable work on Mexico.
Francisco Javier Cruz Francisco Javier Cruz (born May 24, 1966 in San Luis, Mexico) was a Mexican football player who played for Rayados de Monterrey and UANL Tigres, becoming one of the few players to be successful in both professional teams from Monterrey. He is nicknamed "El Abuelo", which means "The Grandfather".
Francisco Javier de Balmis Francisco Javier de Balmis (December 2, 1753, Alicante, – 1819, Madrid) was a Spanish physician who headed an 1804 expedition to New Spain and other Spanish colonies to vaccinate the populations against smallpox.
Francisco Javier FarinĂłs Francisco Javier FarinĂłs Zapata commonly known as Francisco FarinĂłs, Javier FarinĂłs or just FarinĂłs (born 29 March 1978 in Valencia) is a Spanish football (soccer) midfielder, currently plays for HĂ©rcules CF.
Francisco Javier Muñoz Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart, aka Xisco, (born 5 September 1980 in Manacor, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Betis of the Spanish La Liga. He can play as a striker or a left-sided Winger.
Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña (Jamay, Jalisco, April 22, 1952). Mexican politician, and belongs to the National Action Party, has been Municipal President of Guadalajara, Governor of Jalisco from 2001 to 2006 and from December 1, 2006 is the Secretary of the Interior.
Francisco Javier Venegas, marqués de la Reunión y de Nueva España Francisco Javier Venegas de Saavedra, marqués de la Reunión y de Nueva España (1760, Balajance, Spain—1818, Spain) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from September 14, 1810 to March 4, 1813, during the first phase of Mexico's war of independence.
Francisco José Maldonado Francisco José Maldonado Collante, aka Maldonado, (born 2 June 1981 in San Fernando, Cádiz) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Betis of the Spanish La Liga. He plays as a forward or as an attacking midfielder.
Francisco Jose Urrutia Francisco Jose Urrutia (1870-1950); born in Popayán, Colombia. Colombian diplomat and statesman, was one of the main signers of the Urrutia-Thompson Treaty that reestablished diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia.
Francisco Labastida Francisco Labastida Ochoa (born August 14, 1942 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who lost the 2000 presidential election to Vicente Fox, the first election to be lost by the PRI in 70 years.
Francisco Largo Caballero Francisco Largo Caballero (October 15, 1869 -March 23, 1946) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. He was one of the historic leaders of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and of the Workers' General Union (UGT).
Francisco León de la Barra Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano (June 16, 1863, Querétaro - September 23, 1939, Biarritz, France) was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911.
Francisco Leonelli Francisco Leonelli (born 3 May, 1978) is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for the Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League. He has also represented the Argentina national team, as well as previously playing for the national under-19s and under-21s Argentina sides.
Francisco Linares Alcántara Francisco de Paula Linares Alcántara (April 13 1825 - November 30 1878) was President of Venezuela (1877-1878) and a member of the Liberal Party of Venezuela, military and Venezuelan politician, president of the Republic (1877-1878), Congress gave him the title of “the Great Democrat”
Francisco Louçã Francisco Anacleto Louçã (born November 12, 1956) is a Portuguese politician and economist who was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime and who more recently helped found the left-wing party Left Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda).
Francisco Maciel Francisco Maciel (born July 1, 1964 in Queretaro) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland's Jakob Hlasek. He won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, when tennis was a demonstration sport.
Francisco Malespín General Francisco Malespín (September 28, 1806–November 25, 1846) was born in Izalco to Juan Malespín and Luisa Herrera y Rodríguez. He had three brothers (Calixto, Gabriel and Ignacio) and five sisters (Indalecia, Florencia, Guadalupe, Julia and Maria Josefa).
Francisco MarĂ­a Piccolo Francisco MarĂ­a Piccolo (Francesco Maria Piccolo, Francisco PĂ­colo) (1654-1729) was one of the first Jesuit missionaries in Baja California Sur, Mexico. His letters and reports are important sources for the ethnography and early history of the peninsula.
Francisco Mariano Quiñones Francisco Mariano Quiñones (1830 – 1908), born in San German, Puerto Rico, distinguished himself as a defender of the ideals of the abolition of slavery and a proponent of the self-determination of Puerto Rico.
Francisco Martin Duran Francisco Martin Duran (born September 8, 1968 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is best known for his actions of 29 October 1994 when he fired 29 rounds from a rifle at the White House. He was later convicted of attempting to assassinate President Bill Clinton and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Francisco Mendes Francisco Mendes, nom de guerre Chico Té (1939 – July 7, 1978) was a Guinea-Bissau politician. He was the country's first Prime Minister and held that position from 24 September 1973 until his death on 7 July 1978.
Francisco Mignone Francisco Paulo Mignone (September 3, 1897–February 2, 1986) is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos. In 1968 he was chosen as Brazilian composer of the year.
Francisco Miguel Duarte Francisco Miguel Duarte, also known by the nickname "Chico Sapateiro", was a Portuguese working leader, member of the Portuguese Communist Party, as a writer he was author of the book Das Prisões à Liberdade. He was a poet, whose principal subjects are revolution and the Portuguese people, among his best known works is a poem in honor of the memory of Catarina Eufémia, his fellow countrywoman, since the author, like Eufémia, was a native of Baleizão, a village near Beja in the south of Portugal.
Francisco MirĂł Quesada Francisco MirĂł Quesada is a contemporary Peruvian philosopher that disputes the summary of human nature on the basis that any collective assumption of human nature would be unfulfilling and leave the public with a negative result. The term paraconsistent logic was coined in 1976 by Quesada.
Francisco Molinero Francisco Molinero Calderón aka Molinero (born 26 July 1985 in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Málaga CF of the Spanish Segunda División. His usual demarcation is Defender.
Francisco Montes Reina Francisco Montes Reina (January 13, 1804 - April 4, 1851), nicknamed Paquiro, was a famous matador who was born in Chiclana, Cádiz, Spain. He would have become a surgeon, but a certain marquis retracted his patronage, leaving Francisco's father in financial difficulties, hence the son became "Paquiro", since he was not satisfied just being a mason.
Francisco Morales BermĂşdez Francisco Morales BermĂşdez Cerruti (born 1921) was a centrist Peruvian general who came to power in Peru in 1975 after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco Alvarado. Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced, he was forced to return power to civilian rule, marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces, that installed itself by a coup d'etat in October 1968.
Francisco Morazán Francisco Morazán Quesada (October 16, 1792 - September 15, 1842) was President of Central America, who enacted idealistic liberal reforms, then unsuccessfully fought to maintain the unity of that nation as it fell apart into separate states in civil war.
Francisco Narciso de Laprida Francisco Narciso de Laprida (October 28, 1786 in San Juan – September 22, 1829) was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was a deputy for San Juan at the Congress of Tucumán, and president of it on July 9 1816, when the Declaration of Independence of Argentina took place.
Francisco Pacheco Francisco Pacheco (1564-1654) was a Spanish painter, best known as the teacher of Diego Velázquez and Alonso Cano, and for his textbook on painting that is an important source for the study of 17th-century practice in Spain.
Francisco Pacheco y su pueblo Francisco Pacheco y su pueblo, english: Francisco Pacheco and his people, is a music album released in the year 2001, by the venezuelan singer Francisco Pacheco, in this album he presents differnt songs of the venezuelan folk music.
Francisco Palou "Fray Francisco Palou, diligent student, devout Christian, loyal disciple, tireless traveler, zealous missionary, firm defender of the faith, resourceful pioneer, successful mission builder, able administrator, and fair minded historian of California" is the tribute made by Palou's editor Herbert E. Bolton.
Francisco Partners Francisco Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in technology businesses. The firm manages approximately $5 billion of capital and has locations in Menlo Park, California and London, England.
Francisco Pavón Francisco Pavón Barahona, nicknamed Paco Pavón (born January 9, 1980 in Madrid) is a Spanish football defender, who currently plays for Real Madrid. His name became associated with the Los Galácticos policy when Florentino Pérez promised to build a team full of Zidanes and Pavones - expensive high profile recruits like Zinedine Zidane and youth team graduates like Pavón.
Francisco Pelsaert Francisco Pelsaert (also known as "Pelsaert") (c1595-September, 1630) was a Dutch merchant who commanded the Batavia and became famous for a mutiny which occurred after ship was stranded at Houtman Abrolhos off Western Australia in June 1629.
Francisco Portusach Martínez Francisco Portusach Martínez (1864–1919) was a Spanish-American merchant and whaler who was briefly the Governor of Guam, before he was deposed. In the American media of the time, he was often referred to as Francisco Portusach or Frank Portusach.
Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos (June 9, 1760, Ciénega del Rincón (Aguascalientes—October 4, 1808, Mexico City) was a New Spain lawyer and politician and a proponent of independence from Spain. He was imprisoned by the Spanish authorities for his advocacy, and died in prison.
Francisco Rafael Arellano FĂ©lix Francisco Rafael Arellano FĂ©lix (born 24 October 1949) is a Mexican drug lord involved in the Tijuana Cartel. The oldest of a gang of seven brothers who allegedly ran the Tijuana-based drug cartel, he coordinated the buying, selling, and movements of narcotics on behalf of the organization.
Francisco Rebollo LĂłpez Francisco Rebollo LĂłpez (born 1938) is a Puerto Rican jurist, currently serving as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He has held this position since 1982 and is the current longest serving member of the court.
Francisco Rodríguez (baseball) Francisco "Frankie" José Rodríguez (born January 7, 1982 in Caracas, Venezuela), nicknamed "K-Rod", is a Major League Baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, he has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2002, and served as their closer since 2005.
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580 - November 1621) was Portuguese poet and bucolic writer, he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, reading philosophy, poetry and writing of shepherds and shepherdesses by the rivers Liz and Lena. He studied at the University of Coimbra and took the degree of iicentiate about 1600.
Francisco Rojas Toledo Francisco Antonio Rojas Toledo (b. January 29, 1956-) is a Mexican politician, member of the National Action Party, is the candidate of his party to Governor of Chiapas in the 2006 elections before he withdraw his candidacy in favor to PRI-PVEM candidate, José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas.
Francisco Rolão Preto Francisco de Barcelos Rolão Preto, GCIH (February 5 1893, Gavião—December 18 1977, Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician, journalist, and leader of the Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista (MNS, also the "Blue Shirts" - camisas azuis, following the tradition of uniformed far right groups), an organisation advocating Syndicalism and the corporatist state inspired by Fascism and Benito Mussolini's Italy. MNS was also built on previous allegiances to Integralismo Lusitano, in turn inspired by the Action Française.
Francisco RomĂŁo Francisco RomĂŁo de Oliveira e Silva (October 1, 1942 - July 25, 2004) was an Angolan politician who served as the deputy foreign minister. He played an important part in Angola's war of independence against Portugal.
Francisco Rosario Francisco Alberto Rosario (born September 28, 1980 in San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. He made his first Major League start August 5, 2006, going three innings for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Chicago White Sox.
Francisco Sabaté Llopart Francisco Sabaté Llopart (March 30, 1915 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain – January 5, 1960 Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain), also known as "El Quico", was a Spanish libertarian anarchist involved in the resistance against the fascist regime of Franco.
Francisco Sanchez Francisco Sanchez (1805-September 1862) served as the Eighth Alcalde (Mayor) of San Francisco, California in 1843, and established the Sanchez Adobe in what is now present day Pacifica, California. Born in San Jose, California.
Francisco Sánchez Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt (born September 6, 1976 in Cumaná) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships (25m) in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, at the third edition of the event, the sprinter from South America triumphed in the 50m and the 100m Freestyle.
Francisco Scaramanga Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. In the novel, the character is nicknamed "Pistols" Scaramanga and is also called "Paco" (a Spanish diminutive of Francisco).
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre Don Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre, Count of San Antonio (es: Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, duque de la Torre) (1810-1885), Spanish marshal and statesman, was born in the island of León at Cádiz on 17 December 1810. His father was a general officer and a Liberal.
Francisco SerrĂŁo Francisco SerrĂŁo (in Spanish, Francisco Serrano) (died 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. A cousin of Ferdinand Magellan, Serrano served as captain of one of three vessels sent from Malacca by Afonso de Albuquerque to explore the Moluccas in 1511.
Francisco Talamantez Oscuro Francisco Talamantez Oscuro (1916 - 1939?), born Francisco Talamantez Galvan, was the leader of a student faction that became involved in the fighting in the Spanish Civil War against the Fascist forces of Gen.
Francisco Tárrega Francisco Tárrega (Francisco Tárrega y Eixea) (November 21, 1852 — December 15, 1909) was a Spanish composer, and one of the most influential guitarists the world has ever known. He is considered the father of the modern classical guitar.
Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños (1915–2001) was Acting President of Nicaragua for a single day in 1979, following the resignation of Anastasio Somoza Debayle on July 17. Upon taking office, he announced his intention to serve out the remainder of Somoza's term, in violation of an agreement reached some weeks earlier between the government and the Sandinista rebel forces.
Francisco Varallo Francisco "Pancho" Varallo (born February 5, 1910 in La Plata, Argentina) is a former football player for Argentina and is the only person still living who participated in the first World Cup Final, which took place in Montevideo, Uruguay on July 30, 1930.
Francisco Varela Francisco Javier Varela García (Santiago, September 7, 1946 – May 28, 2001, Paris) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher who, together with his teacher Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology.
Francisco Veza Francisco Veza Fragoso (born December 5, 1970 in Valencia) is a former football player from Spain, who was nicknamed Paqui. He was a member of the Spanish side that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Francisco Vicente Aguilera Francisco Vicente Aguilera was a wealthy Cuban who in the 1860s, after President Lincoln declared the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States of America in the Emancipation Proclamation, freed approximately 500 slaves that worked for him primarily in his sugarmill called Cabaniguan, but on the condition that they fight in the Cuban war of independence against Spain. His notoriety got his face on the Cuban 100 peso bill that was in circulation prior to the 1960 revolution.
Francisco Villagrán Kramer Francisco Villgarán Kramer was the Vice-president of Guatemala under General Romeo Lucas García beginning in 1978. He resigned from office September 1,1980 before his term ended and went into voluntary exile.
Francisco Yeste Francisco Javier Yeste Navarro (born December 6th 1979, Bilbao) is a Spanish footballer who plays Athletic Bilbao. His usual position is attacking midfield or "in the hole" (although he can play on the left side), and he wears the '10' shirt typical of this position.
Franciscus Donders Franciscus Cornelis Donders (Tilburg, May 27, 1818 - Utrecht, March 24, 1889) was a Dutch ophthalmologist and medical scientist who did pioneering work on animal and vegetable heat, among many other things. He was a professor in Physiology in Utrecht from 1847 and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases.
Franciscus Gomarus Franciscus Gomarus (January 30, 1563, Bruges - January 11, 1641), was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and opponent of the teaching of James Arminius (and his followers) which was formally judged at the Synod of Dordrecht (1618-1619).
Franciscus Illenfeld Franciscus Illenfeld (Slovak: František Illenfeld, Hungarian: Illenfeld Ferenc) of Olomouc was a famous Moravian founder of bells. He had worked in Košice and his workshop was one of the best foundries in the Kingdom of Hungary.
Franciscus Junius (the younger) Franciscus Junius (January 29, 1591 – 1677), also known as François du Jon, was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts.
Francistown Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 113,315 (urban area - census 2001), and often described as the "Capital of the North". It is located in eastern Botswana, about 400 kilometres north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone.
Franciszek Fiszer Franciszek Fiszer (better known as Franc Fiszer; March 25 1860 - April 9 1937) was a Polish bon-vivant, gourmand, erudite and philosopher, a friend of the most notable writers and philosophers of contemporary Warsaw and one of Warsaw's semi-legendary people. He is best remembered for a large number of anecdotes, jokes and sayings coined by him and about him.
Franciszek GÄ…sienica Gron Franciszek GÄ…sienica Gron (born September 30, 1931) was a Polish Nordic combined athlete who competed in the 1950's. He won a bronze medal in the Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki of Sas Coat of Arms (1640-1694; his name often rendered Kolschitzky in German) was a Polish 17th century merchant of Ukrainian origin, spy, diplomat and soldier. According to popular legend, he opened the first café in Vienna in 1683 using beans left by the retreating Ottoman Turks.
Franciszek Jerzy Stefaniuk Franciszek Jerzy Stefaniuk (born June 04, 1944 in Drelów) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8336 votes in 7 Chełm district, candidating from Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe list.
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki (; sometimes spelled Xawery, 1778 - 1846) was an important politician of the first half of the 18th century in the partitioned Poland. He was a prince and minister of the treasury in the Congress Kingdom of Poland.
Franciszek Macharski His Eminence Franciszek Cardinal Macharski (born 20 May 1927 in Kraków, Poland) was the archbishop of Kraków from 1978, succeeding Karol Cardinal Wojtyła to the chair of St. Stanisław, until his resignation in 2005. He has been a cardinal since 1979.
Franciszek Nowicki Franciszek Henryk Siła-Nowicki (Kraków, Austrian Poland, January 29, 1864 – September 3, 1935, Zawoja, Poland) was a Young Poland poet, a mountaineer, socialist activist, and designer of the Orla Perć (Eagle's Path) High Tatras mountain trail.

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