Famous People with Name Francis

Francis Jacob Harper            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Jacob Harper: was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Harper was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, but died in Frankford in 1837, before the assembling of Congress. Interment in Frankford Cemetery. Reinterment in

Francis X. (Frank) O’Leary            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis X. (Frank) O’Leary: is the elected Treasurer of Arlington County, Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. He began his seventh term as Treasurer in January, 2008. During his tenure, he has lowered the County's tax delinquency rate from a high of more than nine percent

Francis E. Lauricella            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis E. Lauricella: was a Hall of Fame American football player for the Tennessee Volunteers football team. He served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs from 1972 to 1996. On his retirement, Lauricella was succeeded b

Francis MacKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis MacKenzie: is a former leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the leadership for the party on October 23, 2004. In 2002, he ran for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership, and came in second to Danny Graham. In 2004 Graham stepped down from the party's leadership for family reasons, triggering another leadership campaign. MacKenzie re-offered and won. Although serving as leader for over a year he did not attempt to win a seat in the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly until the 2006 provincial election. MacKenzie led the Liberals to a poor showing; reducing their caucus to 9 MLAs. MacKenzie failed in his effort to win his own seat in Bedford. He said that he would meet with the president of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia in order to discuss the future of the party. Mackenzie resigned shortly after the election,[4] and was succeeded by Michel Samson on an interim basis, then Stephen McNeil in April 2007.

Sir Francis Hincks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Francis Hincks: was a Canadian politician.Hincks was elected to the 1st Parliament of United Canada in 1841, representing Oxford County. In 1842, He was appointed inspector general of public accounts. In 1844, he became editor of a new newspaper in Montreal, the Pilot, which supported Reformers in both Canada East and Canada West. Because he sought subscriptions for his paper in Canada West, he came into conflict with George Brown, editor of the Globe. In 1848, he sold the paper and accepted the post of inspector general.

Anne Francis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anne Francis: is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956) and as private detective Honey West in the television series Honey West (1965-1966).Francis entered show business at a young age, working as a model at age 5, to help her family make ends meet during the Great Depression, and making her Broadway debut at age 11. Over her career, Ms. Francis appeared in scores of TV shows and several movies, including several appearances on The Twilight Zone, including the title character in "Jess-Belle", and most notably as Marsha White in the episode titled "The After Hours". In it, Francis is gradually revealed as a department store mannequin who has enjoyed a brief vacation among the living. Francis was a mainstay of 1970s television movies, and she returned to TV to portray "Mama Jo" for the 1984-86 TV-detective series Riptide.

Diane Francis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Diane Francis: is a Canadian journalist and author, and the editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper.Francis is also a broadcaster and a best-selling author of eight books on a variety of socio-economic subjects for Canadians[1]. Her book titled Fighting for Canada was published in the French language as Ma

Samuel Lewis Francis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Lewis Francis: was an American painter and printmaker. He was born in San Mateo, California[1], and studied botany, medicine and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II before being injured in a plane crash.[1] He was in the hospital for several years, and it was while there that he began to paint. Once out of the hospital he returned to Berkeley, this time to study art.Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He spent the 1950s in Paris, having his first exhibition there in 1952.[1] While there he became associated with Tachisme. He later spent time in Japan, and some have seen an influence from Zen Buddhism in his work.

Robert Francis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Francis: was an American poet who lived much of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived in a small house he built himself which he called Fort Juniper. Francis won the Shelley Memorial Award in 1939. One of his poetic mentors was Robert Frost, and indeed Fran

Ronald "Ron" Michael Francis, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald "Ron" Michael Francis, Jr.: is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centreman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs. He now serves as the associate head coach for the Hurricanes.