Famous People with Name Francesca

Francesca Iossi            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Francesca Iossi: is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 14th in the two-woman event at St. Moritz, Switzerland in January 2009.

Francesca Piccinini            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Francesca Piccinini: is a female volleyball player who has represented Italy three times (2000, 2004, and 2008) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany.

Francesca Lubiani            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Francesca Lubiani: is a professional tennis player from Italy. Her best score is three times quarter final of single at Cardiff (1997), Oklahoma City and Istanbul (1998).

Francesca Lebrun            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Francesca Lebrun: was a noted 18th-century German singer and composer. Her father was the Italian-born cellist Innocenz Danzi and her younger brother was the composer and cellist Franz Danzi (1763–1826). She was renowned for her vocal dexterity and highly sought after by notable contemporaries, such as Schweitzer, Holzbauer, and Salieri, for the lead roles in their most challenging opuses.

Francesca Dallapé            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Francesca Dallapé: is an Italian diver. Dallapé finished sixth with Noemi Batki in the synchronized 3 metre springboard event of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Piero Della Francesca            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Piero Della Francesca: was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its serene humanism and its use of geometric forms, particularly in relation to perspective and foreshortening. Most of his work was produced in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.

Ivan Francescato            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Ivan Francescato: was an Italian rugby union player. He made his debut in the Italian Championship on 14 September 1986, as a centre, against A.S.R. Milano in Milan. He remained faithful to Benetton Treviso throughout his life. Francescato also played as a scrum half. Fran

René Charles Francescatti            Origin/Culture/Country: French

René Charles Francescatti: was a French virtuoso violinist.Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father had studied with Camillo Sivori, and also played the cello. Zino studied violin from age three, and was quickly recognized as a child prodigy. He began performing at the age of five and made his debut playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto at age 10.