Famous People with Name Franciscus

Franciscus Ronaldus ("Ronald") Maria Jansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Franciscus Ronaldus ("Ronald") Maria Jansen: is a former field hockey goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who twice won the golden medal at the Summer Olympics.He played a total number of 183 international matches for his native country, and made his debut on June 23, 1987 at the 1987 Champions Trophy

Franciscus Patricius            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franciscus Patricius: was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice. He was known as a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism. In Croatia he is referred to as Frane Petric (sometimes Franjo Petric, Petriš, Petris and Petriševic).

Franciscus Albertus Antonius            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Franciscus Albertus Antonius: is a directeur sportif and former Dutch professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, twice won the Tour of Belgium and captured the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.

Franciscus Junius            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Franciscus Junius: was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts.In 1617, he became a pastor at Hillegersberg, near Rotterdam. He resigned this position the following year, after he refused to take sides in a theological conflict in the Dutch Reformed Church, centring on faith out of free will as advocated by Jacobus Arminius or faith out of predestination, as defended by Junius' uncle Franciscus Gomarus. After his resignation, Junius elected to travel instead: he visited first France, and then moved to England, where in 1620 he was employed by Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel, as a tutor to his son, and later as librarian.

Franciscus Cornelis Donders            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Franciscus Cornelis Donders: 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, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients.

James Franciscus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Franciscus: was a leading and supporting American actor. He was born in Clayton, Missouri. His first big role was as Detective Jim Halloran in the TV version of The Naked City. He was born and raised Roman Catholic.

Steve Franciscus            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Steve Franciscus: is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has also played for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team. He has been named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.