Famous People with Name Francois

François Faber            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Faber: was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He was born in France. He was the first foreigner to win the Tour de France in 1909, and his record of winning 5 consecutive stages still stands.

François Neuens            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Neuens: was a Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer. In the 1939 Tour de France, Neuens won two stages. During the Second World War, Neuens won two editions of the Tour de Luxembourg.

François Amégasse            Origin/Culture/Country: African

François Amégasse: is a Gabonese footballer. He appeared with the Gabon national football team at the 1994, 1996 and 2000 African Cup of Nations.

François Coli            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Coli: was a French pilot and navigator best known as the flying partner of Charles Nungesser in the doomed attempt to fly the Atlantic Ocean on the aircraft known as The White Bird.

François Hussenot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Hussenot: was a French engineer, credited with the invention of one of the early forms of the flight data recorder.His career began at the Centre d'Essais de Matériels Aériens (CEMA) of Villacoublay, an aircraft test center, in 1935. In July of that year, he marrie

Antoine-François            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Antoine-François: was a French general and diplomat of noble origin and Italian descent. Promoted to Brigadier General in November 1797, the following July he commanded the French flotilla on the Nile (see French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1798), and then served as Louis Alexandre Berthier's assistant in Syria. He returned to France with Napoleon, assisted him during the 18 Brumaire coup, and became Général de Division in 1800.

Arnail François            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Arnail François: was a French aristocrat and politician. A deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, elected by the départment of Seine-et-Marne, he generally voted with the minority. As his views came to be considered too moderate by his colleagues, he resigned in 1792, and was soon after arrested on suspicion of being a reactionary. Madame de Staël obtained his release from Louis Pierre Manuel just before the September Massacres. He subsequently accompanied Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord on his mission to the Kingdom of Great Britain, returning to France after the execution of King Louis XVI.

Roger François            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Roger François: was a French weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Cristian Francois            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cristian Francois: is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago. He played in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 in Guatemala City, partenering Sean Morrison and during the 2009 season playing with Kevin Rivers. H

Eddy François            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Eddy François: is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Dalian Aerbin on loan from Shanghai East Asia. Eddy plays 27 minutes for China national under-14 football team in 2004 AFC U-14 Championship, he is the first mixed-race player for China national football team.