{{about|the given name}} {{Infobox name | name = Francesco | image = Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, marchese di Mantova (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Francesco I of Gonzaga | pronunciation = {{IPA|it|franˈtʃesko|lang}} | gender = Masculine | meaning = "Free man"<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwYyBgAAQBAJ&q=francesco+freeman&pg=PA112 |isbn=978-0-7864-2934-9 |title=First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed. |publisher=McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |pages=110–112 |year=2007 |author=Navarro, Yvonne}}</ref> | region = Italy | origin = Francis | related names = Franciscus, Francis, Francisco, François, Françoise, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin | footnotes = | nickname = Frank, Frankie }}
'''Francesco''', the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is one of the most common given names among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
==People with the given name Francesco== * Francesco I (disambiguation), several people * Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter * Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764), Italian philosopher * Francesco Attolico (born 1963), Italian water polo player * Francesco Bagnaia (born 1998), Italian racing motorcyclist * Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation), several people * Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation), several people * Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer * Francesco Beschi (born 1951), Italian bishop * Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist * Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659–1739), Italian architect and designer * Francesco Bilotto (born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert * Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 1942), Italian sports official * Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749), Italian priest and composer * Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect * Francesco Bruno (sport shooter) (born 1968), Italian sport shooter * Francesco Calogero (1935–2026), Italian physicist and peace activist * Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer *Francesco Castiglia (1891–1973), later Frank Costello, Italian-American crime boss * Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer * Francesco Celeste (born 1994), Argentine footballer * Francesco Cernuto (born 1992), Italian footballer * Francesco Cetti (1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist * {{anbl|Francesco D'Ovidio}} * Francesco da Mosto (born 1961), Italian architect, filmmaker, and television presenter * {{anbl|Francesco de Sanctis}} * Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501), Italian architect, engineer, and painter * Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer * Francesco Gianotti (1881–1967), Argentine-Italian architect * Francesco Greco (1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician * Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist * Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), Italian artist * Francesco Hayez (1791–1882), Italian painter * {{anbl|Francesco Jerace}} * Francesco Lo Celso (born 2000), Argentine footballer * Francesco Lollobrigida (born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician * Francesco Macri (1931–2019), Argentine-Italian businessman * Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762), Italian composer * {{anbl|Francesco Mastriani}} * Francesco Merloni (1925–2024), Italian industrialist, academic, and politician * Francesco Moser (born 1951), Italian cyclist * Frank Nitti, aka ''Francesco Raffaele Nitto'' (1886–1943), a mafia enforcer * Francesco Parisi (painter) (1857–1948), Argentine-Italian painter * Francesco Patera (born 1993), Belgian professional boxer * Francesco Postiglione (born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player * Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor * Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), Italian pathologist * Francesco Righetti (1835–1917), Argentine architect * Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer * Francesco Rosi (1922–2015), Italian filmmaker * Francesco Schettino (born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner * Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (1675–1755), Italian archaeologist * Francesco Tamburini (1846–1891), Argentine-Italian architect * Francesco Ticciati (1893–1949), Italian musician * Francesco Totti (born 1976), Italian football player * Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768), Italian composer * Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), Maltese painter * Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian * Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian painter * Francesco Zurolo (first half of the 15th century–1480), Italian feudal lord, baron, and Italian leader
== Characters with the given name == * Francesco Bernoulli, a character in the animated film ''Cars 2''
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