Francis Xavier (name)
This is a list of persons named after Saint Francis Xavier. The list includes cognates of the name Francis Xavier in other languages, including:
- Francesc Xavier – Catalan
- Francesco Saverio – Italian
- Francisco Javier – Spanish
- Francisco Xavier – Portuguese
- Franciszek Ksawery – Polish
- François Xavier – French
- František Xaver – Czech
- Franz Xaver – German
Persons
- A. F. X. Baron, British far-right political figure of the 1940–1950s
- Antoine Labelle, Roman Catholic priest; principally responsible for the settlement of the Laurentians
- Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares, Portuguese Roman Catholic priest in Goa and British India
- Antonio Soler,, Spanish composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods
- Auguste Comte, French philosopher; founder of the discipline of sociology
- Brennan Manning, American author, friar, priest, and speaker
- Charles F. X. O'Brien, American politician from New Jersey; U.S. Representative
- Charles de Limburg Stirum, Belgian nobleman and senator; Grand Master of the House of King Leopold III
- Chechu, Spanish professional football player
- Don Francisco Javier Sauza, Mexican businessman
- Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadoran physician, writer, and lawyer
- F. X. Martin, Irish cleric, historian, and activist
- Fran (footballer, born 1969), Spanish professional football player
- Fran Healy (baseball), American professional baseball player
- Fran Moreno, Spanish professional football player
- Frances Xavier Cabrini, first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church
- Francesc Arnau, Catalan Spanish professional football player
- Francesc Xavier Butinyà i Hospital, Catalan missionary Jesuit, teacher, and writer
- Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist
- Francesco Saverio de Zelada, Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See
- Francesco Saverio Mergalo, Italian painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period
- Francesco Saverio Merlino, Italian lawyer, anarchist activist, and theorist of libertarian socialism
- Francesco Saverio Nitti, Italian economist and politician; Prime Minister of Italy 1919–20
- Francis Bianchi,, Italian Barnabite priest
- Francis Healy (baseball), American professional baseball player
- Francis X. Bushman, American actor, film director, and screenwriter
- Francis X. Cretzmeyer, American collegiate track and field coach
- Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church; bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii; bishop of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
- Francis X. Prefontaine, French Canadian missionary; founded the first Catholic parish in Seattle
- Francis Xavier Caldwell, Canadian businessman and political figure
- Francis Xavier Clooney, American priest and professor
- Francis Xavier Dercum, American physician
- Francis Xavier Ford, American Roman Catholic missionary to China
- Francis Xavier Gartland, Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
- Francis Xavier Gsell, Australian Roman Catholic bishop and missionary to Papua
- Francis Xavier Irwin, retired Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston
- Francis Xavier Krautbauer, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu, Australian politician
- Francis Xavier Lasance, American priest and writer of Roman Catholic devotional works
- Francis Xavier Leray, French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Natchitoches and Archbishop of New Orleans
- Francis Xavier Mancuso, American politician, leader of Tammany Hall
- Francis Xavier Patrizi, Italian Jesuit exegete
- Francis Xavier Pierz, Austrian Roman Catholic priest and missionary to North America
- Francis Xavier Plessis, clergyman of New France, missionary to the First Nations
- Francis Xavier Schmalzgrueber, German Jesuit canonist
- Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American Roman Catholic priest
- Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Francis Xavier Weninger, Austrian Jesuit missionary and author
- Francisco Arce, Paraguayan professional football player
- Francisco Arce Montes, Spanish serial abuser and murderer; imprisoned
- Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Venezuelan politician, military officer, and ambassador
- Francisco Barraza, Mexican band musician
- Francisco Barrio, Mexican politician; governor and government minister
- Francisco Barrios, Mexican professional baseball player
- Francisco Cerezo, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Clavet, Spanish professional tennis player and coach
- Francisco Cordero, Dominican professional baseball player
- Francisco Felix, Mexican American professional baseball player
- Francisco Ibáñez Campos, Chilean professional football player
- Francisco J. Santamaría, Mexican writer and politician
- Francisco Javier Aguilar García, Spanish professional association football player
- Francisco Javier Alegre, Jesuit scholar, translator, and historian of New Spain
- Francisco Javier Álvarez Colinet, Spanish musician; member of the boyband D'NASH
- Francisco Javier Arana, member of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala 1944–45
- Francisco Javier Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and leader of the Tijuana Cartel
- Francisco Javier Benet, Spanish Olympic decathlete
- Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Spanish general officer
- Francisco Javier Clavijero, Novohispano Jesuit teacher, scholar, and historian
- Francisco Javier Cruz, Mexican professional football player
- Francisco Javier de Balmis, Spanish physician who headed an 1804 expedition to New Spain to vaccinate the populations against smallpox
- Francisco Javier de Burgos y Sarragoiti, Spanish journalist and author of comic theater
- Francisco Javier de Elío, Spanish military governor of Montevideo and last Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
- Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, Spanish politician and diplomat
- Francisco Javier de la Torre, Spanish governor-general of the Philippines 1764–65
- Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont, Spanish bishop of Mexico and viceroy of New Spain 1809–10
- Francisco Javier de Morales y Castejón de Arrollo, Spanish soldier and interim governor of Chile from 1770 to 1772
- Francisco Javier de Viana, Argentine sailor, soldier, and politician
- Francisco Javier Domínguez Brito, Dominican Republic politician
- Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician; president of Mexico 1841
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean Cardinal Priest and the Archbishop of Santiago
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera, Chilean businessman and former presidential candidate
- Francisco Javier Fernández, Spanish Olympic race walker
- Francisco Javier García Fajer, Spanish composer
- Francisco Javier García Guerrero, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier García, Spanish professional footballer
- Francisco Javier Gaxiola, Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Spanish triathlete
- Francisco Javier González (Mexican footballer), Mexican professional football player
- Francisco Javier González-Acuña, Mexican mathematician and professor
- Francisco Javier Gutiérrez, Spanish fantasy genre filmmaker
- Francisco Javier Hernández Gonzalez, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier Illán Vivas, Spanish writer and poet
- Francisco Javier Jusué, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier Lledó, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier López Díaz, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier López García, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier López Peña, Basque separatist leader
- Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, Mexican businessman and politician; government minister
- Francisco Javier Mina, Spanish lawyer and army officer and Mexican revolutionary
- Francisco Javier Peral, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, Mexican politician; Governor of Jalisco; government minister
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican professional football player
- Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, Mexican politician; government minister
- Francisco Javier Sánchez Broto, Spanish professional footballer
- Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican professional football player
- Francisco Javier Uría, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Javier Venegas, marqués de la Reunión y de Nueva España, Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain 1810–13
- Francisco Javier Vergara y Velasco, Colombian geographer, cartographer, and historian
- Francisco Javier Zaldúa Colombian, lawyer and politician; President of Colombia 1882
- Francisco León Franco, Ecuadoran politician; vice president and president of Ecuador
- Francisco López Alfaro, Spanish professional football player and manager
- Francisco Martínez Marina, Spanish jurist, historian. and priest
- Francisco Martos, Spanish professional football player, playing for Greece
- Francisco Meléndez, Puerto Rican professional baseball player
- Francisco Oliveras, Puerto Rican professional baseball player
- Francisco Ortiz Franco, Mexican journalist; assassinated
- Francisco Prieto, Chilean professional football player
- Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist, philosopher, and neuroscientist
- Francisco Vargas (Mexican boxer), Mexican Olympic boxer
- Francisco Vidal Salinas, Chilean politician and government minister
- Francisco Villarroya, Spanish professional football player
- Francisco Xavier Bogarin, Paraguayan priest involved in the independence movement of Paraguay
- Francisco Xavier Castellanos, Bolivian-American physician and neuroscientist
- Francisco Xavier da Silva Pereira, Conde das Antas, Portuguese military officer in the Peninsular War against Napoleon
- Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Peruvian priest and politician; briefly Interim President of Peru twice in 1822 and 1833
- Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician
- Francisco Xavier Sepulveda, Mexican colonial soldier in the early days of Southern California
- Francisco Xavier Villarroya, Jesuit missionary to New Spain
- Francisco Yeste, Spanish professional football player
- Franciszek Kasparek, Polish jurist, professor of law, and rector of Kraków University
- Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, Polish nobleman, magnate, and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation
- Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński, Polish politician and writer
- Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski, Polish Romantic novelist, poet, and translator
- Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish prince and government minister
- Franciszek Ksawery Godebski, Polish writer and publicist
- Franciszek Ksawery Lampi, Polish Romantic painter
- Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz, Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Przemyśl
- Franciszek Latinik, Polish general officer
- François Baby (legislative councillor), Canadian seigneur, businessman, and legislative councillor
- François de Laval, French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; first bishop of New France
- François de Robiano, Belgian politician; governor of Antwerp province
- François Roffiaen, Belgian landscape painter
- François Tourte, French watchmaker and archetier of classical instruments
- François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel, Québécois politician
- François-Xavier Archambault, Québécois lawyer and politician
- François-Xavier Babineau, Canadian Catholic priest
- François Xavier Bazin, French archetier; first of the Bazin dynasty
- François-Xavier Bélanger, French Canadian naturalist and museum curator
- François Xavier Bon de Saint Hilaire, president of the Court of Auditors of Montpelier; demonstrated the feasibility of making fabric from spider silk
- François-Xavier Brunet, Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop
- François-Xavier de Donnea, Belgian politician, former mayor of Brussels; government minister
- François-Xavier de Feller, Belgian author
- François Xavier de Schwarz, French cavalry officer during the Revolutionary era
- François-Xavier Dulac, Québécois farmer, merchant, and political figure
- François-Xavier Fabre, French painter
- François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant, and historian of French Canada
- François-Xavier Larue, Canadian farmer, notary, and political figure in Lower Canada
- François-Xavier Lemieux (Quebec MLA), Québécois lawyer, judge, and political figure
- François-Xavier Lemieux, French Canadian lawyer and politician
- François-Xavier Malhiot, Canadian merchant, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada
- François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac, French politician
- Francois Xavier Martin, American jurist and author; first Attorney General of State of Louisiana; Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- François-Xavier Méthot, Québécois businessman and political figure
- François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, Rwandan soldier, known for his alleged role in the Rwandan Genocide
- François-Xavier Ortoli, French Gaullist politician and businessman
- François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot, Québécois farmer and politician
- François-Xavier Paradis, Canadian politician
- François-Xavier Poizat, French classical pianist
- François-Xavier Roth, French orchestra conductor
- François-Xavier Tessier, Canadian doctor, publisher, and political figure in Lower Canada
- François-Xavier Verschave, French economist, cofounder of the French NGO Survie
- François-Xavier Villain, French politician
- François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet, Luxembourgian politician, jurist, and archaeologist
- Frank Burke (Medal of Honor recipient), American army officer; recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Frank Castellano,, American naval officer
- Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer, chairman of the Costigan Commission
- Frank Flood, Irish fighter in the Dublin Active Service Brigade during the Irish War of Independence
- Frank McCloskey, American politician from Indiana; U.S. representative
- Frank Reagan, American professional football player
- Frank Richter, Sr.,, pioneer settler, miner and rancher in Washington and British Columbia
- Frank Richter, Jr.,, Canadian politician from British Columbia
- Frank Shields,, American amateur tennis player
- Frank Warfield, American professional baseball player and manager in the Negro leagues
- Frank X. Schwab, American politician from New York; mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Frankie J, Mexican American popular singer
- Frans Seda, Indonesian finance minister under Sukarno and Suharto
- František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist
- Franz Biebl, German composer of classical music
- Franz Gruber, Austrian school teacher and church organist; co-composer of the song “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht”,
- Franz Schönhuber, German journalist and author
- Franz Xaver Dieringer, German Roman Catholic theologian
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, Baroque artist associated with the Wessobrunner School
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer, German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School
- Franz Xaver Fieber, German botanist and entomologist
- Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of a shorthand writing system named Gabelsberger shorthand
- Franz Xaver Gebel, German composer, music teacher, and conductor
- Franz Xaver Gerl, Bavarian bass singer and composer of the Classical era
- Franz Xaver Haberl, German musicologist
- Franz Xaver Hammer, German gambist, cellist, and composer
- Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician
- Franz Xaver Kraus, German Catholic priest and art historian
- Franz Xaver Kroetz, German German author, playwright, actor, and film director
- Franz Xaver Kugler, German chemist, mathematician, Assyriologist, and Jesuit priest
- Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor
- Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and music theorist
- Franz Xaver Nagl, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Vienna
- Franz Xaver Neruda, Moravian-born Danish cellist and composer
- Franz Xaver Niemetschek, Czech philosopher, teacher, and music critic
- Franz Xaver Reimspiess, Austrian mechanical engineer
- Franz Xaver Reithmayr, German Catholic theologian and exegete
- Franz Xaver Richter, Moravian composer
- Franz Xaver Riepl, Austrian geologist, and railway and metallurgical specialist
- Franz Xaver Schmid, Austrian-German educator and philosopher
- Franz Xaver Schwarz, German politician who served as Reichsschatzmeister of the Nazi Party
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer
- Franz Xaver von Baader, German Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Franz Xaver von Funk, German Catholic theologian
- Franz Xaver von Hertling, Bavarian lieutenant general and War Minister 1836–38
- Franz Xaver von Linsenmann, German Catholic moral theologian
- Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Austrian botanist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest
- Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-born German astronomer
- Franz Xaver Wagenschön, Czech-Austrian painter of the Rococo and Neoclassical styles
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer
- Franz Xaver Witt, Bavarian Catholic priest, church musician, and composer
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, German composer, pianist, and conductor; son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de Mérode, Belgian prelate, archbishop and statesman of the Papal states
- Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron, French Jesuit priest; Bishop of Marseille
- Henri François Xavier Gresley, French Minister of War 1878–79
- Infante Anthony of Portugal, Portuguese infante
- Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Infante of Spain
- J. F. X. O'Brien, Irish nationalist Fenian revolutionary
- Xavi Pérez, Spanish professional football player
- Javi Ruiz, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Aramendia, Spanish road bicycle racer
- Javier Bosma, Spanish Olympic beach volleyball player
- Javier Casquero, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Castillejo, Spanish professional boxer
- Javier Chica, Spanish professional football player
- Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist, politician, journalist, and translator
- Javier de Pedro, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Farinós, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Garciadiego, Mexican historian
- Javier Mendiburu, Spanish professional basketball player
- Javier Navarro, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Ruibal, Spanish musician and songwriter
- Javier Rupérez, Spanish politician, diplomat, and writer
- Javier Solana, Spanish diplomat; Secretary General of NATO from 1995 to 1999
- Javier Tarantino, Spanish professional football player
- Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish Basque professional football player
- Javier Yubero, Spanish professional football player
- Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, German composer and pianist
- Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel, German naturalist
- John VI of Portugal, King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- John Davoren, American politician from Massachusetts
- Joseph Droz, French writer on ethics, political science and, political economy
- Kriengsak Kovitvanit, Archbishop of Bangkok
- Ksawery Lubomirski, Polish nobleman and Russian general
- Liam Pickering, Australian rules footballer
- Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier, Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church; beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999
- Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette; heir apparent to the French throne
- Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist
- Mary Francis Xavier Warde, Irish nun of the Sisters of Mercy
- Moose Goheen, American amateur ice hockey player
- Nguyen Van Thuan, Vietnamese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Paco Clos, Spanish professional football player
- Paco Vidarte, Spanish philosopher, writer, and LGBT activist
- Pantera (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler
- Patxi Vila, Spanish Basque professional bicycle road racer
- Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French Jesuit traveller and historian; first historian of New France
- Pierre François Xavier de Ram, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate and historian
- Pope Pius VIII
- Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, German prince and member of the House of Wettin
- Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Austrian military general
- Regis Philbin, American television personality
- Sugi Sito, Mexican professional wrestler
- Thomas F. X. Smith, American reformist politician and author; mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer
- Xabier Azkargorta, Spanish professional football player and manager
- Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist, composer, and teacher
- Xavier Atencio, animator and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company
- Xavier Connor, Australian jurist
- Xavier Dirceu, Brazilian professional football player
- Xavier, Duke of Parma
- Xavier Haegy, Alsatian priest, journalist, and politician
- Xavier Hernandez (baseball), American professional baseball player
- Xavier Roca Mateo, Spanish professional football player
- Xisco (footballer born 1980), Spanish professional football player
- Xisco Campos, Spanish professional football player
Fictional persons
- Frank Pembleton, character on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street
- Professor X,, Marvel Comics superhero
- Trapper John McIntyre, character of the novels, film, and television series ''M*A*S*H''