Francisco

Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus (corresponding to English Francis).

In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis (The Community father) when he founded their Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis". Also, in Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are called "Pancho". "Kiko" is also used as a nickname in the Philippines."Chicho" is another possible nickname.

In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico" (shíco). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish too.

• Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco
• Francisco Alves Mendes Filho Cena (1944–1988), known as Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist
• Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho (1966–1997), known as Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer
• Francisco de Assis França, known as Chico Science, Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the Mangue Beat cultural movement
• Francisco (slave) (died 1876), black slave who killed his masters and the last person executed by Brazil
• Francisco Ayala (novelist) (1906–2009), Spanish novelist
• Francisco J. Ayala (born 1934), Spanish-American biologist and philosopher
• Francisco de Borja Echeverría (1848–1904), Chilean diplomat and politician
• Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known as Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet
• Francisco Cabrera (cyclist), Chilean track and road cyclist
• Francisco Caamaño Domínguez (born 1963), Spanish politician
• Francisco Carreón, Filipino revolutionary who was the former vice president of the brief Tagalog Republic that existed from 1902-1906
• Francisco Cerúndolo (born 1998), Argentine tennis player
• Francisco Dagohoy, Filipino who started a rebellion against Spain that endured for 85 years
• Francisco Denis, Venezuelan actor and director
• Francisco Javier Duarte, Laser physicist
• Francisco Flores (disambiguation), several people
• Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1939-1975)
• Francisco García, Dominican basketball player
• Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer
• Francisco Infante-Arana (born 1943), Russian painter
• Francisco de Jesus, Brazilian boxer
• Francisco Jiménez (born 1943), Mexican-American author
• Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
• Francisco Liaño, Spanish footballer
• Francisco Lindor, MLB shortstop
• Francisco Liriano, MLB starting pitcher
• Francisco Marto, Fatima visionary
• Francisco Morales, Argentine judoka
• Francisco Macías Nguema, later Africanized his name to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong, former dictator of Equatorial Guinea
• Francisco Olivencia (1934–2019), Spanish lawyer and politician
• Francisco de Paula Cândido (1910–2002), known as Chico Xavier, medium in Brazil's spiritism movement
• Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador
• Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1982), (K-Rod) MLB closing pitcher
• Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (born 1922), Spanish Hellenist
• Francisco Rotllán, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Francisco Rubio Llorente (1930–2016), Spanish jurist
• Francisco Santos (disambiguation), several people
• Francisco Sardinha, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Goa and member of the Indian National Congress
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador
• Francisco Velázquez, former Argentine roller hockey player
• Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian fashion model
• Francisco Vidal (disambiguation), several people
• Francisco Vidal (Chilean politician), Chilean politician
• Francisco González Gómez (1918–1990), Spanish caricaturist, painter and sculptor who used the pseudonym of Francisco

• Francisco Ramon, a superhero in the DC Comics (sometimes called Paco Ramon)
• Francisco d'Anconia, a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
• Francisco Scaramanga, the main antagonist of Ian Fleming's last novel, The Man with the Golden Gun (1964) and the subsequent film adaption from 1974

• Aaron Francisco, American footballer
• Antônio Francisco (1923 – 1997), better known as Nininho, Brazilian football player
• Botong Francisco (1912 – 1969), Filipino painter
• Butch Francisco, founder of the Francisco Study Center
• Frank Francisco, Dominican professional baseball pitcher
• João Francisco, Brazilian football player
• Jason Francisco, Filipino actor and comedian
• Manuel Francisco, South African professional snooker
• Noel Francisco, American attorney, current (2018) Solicitor General of the United States
• Osmar Francisco, Brazilian footballer
• Pablo Francisco, American stand-up comedian
• Peter Francisco (1760 – 1831), American soldier
• Peter Francisco (snooker player), South African professional snooker player
• Sergio Francisco, Spanish footballer
• Silvino Francisco, South African professional snooker

• Judge Francisco, supporting character in the Judge Dredd comic strip