| STEYN | Francois ?, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning centre |
| SMIT | John ?, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning captain (4) |
| BUTCHJAMES | South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning fly-half at Bath Rugby from 2007-11 (5,5) |
| JOHNSMIT | Hooker; South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final winning captain |
| JOHN | Hooker: South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final winning captain (4,4) |
| LOUW | Francois ?, South Africa and Bath Rugby flanker (4) |
| PIENAAR | Francois ?, South Africa rugby union flanker portrayed by Matt Damon in 2009 biopic Invictus |
| HOUGAARD | Francois ........ , South Africa rugby union winger (8) |
| CHAMBERS | Melbourne Storm premiership winning centre had stint with Queensland Reds (8) |
| DEANDRE | Denver Nuggets' 2023 NBA-winning centre, ... Jordan (7) |
| MALAN | Daniel Francois ?, prime minister of South Africa from 1948-54 (5) |
| TRINHDUC | Francois ?, rugby union fly-half; 2008 France Test debutant against Scotland (5-3) |
| BOTHA | Francois ?, WBF Heavyweight champion from 2009-10 (5) |
| MILLET | Jean-Francois ?, French artist whose works include 1869 oil The Knitting Lesson (6) |
| REMESY | Jean-Francois ?, golfer; 2004 French Open tournament winner (6) |
| TRUFFAUT | Francois ?, Best Director Oscar nominee for La Nuit Americaine (8) |
| MAURIAC | Francois ?, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) |
| DAUBIGNY | Charles-Francois ?, French painter whose works include 1873's View on the Oise |
| RABELAIS | Francois ?, French author of 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel |
| AMI | Francois?s friend |
