Francoise is a French first name carried since XVè century. It is the female form of François, but its origin is in the Italian first name Francesca.

XVè century

• Holy Francoise, known as Roman Francoise ( Francesca Romana in Italian) (1384-1440), noble Roman and Christian paragon of virtue, durably establish the reputation of the first name in Italy initially, then beyond that, since 40 years years later it entered the French nobility;
• Francoise d' Amboise (1427-1485), wife of Pierre II, Duke of Brittany, followed the model of holy, entered to the convent, and was declared Bienheureuse by the pope;
• Francoise de Dinan, (1436-1500), wife of Gilles of Brittany, brother of Pierre II, controlling Anne of Brittany.

XVIè century

• Francoise de Foix (about 1495-1537), mistress of François Ier king de France
• Francoise de Cezelli (1558-1615), knight

XVIIè century

• Claudine Francoise Mignot (about 1617-1711), adventurous
• Francoise de Brichanteau, mother of François of the Hospital
• Francoise Marie Mignot, wife of François of the Hospital
• Francoise de Motteville (about 1621-1689), memorialist.
• Francoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart , Marchioness of Montespan, known as Madam de Montespan, one of the many mistresses of the king Louis XIV
• Francoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, countess of Grignan, girl of Madam de Sévigné
• Francoise de Mercœur

XVIIIè century

• Francoise d' Aubigné, marchioness of Maintenon (1635-1719), woman of Louis XIV king de France.
• Francoise Marie de Bourbon (1677-1749), girl of Madam de Montespan and his/her royal lover Louis XIV.
• Francoise Prévost (about 1680-1741), ballerina.
• Francoise d' Issembourg d' Happoncourt, known as Francoise de Graffigny (1695-1758), écrivaine.
• Francoise-Louise de Warens, mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1699 -1762).
• Francoise Basseporte (1701-1780), painter.
• Anne Francoise Elizabeth Lange, known as Miss Lange (1772-1816), actress.

XIXè century

• Jeanne Francoise Julie Adelaide Récamier, known as Juliette Récamier (1777-1849), inspiring
• Louise Francoise Contat (1760-1813), actress
• Marie Francoise Sophie Gay (1776-1852), writer
• Francoise Matraire, printer
• Francoise Eléonore Dejean de Manville, Countess of Sabran

XXè century

• Francoise Adnet (born in 1924), painter
• Francoise Ardré (born in 1931), scientific
• Francoise Atlan (born 1964), Moroccan singer
• Francoise Boivin (born in 1960), politicking Canadian
• Francoise Bozon, skier French
• Francoise Castex (born in 1956), politicking Frenchwoman
• Francoise Chandernagor (born in 1945), écrivaine French
• Francoise Confines (1937-2006), archeologist
• Francoise d' Eaubonne (1920-2005), feminist
• Francoise David (born in 1948), Québécois personality
• Francoise Dior (1932-1993), Néo-Nazi E
• Francoise Dolto (1908-1988), psychoanalyst
• Francoise Dorléac (1942-1967), actress
• Francoise Durr (born in 1942), tennis player
• Francoise To mow (born in 1929), actress
• Francoise Gilot (born in 1921), painter
• Francoise Giroud (1916-2003), journalist
• Francoise Grossetête (born 1946), politicking
• Francoise Hardy (born in 1944), singer and astrologer
• Francoise Macchi (born in 1951), skier
• Francoise Mallet-Joris (born in 1930), écrivaine Belgian
• Francoise Mbango Astonishes (born in 1976), athlete
• Francoise Morvan, writer and polemist
• Francoise Mouly (born in 1955), artist
• Francoise de Panafieu, politicking Parisian
• Francoise Robertson, actress
• Francoise Rosay (1891-1974), actress
• Francoise Sagan (1935-2004), novelist
• Francoise Yip (born in 1972), actress Canadian
• Ghislaine Marie Francoise Dommanget (1900-1991), actress

Others

• Françoiz Breut

Internal bonds

• Francoise-Athénaïs

• Francoise-Louise
• Francoise-Marguerite
• Marie-Francoise
• Holy-Francoise
• Robertine Barry