Meaning of name Francis

The names of some famous persons by the name Francis (or its variants) are:

Francis Crick, born on 8 June, a famous scientist. Francis Crick's background: Born in 1916 as Francis Harry Compton Crick. The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA was born in Northampton. He and James Watson began working on Rosalind Franklin's xray research in Cambridge in 1951, and they won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1962.

Sir Francis Baring, born on 18 April, a famous public figure. Sir Francis Baring's background: Born in 1740. He was a British financier born in Devon. He and his brother, John the sons of a German immigrant, established the commercial and financial house, Baring Brothers, using the money they earned as directors of the British East India Company. The bank survived until 1995.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, born on 24 September, a famous public figure. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's background: Born in 1896. He became known as the chronicler of the Jazz Age in his novels This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) and The Great Gatsby (1925). He was also a Hollywood screenwriter.