Françoise

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Françoise ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃swaz|lang}}) is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the English Frances or Italian Francesca) and may refer to:

• Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
• Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress
• Françoise Adnet (1924-2014), French figurative painter
• Françoise Ardré (1931-2010), French phycologist and marine scientist
• Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021), French actress
• Françoise Atlan (born 1964), Moroccan singer
• Françoise Balibar (born 1941), French physicist and science historian
• Françoise Ballet-Blu (born 1964), French politician
• Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 1947), virologist and Nobel Prize winner
• Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), French painter
• Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c. 1621–1689), French memoir writer
• Françoise Beaucournu-Saguez (1936–2000), French entomologist
• Françoise Bertin (1925-2014), French actress
• Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician
• Françoise Bonnet (born 1957), French long-distance runner
• Françoise Bourdin (1952–2022), French novelist
• Françoise Briand (born 1951), French politician
• Francoise Brun-Cottan (born 1944), French-American voice actor
• Françoise Castex (born 1956), French politician
• Françoise Chandernagor (born 1945), French writer
• Françoise Claustre (1937–2006), French archaeologist
• Françoise d'Amboise (1427–1485), Carmelite nun
• Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635–1719), morganatic second wife of Louis XIV of France
• Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920–2005), French feminist
• Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758), French writer
• Françoise David (born 1948), Knight of the National Order of Quebec
• Françoise de Cezelli (1558–1615), French chevalier and war hero
• Françoise de Foix (c. 1495–1537), mistress of Francis I of France
• Françoise Dior (1932–1993), French neo-Nazi
• Françoise Dolto (1908–1988), French doctor and psychoanalyst
• Françoise Dorin (1928–2018), French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter
• Françoise Dorléac (1942–1967), popular French actress
• Françoise Dubois (born 1947), French politician
• Françoise Ducros, Canadian civil servant
• Françoise Dunand (born 1934), French Egyptologist and archaeologist
• Françoise Dupuy (1925–2022), French dancer and choreographer
• Françoise Dürr (born 1942), former tennis player
• Françoise Faucher (born 1929), French film actress
• Françoise Foning (1949–2015), Cameroonian businessperson and politician
• Françoise Forton (1957–2022), Brazilian actress
• Françoise Gilot (1921–2023), French born painter
• Françoise Giroud (1916–2003), French journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician
• Françoise Grossetête (born 1946), French politician
• Françoise Hardy (1944–2024), French singer
• Françoise Héritier (1933-2017), French anthropologist
• Françoise Lebrun, French actress
• Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677-1749), Duchess consort of Orléans, wife of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, "Mademoiselle de Blois"
• Françoise Macchi (born 1951), French former alpine skier
• Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930-2016), Belgian writer
• Françoise Matraire (19th century), printer
• Françoise Mbango Etone (born 1976), track and field athlete
• Françoise Meltzer (born 1947), professor of religion
• Françoise Mouly (born 1955), Paris-born French artist and designer
• Françoise Prévost (c. 1680–1741), French ballerina
• Françoise Puene, Cameroonian politician
• Françoise Robertson, actress
• Françoise Rosay (1891–1974), French actress
• Françoise Sagan (1935–2004), French playwright, novelist and screenwriter
• Françoise Thom (born 1951), French historian and Sovietologist
• Françoise Yip (born 1972), Canadian actress
• Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget (1900–1991), French actress
• Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier (1777–1849), French socialite
• Louise Françoise Contat (1760–1813), French actress
• Marie Françoise Sophie Gay (1776–1852), French author