Francesca Melandri is an Italian novelist, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Più alto del mare in 2012.

Francesca Segal is a British author and journalist. She was raised in a Jewish community in north-west London where she still lives today. She is best known for her novel, The Innocents, which won several book awards. She is the daughter of American author, Erich Segal.

Francesca Isabella Simon is an American-born British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry series of children's books.

Francesco Albergati Capacelli was an Italian writer and playwright.

Francesco Angeloni was an Italian writer, antiquary, historian and collector of a wide range of objects including classical antiquities and drawings.

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria was an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer.

Francesco Berni was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is now known as "Bernesque poetry", a serio-comedic type of poetry with elements of satire.

Francesco Bianchini was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being camiere d'honore of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

Francesco Bonaini was a philologist, paleographer and Italian archivist.

Francesco Bonami is an Italian art curator and writer who is currently Honorary Director of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. He lives in Milan and Manhattan, New York.