Francis Davy Longe was an English first-class cricketer, lawyer, anti-classical economist and inspector for the Local Government Board.

Francis de Miomandre was a French novelist and well-known translator from Spanish into French.

Francis Henry Durbridge was an English dramatist and author, best known for the creation of the character Paul Temple, the gentlemanly detective who appeared in 16 BBC multi-part radio serials from 1938 onward.

Francis Dvornik, in Czech František Dvorník, was a Catholic priest and academic. He is considered one of the leading twentieth-century experts on Slavic and Byzantine history, and on relations between the churches of Rome and Constantinople.

Francis Ellingwood Abbot was an American philosopher and theologian who sought to reconstruct theology in accord with scientific method.

Francis Fisher Browne was an American editor, poet, and literary critic. Browne was one of the founders and later, an honorary member of the Chicago Literary Club, the Caxton Club (Chicago) and The Twilight Club of Pasadena (California). He served as the Chairman of Committee on Congress at the World's Congress Auxiliary of the Columbian Exhibition, in the summer of 1893.

Francis Foster Barham (1808–1871), known as the Alist was an English religious writer who promoted a new religion called Alism.

Francis Frederick Brandt was an English barrister and author.

Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama is an American political scientist, political economist, international relations scholar and writer.

Francis George Fowler (1871–1918) was an English writer on English language, grammar and usage.