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    Richard "Dick" Francis, was an African American caterer and bartender at the well-known Hancock's Restaurant near the U.S. Capitol (John R. purchased Hancock's...
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  • John Francis may refer to: John Francis (priest) (died 1724), Irish Anglican priest John Francis (sculptor) (1780–1861), English sculptor John Brown Francis...
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    John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama...
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  • John Francis Reuel Tolkien (16 November 1917 – 22 January 2003) was an English Roman-Catholic priest and the eldest son of J. R. R. Tolkien. He served...
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    John) Benjamin Tolkien (1752–1819) emigrated to London in the 1770s and became the ancestors of the English family; the younger brother was J. R. R....
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    Democrat. Francis was born on October 1, 1850, in Richmond, Kentucky, the son of Eliza Caldwell (née Rowland) (1830–1898) and John Broaddus Francis (1818–1894)...
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  • for the United States Congress. His son, John R. Francis, was a Washington physician and educator. Francis was born in about 1827 to free African-American...
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    Francis Randall Appleton (August 5, 1854 – January 2, 1929) was an American lawyer and prominent New York society man during the Gilded Age. Francis Randall...
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    and the third, Paul, in 1938. John Francis Reuel Tolkien (16 November 1917 – 22 January 2003) was the eldest son of J. R. R. Tolkien. He was born in Cheltenham...
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    attended by his spouse, June. The Cygnus NG-21 spacecraft was named S.S. Francis R. "Dick" Scobee in his memory. Thom Patterson (January 27, 2019). "Son...
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    Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the...
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    Francis Regis St. John (June 16, 1908 – July 19, 1971) was an American librarian and director of the Brooklyn Public Library from 1949 to 1963. In 1999...
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    Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1st Lord Verulam, PC (/ˈbeɪkən/; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served...
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    ISBN 978-1350016996. Sugden 2006, p. 283. Wernham, R. B. (2020). Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589. Routledge...
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    Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ˈkroʊʒər/; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer...
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  • Sight—a "revelatory blast of soul, R&B, and off-the-rails piano jams"—was released on ATO Records in 2021. Francis was born in Livingston, New Jersey...
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    figure to the fantasy author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien. Francisco Javier Morgan Osborne was the son of Francis Morgan, a Welsh merchant who had settled...
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    Portuguese India. In 1546, Francis Xavier proposed the establishment of the Goan Inquisition in a letter addressed to King John III of Portugal. While some...
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    R. (2012). The Coppolas: A Family Business. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313391613. Goldman, C. (1971). "An interview with ROGER CORMAN". Film Comment. Francis...
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    Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet Bt KCB FRS (16 July 1795 – 13 November 1890) was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of...
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    Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church...
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    John Francis Dunsworth (April 12, 1946 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing trailer park supervisor Jim...
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    Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered...
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    Prince John (John Charles Francis; 12 July 1905 – 18 January 1919) was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary....
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    children John and Priscilla, "Their respective guardians were not enthusiastic, although Father Francis eventually gave his blessing." John and Priscilla...
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  • John Francis Cronin SS (October 4, 1908 – January 2, 1994) was a Catholic priest of the Society of Saint Sulpice, who was an early advisor on anticommunism...
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    Genie Francis is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Laura Spencer on the television soap opera General Hospital from 1977...
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  • John Francis Waller (21 July 1809 – 19 January 1894) was an Irish poet, librettist and editor. The son of Thomas Maunsell Waller, of an Irish baronetical...
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    r. 1675–1690 (son of Nicholas Francis) Leopold, r. 1690–1729 Francis (III) Stephen, Duke of Lorraine, r. 1728–1737, Holy Roman Emperor (as Francis I)...
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    Francis Richard Lubbock (October 16, 1815 – June 22, 1905) was a businessman, slaveholder, and politician from the American South who played a significant...
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