Science and Academia
- Francis Graham-Smith (born 1923), British astronomer
- Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer
- Francis P. Smith (1907–1990), American Catholic priest and university president
- Francis Smith of Warwick (1672–1738), English architect
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