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    Franz Johnston

    Francis Hans Johnston (called Frank, and later Franz), painter (born 19 June 1888 in Toronto, ON; died 9 July 1949 in Toronto).

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    Francis Mankiewicz

    Francis Mankiewicz, filmmaker (b at Shanghai, China 15 Mar 1944; d at Montréal, Qué 14 Oct 1993). His parents fled Nazi Germany, landing in France, then China and Montréal. He studied film in England at the

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    Francis Marion Beynon

    Francis (née Frances) Marion Beynon, journalist, novelist, suffragist (born 26 May 1884 in Streetsville, ON; died 5 October 1951 in Winnipeg, MB). Francis Marion Beynon has been noted for her courage as a pacifist, her outspoken anti-religious views and her anti-racism.

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    Francis Mawson Rattenbury

    Francis Mawson Rattenbury, architect (born 11 October 1867 in Leeds, England; died 28 March 1935 in Bournemouth, England).

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    The Sensational High-Society Murder of Francis M. Rattenbury

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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    Francis Vogeler

    Vogeler (b Vogler), Francis(François Henri, b Franz Heinrich). Music dealer, instrument importer, teacher, b Hessen, Germany, 1746 or 1747, d Quebec City 1821. He came to Canada as an oboist in the Prince Frederick Regiment, one of the Brunswick units.

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    Franco Mirabelli

    Franco Mirabelli, fashion designer (b at Toronto 21 Oct 1959). After graduating from New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology in 1982, Franco Mirabelli joined the Anne Klein organization as an in-house design assistant.

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    François Archambault

    François Archambault, playwright (b at Montréal 13 Feb 1968). After completing a major in French studies at the Université de Montréal and receiving a diploma in playwriting from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1993, it took little time for this talented and unique author to be noticed.

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    François Barbeau

    François Barbeau, CM, costume designer, theatre director, artistic director, set designer (born 20 July 1935 in Montreal, QC; died 28 January 2016 in Montreal). François Barbeau's career in Quebec theatres rests not only on flawless knowledge of fashion, cut, and character creation, but also on the use and design of material. Barbeau, in collaboration with many artisans, was an acknowledged master in fabric restoration.

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    François Boucher

    François Boucher. Violinist, teacher, b Montreal 1860, d Kansas City ca 1936. He studied the violin with Jules Hone and Frantz Jehin-Prume.

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    François Bourassa

    ​François Bourassa, pianist, composer and band leader (born 26 September 1959 in Montréal). He is the son of the late Robert Bourassa, former premier of Québec. Considered one of the best jazz pianists in Canada due to his virtuosity, he is highly regarded and appreciated both nationally and internationally.

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    François Brassard

    The author of numerous essays, as well as analyses and harmonizations of French Canadian folk songs, Brassard is closely linked with Université de Laval's Archives de folklore. In 1946 he was appointed to the archives' publications committee and in 1971 joined its research centre.

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    François Brassard

    In 1940 Brassard began his important work in the research, compilation, editing, and harmonization of French-Canadian folksongs.

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    François Charron

    François Charron, poet, essayist and painter (b at Longueuil 22 Feb 1952). François Charron is one of the most important poets of his generation, and his output is among the richest of the years 1970-2000.

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    François Cousineau

    François Cousineau, composer, pianist, accompanist, arranger, producer, conductor (born 10 May 1942 in Montréal, QC). 

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