Other Revolutionary War heroes who became figures of American folklore include: Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, Nathan Hale, John Hancock, Andrew Jackson, and John Paul Jones and Francis Marion.

Boron compounds were relatively rarely used chemicals until the late 1800s when Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company first popularized these compounds and made them in volume and hence cheap.

* 1732 – Francis Marion, American Revolutionary War officer ( d. 1795 )

Ackerman had 50 stories published, including collaborations with A. E. van Vogt, Francis Flagg, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Donald Wollheim and Catherine Moore and the world's shortest – one letter of the alphabet.

Historian Francis Russell indicates that, beginning in the spring of 1905, Harding had a 15-year relationship with Carrie Fulton Phillips, wife of businessman and friend James Eaton Phillips of Marion, Ohio.

** Francis Marion Smith, American businessman ( b. 1846 )

* February 2 – Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate ( d. 1931 )

Marion County is the name of seventeen counties in the United States of America, mostly named for General Francis Marion:

After leaving the studios, Nielsen landed the lead role in the Disney miniseries The Swamp Fox, as American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion.

The county is named after General Francis Marion of South Carolina, a guerilla fighter and hero of the American Revolutionary War.

Several Americans escaped the carnage, and joined up with several militias, including those of Francis Marion, the ' Swampfox ', and Andrew Pickens.

The protagonist, Benjamin Martin, is a composite figure based on three real American Revolutionary War officers: Francis Marion, Daniel Morgan and Thomas Sumter.

He is based on a composite of historical characters which include Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan, Nathanael Greene, Andrew Pickens, and Francis Marion.

The film's screenwriter, Robert Rodat, said of Mel Gibson's character: " Benjamin Martin is a composite character made up of Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan, Andrew Pickens, and Francis Marion, and a few bits and pieces from a number of other characters ".

Some events, such as Tarleton's actual pursuit of Francis Marion and his fellow irregular soldiers who escaped by disappearing into the swamps of South Carolina, found their way into the film directly while others were adapted, such as the final battle in the film which combined elements of the Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House, with Cornwallis ' order to fire the cannon on friend and foe alike an accurate depiction of the events at the Battle of Guilford Court House.

The film was harshly criticized in the British press in part because of its connection to Francis Marion, a militia leader in South Carolina known as the " Swamp Fox.

" After the release of The Patriot, the British newspaper The Guardian denounced Francis Marion as " a serial rapist who hunted Red Indians for fun.

" However, little evidence exists to support that Francis Marion was a ' rapist ,' at all.

" Was Francis Marion a slave owner?

Amy Crawford, in Smithsonian Magazine, stated that modern historians such as William Gilmore Simms and Hugh Rankin have written accurate biographies of Marion, including Simms ’ “ The Life of Francis Marion .” The introduction to the 2007 edition of Simms ' book was written by Sean Busick, a professor of American history at Athens State University in Alabama, who wrote,

" “ Francis Marion was a man of his times: he owned slaves, and he fought in a brutal campaign against the Cherokee Indians ... Marion's experience in the French and Indian War prepared him for more admirable service.

He outlived Col. Francis Marion who died in 1795, by 38 years.

* Francis Marion, the " Swamp Fox ", American Revolutionary War general

Pankhurst gave birth to another daughter, Estelle Sylvia, in 1882 and their son Francis Henry, nicknamed Frank, in 1884.

Marion County is in East Texas and is named for Francis Marion, the Revolutionary War general who was nicknamed the " Swamp Fox ".

Fishburne later earned a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, in which he played a 17-year-old sailor nicknamed ' Mr. Clean '.

John Francis Hylan ( April 20, 1868January 12, 1936 ), nicknamed " Red Mike ", was the Mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925.

Francis William " The Big M " Mahovlich, CM ( born January 10, 1938 ) is a Canadian Senator, and a retired NHL ice hockey player, nicknamed the " Big M ." He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

James Francis Galvin ( December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902 ), nicknamed " Pud ", " Gentle Jeems ", and " The Little Steam Engine ", was an American National Association and Major League Baseball pitcher.

William Francis Lee III ( born December 28, 1946 ), nicknamed " Spaceman ", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Lovett had called him " the great ' I am ' of politics "; Bronterre O ' Brien nicknamed him " the dictator "; Leeds MP Roebuck called him " a cowardly and malignant demagogue ," " a rogue and a liar "; Francis Place said of him that he would use every means he could to lead and mislead the working people.

Philip Francis Rizzuto ( September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007 ), nicknamed " The Scooter ", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop.

Francis ( nicknamed " Minty ") also had a troubled life ; he became an alcoholic in his early teens, triggering a downward spiral of drug and alcohol abuse, and in late 1963 he suffered a serious breakdown and was admitted to Bellevue Hospital before being transferred to Silver Hill.

Francis “ Frankie ” Frisch ( September 9, 1898 – March 12, 1973 ), nicknamed the " Fordham Flash " or " The Old Flash ", was a German American Major League Baseball player and manager of the early twentieth century.

The Independent Theatre Owners Association paid for an advertisement in the Hollywood Reporter in May 1938 that included Francis on a list of stars nicknamed " Box Office Poison ".

Francis is also an inveterate practical joker, once pretending to be a vampire for three weeks and suspected of being behind the an anonymous sultry female voice nicknamed " The Dragon Lady " who makes anonymous phone calls to the homes of the choirboys in the middle of the night.

Margaret, nicknamed " Peggy ", was the fifth child, and fourth and youngest daughter, of Edward Shippen, IV and Margaret Francis the daughter of Tench Francis, Sr., and born into a prominent Philadelphia family which included two Philadelphia mayors and the founder of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Michael Francis Welch Born as Michael Francis Walsh ( July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941 ), nicknamed " Smiling Mickey ", was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

William Francis Carrigan ( October 22, 1883 – July 8, 1969 ), nicknamed " Rough ", was a Major League baseball catcher.

Admiral Sir Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, KCB ( 18 August 1873 – 4 November 1939 ), nicknamed " Quex ", was a British intelligence officer.

Francis Clarence McGee, ( November 4, 1882 – September 16, 1916 ) was a legendary ice hockey player during the early days of hockey for the Ottawa Hockey Club, nicknamed the Silver Seven.

* Francis Severeyns, nicknamed Cisse ( b. 1968 in Westmalle ), football striker

Alvin Francis Karpis ( born Albin Francis Karpowicz ; August 10, 1907 – August 26, 1979 ), nicknamed " Creepy " for his sinister smile and called " Ray " by his gang members, was an American criminal known for being one of the three leaders of the Barker-Karpis gang in the 1930s.

He became the personal secretary of Sir Francis Walsingham, the Secretary of State, and was nicknamed ‘ Swiftsure ’ for his speed and accuracy.