Francisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray, was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces (1767), he went to Italy, where he wrote a valuable work on the pre-Columbian history and civilizations of Mesoamerica and the central Mexican altiplano.
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese poet, better known by the literary name of Filinto Elísio, bestowed on him by the Marquise of Alorna, was the reputed son of a Lisbon boat-owner.
Francisco María Yglesias Llorente was a Costa Rican politician and historian. He was born in Cartago, Costa Rica, on October 28, 1825 and died in San Jose, Costa Rica on November 8, 1903. He was the son of Joaquin de Yglesias Vidamartel and Petronila Llorente y Lafuente, sister of the first Bishop of Costa Rica Anselmo Llorente y Lafuente. He married in San Jose, Costa Rica on October 4, 1878 with his niece Enriqueta Tinoco Yglesias.