Émile Jules Marie Joseph François (24 May 1907, in Gingelom – 13 August 1984, in Zermatt) was a Belgian ophthalmologist.
[1] François received his medical degree at the Catholic University of Louvain in 1930 and specialized in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery.
[3] Early in his career he studied general ophthalmology, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, fever therapy, cataract and biochemistry.
In the later part of his career he focused mainly on genetic studies, but retained his interest in general ophthalmology and surgery for eye diseases arising from diabetes.
He was made an honorary doctor in about twenty universities and was a guest of honor at over eighty national and international meetings.