Francesco Maria Schiaffino
 Francesco Maria Schiaffino (1688 – January 3 1763) was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo or late-Baroque mainly active in his native city of Genoa.Born into a family of sculptors including his older brother Bernardo Schiaffino. In 1721–24 he apprenticed in the Roman studio of Camillo Rusconi. Returning to Genoa he executed such works as St Dominic for the Teatro Carlo Felice and Pluto and Proserpine sculpted for the Palazzo Reale.