Francesco Palmieri (Pisa, 4 April 1659 – Hanover, 7 October 1701) was an Italian poet and musician. Palmieri was the son of Pier Lorenzo Palmieri and Lucrezia da Paule, an aristocratic woman. He had a fine education, which included studies on rhetoric and philosophy. He moved to Rome c. 1675 and soon entered the service of Queen Christina of Sweden as a Gentiluomo Scudiere. He was elected to the Arcadian Academy in 1690, the year of its foundation. Although he published a collection of canzoni, most of his works were never printed. He was also the author of two unpublished oratorios also written, presumably, in Rome.