Francis Grover Cleveland (July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995) was an American stage actor, director, producer and politician. He was the co-founder of the Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His parents were President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom.

Cleveland was born in 1903 in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, a part of the Town of Bourne.^[2] His father, Grover Cleveland, was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States; his mother, Frances Folsom, was First Lady. He had a brother, Richard, and three sisters, Ruth, Marion and Esther.

Cleveland was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy^[2] and Harvard College.^[2]

Cleveland was a stage actor in New York City. He played in Dead End by Sidney Kingsley and Our Town by Thornton Wilder on Broadway.^[2] With his wife Alice, and his producer Edward P. Goodnow, Cleveland co-founded the Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire in 1931.^[2][3][4] He directed plays for the company.^[2]

He was elected to serve on the board of selectmen of Tamworth, New Hampshire in 1950.^[2]

Cleveland married Alice Erdman in 1925.^[5] They resided in Tamworth, New Hampshire.^[2] They had a daughter, Marion C. Cohen, who lived in Baltimore.^[3] Cleveland was predeceased by his wife in 1992.^[2]

Cleveland died on November 8, 1995, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, at age 92.^[2][3][4]

• New Hampshire historical marker no. 90: First Summer Playhouse

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