František


František is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Arts

  • Frank Daniel , Czech film director, producer and screenwriter
  • František Bartoš , Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
  • František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky, Czech sculptor
  • František Bílek, Czech sculptor and architect
  • František Brikcius, Czech cellist
  • František Brixi, Czech composer
  • František Čáp, Czech film director and screenwriter
  • František Čelakovský, Czech writer and translator
  • František Čermák , Czech painter
  • František Doucha, Czech literary translator and writer
  • František Drdla, Czech violinist and composer
  • František Drtikol, Czech photographer
  • František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, harpsichordist and pianist
  • František Dvořák , Czech painter
  • František Flos, Czech novelist
  • František Gellner, Czech poet and writer
  • František Griglák, Slovak guitarist
  • František Halas, Czech poet, essayist and translator
  • František Vladislav Hek, Czech writer and composer
  • František Hrubín, Czech poet and writer
  • František Janák, Czech glass artist
  • František Kaván, Czech painter and poet
  • František Kmoch, Czech composer and orchestra conductor
  • Frantisek Kotzwara, Czech violist, double bassist and composer
  • František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist
  • František Langer, Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
  • František Listopad, Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
  • František Václav Míča, Czech composer and orchestra conductor
  • František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer
  • František Jakub Prokyš, Czech Rococo painter
  • František Skála, Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
  • František Škroup, Czech composer and conductor
  • František Zdeněk Skuherský, Czech composer, pedagogue and theoretician
  • František Sláma , Czech chamber music cellist
  • František Tůma, Czech composer of the Baroque period
  • František Uprka, Czech sculptor
  • František Velecký, Slovak actor
  • František Krištof Veselý, Slovak actor and singer
  • František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter and graphic artist
  • František Ženíšek, Czech painter
  • František Zvarík, Slovak theatre and screen actor

    Sport

  • František Balvín, Czech cross-country skier
  • František Bartoš , Czech motorcycle road racer
  • František Bočko, Slovak gymnast
  • František Bolček, Slovak footballer
  • František Brůna, Czech handball player
  • František Brzák, Czech canoeist
  • František Čapek, Czech sprint canoeist
  • František Čermák, Czech tennis player
  • František Čermák , Czech sports shooter
  • František Černík, Czech ice hockey player
  • František Cipro, Czech football player and manager
  • František Doležal, Czech boxer
  • František Donth, Czech Nordic skier
  • František Douda, Czech shot putter
  • František Dřížďal, Czech footballer
  • František Dvořák , Czech fencer
  • František Fadrhonc, Czech football manager
  • František Getreuer, Czech swimmer and water polo player
  • František Häckel, Czech cross-country skier
  • František Havelka, Czech boxer
  • František Hoholko, Slovak football player and coach
  • František Hrabě, Czech slalom canoeist
  • František Huf, Czech bodybuilder
  • František Jakubec, Czech footballer
  • František Janda-Suk, Czech athlete
  • František Jež, Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
  • František Junek, Czech footballer
  • František Kaberle Sr., Czech ice hockey player
  • František Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
  • František Kadaňka, Czech slalom canoeist
  • František Kloz, Czech footballer
  • František Komňacký, Czech football manager
  • František Králík, Czech handball player
  • František Kučera, Czech ice hockey player
  • František Lanák, Slovak football manager
  • František Laurinec, Slovak Football Association president
  • František Maka, Czech Nordic skier
  • František Masarovič, Slovak footballer
  • František Metelka, Czech footballer
  • Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
  • František Nekolný, Czech boxer
  • František Pecháček, Czech gymnast
  • František Plánička, Czech footballer
  • František Pospíšil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
  • František Procházka, Czech ice hockey player
  • František Provazník, Czech rower
  • František Raboň, Czech bicycle road racer
  • František Rajtoral, Czech footballer
  • František Říha, Czech sprint canoeist
  • František Šafránek, Czech footballer
  • František Schmucker, Czech footballer
  • František Schneider, Czech footballer
  • František Schubert, Czech chess master
  • František Šimůnek, Czech Nordic skier
  • František Sokol, Czech volleyball player
  • František Štambachr, Czech footballer
  • František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle road racer
  • František Šterc, Czech footballer
  • František Straka, Czech football player and manager
  • František Šulc, Czech handball player
  • František Švec, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
  • František Svoboda, Czech footballer
  • František Svoboda , Czech canoeist
  • František Tikal, Czech ice hockey player
  • František Treybal, Czech chess master
  • František Vaněček, Czech gymnast
  • František Ventura, Czech horse jumper
  • František Veselý, Czech footballer
  • František Vršovský, Czech sprint canoeist
  • František Wende, Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
  • František Zajíšek, Czech bobsledder
  • František Zíta, Czech chess master

    Politics

  • František Bublan, Czech politician and dissident
  • František Chvalkovský, Czech diplomat and politician
  • František Kašický, Slovak politician and government minister
  • František Knapík, Slovak politician
  • František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician and physician
  • František Lipka, Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
  • František Mareš, Czech philosopher and politician
  • František Mikloško, Slovak politician
  • František Palacký, Czech historian and politician
  • František Pitra, Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
  • František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and publicist
  • František Šebej, Slovak politician and academic
  • František Sláma , Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
  • František Udržal, Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932

    Other

  • František Běhounek, Czech scientist, explorer and writer
  • František Chvostek, Moravian physician
  • František Dvorník, Czech historian
  • František Fajtl, Czech fighter pilot
  • František Fuka, Czech computer programmer and musician
  • František Lydie Gahura, Czech architect and sculptor
  • František Josef Gerstner, Bohemian physicist and engineer
  • František Graus, Czech historian of medieval Europe
  • František Janeček, Czech engineer and entrepreneur
  • František Jílek, Czech orchestra conductor
  • František Klácel, Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher and scientist
  • František Koláček, Czech physicist
  • František Křižík, Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
  • František Lexa, Czech Egyptologist
  • František Lorenz, Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
  • František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect
  • František Moravec, Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
  • František Mrázek, Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
  • František Neuwirt, Czech professor of stomatology
  • František Antonín Nickerl, Czech entomologist
  • František Nušl, Czech astronomer and mathematician
  • František Patočka, Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
  • František Peřina, Czech fighter pilot
  • František Rábek, Slovak Catholic prelate
  • František Rint, Czech woodcarver, carpenter and sculptor of bones
  • František Roubík, Czech historian and archivist
  • František Šmahel, Czech historian
  • František Šorm, Czech chemist
  • František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician and university professor
  • František Sušil, Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
  • František Švantner, Slovak writer
  • František Tomášek, Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
  • František Vymazal, Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
  • František Vyskočil, Czech neuroscientist and physiologist
  • František Záviška, Czech physicist

    Surname

  • Josef František, Czech fighter pilot
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