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
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Slovak masculine given names