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Franjo Dolački
Franjo is a Croatian masculine given name. In Croatia, the name Franjo was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1949. Notable people with the name include: *Franjo Arapović (born 1965), former Croatian basketball center *Franjo Babić (1908–1945), Croatian writer and journalist *Franjo Benzinger (1899–1991), Croatian pharmacist *Franjo Dijak (born 1977), Croatian actor *Franjo Bučar (1866–1946), Croatian writer and sports popularizer of Slovenian origin *Franjo Džal (1906–1945), colonel in the Independent State of Croatia's air force *Franjo Džidić (born 1939), footballer and football coach from Mostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina *Franjo Fröhlich, Yugoslav Olympic fencer *Franjo Frankopan, Croatian nobleman and Latinist *Franjo Glaser (1913–2003), Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager *Franjo Gregurić (born 1939), Croatian politician, prime minister of Croatia July 1991 to September 1992 *Franjo Hanaman (1878–1941), Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Franjo Komarica
Franjo Komarica (born 3 February 1946) is a Bosnian prelate of the Catholic Church, the Bishop emeritus of Banja Luka and president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Early life One of eleven children, Komarica was born in Novakovići near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Ivka () and Ivo Komarica. He finished elementary school in Banja Luka, then he attended the minor seminary in Zagreb (1961–63) and Đakovo (1963–65). After completing his compulsory military service he began theological studies in Ðakovo (1967–68), and continued studying at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Innsbruck (1968–72). Priesthood Komarica was ordained to the priesthood by Alfred Pichler on June 29, 1972 in Mariastern Abbey, near Banja Luka, and then continued special studies in Innsbruck, where he earned master's degree in 1973, and doctorate in liturgy in 1978. Episcopal ministry On 28 October 1985, Komarica was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Rupnik
Franjo Rupnik (5 May 1921 – 25 April 2000) was a Croatian football player. Club career Born in Osijek, he started playing in Hajduk Osijek, before moving to Zagreb's HŠK Concordia where he played until the beginning of World War II. He had a spell at NK Zagorac Varaždin.Franjo Rupnik at Reprezentacija.rs In 1945 he moved to Belgrade's where he stayed until 1947 and won the Yugoslav championship. Then in 1947, he returned to Osijek to play in Proleter until 1951, one of the predecessors of today's . After retiring, he became a youth coach at |
Franjo Rački
Franjo Rački (25 November 1828 – 13 February 1894) was a Croatian historian, politician and writer. He compiled important collections of old Croatian diplomatic and historical documents, wrote some pioneering historical works, and was a key founder of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. Historian Rački was born in Fužine, near Rijeka. He completed his secondary education in Senj and Varaždin. He graduated theology in Senj, where he was ordained Catholic priest by the bishop Ožegović in 1852. Rački received his PhD in theology in Vienna in 1855. His career as a historian began as soon as he started working as a teacher in Senj. An industrious man, full of patriotic fervor, Rački organized the research of Glagolitic documents on the islands of Kvarner. He often went to the village of Baška on Krk, the location of the famous Baška Tablet. After analyzing the tablet for a long time, he published ''Viek i djelovanje sv. Cirilla i Methoda slavjamkih apošlolov'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Punčec
Franjo Punčec (; 25 November 1913 – 5 January 1985) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1933 to 1946. Early life and family Punčec started to play tennis at the Čakovec sports club and was coached by Géza Legenstein. He was crowned junior champion of Yugoslavia in 1931. He celebrated his first international match win at the 1931 Hungarian International Championships, over Wilhelm Brosch of Austria, at the age of 17. Though he lost in the second round in singles and first round of mixed doubles, he reached the quarterfinals of the doubles. He was asked to be a line judge at the 1931 Davis Cup tie against Japan Davis Cup team in Zagreb. He then joined the CWC Concordia Zagreb tennis club. Tennis career Punčec played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946. His greatest successes were reaching the semifin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Mraz
Franjo Mraz (April 4, 1910 in Hlebine – October 26, 1981 in Brežice) was a notable Croatian artist. Together with Ivan Generalić and Mirko Virius, he is considered a founder of Croatian naive art Naivety (also spelled naïvety), naiveness, or naïveté is the state of being naive. It refers to an apparent or actual lack of experience and sophistication, often describing a neglect of pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. A ''naïve'' may .... His most famous paintings are "Oranje" ("Ploughing") and "Zima" ("Winter"). Sources * * * 1910 births 1981 deaths People from Hlebine People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Croatian naïve painters {{Croatia-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Mihalić
Franjo Mihalić (; 9 March 1920 – 14 February 2015) was a Yugoslav and Croatian long-distance track event, long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Mihalić competed mostly in marathons, road running, road races and cross country running, cross country races, distinguishing himself by winning many top-level international competitions in the 1950s and setting a combined 25 Croatian and later Yugoslavian national records in long-distance track events between 5000 m and 25 km.Martin and Gynn, ''The Olympic marathon'', p. 225 In 1957, he became the inaugural winner of the Golden Badge, the award for the best sportsperson of Yugoslavia awarded by the daily ''JSL Sport, Sport''. He is regarded as the most accomplished male athlete in the history of Croatian, Serbian and Yugoslav track and field. Biography Early life Mihalić was born in 1920 in the village of Ludina (part of Kutina), in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Marković
Franjo Marković (or Franjo pl. Marković; July 26, 1845 in Križevci – September 15, 1914 in Zagreb) was a Croatian philosopher and writer. He was an academician, the first professor of philosophy at the renovated University of Zagreb in 1874. The defender of the identity of philosophy as a metaphysical discipline, as opposed to scholasticism on one side, and positivism and materialism on the other side. His greatest philosophical work is the ''Razvoj i sustav obćenite estetike'' ("The development and the system of general aesthetics"), which heavily influenced the development of Croatian philosophical thought due to its extensive and all-encompassing overview of the history of aesthetics in Croatian, and the introduction of new philosophic terms. He is the founder of the research of Croatian philosophic heritage. As a writer, he is noted for his lyric-reflexive poetry, epic compositions and dramas. He is a characteristic Romanticist ("national-romantic spirit"), and in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Malgaj
Franjo Malgaj (November 10, 1894 – May 6, 1919) was a Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet. He was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I, he became one of the commanding officers in the Slovene volunteer army under Rudolf Maister's command that fought against German Austrian units during the struggle for the northern Slovenian borderlands. He later became an officer in the Army of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He died during the Austrian-Yugoslav struggles in 1919. He is considered a Slovenian national hero. Education and military career He was born in Hruševec near the Lower Styrian town of Šentjur, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Slovenia). After finishing the elementary school in the nearby Styrian town of Celje, he enrolled to the Celje First Grammar School. He later studied in the Carniolan town of Kranj and in Pazin (Istria). After graduating from the sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Majetić
Franjo Majetić (26 February 1923 – 29 November 1991) was a Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles. Although predominantly a stage actor, he is best remembered for his film debut - at age 47 - in the classic 1970 comedy ''One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away ''One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away'' is a 1970 Croatian comedy-drama film. Its original title is ''Tko pjeva zlo ne misli'', which means "He Who Sings Means No Harm". Directed by Krešo Golik and based on a novella by Vjekoslav Majer, the film a ...''. In November 2005 Majetić was ranked #10 in «Best Croatian Male Movie Stars of All Time» list by a Croatian-based monthly film magazine ''Hollywood''. References External links * 1923 births 1991 deaths Croatian male film actors Croatian male stage actors Croatian male television actors Male actors from Zagreb 20th-century Croatian male actors Yugoslav male actors {{Croatia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Maixner
Franjo Maixner (August 4, 1841 – March 2, 1903) was a Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb. Born in Osijek, he graduated philosophy at the Charles University in Prague. In 1886, he founded a Seminar for Classical Philology (today Department for Classical Philology) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, holding a position of the first professor. In the academic year 1878/1879 he served as a rector of the University of Zagreb, and after his rectorship mandate expired, as a prorector of the Royal University of Franz Joseph in Zagreb. Up until 1888 he alone conducted all the teaching activity at the newly established department, including the courses on Latin language and literature. He became full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1882. Maixner wrote works on grammar, Classical literature and archeology. Of the classical authors, he chiefly studied Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Kukuljević
Franjo Kukuljević (; 7 October 1909 – 8 November 2002) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1930 to 1939. He was a 13-time national champion – one in singles, six in doubles and six in the mixed doubles, usually with Vlasta Gostiša. He was a Dutch, Indian and Danish champion as well. Tennis career Franjo Kukuljević first came to attention when he won the National Tennis Championships in 1929. This led to him receiving an invitation to join the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team the following year in Zagreb. He made his debut with doubles partner Ivan Radović, losing to the Spanish team. He was also defeated in his singles match by Enrique Maier due to his lack of match play. This was followed by appearances at international tournaments in places such as Kaposvár, Piešťany and Semmering. In 1930 he was selected to represent Yugoslavia in the inaugural Balkan Games in Athens, joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
