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 Franjo Bartola Babić (19 December 1908 – 15 May 1945) was a Croatian writer and journalist. Background Babić was born in Babina Greda. He finished elementary school in Zemun in 1919, and six grades of gymnasium in Vukovar and Vinkovci by 192 ...

(1908–1945), Croatian writer and journalist *

Franjo Benzinger Franjo Benzinger (November 26, 1899 – March 29, 1991) was a Croatian pharmacist. He was born in Vukovar and finished school at the university in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of ...

(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 Franjo Fröhlich was a Yugoslav fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IX ...

, Yugoslav Olympic fencer *

Franjo Frankopan Count Franjo Frankopan Cetinski ( la, Franciscus Frangepanus, hu, Ferenc Frangepán, died 1543) was a Croatian nobleman and Latinist. Frankopan was the son of knez (prince) Ivan Frankopan Cetinski and the member of Cetin branch of the Frankop ...

, 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), Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist * Franjo Iveković (1834–1914), Croatian linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb * Franjo Jelačić (1746–1810), Croatian nobleman, a member of the House of Jelačić * Franjo Klein (1828–1889), architect in the period of an early and mature historicism in Croatia * Franjo Kluz (1913–1944), Yugoslav pilot of Bosnian origin, best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force * Franjo Komarica (born 1946), Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka since 1985 * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), Croatian violinist and composer * Franjo Kuhač (1834–1911), piano teacher, choral conductor, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music * Franjo Kuharić (1919–2002), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Franjo Kukuljević (1909–2002), Croatian tennis player * Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb * Franjo Majetić (1923–1991), Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles * Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919), Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet * Franjo Marković (1845–1914), Croatian philosopher and writer * Franjo Mihalić (1920–2015), long-distance runner and Olympic medallist * Franjo Mraz (1910–1981), Croatian artist * Franjo Punčec (1913–1985), Croatian tennis player * Franjo Rački (1828–1894), Croatian historian, politician and writer * Franjo Rupnik (1921–2000), Croatian football player * Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Franjo Šimić Franjo Šimić (25 May 1900 – 9 August 1944) was a Croatian colonel, and later general, in the Croatian Home Guard. Education and early career Franjo Šimić was born on 25 May 1900 in Gospić, a town in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, a part ...

(1900–1944), Croatian colonel, and later general, in the Croatian Home Guard * Franjo Šoštarić (1919–1975), Croatian football (soccer) player who competed internationally for Yugoslavia *

Franjo Tepurić Franjo Tepurić (born 10 February 1990, in Jajce) is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for Bergsøy IL in the Norwegian Third Division The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the ...

(born 1990), Croatian football striker *

Franjo Tuđman Franjo Tuđman (; 14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999), also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia, he became the first president of Croatia and served as p ...

(1922–1999), Croatian historian, writer and politician *

Franjo Vlašić Franjo baron Vlašić (Austrian: Franz Vlassits; Hungarian: Vlassich Ferenc; 24 April 1766 – 16 May 1840) was a Croatian general and ban of Croatia between 1832 and 1840. In 1784 he began his military career. Vlašić obtained the rank of gen ...

(1766–1840), Croatian general and ban *

Franjo Vladić Franjo Vladić (born 19 October 1950) is a Bosnian former international football player who played as a midfielder and a manager. Club career Vladić began his club career with the then-largest regional side in Herzegovina, Velež Mostar, wh ...

(born 1950), Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team * Franjo Wölfl (1918–1987), Croatian footballer *

Ivan Franjo Jukić Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is re ...

(1818–1857), writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the founders of Bosnian modernism * Vanja Udovičić (born 1982), born as Franjo Udovičić, Serbian water polo player and Minister of Youth and Sports

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