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Frank Daniel František "Frank" Daniel (April 14, 1926 – March 29, 1996) was a Czech-American screenwriter, film director and teacher. He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting, in which a classically constructed movie can be br ...

(František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *

Frank Musil František Musil (born December 17, 1964), more commonly known in North America as Frank Musil, is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who spent several seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars, C ...

(František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach *František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer *

František Balvín František Balvín (January 7, 1915 – October 20, 2003) was a Czechoslovak cross-country skier who competed in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the 50 km event in 1948 and 21st ...

(born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier *

František Bartoš (disambiguation) František Bartoš may refer to: *František Bartoš (folklorist) František Bartoš (16 March 1837 - 11 June 1906) was a Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist. He is viewed as the successor of František S ...

, multiple people **

František Bartoš (folklorist) František Bartoš (16 March 1837 - 11 June 1906) was a Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist. He is viewed as the successor of František Sušil, the pioneer of Moravian ethnomusicology. He notably organize ...

(1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist **

František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) František Bartoš may refer to: *František Bartoš (folklorist) František Bartoš (16 March 1837 - 11 June 1906) was a Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist. He is viewed as the successor of František S ...

(born 1926), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

František Běhounek František Běhounek (; 27 October 1898 Prague – 1 January 1973 Karlovy Vary) was a Czech scientist (radiologist), explorer and writer. The asteroid 3278 Běhounek is named after him. Biography Běhounek studied physics and mathematics at C ...

(1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer, and writer * František Bělský (1921–2000), Czech sculptor * František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect * František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak professional football player * František Brikcius (contemporary), Czech cellist *

František Brixi František Xaver Brixi (2 January 1732 – 14 October 1771) was a Czech classical composer of the 18th century. His first name is sometimes given by reference works in its Germanic form, Franz. Biography Brixi was born in Prague, the son of co ...

(a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period *

František Brůna František Brůna (13 October 1944 in Dolní Kralovice – 24 April 2017) was a Czechoslovak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Games. He ...

(born 1944), Czech Olympic handball player *

František Brzák František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter ...

(1915–2006), Czech Olympic canoeist *

František Bublan František Bublan (born 13 January 1951 in Třebíč) is a former Czech dissident, in 2004 named Minister of the Interior for Stanislav Gross's Social Democratic Party government. After Stanislav Gross had been forced to leave the government, Bubla ...

(born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident * František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter *

František Čapek František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Born ...

(1914–2008), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist *

František Čelakovský František Ladislav Čelakovský (7 March 1799 Strakonice - 5 August 1852 Prague) was a Czech poet, translator, linguist, and literary critic. He was a major figure in the Czech "national revival". His most notable works are ''Ohlas písní rusk ...

(a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator *

František Čermák František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired tennis player. Career In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 14 in Fe ...

(born 1976), Czech professional tennis player *

František Černík František Černík (born 3 June 1953 in Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czechoslovakian former ice hockey player. Most of his career was spent in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League with TJ Vítkovice, where he played from 1978 to 1984 ...

(born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States *

František Chvalkovský František Chvalkovský (30 July 1885, Jílové u Prahy – 25 February 1945) was a Czech diplomat and the fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia. Activities during the First Republic In the newly-independent Czechoslovakia, Chvalkovský fir ...

(1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia * František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician *

František Cipro František Cipro (born 13 April 1947 in Jihlava) is a retired Czech football manager, known mostly for his work in SK Slavia Prague and SK Dynamo České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past. Playing career Cipro played for Slavia P ...

(born 1947), Czech professional football player and manager *

František Doležal František Doležal (born November 23, 1913, date of death unknown) was a Czech boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_nam ...

(born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer *

František Donth František Donth, or Franz Donth in German (1896 in Rokytnice nad Jizerou - 11 July 1976 in Ilsenburg)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Pr ...

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1920s), Czech Olympic Nordic skier *

František Doucha Frantisek Doucha (31 August 1810, Prague-Malá Strana – 3 November 1884, Prague) was Czech priest, writer and translator. Doucha is one of the most famous Czech literary translators. He was among the most prolific translators of the century, t ...

(1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer *

František Douda František Douda () (23 October 1908 – 15 January 1990) was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Planá nad Lužnicí. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. In the same year he also set ...

(1908–1990), Czech Olympic shot putter *

František Drdla František Alois Drdla ( Germanized as Franz Drdla; 28 November 1868 – 3 September 1944) was a prominent Czech concert violinist and composer of light music. Biography Drdla was born in 1868 in Žďár nad Sázavou, in what is now the Czech Re ...

(1868–1944), Czech concert violinist and composer *

František Dřížďal František Dřížďal (born 8 August 1978 in Sokolov) is a former Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cui ...

(born 1978), Czech professional football player *

František Drtikol František Drtikol (3 March 1883 – 13 January 1961) was a Czech photographer known for his nudes and portraits. Life and work Drtikol was born in Příbram into a merchant family, the younger of three children, brother of sisters, Ema and M ...

(1883–1961), Czech photographer *

František Dvořák (disambiguation) František Dvořák may refer to: *František Dvořák (painter) František Dvořák, born Bruner, also known as Franz Dvorak or Franz Bruner (14 November 1862, Přelouč - 7 June 1927, Prague) was a Czech painter. Life and work He was the so ...

, multiple people *

František Dvorník Francis Dvornik (14 August 1893, Chomýž – 4 November 1975, Chomýž), in Czech František Dvorník, was a Catholic priest and academic. He is considered one of the leading twentieth-century experts on Slavic and Byzantine history, and on rela ...

(1893–1975), Czech historian *

František Fadrhonc František Fadrhonc (18 December 1914 – 9 October 1981) was a Czech football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He coached many teams in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch cham ...

(1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands *

František Fajtl Lieutenant General František Fajtl (20 August 1912 – 4 October 2006) was a Czech fighter pilot of World War II. He was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron and wing commander and led a group of Czechoslovak fighter pilots who formed an ai ...

(1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of World War II; served with the RAF *

František Flos František Flos (27 July 1864, Přelouč – 8 January 1961, Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Pr ...

(1864-1961), Czech novelist *

František Fuka František Fuka (pronounced ) (October 9, 1968 in Prague) is a Czech computer programmer and musician. He currently works as a film translator, preparing English-language movies for Czech release. He is known also as a film critic, publicist and co ...

(born 1968), Czech musician, computer programmer, and blogger * František Gellner (1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist, and anarchist *

František Getreuer František Getreuer (18 December 1906 – 6 February 1945) was a Czech national champion swimmer and Olympic water polo player.Jan Stumbauer (2010)"The Contribution to the History of the Jewish Sports in Czechoslovakia in the Years 1918–1939"/ ...

(1906–1945), Czech swimmer and Olympic water polo player, killed in Dachau concentration camp *

František Graus František Graus (14 December 1921, Brno – 1 May 1989, Basel) was a Czech historian whose work focused on the social and economic history of medieval Europe, particularly the history of social movements and of ethnic and religious minorities. ...

(1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe *

František Häckel František Häckel was a Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 ...

(fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier *

František Halas František Halas (3 October 1901 in Brno – 27 October 1949 in Prague) was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator. Life Born as the son of textile worker, Halas worked as bookseller. ...

(1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist, and translator *

František Havelka František Havelka (July 8, 1908 – March 21, 1973) was a Czech boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia. In 1936, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Robey ...

(1908–unknown), Czech Olympic boxer *

František Hoholko František Hoholko (1 May 1947 – 9 February 2005) was a former Slovak football winger or striker and later coach. During his playing career he made 228 appearances and scored 44 goals at the Czechoslovak First League. Hoholko was the top VSS s ...

(1947–2005), Slovak professional football player and coach * František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist *

František Hrubín František Hrubín (17 September 1910 – 1 March 1971) was a Czech poet and writer. Frantisek Hrubín was born into the family of a builder at Prague. His family lived in Lešany near Prague during World War I, and Hrubín visited his home ...

(1910–1971), Czech poet and writer *

František Huf František Huf (born 1981 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech bodybuilder and model. He is tall, and usually competes in the "Classic Bodybuilder" weight class. He weighs in the off-season. He won the Grand Prix Fitness Nutrend in 2005. ...

(born 1981), Czech bodybuilder *

František Jakub Prokyš František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791) was a Bohemian Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrollin ...

(1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter *

František Jakubec František Jakubec (12 April 1956 – 27 May 2016) was a Czech football player. Jakubec played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career. He also had a spell with Veria in the Greek Super League. He played for Czechoslovakia national footba ...

(born 1956), Czech professional football player *

František Janák František Janák (born 1 June 1951) is a Czechs, Czech glass artist. He creates glass sculptures and commission works, and also does series production design for different Czech glassworks. Biography Janák was born on 1 June 1951 in Havlíčk� ...

(born 1951), Czech glass artist * František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete * František Jež (born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier *

František Jílek František Jílek (May 22, 1913 – September 16, 1993) was a Czech conductor, known especially for his interpretation of Leoš Janáček's works. Life Jílek began studying piano and composition as a pupil of Jaroslav Kvapil, and later studi ...

(1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor *

František Josef Gerstner Franz Josef Gerstner (from 1810 Franz Josef Ritter von Gerstner, cs, František Josef Gerstner; 23 February 1756 – 25 July 1832) was a German-Bohemian physicist, astronomer and engineer. Life Gerstner was born in Komotau in Bohemia then part ...

(1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer *

František Josef Studnička František Josef Studnička (27 June 1836, Soběslav, Bohemia – 21 February 1903, Prague, Bohemia) was a Czech mathematician and popular pedagogue at Charles University in Prague. He was also an active contributor to astronomy and meteorology ...

(1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor *

František Junek František Junek (17 January 1907 – 19 March 1970) was a Czech football player who played for SK Slavia Praha and the Czechoslovakia national team. He was capped 32 times for Czechoslovakia, scoring seven goals, and was a participant at the 19 ...

(1907–1970), Czech professional football player *

František Kaberle, Sr. František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter ...

(born 1951), Czech professional football player *

František Kaberle František "Frank" Kaberle () (born November 8, 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. His playing career extended over 20 seasons, most notably in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, an ...

(born 1973), Czech professional ice hockey player *

František Kadaňka František Kadaňka (born 8 October 1944 in Dolní Kounice) is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three silvers (C-1 team: 1969; C-2 team ...

(born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist *

František Kašický František Kašický (born 18 November 1968 in Gelnica, Czechoslovakia) was a defence minister of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Cent ...

(born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister *

František Kaván František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czech painter and poet. Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888. During 1889 to 1896 he ...

(1866–1941), Czech painter and poet *

František Klácel František Matouš Klácel (April 8, 1808, Česká Třebová, Bohemia – March 17, 1882, Belle Plaine, Iowa, US) was a Czech author, philosopher, pedagogue, and journalist. Since 1827 he was an Augustinian friar in Brno, co-brother of Gregor Men ...

(1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist *

František Kloz František Kloz (19 May 1905 – 13 June 1945) was a Czech football player. Club career Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 for ...

(1905–1945), Czech professional football player; killed in World War II *

František Kmoch František Kmoch (1 August 1848 – 30 April 1912) was a Czech composer and conductor. Life and career František Kmoch was born in Zásmuky near Kolín, Bohemia. His father was a tailor and a clarinetist who performed folk music. As a child ...

(1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor *

František Knapík František Knapík (born 17 October 1956 in Ľubotín) was the mayor of the Slovakia, Slovak city of Košice until December 2010, and a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He studied at a grammar school (gymnasium) in Sabinov and ...

(born 1956), Slovak politician, mayor of the Slovak city of Košice *

František Koláček František Koláček (9 October 1851, Slavkov u Brna, Moravia – 8 December 1913, Prague) was a Czech physicist. Koláček studied at the German gymnasium in Brno (finished in 1868), then at the technical universities in Prague and Vienna. At t ...

(1851–1913), Czech physicist *

František Komňacký František Komňacký (born 15 November 1951) is a Czech football manager and former player. Career As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970, he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played ...

(born 1951), Czech professional football coach *

Frantisek Kotzwara František Kočvara, known later in England as Frantisek Kotzwara (1730 – September 2, 1791), was a Czech violist, virtuoso double bassist and composer. His death was one of the first recorded instances of death by erotic asphyxiation. Life ...

(1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist, and composer *

František Králík František Králík (12 April 1942, in Zlín – 7 September 1974, in Hranice) was a Czechoslovak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () a ...

(1942–1974), Czech Olympic handball player *

František Kriegel František Kriegel (10 April 1908 — 3 December 1979) was a Czechoslovak politician, physician, and a member of the Communist Party reform wing of Prague Spring (1968). He was the only one of the political leaders who, during the Warsaw Pact inv ...

(1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician; kidnapped to Moscow during the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968 * František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur *

František Kučera František Kučera (born February 3, 1968) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue ...

(born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player * František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist *

František Ladislav Rieger František Ladislav Rieger (10 December 1818 – 3 March 1903) was a Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement. Early life Rieger was born into the household of a miller in the town of ...

(1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement *

František Lanák František Lanák was a Slovak football manager. He coached ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratisla ...

(20th century), Slovak professional football manager *

František Langer František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech-Jewish playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician. Life Langer was born and in Prague, Austria-Hungary in a Czech speaking Jewish fam ...

(1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, and essayist *

František Laurinec František Laurinec (born 19 August 1951, in Veľké Uherce) is a former president of Slovak Football Association (SFZ). Since 2009, he is a member of the UEFA Executive Committee. Biography He played football for Iskra Partizánske. Later he ...

(born 1951), Slovak Football Association president *

František Lexa František Lexa (1876-1960) was a Czechoslovakian Egyptologist. Lexa began his career as a secondary school teacher. Having learnt the Egyptian language by himself, he became the first person to translate and publish Egyptian texts into Czech in 1 ...

(1876–1960), Czechoslovak Egyptologist *

František Lipka František Lipka (born 22 February 1946 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak diplomat, poet and translator, who contributed to the process of the creation of independent Montenegro. Life Lipka studied Slovak and the Serbo-Croatian langu ...

(born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator *

František Listopad František Listopad (26 November 1921 – 1 October 2017) (born Jiří Synek, in Portugal known as Jorge Listopad)Richter, Václav (2007)Le poète Frantisek Listopad lauréat du Prix Jaroslav Seifert, radio.cz, retrieved 2010-01-22 was a Czech po ...

(born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director * František Lorenz (a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist *

František Lydie Gahura František Lydie Gahura (10 October 1891 in Zlín – 15 September 1958 in Brno) was a Czeochslovak architect and sculptor. Career Gahura became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of the Czech city of Zlín. He ...

(1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor *

František Maka František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *F ...

(born 1968), Czech Olympic Nordic skier *

František Mareš František Mareš (20 October 1857 – 6 February 1942) was a Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and a nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in 1920–21, and a member of the National Democrats. Life ...

(1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician *

František Masarovič František Masarovič was a former Slovak football player. In the 1930s, he played for FC Spartak Trnava and ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in th ...

(fl. 1930s), Slovak professional football player *

František Maxmilián Kaňka František Maxmilián Kaňka (9 August 1674 in Prague – 14 July 1766 in Prague) was a Czech architect and builder. He was known for modifying castles, palaces and churches. In 1724 he was appointed emperor's architect. Work He is most famous f ...

(1674–1766), Czech architect *

František Metelka František Metelka (born 8 April 1980 in Vítkov) is a former Czech football player. Career Metelka played for Silesian clubs SFC Opava and Baník Ostrava before moving to Slovenia to play for Rudar Velenje. He won the Czech Cup with Baník i ...

(born 1980), Czech professional football player * František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician *

František Moravec František Moravec CBE (23 July 1895 – 26 July 1966) was the chief Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II. He moved to the United States after the war. Biography In 1915, Moravec was drafted into Austro-Hun ...

(1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II *

František Mrázek František Mrázek () (1 February 1958 – 25 January 2006 in Prague) was a controversial Czech entrepreneur, often referred to as the "Godfather of Czech Organized Crime". Mrázek covertly influenced Czech politics for almost twenty years. In 2 ...

(1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated *

František Nekolný František "Franta" Nekolný (November 26, 1907 – October 4, 1990) was a Czech boxer who competed for Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechos ...

(1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer *

František Neuwirt František Neuwirt (26 August 1895 – 15 August 1957), was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, specialising in stomatology. He followed Jan Jesenský as head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until his death, was a member of the Boh ...

(1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology * František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist *

František Nušl František Nušl (; 3 December 1867, in Jindřichův Hradec – 17 September 1951, in Prague) was a Czech astronomer and mathematician. Life After high school in Jindřichův Hradec, he studied physics and astronomy in Prague, where he met amon ...

(1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician *

František Ondříček František Ondříček (29 April 1857 – 12 April 1922) was a Czech violinist and composer. He gave the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Antonín Dvořák, and his achievements were recognised by the rare award of honorary memb ...

(1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer *

František Palacký František Palacký (; June 17, 1798 – May 26, 1876) was a Czech historian and politician, the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation". Life František Palacký was born on June 17, 1798 at Hodslavi ...

(1798–1876), Czech historian and politician * František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist *

František Pecháček František Pecháček (15 February 1896 – 3 February 1944) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Záhornice near Městec Králové and was murdered in Mauthausen-Gusen concentrati ...

(1896–1944), Czech Olympic gymnast; died in a concentration camp during World War II *

František Peřina Wing Commander General František Peřina (8 April 1911, MorkůvkyFrantišek Pitra František Pitra (13 November 1932 – 2 January 2018) was the Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia) from October 11, 1988, through February 6, 1990. Like his four predecessors, he was a member of the Communist ...

(born 1932), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990 * František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech professional football player * František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach *

František Procházka František Procházka (25 January 1962 – 27 April 2012) was a Czech ice hockey defenseman who played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia. Career Procházka began his career with TJ CHZ Litvínov ...

(born 1962), Czech ice hockey player *

František Provazník František Provazník (born 7 February 1948 in Prague) is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

(born 1948), Czech Olympic rower * František Raboň (born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer *

František Rajtoral František Rajtoral (12 March 1986 – ca. 23 April 2017) was a Czech professional footballer who played as a right winger or right-back. He was best known for his stint at Viktoria Plzeň. He was a member of the Czech Republic national team. ...

(born 1986), Czech professional football player *

František Riha František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter ...

(born 1935), Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoeist *

František Rint František Rint (26 January 1835 - ?) was a 19th-century Czech woodcarver and carpenter. He was employed by the House of Schwarzenberg to organize the human bones interred at the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Christian chapel in Sedlec, in 1870. ...

(fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter, and sculptor of bones *

František Roubík František Roubík (1890–1974) was an eminent Czech historian. He was an archivist for aristocratic family Czernin The House of Czernin ( cs, Černínové z Chudenic; german: Czernin von und zu Chudenitz) is a Czech noble family that was ...

(1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist *

František Šafránek František Šafránek (2 January 1931 – 27 June 1987) was a Czech football player. Šafránek played for several clubs, including Spartak Sokolovo (1949–1952) and Dukla Prague (1952–1966). He played for Czechoslovakia national team (22 ...

(1931–1987), Czech professional football player *

František Schmucker František Schmucker (28 January 1940 in Horvátjárfalu, Hungary – 15 July 2004 in Ostrava) was a Czech football player. During his club career he played for FC Baník Ostrava and RH Brno. He earned 2 caps for the Czechoslovakia national f ...

(born 1940), Czech professional football player *

František Schneider František Schneider (born 21 April 1987) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three m ...

(born 1987), Czech professional football player *

František Schubert František Schubert (27 April 1894, Mladá Boleslav – 19 April 1942, Łódź) was a Czech chess master. Before World War I, he took 4th at Pilsen (Plzeň) 1911 ( Amos Pokorný and Zářecký won), played at Böhmisch Trübau (Česká Třebová) ...

(1894–1940), Czech chess master *

František Šebej František Šebej (born 11 May 1947) is a Slovak politician and academic. He was member of the National Council of Slovakia between 1998 and 2002 and once more from 2010 until 2018. Between 1990 and 1992 he was member of the House of the Nation o ...

(born 1947), Slovak politician and academic. *

František Šimůnek František Šimůnek (2 December 1910 – 17 July 1989) was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck. Šimůnek was born in ...

(1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier *

František Skála František Skála (born 1956 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer. He was part of one of the earliest post-modern Czech art groups, known as ''Tvrdohlaví'' (The Stubborn Ones) formed in 198 ...

(born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, and dancer *

František Škroup František Jan Škroup (; 3 June 1801 in Osice near Hradec Králové – 7 February 1862 in Rotterdam) was a Czech composer and conductor. His brother Jan Nepomuk Škroup was also a successful composer and his father, Dominik Škroup, and other ...

(1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor *

František Sláma (disambiguation) František Sláma may refer to: *František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music performer *František Sláma (politician) Dr. František Sláma (3 November 1850 in Chotěboř – 25 April 1917 in Brno) was a Czech writer, trave ...

, multiple people * František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist *

František Šmahel František Šmahel (born 17 August 1934 in Trhová Kamenice) is a Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his works about Hussitism, universities in the Middle Ages, humanism, and Monarch representation in the Midd ...

(born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history *

František Sokol František Sokol (5 February 1939, in Tišnov – 11 October 2011, in Ostrava) is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1968 he was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the bronze ...

(born 1939), Czech Olympic volleyball player *

František Šolc František Šolc (June 25, 1920 – March 11, 1996) was a Czech French hornist and horn teacher. Life He was born in Přerov on 25 June 1920. He grew up in a musical environment; his father was a music director (Kapellmeister) of the local cit ...

(1920–1996), Czech French horn player and teacher *

František Šorm František Šorm (28 February 1913 in Prague – 18 November 1980) was a Czech chemist known for synthesis of natural compounds, mainly terpenes and biologically active components of plants. Šorm was the founder of thInstitute for Organic Chem ...

(1913–1980), Czech chemist *

František Štambachr František Štambachr or Štambacher (born 13 February 1953 in Čebín), nicknamed "''Štambi''", is a former Czechoslovak footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovak Olympic Football Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was co ...

(born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player *

František Šťastný František Šťastný (12 November 1927 – 8 April 2000) was a Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He started his sports career as bicycle racer. In 1948, he competed in the Peace Race. He competed in his first motorcycle race in 1947 on ...

(1927–2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

František Šterc František Šterc (27 January 1912 – 31 October 1978) was a Czech football player. He played club football for SK Židenice. He played two matches for the Czechoslovakia national team and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup The 19 ...

(1912–1978), Czech professional football player *

František Straka František "Franz" Straka (born 28 May 1958) is a Czech former football player and manager of Fotbal Třinec. Biography Playing career Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playin ...

(born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager *

František Šulc František Šulc (born 8 June 1950) is a Czech former handball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chotěboř Chotěboř (; german: Chotieborsch) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysoč ...

(born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player * František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music *

František Švantner František Švantner (January 29, 1912 in Bystrá, present day Slovakia - October 13, 1950 in Prague, present-day Czech Republic) was a Slovak prose writer. Biography He was born in Bystrá in a family of a manual worker. He studied in his bir ...

(1912–1950), Slovak writer *

František Švec Franišek Švec is a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capi ...

(contemporary), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist *

František Svoboda František Svoboda (5 August 1906 – 6 July 1948) was a Czech football player who played as a striker. His nickname was "Franci" (the French). Club career He started his career with Vinohrady Rapid, from where he moved to Slavia Prague in 19 ...

(1906–1948), Czech professional football player *

František Svoboda (canoeist) František Svoboda (24 January 1904 – 21 January 1991) was a Czechoslovak canoeist born in Prague who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Svoboda was born in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and ...

(1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoeist *

František Tikal František Tikal (18 July 1933 – 10 August 2008) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman. He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Sparta Praha and won two national titles. Internationally he played 59 games for Czechoslovaki ...

(1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player *

František Tomášek František Tomášek (30 June 1899, in Studénka, Moravia – 4 August 1992, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian. His "cautious but ...

(1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia *

František Treybal František Treybal (24 December 1882 – 5 October 1947 in Prague) was a Czech chess master. In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5–6th in Prague (Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, ...

(1882–1947), Czech chess master * František Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period *

František Udržal František Udržal () (3 January 1866 in Dolní Roveň, Kingdom of Bohemia – 25 April 1938 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician. A member and leader of the powerful Agrarian Party, his political career started as member of the local Die ...

(1866–1938), Czechoslovak politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32 *

František Václav Míča František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter ...

(1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor *

František Vaněček Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic ...

(1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast * František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor *

František Ventura František Ventura (13 August 1894 in Vysoké Mýto – 1 December 1969 in Prague) was a Czech equestrian who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of ...

(1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper *

František Veselý František Veselý (7 December 1943, in Prague – 30 October 2009) was a Czech football player. He played on the right wing and was known for his technique. He spent his best football years playing for SK Slavia Prague. He played for Czechoslo ...

(1943–2009), Czech professional football player *

František Vláčil František Vláčil (19 February 1924, Český Těšín – 27 January 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he w ...

(1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist *

František Vladislav Hek František Vladislav Hek (11 April 1769 in Dobruška, Bohemia – 4 September 1847 in Kyšperk) was a Czech writer, composer, and patriot active in the early phases of the Czech National Revival. He was a major inspiration behind the fi ...

(1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival *

František Vršovský František Vršovský (January 6, 1933 – October 3, 2022) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder ...

(born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist *

František Vymazal František Vymazal (6 November 1841, Topolany – 6 April 1917, Brno) was a Czech polyglot and language textbook writer. Life and work Vymazal was born in a poor family and worked as a corrector in printing house. His life was quite eccentric a ...

(1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer *

František Vyskočil František Vyskočil (3 September 1941 in Pelhřimov) is a Czech neuroscientist and a professor of physiology and neurophysiology at Charles University. Best known for his contributions in the field of non-quantal synaptic release of neurotrans ...

(born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology * František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier * František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist *

František Zajíšek František () is a masculine given name of Czechs, Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis (given name), Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz (given name), Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), ...

(born 1912), Czech Olympic bobsledder *

František Záviška František Záviška (November 18, 1879 – April 17, 1945) was a Czechslovak physicist. The major asset of his scientific work is integrated in nine studies on waveguides published between the years 1912 and 1939. They evaluated, on the basis of ...

(1879–1945), Czech physicist *

František Zdeněk Skuherský František Zdeněk Xavier Alois Skuherský (July 31, 1830 – August 19, 1892) was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician. Born in Opočno to František Alois Skuherský, the doctor of Duke Colloredo-Mansfeld and founder of the Opočno ho ...

(1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician *

František Ženíšek František Ženíšek (25 May 1849 – 15 November 1916) was a Czech painter. He was part of the "" (Generation of the National Theater), a large group of artists with nationalistic sympathies. Biography He was born in Prague into a family of m ...

(1849–1916), Czech painter * František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master *

František Zvarík František Zvarík (; 17 July 1921 – 17 August 2008) was an accomplished theater actor (over 50 years in Slovak National Theatre) and movie character actor. He has appeared in about two dozen Slovak films since the 1940s. Among his accom ...

(1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor ;Surname: * Josef František (1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace {{DEFAULTSORT:Frantisek Czech masculine given names Slovak masculine given names