Franjo is a Croatian masculine given name. In

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, 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 Franjo Arapović (born 2 June 1965) is a Croatian former professional basketball player who played as a center. A tall, he won the silver medal with the Croatia national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Four years earlier he was a member of th ...

(born 1965), former Croatian basketball center * Franjo Babić (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 Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contain ...

(1899–1991), Croatian pharmacist *

Franjo Dijak Franjo Dijak (born 2 June 1977) is a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1997. Dijak provides the voice of Po in the Croatian dub of the entire Kung Fu Panda franchise. Selected filmography References External l ...

(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 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 Frankopa ...

, Croatian nobleman and Latinist *

Franjo Glaser Franjo Glaser (surname sometimes written ''Glazer''; 7 January 1913 – 1 March 2003) was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, wit ...

(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 Franjo Šeper (2 October 1905 – 30 December 1981) was a Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. ...

(1905–1981), Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Franjo Šimić (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 (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 (1766–1840), Croatian general and ban * Franjo Vladić (born 1950), Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team * Franjo Wölfl (1918–1987), Croatian footballer * Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the founders of Bosnian modernism *

Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić ( sr-Cyrl, Вања Удовичић, ; born 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is a ...

(born 1982), born as Franjo Udovičić, Serbian water polo player and Minister of Youth and Sports

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