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Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

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, and Franz. People with the name include: * Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter * Frank Musil (František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach *František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer * František Balvín (born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier * František Bartoš (disambiguation), multiple people ** František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist ** František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (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 František Bílek (6 November 1872, Chýnov – 13 October 1941, Chýnov) was a Czech sculptor and architect, in the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles. Biography His father was a wheelwright. He graduated from primary school in Tábor, then went ...

(1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect *

František Bolček František Bolček (27 January 1920 – 3 January 1968) was a Slovak footballer, who played for FC Spartak Trnava in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as for the Army team OAP Bratislava during a WW II period. Bolček made 13 appearances for the Slo ...

(1920–1968), Slovak professional football player *

František Brikcius František Brikcius is a Czech cellist. Early life František Brikcius was born in Prague. From early childhood, he began to play the cello and later studied at the Prague Conservatoire under Professor Jaroslav Kulhan. He was accepted into t ...

(contemporary), Czech cellist * František Brixi (a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period * František Brůna (born 1944), Czech Olympic handball player * František Brzák (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, Bub ...

(born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident *

František Čáp František Čáp (7 December 1913 – 12 January 1972), also known as Franz Cap in Germany, was a Czech and later a Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970. Having created Slovene film classics such as ...

(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 rus ...

(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 ...

(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 19 ...

(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 ...

(1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia *

František Chvostek František Chvostek (german: Franz Chvostek) () (May 21, 1835 – November 16, 1884) was a Czech-Austrian military physician. He is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign which he described in 1876.Chvostek F. ''Beitrag zur Tetanie.'' W ...

(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 ...

(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 The 1936 Summer Olympics (German language, German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games ...

(born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer * František Donth (

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1920s), Czech Olympic Nordic skier * František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer * František Douda (1908–1990), Czech Olympic shot putter * František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech concert violinist and composer * František Dřížďal (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), multiple people * František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian * František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands * František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of World War II; served with the RAF * František Flos (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 (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and Olympic water polo player, killed in Dachau concentration camp * František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe * František Häckel (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 (1908–unknown), Czech Olympic boxer * František Hoholko (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 (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder * František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter * František Jakubec (born 1956), Czech professional football player *

František Janák František Janák (born 1 June 1951) is a 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 Havlíčkův Brod, ...

(born 1951), Czech glass artist *

František Janda-Suk František Janda-Suk (, March 25, 1878 – June 23, 1955) was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics and Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Postřižín ...

(1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete *

František Jež František Jež (; born 16 December 1970) is a Czechoslovakian/Czech former ski jumper. Career At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won a bronze medal in the Team Large Hill. Jež also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1 ...

(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 studie ...

(1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor * František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer * František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor * František Junek (1907–1970), Czech professional football player * František Kaberle, Sr. (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, and ...

(born 1973), Czech professional ice hockey player * František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist * František Kašický (born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister * František Kaván (1866–1941), Czech painter and poet * František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist * František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech professional football player; killed in World War II * František Kmoch (1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor * František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician, mayor of the Slovak city of Košice * František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist * František Komňacký (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 (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician; kidnapped to Moscow during the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968 *

František Křižík František Křižík (; July 8, 1847 – January 22, 1941) was a Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur. Biography Křižík was born into a family in Plánice. In spite of his background, Křižík managed in 1866 to study engin ...

(1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur * František Kučera (born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player *

František Kupka František Kupka (23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957), also known as ''Frank Kupka'' or ''François Kupka,'' was a Czech Republic, Czech Painting, painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the Abstract ...

(1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist * František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement * František Lanák (20th century), Slovak professional football manager * František Langer (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 (1876–1960), Czechoslovak Egyptologist * František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator * František Listopad (born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director *

František Lorenz František Vladimír Lorenc (24 December 1872 – 24 May 1957), known in Portuguese as Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz, was a Czech-born polyglot and philosopher born in Zbyslav (nowadays part of the Czech Republic). He was one of the first Espera ...

(a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist * František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor * František Maka (born 1968), Czech Olympic Nordic skier * František Mareš (1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician * František Masarovič (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 (born 1980), Czech professional football player *

František Mikloško František Mikloško (born 2 June 1947) is a Slovak politician. He was the Speaker of the Slovak National Council from 1990 to 1992. And a long serving MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (1990-2010). For most of his career, he wa ...

(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- ...

(1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II * František Mrázek (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 in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of ...

(1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer * František Neuwirt (1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology *

František Antonín Nickerl František Antonín Nickerl (December 4, 1813 in Prague – February 4, 1871 in Prague) was a Czech entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially those of the Riesengebirges. František Nickerl was a professor of zoology in Graz and ...

(1813–1871), Czech entomologist * František Nušl (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 membe ...

(1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer * František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician *

František Patočka František Patočka (22 October 1904, Turnov – 14 March 1985, Prague) was a Czechoslovak microbiologist and serology, serologist. He established the study of virology in Czechoslovakia. Patočka studied medicine (specialised in microbiology) at t ...

(1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist * František Pecháček (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 (born 1932), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990 *

František Plánička František Plánička (; 2 July 1904 – 20 July 1996) was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the ...

(1904–1996), Czech professional football player *

František Pospíšil František Pospíšil (born April 2, 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961 to 1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978–79. He won the Golden Hoc ...

(born 1944), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach * František Procházka (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player * František Provazník (born 1948), Czech Olympic rower *

František Raboň František Raboň (born 26 September 1983) is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team. He was formerly a road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeams , and . Born in Prague, Raboň turned professional in 2006 with G ...

(born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer * František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech professional football player * František Riha (born 1935), Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoeist * František Rint (fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter, and sculptor of bones * František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist * František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech professional football player * František Schmucker (born 1940), Czech professional football player * František Schneider (born 1987), Czech professional football player * František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master * František Šebej (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 ...

(1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier * František Skála (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 othe ...

(1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor * František Sláma (disambiguation), multiple people *

František Sláma (musician) František Sláma (19 November 1923 – 5 May 2004) was a Czech chamber music performer. He was the first Czech cellist who focused on Early music. Biography Sláma was born in Herálec. Until the age of 18 he worked in the quarry. His meeting ...

(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 Mid ...

(born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history * František Sokol (born 1939), Czech Olympic volleyball player * František Šolc (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 (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 (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 playi ...

(born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager * František Šulc (born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player *

František Sušil František Sušil (14 June 1804 in Rousínov, Moravia - 31 May 1868 in Bystřice pod Hostýnem) was a Moravian Roman Catholic priest most noted for his published collection of traditional Moravian folk music, ''Moravské národní písně'', whi ...

(1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music * František Švantner (1912–1950), Slovak writer * František Švec (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) (1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoeist * František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player * František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia * František Treybal (1882–1947), Czech chess master *

František Tůma František Ignác Antonín Tůma (2 October 1704, in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia – 3 February 1774, in Vienna) was a Czech composer of the Baroque era. He lived the greater part of his life in Vienna, first as director of music for Franz Jo ...

(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 D ...

(1866–1938), Czechoslovak politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32 * František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor * František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast *

František Velecký František Velecký (often credited as Fero Velecký, 8 March 1934 – 5 October 2003) was a Slovak actor. Velecký was a very particular figure of Slovak acting, being antipode to venerated mainstream showbiz celebrities. Although he had never ...

(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 o ...

(1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper * František Veselý (1943–2009), Czech professional football player * František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist * František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival * František Vršovský (born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist * František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer * František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology *

František Wende Franz Wende, also in Czech František Wende (3 June 1904 in Svoboda nad Úpou - 1968 in Bad Harzburg) was an ethnic German Czechoslovak ski jumper and nordic combined skier who has competed in the 1920s. He won two bronze medals at the FIS Nord ...

(1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier *

František Xaver Dušek František Xaver Dušek (german: Franz Xaver Duschek or ''Dussek)''; 8 December 1731 – 12 February 1799) was a Czech composer and one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time. Biography Dušek was born in Chotěborky, whi ...

(1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist * František Zajíšek (born 1912), Czech Olympic bobsledder * František Záviška (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 ...

(1849–1916), Czech painter *

František Zíta František Zíta (29 November 1909 – 1 October 1977) was a Czech chess master who was born and died in Prague. Zíta played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads: * In 1937, at first reserve board in 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4 –4 =3 ...

(1909–1977), Czech chess master * František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor ;Surname: *

Josef František Josef František, (7 October 1914 – 8 October 1940) was a First Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovak Fighter aircraft, fighter pilot and Second World War Flying ace, fighter ace who flew for the air forces of Czechoslovak Air Force, Czechoslova ...

(1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace {{DEFAULTSORT:Frantisek Czech masculine given names Slovak masculine given names