František () is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of
Czech origin. It is a
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...
of
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
Places
* Rural M ...
,
Francisco,
François
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King ...
, and
Franz. People with the name include:
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Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
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Frank Musil (František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
*František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer
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František Balvín (born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier
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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
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František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
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František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (born 1926), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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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
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František Bělský (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
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František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect
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František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak professional football player
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František Brikcius (contemporary), Czech cellist
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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
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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
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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
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František Bublan (born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident
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František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
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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
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František Čelakovský (a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
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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
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František Černík (born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States
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František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
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František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
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František Cipro (born 1947), Czech professional football player and manager
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František Doležal (born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer
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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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fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1920s), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
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František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ch ...
(1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands
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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
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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
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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
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František Gellner (1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist, and anarchist
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František Getreuer (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and Olympic water polo player, killed in Dachau concentration camp
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František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
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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
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František Halas (1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist, and translator
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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
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František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak professional football player and coach
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František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
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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
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František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
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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
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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
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František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist
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František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete
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František Jež (born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier
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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
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František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
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František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
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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
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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
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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
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František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
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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
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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
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František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist
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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
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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
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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
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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
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František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech professional football coach
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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.
Li ...
(1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist, and composer
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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
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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
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František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur
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František Kučera (born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player
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František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
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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
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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
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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
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František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
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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
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František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator
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František Listopad (born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director
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František Lorenz (a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist
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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
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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
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František Mareš (1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician
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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
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František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect
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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
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František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
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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
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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
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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
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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
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František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist
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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
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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
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František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
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František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist
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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
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František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot ace during World War II with the French ''Armee de l'Air''; also served with the RAF
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František 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
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František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech professional football player
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František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
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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
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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
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František Raboň (born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer
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František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech professional football player
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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
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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
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František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist
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František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech professional football player
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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
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František Schneider (born 1987), Czech professional football player
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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
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František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic.
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František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
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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
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František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
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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
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František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
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František Šmahel (born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history
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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
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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
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František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
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František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player
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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
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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
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František Straka (born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager
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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
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František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
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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
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František Švec (contemporary), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
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František Svoboda (1906–1948), Czech professional football player
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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
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(1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoeist
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František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player
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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
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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
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František Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
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František Udržal (1866–1938), Czechoslovak politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32
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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
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(1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast
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František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor
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František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper
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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
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František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist
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František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival
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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
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(born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
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František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
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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
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František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
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František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist
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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
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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
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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
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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
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František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
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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
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Josef František (1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace
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