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 mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
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cognate
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Francis
Francis may refer to:
People and characters
*Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
* Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2 ...
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Francisco
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Meaning of the name Francisco
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...
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François
François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis.
People with the given name
* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
* Voltaire, Fran ...
and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include:
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 ...
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 ...
František Flos
František Flos (27 July 1864, Přelouč – 8 January 1961, Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, locate ...
(1864–1961), Czech novelist
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František Gellner
František Gellner (19 June 1881 – disappeared September 1914) was a Czech poet, short story writer, artist and anarchist.
Biography
František Gellner was born to a poor Jewish family in Mladá Boleslav (''Jungbunzlau''), Bohemia. His fathe ...
(1881– ), Czech poet and writer
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František Halas
František Halas (3 October 1901 – 27 October 1949) was a Czechs, Czech poet, translator and politician. He was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century. His poor background influenced his work as well as his communist v ...
(1901–1949), Czech poet, essayist and translator
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František Vladislav Hek
František Vladislav Hek (11 April 1769 – 4 September 1847) was a Czech writer, composer, and patriot active in the early phases of the Czech National Revival. He was a major inspiration behind the fictionalized novel '' F. L. Věk'' (1906) ...
(1769–1847), Czech writer and composer
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František Hrubín
František Hrubín (17 September 1910 – 1 March 1971) was a Czechs, Czech poet and writer.
Biography
Frantisek Hrubín was born into the family of a builder at Prague. His family lived in Lešany (Benešov District), Lešany near Prague durin ...
(1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
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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 Bro ...
(born 1951), Czech glass artist
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František Kaván
František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czechs, Czech painter and poet.
Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888. During 1889 to ...
(1866–1941), Czech painter and poet
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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, Fran ...
(1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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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 Kupka
František Kupka (23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957), also known as ''Frank Kupka'' or ''François Kupka,'' was a Czech painter and graphic artist
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, eit ...
(1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
* František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
* František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
* František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
* František Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
* František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Czech Rococo painter
* František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
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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 ...
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 ...
František Vláčil
František Vláčil (19 February 1924 – 27 January 1999) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist.
From 1945 to 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later, he worked in various groups an ...
(1924–1999), Czech film director, painter and graphic artist
* František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
* František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theatre and screen actor
František Čermák
František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech former professional 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 ...
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for '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 indic ...
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 ...
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 ...
František Šterc
František Šterc (27 January 1912 – 31 October 1978) was a Czech people, Czech football player.
He played club football for SK Židenice.
He played two matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia national team and wa ...
František Bublan
František Bublan (born 13 January 1951 in Třebíč) is a former Czech dissident, who was in 2004 named Minister of the Interior for Stanislav Gross's Social Democratic Party government. After Stanislav Gross was forced to leave the government, ...
(born 1951), Czech politician and dissident
* František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat and politician
* František Kašický (born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister
* František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician
* František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician
* František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
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František Mareš
František Mareš (20 October 1857 – 6 February 1942) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and a nationalism, nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in Prague, Charles University in ...
(1857–1942), Czech philosopher and politician
* František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
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František Palacký
František Palacký (; 14 June 1798 – 26 May 1876) was a Czech historian and politician. He was the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation".
Life
František Palacký was born on 14 June 1798, at ...
(1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
* František Pitra (1932–2018), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
* František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist
* František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic
* František Sláma (politician) (1850–1917), Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
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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 a member of the local ...
(1866–1938), Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932
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 a ...
(1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot
* František Fuka (born 1968), Czech computer programmer and musician
* František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
* František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
* František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
* František Jílek (1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor
* František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher and scientist
* František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist
* František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
* František Lexa (1876–1960), Czech Egyptologist
* František Lorenz (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
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František Maxmilián Kaňka
František Maxmilián Kaňka (19 August 1674 – 14 July 1766) was a Czech architect. He was among the most important and most prolific Baroque architects in the Czech lands.
Life
František Maxmilián Kaňka was born in Prague on 19 August 16 ...
(1674–1766), Czech architect
* František Moravec (1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
* František Mrázek (1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
* František Neuwirt (1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology
* František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist
* František Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician
* František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
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František Peřina
Wing Commander General František Peřina (8 April 1911, MorkůvkyFrantišek Rábek (born 1949), Slovak Catholic prelate
* František Rint (fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter and sculptor of bones
* František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist
* František Šmahel (1934–2025), Czech historian
* František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
* František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
* František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
* František Švantner (1912–1950), Slovak writer
* František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
* František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
* František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech neuroscientist and physiologist
* František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist