František

Not to be confused with Franciszek.

František (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk]) is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

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### Arts

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* Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter
* František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
* František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
* František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect
* František Brikcius (contemporary), Czech cellist
* František Brixi (a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer
* František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
* František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
* František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter
* František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
* František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech concert violinist and composer
* František Drtikol (1883–1961), Czech photographer
* František Dvořák (painter) (1862–1927), Czech painter
* František Flos (1864–1961), Czech novelist
* František Gellner (1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist and anarchist
* František Halas (1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist and translator
* František Hrubín (1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
* František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter
* František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist

### Sport

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* Frank Musil (born František Musil 1964), Czech ice hockey player and coach
* František Balvín (1915–2003), Czech cross-country skier
* František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (1926–1987), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
* František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak footballer
* František Brůna (1944–2017), Czech handball player
* František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech canoeist
* František Čapek (1914–2008), Czech sprint canoeist
* František Čermák (born 1976), Czech tennis player
* František Čermák (sport shooter) (1894–?), Czech sports shooter
* František Černík (born 1953), Czech ice hockey player
* František Cipro (1947–2023), Czech football player and manager
* František Doležal (1913-?), Czech boxer
* František Donth (fl. 1920s), Czech Nordic skier
* František Douda (1908–1990), Czech shot putter
* František Dřížďal (born 1978), Czech footballer
* František Dvořák (fencer) (1871–1939), Czech fencer
* František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Czech football manager
* František Getreuer (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and water polo player
* František Häckel (fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier
* František Havelka (1908–unknown), Czech boxer
* František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak football player and coach
* František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
* František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
* František Jakubec (1956–2016), Czech footballer
* František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
* František Jež (born 1970), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
* František Junek (1907–1970), Czech footballer
* František Kaberle, Sr. (born 1951), Czech footballer
* František Kaberle (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player
* František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
* František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech footballer
* František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech football manager
* František Králík (1942–1974), Czech handball player
* František Kučera (born 1968), Czech ice hockey player
* František Lanák (20th century), Slovak football manager
* František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
* František Maka (born 1968), Czech Nordic skier
* František Masarovič (fl. 1930s), Slovak footballer
* František Metelka (born 1980), Czech footballer
* František Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech boxer
* František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech gymnast
* František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech footballer
* František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech ice hockey player and coach
* František Procházka (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player
* František Provazník (born 1948), Czech rower
* František Raboň (born 1983), Czech bicycle road racer
* František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech footballer
* František Říha (born 1935), Czech sprint canoeist
* František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech footballer
* František Schmucker (1940–2004), Czech footballer
* František Schneider (born 1987), Czech footballer
* František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master
* František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Nordic skier
* František Sokol (1939–2011), Czech volleyball player
* František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech footballer
* František Šťastný (1927–2000), Czech motorcycle road racer
* František Šterc (1912–1978), Czech footballer
* František Straka (born 1958), Czech football player and manager
* František Šulc (born 1950), Czech handball player
* František Švec, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
* František Svoboda (1906–1948), Czech footballer
* František Svoboda (canoeist) (1904–1991), Czech canoeist
* František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech ice hockey player
* František Treybal (1882–1947), Czech chess master
* František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech gymnast
* František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech horse jumper
* František Veselý (1943–2009), Czech footballer
* František Vršovský (1933–2022), Czech sprint canoeist
* František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
* František Zajíšek (1912–1987), Czech bobsledder
* František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master

### Other

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* František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer and writer
* František Bublan (born 1951), Czech government minister and dissident
* František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat; foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
* František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
* František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
* František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of World War II; served with the RAF
* František Fuka (born 1968), Czech computer programmer and musician
* František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
* František Jílek (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 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 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
* Frantisek Kotzwara (1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist and composer
* František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician
* František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
* František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
* František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement
* František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
* František Lexa (1876–1960), Czech Egyptologist
* František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
* František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
* František Lorenz (a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
* František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
* František Mareš (1857–1942), Czech philosopher and politician
* František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect
* František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
* 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 Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
* František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
* František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
* František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot
* František Pitra (1932–2018), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
* František 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 Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic
* František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
* František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
* František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
* František Sláma (politician) (1850–1917), Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
* František Šmahel (born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history
* František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
* 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 Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
* František Udržal (1866–1938), Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932
* František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
* František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor
* František Krištof Veselý (1903-1977), Slovak actor and singer
* 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 Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
* František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology
* František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist and pianist
* František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist
* František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue and theoretician
* František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
* František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theatre and screen actor

## Surname

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* Josef František (1914–1940), Czech fighter pilot

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