František
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František (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk]) 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
- Frank Musil (František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
- František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer
- František Balvín (1915–2003), Czech Olympic cross-country skier
- František Bartoš (disambiguation), multiple people
- František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
- František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (1926–1987), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer, and writer
- František Bělský (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
- František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect
- František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak professional football player
- František Brikcius (contemporary), Czech cellist
- František Brixi (a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period
- František Brůna (1944–2017), Czech Olympic handball player
- František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech Olympic canoeist
- František Bublan (born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident
- František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
- František Čapek (1914–2008), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
- František Čelakovský (a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
- František Čermák (born 1976), Czech professional tennis player
- František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter
- František Čermák (sport shooter) (1894–?), Czech sports shooter
- František Černík (born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States
- František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
- František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
- František Cipro (1947–2023), Czech professional football player and manager
- František Doležal (1913-?), Czech Olympic boxer
- František Donth (fl. 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 (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 (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 (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 (1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
- František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
- František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter
- František Jakubec (1956–2016), Czech professional football player
- František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist
- František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete
- František Jež (born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier
- 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 Junek (1907–1970), Czech professional football player
- František Kaberle, Sr. (born 1951), Czech professional football player
- František Kaberle (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 (1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist, and composer
- František Králík (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 (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur
- František Kučera (born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player
- 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 Lanák (20th century), Slovak professional football manager
- František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, and essayist
- František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
- František Lexa (1876–1960), Czechoslovak Egyptologist
- František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator
- František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, 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 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 (1674–1766), Czech architect
- František Metelka (born 1980), Czech professional football player
- 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 Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer
- 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 Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech Olympic gymnast; died in a concentration camp during World War II
- František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot ace during World War II with the French Armee de l'Air; also served with the RAF
- František Pitra (1932–2018), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
- František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech professional football player
- František Pospíšil (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 Rábek (born 1949), Slovak Catholic prelate
- František Raboň (born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer
- František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech professional football player
- František Říha (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 (1940–2004), 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 (1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
- František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, and dancer
- František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
- František Sláma (disambiguation), multiple people
- František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
- František Šmahel (born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history
- František Sokol (1939–2011), Czech Olympic volleyball player
- František Šolc (1920–1996), Czech French horn player and teacher
- František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
- František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player
- František Šťastný (1927–2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- František Šterc (1912–1978), Czech professional football player
- František Straka (born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager
- František Šulc (born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player
- František Sušil (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 (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 (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
- František Udržal (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 (1934–2003), Slovak actor
- František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper
- František Krištof Veselý (1903-1977), Slovak theatre and movie actor and singer
- 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 (1933–2022), 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 (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
- František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist
- František Zajíšek (1912–1987), Czech Olympic bobsledder
- František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist
- František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician
- František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
- František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
- František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor
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- Josef František (1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace