Franciszek

Franciszek is a male name .

Origin and meaning

The name is the Polish form of the German name Franz .

Well-known namesake

• Franciszek Bieliński (1683–1766), politician
• Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730–1819), Adjutant General and Grand Hetman of the Crown
• Franciszek Brzeziński (1867–1944), composer
• Franciszek Dąbrowski (1904–1962), deputy commandant on the Westerplatte
• Franciszek Gągor (1951–2010), Commander in Chief of the Polish Armed Forces
• Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901–1995), Sergeant in the Polish Army
• Franciszek Gąsienica Groń (1931–2014), Nordic combined skier
• Franciszek Hynek (1897–1958), balloon athlete
• Franciszek Kęsy (1920–1942), resistance fighter and Nazi victim, beatified in 1999
• Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807), Jesuit and poet
• Franciszek Leja (1885–1979), mathematician
• Franciszek Lessel (1780–1838), composer
• Franciszek Lilius (1600–1657), composer
• Franciszek Macharski (1927-2016), archbishop
• Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862), composer
• Franciszek Morawski (1783–1861), general and writer
• Franciczek von Morawski (1868–1938), Polish landowner, member of the German Reichstag
• Franciszek Ludwik Neugebauer (1856–1914), Polish-Russian gynecologist
• Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński (1676–1756), count, politician and art collector
• Franciszek Pieczka (* 1928), actor
• Franciszek Piesik (1942–1967), killed on the Berlin Wall
• Franciszek Piper (* 1941), historian and author
• Franciszek Raszeja (1896–1942), doctor and university professor
• Franciszek Smolka (politician) (1810–1899) Polish-Austrian politician
• Franciszek Smuda (* 1948), football coach
• Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745–1807), painter and draftsman
• Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009), graphic artist, painter and set designer
• Franciszek Zabłocki (1752–1821), satirist and playwright
• Franciszek Żmurko (1859–1910), salon painter

See also

• František , Czech or Slovak form of Franz