František
František is a male name . The Germanized form Frantischek is also used. Both forms are rarely found as a family name.
Origin and meaning
The name is the Czech or Slovak form of Franz .
Well-known namesake
A.
- František Albert (1856–1923), Czech doctor and storyteller
B.
- František Balej (1873–1918), Czech lawyer
- František Barát (* 1950), Czech football player and coach
- František Bartoš (composer) (1905–1973), Czech composer
- František Bednář (1884–1963), Czech pastor
- František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech physicist and writer
- František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and graphic artist
- František Bombic (* 1977), Czech ice hockey player
- František Antonín Brabec (* 1954), Czech cameraman, film director and screenwriter
- František Bragagnola (* 1927), Czech football player
- Emil František Burian (1904–1959), Czech composer, poet and publicist
C.
- František Čáp (1913–1972), Czechoslovakian director
- František Ladislav Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech poet and translator
- František Čermák (* 1976), Czech tennis player
- František Černík (* 1953), Czech ice hockey player
- František Chochola (* 1943), Czech-German sculptor, illustrator and medalist
- František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat and politician
- František Cipro (* 1947), Czech football player and coach
D.
- František Douda (1908–1989), Czech shot putter
- František Drtikol (1883–1961), Czech photographer
- František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech theologian, Byzantinist and church historian
F.
- Frantisek 15th century, illuminator at the court of Prague, see Frana (illuminator)
- František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Dutch football coach of Czech origin
- František Filipovský (1907–1993), Czechoslovak actor
G
- František Gel (1901–1972), Czech journalist
- František Gellner (1881–1914), Czech poet, anarchist
- František Graus (1921–1989), Czechoslovak historian
- František Gregor (1938–2013), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
H
- František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet
- František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech poet and publicist
- František Hrubín (1910–1971), Czech writer
J
- František Jež (* 1970), Czech ski jumper
- František Junek (1907–1970), Czechoslovak football player
K
- František Kaberle senior (* 1951), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- František Kaberle junior (* 1973), Czech ice hockey player
- František Kaván (1866–1941), Czech painter
- František Matouš Klácel (1808–1882), Czech poet
- František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech football player
- František Kmoch (1848–1912), Czech composer and conductor
- František Kočvara (1740–1791), Czech composer
- František Komňacký (* 1951), Czech football player
- František Kordač (1852–1934), Archbishop of Prague
- František Korte (1895–1962), Czech composer
- František Kotlaba (1927–2020), Czech botanist and mycologist
- František Kožík (1909–1997), Czech writer
- František Křelina (1903–1976), Czech writer, poet, dramaturge and pedagogue
- František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech technician, industrialist and inventor
- František Kubka (1894–1969), Czech journalist, writer, translator and politician
- František Kučera (* 1968), Czech ice hockey player
- František Kunzo (soccer player, 1954) (* 1954), Slovak soccer player
- František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter
- František Kutnar (1903–1983), Czech historian
L.
- František Langer (1888–1965), Czech writer
- František Laurinec (* 1951), Slovak football official
- František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech and Portuguese writer
- František Lobkowicz (* 1948), Bishop of Ostrava-Troppau
M.
- František Mareš (1857–1942), Czech politician, physiologist, philosopher
- František Adam Míča (1746–1811), Czech composer
- František Mikloško (* 1947), Slovak politician
N
- František Nepil (1929–1995), Czech writer
P
- František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
- František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech football player
- František Pospíšil (* 1944), Czech ice hockey player
- František Procházka (1962–2012), Czech ice hockey player
R.
- František Raboň (* 1983), Czech cyclist
- František Radkovský (* 1939), Bishop of the Diocese of Pilsen
- František Rajtoral (1986-2017), Czech football player
- František Rauch (1910–1996), Czech pianist and music teacher
- František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist
- František Rint (19th century), Czech wood carver and carpenter
S.
- František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
- František Sláma (musician) (1923-2004), Czech chamber musician
- František Štambacher (* 1953), Czechoslovak soccer player
- František Šterc (1912–1978), Czechoslovak football player
- František Straka (* 1958), Czech football player and coach
- František Svoboda (1905–1948), Czech football player
T
- František Tikal (1933–2008), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- František Tokár (1925–1993), Slovak table tennis player
- František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech clergyman, Archbishop of Prague
- František Vincenc Tuček (1755–1820), Czech singer, conductor and composer, see Vincenc Tuček
- František Ignác Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer
V
- František Vaňák (1916–1991), Archbishop of Olomouc
- František Ventura (1894–1969), Czechoslovakian show jumper
- František Veselý (football player, 1943) (1943–2009), Czech football player
- František Veselý (soccer player, 1969) (* 1969), Czech soccer player
- František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech director
- František Výborný (* 1953), Czech ice hockey coach
W.
- František Wende (1904–1968), Czechoslovak ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
Z
- František Alexandr Zach (1807-1892), Czech military theorist and general