Franciszek
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Franciszek is a masculine given name
Given name
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 of Polish
Poles
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 origin. It is a cognate
Cognate
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 of Francis
Francis
Francis is a French and English first name and a surname of Latin origin.Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances, and Francine...

, Francisco
Francisco
Francisco is a Spanish and Portuguese male name form of the name "Francis".In Spanish, people with the name Francisco sometimes are nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis when he founded the Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis"...

, François
François
François may refer to:* a French name; see also Françoise, Francis, François-Dominique* François Beauchemin , professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs* François Gerome , French painter...

, and Franz
Franz
-Given name:* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, of the House of Habsburg, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, assassinated in 1914* Franz Adam, 19th century, German painter, chiefly of military subjects...

. People with the name include:
  • Edward Pfeiffer
    Edward Pfeiffer
    Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer, nom-de-guerre Radwan Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer, nom-de-guerre Radwan Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer, nom-de-guerre Radwan (born January 21 1895 in Łódź, died June 13, 1964 in London - was a Polish military commander, Brigadier General of the Polish Army, commander of the...

     (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish general officer; recipient of the Order of Virtuti Militari
  • Franciszek Alter
    Franciszek Alter
    Franciszek Alter was a Polish general.-Career:Franciszek Alter began his career as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, reaching the rank of captain. He fought in the Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War. He was promoted to general in March 1939...

     (1889–1945), Polish general officer during WWII
  • Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz
    Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz
    The family of Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz with sons: Jerzy, Tadeusz, Antoni, and daughter Maria lived on a farm in Orzechowce near Przemyśl during the Nazi German occupation of Poland in World War II...

     (fl. mid-20th c.), Polish couple who hid and rescued 15 Jews during the Holocaust
  • Franciszek Antoni Kwilecki
    Franciszek Antoni Kwilecki
    Franciszek Antoni Kwilecki was a Polish nobleman, castelan of Kalisz, marshal of the Crown Tribunal , member of the Bar Confederation , Polish envoy to Berlin , deputy to the Sejms of 1761, 1764 and the Great Sejm . Supporter of the Constitution of the 3rd May...

     (1725–1794), Polish nobleman, statesman, and ambassador
  • Franciszek Armiński
    Franciszek Arminski
    Franciszek Armiński was a Polish astronomer.He was professor at the Warsaw University and director of the astronomical observatory in Łazienki Park, Warsaw....

     (1789–1848), Polish astronomer
  • Franciszek Bieliński
    Franciszek Bielinski
    Franciszek Bieliński of Junosza was a Polish politician and statesman. A Grand Marshal of the Crown, Marshal of Prussia and a voivode of Chełmno, he is best remembered as a strong proponent of the expansion and the modernisation of the city of Warsaw...

     (1683–1766), Polish politician and statesman
  • Franciszek Blachnicki
    Franciszek Blachnicki
    Franciszek Blachnicki .Blachnicki started The Light-Life Movement as a Catholic association.In the Roman Catholic Church started the process of his beatification.-External links:*...

     (1921–1987), Polish man who started The Light-Life Movement (Światło-Zycie) as a Catholic association
  • Franciszek Błażej (1907–1951), Polish military officer and anticommunist resistance fighter
  • Franciszek Bohomolec
    Franciszek Bohomolec
    Franciszek Bohomolec was a Polish dramatist, linguist, and theatrical reformer who was one of the principal playwrights of the Polish Enlightenment....

     (1720–1784), Polish dramatist, linguist, and theatrical reformer
  • Franciszek Bronikowski
    Franciszek Bronikowski
    Franciszek Jan Bronikowski was a Polish rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours event....

     (1906–1964), Polish Olympic rower
  • Franciszek Bukaty
    Franciszek Bukaty
    Franciszek Bukaty was a polish diplomat.He was polish chargé d'affaires, and later ambassador in London.At first the Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski wanted to make an English lawyer John Lind Polish ambassador in London, but British authorities opposed, because it was seen as ...

     (1747–1797), Polish diplomat
  • Franciszek Cebulak
    Franciszek Cebulak
    Franciszek Ludwik Cebulak was a Polish football midfielder, who represented the Polish national team in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games....

     (1906–1960), Polish Olympic football (soccer) player
  • Franciszek Chalupka
    Franciszek Chalupka
    Fr. Franciszek Chalupka - founder of the first Polish-American parishes in New England.Chalupka was born in Austria-Hungary. He completed his classical studies in Poland and on March 25, 1884 arrived in the United States....

     (1856–1909), Polish theologian; founder of the first Polish-American parishes in New England
  • Franciszek Czapek
    Franciszek Czapek
    Franciszek Czapek was a watchmaker, the partner of Antoni Patek in Patek, Czapek & Co....

     (1811–unknown), Czech-Polish watchmaker
  • Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin
    Franciszek Dionizy Kniaznin
    Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin is considered to be one of the most distinguished Polish poets of the Polish sentimentalism in the Enlightenment period....

     (1750–1807), Polish poet of the Enlightenment period
  • Franciszek Dobrowolski
    Franciszek Dobrowolski
    Franciszek Dobrowolski was a Polish theatre director, editor of Dziennik Poznański .-References:* Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914, Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego, vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989....

     (1830–1896), Polish theater director
  • Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski
    Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski
    Prince Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski was a Polish noble and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1762 in Warsaw....

     (1710–1774), Polish nobleman and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
  • Franciszek Fiszer
    Franciszek Fiszer
    Franciszek Fiszer was a Polish bon-vivant, gourmand, erudite and philosopher, a friend of the most notable writers and philosophers of contemporary Warsaw and one of Warsaw's semi-legendary people...

     (1860–1937), Polish bon vivant, gourmand, erudite, and philosopher
  • Franciszek Gągor
    Franciszek Gągor
    Franciszek Gągor was a Polish general, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces between 2006 and 2010....

     (1951-2010), Polish general officer, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army since 2006
  • Franciszek Gajowniczek
    Franciszek Gajowniczek
    Franciszek Gajowniczek was a Polish army sergeant whose life was spared by the Nazis when Saint Maximilian Kolbe sacrificed his life for Gajowniczek's...

     (1901–1995), Polish army sergeant whose life was spared when Saint Maximilian Kolbe sacrificed his life for Gajowniczek at Auschwitz
  • Franciszek Gąsienica Groń (born 1931), Polish Olympic skier
  • Franciszek Gąsior
    Franciszek Gasior
    Franciszek Gąsior is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Polish team which finished tenth. He played one match and scored two goals.-External links:*...

     (born 1947), Polish Olympic handball player
  • Franciszek Grocholski
    Franciszek Grocholski
    Franciszek Grocholski was a Polish nobleman .Franciszek became Podstoli of Braclaw since 1761, Borough Writer of Krzemieniec since 1764, Chamberlain of King Stanisław August Poniatowski since 1767, Podczaszy of Braclaw since 1771, Chorąży of Winnica since 1772, Chorąży of Braclaw since 1774, Great...

     (1730–1792), Polish nobleman and politician
  • Franciszek Gruszka
    Franciszek Gruszka
    Franciszek "Frank" Gruszka , Polish soldier , Flying Officer of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain...

     (1910–1940), Polish aviator who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain
  • Franciszek Hodur
    Franciszek Hodur
    Bishop Franciszek Hodur was the founder and the first, and longtime, Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church.Hodur was born on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1866, to Jan and Maria Hodur in the village of Zarki, 35 miles from Krakow, Poland. He enrolled as a seminarian in Krakow and studied...

     (1866–1953), Polish prelate of the Polish National Catholic Church
  • Franciszek Jamroż
    Franciszek Jamroz
    Franciszek Jamroż is a former Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland. He was sentenced charged with corruption and bribery. He is currently imprisoned.-References:...

     (contemporary), Polish politician, former Mayor of Gdańsk; imprisoned for corruption and bribery
  • Franciszek Jarecki
    Franciszek Jarecki
    Franciszek Jarecki was a pilot in the Polish Air Force, who became famous in early 1953 when he escaped Soviet-controlled Poland in a MiG-15 jet, which was one of the best planes owned by the Soviets at that time.Jarecki was born in 1931 in Gdów, a town near Kraków...

     (born 1931), Polish Air Force aviator who defected to the West with a MIG-15 in 1953
  • Franciszek Jerzy Jaskulski
    Franciszek Jerzy Jaskulski
    Major Franciszek Jerzy Jaskulski , aka 'Zagończyk', was a soldier in the Polish Home Army and a commander in Freedom and Independence in the Radom region of Poland...

     (1913–1947), Polish soldier and commander in the anticommunist Freedom and Independence organization
  • Franciszek Kamieński
    Franciszek Kamienski
    Franciszek Kamieński was a Polish botanist. His name has also been spelled Frans Michailow von Kamieńsky or misspelled with the accent above the e, as in Kamiénski. Kamieński had described and authored many species of Utricularia...

     (1851–1912), Polish botanist
  • Franciszek Kamiński
    Franciszek Kaminski
    Franciszek Kamiński was a Polish general and activist of the peasant movement....

     (1902–2000), Polish general and activist of the peasant movement
  • Franciszek Kareu
    Franciszek Kareu
    Franciszek Kareu was Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus in Russia from 1799 to 1801...

     (1731–1802), Belarusian Jesuit priest; Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1801–02
  • Franciszek Karpiński
    Franciszek Karpinski
    Franciszek Karpiński was the leading sentimental Polish poet of the Age of Enlightenment. He is particularly remembered for his religious works later rendered as hymns and carols. He is also considered one of the most original Polish writers of the early partitions...

     (1741–1825), Polish poet of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Franciszek Karwowski
    Franciszek Karwowski
    Franciszek Karwowski was a Polish World War I veteran. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and then in the Polish Army.- See also :* List of veterans of World War I who died in 2005...

     (1895–2005), Austria-Hungary World War I veteran
  • Franciszek Kasparek
    Franciszek Kasparek
    Franciszek Ksawery Kasparek was a Polish jurist, professor of law and rector of Kraków University, founder of the first chair in international law in Poland , and member of the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków.He was the brother-in-law of biologist Professor Maksymilian Nowicki of Kraków...

     (1844–1903), Polish jurist, professor of law, and rector of Kraków University
  • Franciszek Kleeberg
    Franciszek Kleeberg
    Franciszek Kleeberg was a Polish general. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army before joining the Polish Legions in World War I and later the Polish Army. During the German Invasion of Poland he commanded Independent Operational Group Polesie...

     (1888–1941), Polish general officer in the Austro-Hungarian army and subsequently in the Polish Legions
  • Franciszek Kniaźnin
    Franciszek Kniaznin
    Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin was a Polish dramatist and prose writer.-External links:...

     (1750–1807), Polish dramatist and writer
  • Franciszek Kokot
    Franciszek Kokot
    Franciszek Kokot is a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. Kokot is known as the pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe. He is a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, having previously served as its rector....

     (born 1929), Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
  • Franciszek Kostrzewski
    Franciszek Kostrzewski
    Franciszek Kostrzewski was a Polish painter, illustrator and caricaturist.He was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. Among his works are paintings illustrating the epic poem Pan Tadeusz. He died in Warsaw....

     (1826–1911), Polish painter, illustrator, and caricaturist
  • Franciszek Krajowski
    Franciszek Krajowski
    Franciszek Krajowski was a Czech-Poles military officer and a General of the Polish Army.He started his career in the Austro-Hungarian Army....

     (1861–1932), Czech-Polish military officer and general of the Polish Army
  • Franciszek Krupiński
    Franciszek Krupiński
    -Life:Krupiński was an early representative of Polish Positivism. He preached "organic work" and fought against Catholic and Romantic philosophy.-Works:*Filozofia w Polsce...

     (1836–1898), Polish philosopher
  • Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
    Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
    Count Franciszek Ksawery Branicki was a Polish nobleman of the Korczak coat of arms, magnate and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation....

     (1730–1819), Polish nobleman, magnate, and a leader of the Targowica Confederation
  • Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński
    Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński
    Franciszek Ksawery Chomiński was a Polish soldier, politician, translator and poet. Sejm deputy, deputy to the Lithuanian Tribunal and voivode of Mscislaw from 1788 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and marshal of the Grodno Governorate in the Russian Empire after partitions of Poland.A...

     (died 1809), Polish politician, writer, and translator
  • Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski (1762–1818), Polish Romantic novelist, poet, translator, and satirist
  • Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
    Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
    Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki was an important politician of the first half of the 19th century in the partitioned Poland. He was a prince and minister of the treasury in the Congress Kingdom of Poland. He is known as one of the prominent economists and financiers of his era...

     (1778–1846), Polish politician and government minister in partitioned Poland
  • Franciszek Ksawery Godebski
    Franciszek Ksawery Godebski
    Franciszek Ksawery Godebski was a Polish writer and publicist.He was born in Frankenthal. Cyprian Godebski was his father, and Dobrogost his pseudonym....

     (1801–1869), Polish writer and publicist
  • Franciszek Ksawery Lampi
    Franciszek Ksawery Lampi
    Franciszek Ksawery Lampi was a Polish Romantic painter.- External links :* *...

     (1782–1852), Polish painter of the Romantic era
  • Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz
    Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz
    Franciszek Ksawery Abgaro-Zachariasiewicz was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Przemyśl, elevated in 1840. He was also bishop of Tarnów...

     (1770–1845), Polish Roman Catholic prelate, professor, and historian
  • Franciszek Latinik
    Franciszek Latinik
    Franciszek Ksawery Latinik was a Polish general.He graduated from the cadets school in Kraków and since 1882 served in the Austro-Hungarian Army...

     (1864–1949), Polish general officer
  • Franciszek Leja
    Franciszek Leja
    Franciszek Leja was a Polish mathematician.He was born to a poor peasant family in the south-estern Poland. After graduating from the Univestity of Lwów he was a teacher of mathematics and physics in high schools from 1910 until 1923, among others in Kraków...

     (1885–1979), Polish mathematician
  • Franciszek Lessel
    Franciszek Lessel
    Franciszek Lessel was a Polish composer.Lessel was born in Puławy. His father, Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel, was a pianist and composer of Czech origin who served as his first teacher. In 1799 Franciszek Lessel went to study with Joseph Haydn and continued to do until the man's death...

     (1780–1838), Polish composer
  • Franciszek Lilius
    Franciszek Lilius
    Franciszek Lilius was a Polish composer, a descendant of the Italian Giglis family. He significantly contributed to the musical culture of Warsaw in the 17th century...

     (1600–1657), Polish composer
  • Franciszek Lubomirski
    Franciszek Lubomirski
    Prince Franciszek Lubomirski was a Polish noble .He was the son of Court and Grand Marshal Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski and Elżbieta Doenhoff....

     (died 1721), Polish nobleman
  • Franciszek Macharski (born 1927), Polish Roman Catholic cardinal; Archbishop of Kraków 1978–2005
  • Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński (1676–1756), Polish nobleman, politician, collector, and patron of arts
  • Franciszek Malewski
    Franciszek Malewski
    Franciszek Hieronim Malewski of Jastrzębiec coat of arms was a Lithuanian -Polish lawyer, archivist and journalist. In 1815 he graduated from the Vilna-based gimnazjum wileńskie and started legal studies at the local university. Founding member of the Filomatic Society and friend to Adam...

     (1800–1870), Polish lawyer, archivist, and journalist
  • Franciszek Misztal
    Franciszek Misztal
    Franciszek Misztal - Polish aircraft designer.He studied at Lviv Polytechnic and received his doctorate in 1929 at the Technical University in Aachen. From 1928 he worked in the PZL in Warsaw as a constructor...

     (1901–1981), Polish aircraft designer
  • Franciszek Niepokólczycki
    Franciszek Niepokólczycki
    Franciszek Niepokólczycki - colonel and a sapper in the Polish Army, soldier of the Polish Home Army and the anti-communist organization Freedom and Independence and a political prisoner during the Stalinist period in Poland.From November 1918 on he was a member of Polish...

     (1900–1974), Polish military officer and anticommunist resistance fighter; imprisoned under Stalin
  • Franciszek Nowicki
    Franciszek Nowicki
    Franciszek Henryk Siła-Nowicki was a Young Poland poet, a mountaineer, socialist activist, and designer of the Orla Perć High Tatras mountain trail.-Life:...

     (1864–1935), Polish poet, mountaineer, and socialist activist
  • Franciszek Pieczka
    Franciszek Pieczka
    Franciszek Pieczka is a Polish film and stage actor. A graduate of the Theatrical Academy in Warsaw, he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra...

     (born 1928), Polish film and stage actor
  • Franciszek Piper
    Franciszek Piper
    Franciszek Piper is a Polish scholar, historian and author. Most of his work concerns the Jewish Holocaust, especially the history of the concentration camps at Auschwitz. Dr. Piper is credited as one of the historians who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau...

     (born 1941), Polish scholar, historian and author; specializing in the Holocaust
  • Franciszek Pius Radziwiłł
    Franciszek Pius Radziwiłł
    Franciszek Pius Radziwiłł was a Polish noble and political acitvist. Director of the Military Commission in the Provisional Council of State and in the government of Jan Kanty Steczkowski in 1918....

     (1878–1944), Polish nobleman and political activist
  • Franciszek Pokorny
    Franciszek Pokorny
    Major Franciszek Pokorny was a Polish Army officer who, after World War I, headed the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau before Major Gwido Langer.-Life:...

     (fl. mid-20th c.), Polish military officer and cryptographer
  • Franciszek Przysiężniak
    Franciszek Przysiężniak
    Franciszek Przysiężniak - was a lieutenant in the Polish Army, an officer of anti-communist resistance groups National Military Organization and National Military Union .Przysiężniak finished the Volhynian School for Reserve...

     (1909–1975), Polish military officer and anticommunist resistance fighter; recipient of the Virtuti Militari
  • Franciszek Rychnowski
    Franciszek Rychnowski
    Franciszek Rychnowski was a Polish engineer and an inventor, who also lectured at the Lwów Politechnic. In addition to mundane projects , he also gained fame for his pseudoscientific theories on eteroid, similar to the concepts of élan vital or orgone;...

     (1850–1929), Polish engineer and an inventor
  • Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski
    Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski
    Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski was a Polish Romantic novelist, poet, translator, publisher, critic, and satirist. Father of Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski.-Biography:...

     (1801–1871), Polish writer, poet, translator, critic, and journalist
  • Franciszek Salezy Jezierski
    Franciszek Salezy Jezierski
    Franciszek Salezy Jezierski was a Polish writer, social and political activist of the Enlightenment period. A Catholic priest, he was involved with the creation of the Commission of National Education. Member of the Hugo Kołłątaj's Forge. Librarian of the Jagiellonian University...

     (1740–1791), Polish priest, writer, and activist of the Enlightenment period
  • Franciszek Salezy Potocki
    Franciszek Salezy Potocki
    Franciszek Salezy Potocki was a Polish-Lithuanian noble . Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1750 in Warsaw....

     (1700–1772), Polish-Lithuanian nobleman; Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
  • Franciszek Sebastian Lubomirski
    Franciszek Sebastian Lubomirski
    Prince Franciszek Sebastian Lubomirski was a Polish noble .Lubomirski was the son of Grand Marshal and Hetman Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski and Barbara Tarło. He was the owner of Łańcut, the starost of Olsztyn, and the Rotmistrz of an armoured cavalry regiment ....

     (diet 1699), Polish nobleman
  • Franciszek Siarczyński
    Franciszek Siarczynski
    Franciszek Siarczyński - Polish Roman Catholic Priest, member of the Piarist religious order, historian, geographer, teacher, writer and publicist....

     (1758–1829), Polish Roman Catholic Piarist priest, historian, geographer, teacher, and writer
  • Franciszek Smuda
    Franciszek Smuda
    Franciszek Smuda is a Polish football manager and former player. Who played in Poland, the United States, and Germany. In 1983 he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish league titles...

     (born 1948), Polish professional football player, coach, and manager
  • Franciszek Smuglewicz
    Franciszek Smuglewicz
    Franciszek Smuglewicz or Pranciškus Smuglevičius, October 6, 1745 – September 18, 1807) was a Polish-Lithuanian draughtsman and painter. Smuglewicz is considered a progenitor of Lithuanian art in the modern era. Some consider him as a spiritual father of Jan Matejko's school of painting....

     (1745–1807), Polish-Lithuanian draftsman and painter
  • Franciszek Starowieyski
    Franciszek Starowieyski
    Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski , was a Polish artist. From 1949 to 1955 he studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. He specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration. He was a member of Alliance Graphique International...

     (1930–2009), Polish artist
  • Franciszek Stefaniuk
    Franciszek Stefaniuk
    Franciszek Stefaniuk is Polish politician from Agrarian Polish People's Party , who serve as a Sejm Member since Contract Sejm...

     (born 1944), Polish politician from Chełm
  • Franciszek Sulik
    Franciszek Sulik
    Franciszek Sulik was a Polish-Australian chess master.Before World War II, he lived in Lvov . In 1934, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Henryk Friedman, behind Stepan Popel, in the Lvov championship. In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Warsaw...

     (1908–2000), Polish-Australian chess master
  • Franciszek Szymczyk
    Franciszek Szymczyk
    Franciszek Szymczyk was a Polish track cyclist who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lemberg and died in Warsaw....

     (1892–1976), Polish Olympic track cyclist
  • Franciszek Trąbalski
    Franciszek Trabalski
    Franciszek Trąbalski was a Polish socialist politician and a longtime member of Polish Socialist Party .-Biography:...

     (1870–1964), Polish socialist politician
  • Franciszek Trześniewski
    Franciszek Trzesniewski
    ----Franciszek Trześniewski was an early 20th century Polish gourmand and cook. Born in Kraków, at that time belonging to Eastern-Galicia , he is notable for the restaurant-bar he opened in Vienna in 1902, shortly before World War I...

     (died 1939), Polish gourmand and chef; eponym of the Trześniewski restaurant in Vienna
  • Franciszek Walicki
    Franciszek Walicki
    Franciszek Walicki is considered the father of Polish big beat and rock.In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot...

     (born 1921), Polish jazz and rock musician
  • Franciszek Wielopolski
    Franciszek Wielopolski
    Count Franciszek Wielopolski was a Polish noble .He was the son of Deputy and Grand Chancellor Jan Wielopolski and Konstancja Krystyna Komorowska...

     (died 1732), Polish nobleman
  • Franciszek Wład
    Franciszek Wład
    Franciszek Sewerin Wład was a Polish brigadier general. From 1930 until the German invasion of Poland, he commanded the 14th Infantry Division and died in the battle of Bzura on 18 September....

     (1888–1939), Polish general officer killed during the German invasion of Poland
  • Franciszek Zabłocki (1754–1821), Polish comic dramatist and satirist of the Enlightenment period
  • Franciszek Zachara
    Franciszek Zachara
    Franciszek Zachara was a Polish-American pianist and composer who concertized extensively throughout Europe in the years leading up to 1928...

     (1898–1966), Polish-American pianist and composer
  • Franciszek Żmurko
    Franciszek Zmurko
    Franciszek Żmurko was a Polish painter. Zmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he moved to Krakow to study at the The Academy of Fine Arts where he had lessons from Jan Matejko...

     (1859–1910), Polish painter
  • Franciszek Żwirko (1895–1932), Polish sport and military aviator
  • Ksawery Lubomirski
    Ksawery Lubomirski
    Franciszek Ksawery Lubomirski was a Polish noble, Russian general.Son of Stanisław Lubomirski, he had many possessions around Kiev, which following the First Partition of Poland fell under the Russian Empire control. Franciszek Ksawery decided to become a Russian citizen...

    (Franciszek Ksawery Lubomirski) (1747–1829), Polish nobleman and Russian general officer
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