František
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František is a masculine given name
of Czech origin. It is a cognate
of Francis
, Francisco
, François
, and Franz
. People with the name include:
Surname:
Given name
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of Czech 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:
- Frank DanielFrank DanielFrank Daniel was a film director, producer and screenwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia . He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting.-Life:...
(František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter - Frank MusilFrank MusilFrantišek Musil , known mostly as Frank Musil, is a former professional ice hockey player. Musil is a scout for the Edmonton Oilers and assistant coach for the Czech national ice hockey team.-Playing career:...
(František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach - František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer
- František Antonín NickerlFrantišek Antonín NickerlFrantišek Antonín Nickerl was a Czech entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially those of the Riesengebirges....
(1813–1871), Czech entomologist - František BalvínFrantišek BalvínFrantišek Balvín was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the 50 km event in 1948 and 21st in the 50 km event in 1952. He was born in Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina in the Czech...
(born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier - František BartošFrantišek BartošFrantišek Bartoš is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former Czechoslovakia. He enjoyed his best season as a rider for the ČZ factory racing team in 1957 when he finished the season in ninth place in the 125cc world championship.- References :...
- František Bartoš (folklorist)František Bartoš (folklorist)František Bartoš was a Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist. He is viewed as the successor of František Sušil, the pioneer of Moravian ethnomusicology...
(1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist - František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (born 1926), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- František Bartoš (folklorist)
- František BěhounekFrantišek BehounekFrantišek Běhounek was a Czech scientist , explorer and writer.The asteroid 3278 Běhounek is named after him.- Biography :Běhounek studied physics and mathematics at Charles University, later radiology in France at Marie Curie-Skłodowska. In 1920s, he was one of the founders of State Radiological...
(1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer, and writer - František BílekFrantišek BílekFrantišek Bílek was a famous Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect....
(1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect - František BolčekFrantišek BolcekFrantišek Bolček was a Slovak footballer, who played for FC Spartak Trnava in the 1930s. He died at 93 years old.Bolček made 13 appearances for the Slovakia national football team from 1939 to 1944.-External links:*...
(20th c.), Slovak professional football player - František BrikciusFrantišek BrikciusFrantišek Brikcius is a Czech cellist.-Life:František Brikcius was born in Prague, into a family with a distinguished cultural background. From early childhood he began to play the cello and quickly developed into a competent student...
(contemporary), Czech cellist - František BrixiFrantišek BrixiFrantišek Xaver Brixi was a Czech classical composer of the 18th century. His first name is sometimes given, by reference works, in its Germanic form: Franz.-Biography:...
(a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period - František BrůnaFrantišek BrunaFrantišek Brůna is a Czechoslavak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Czechoslavak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Games. He played two matches and scored three goals....
(born 1944), Czech Olympic handball player - František BrzákFrantišek BrzákFrantišek Brzák was a Czech canoer who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague. In 1936 he and his partner Josef Dusil finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m competition. In the K-1 10000 m event, Brzák finished sixth.-References:*...
(1915–2006), Czech Olympic canoer - František BublanFrantisek BublanFrantišek Bublan is a former Czech dissident, in 2004 named Minister of the Interior for Stanislav Gross's Social Democratic Party government. After Stanislav Gross had been forced to leave the government, Bublan remained in the government of Jiří Paroubek.He studied at Charles University, faculty...
(born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident - František ČápFrantišek CápFrantišek Čáp , also known as "Franz Cap" in Germany, was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970....
(1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter - František ČapekFrantišek CapekFrantišek Čapek was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s...
(1914–2008), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist - František ČelakovskýFrantišek CelakovskýFrantišek Ladislav Čelakovský, also known by the pseudonym Marcian Hromotluk, was a Czech writer and translator.-Life:...
(a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator - František ČermákFrantišek Cermák----František Čermák is a Czech professional tennis player. Čermák turned pro in 1998. He has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 19 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 14 on February 1, 2010...
(born 1976), Czech professional tennis player - František ČerníkFrantišek CerníkFrantišek Černík is a professional ice hockey player who played in 1984–85 for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.* 1970 - 1984 - HC Vítkovice* 1984 - 1985 - Detroit Red Wings...
(born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States - František ChvalkovskýFrantisek ChvalkovskyFrantišek Chvalkovský was a Czech diplomat and the fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia.-Activities during the First Republic:...
(1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia - František ChvostekFrantišek ChvostekFrantišek Chvostek was an Czecho-Austrian military physician. He is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign....
(1835-1884), Moravian physician - František CiproFrantišek CiproFrantišek Cipro is a Czech football manager, who is the current manager of Gambrinus liga side České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past.-Coaching career:...
(born 1947), Czech professional football player and manager - František DoležalFrantišek DoležalFrantišek Doležal is a Czech boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Albert Barnes.-External links:*...
(born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer - František DonthFrantisek DonthFrantišek Donth was a Czech Nordic skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in Cross-country skiing in the 1920's. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 50 km , two silvers in the 18 km , and bronze in the 50 km .At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished...
(fl. early 20th c.), Czech Olympic Nordic skier - František DouchaFrantišek DouchaFrantisek Doucha was one of the most famous Czech literary translators and writers. He was among the most prolific translators of the century, translating works from 14 different languages. His name is often associated with many Shakespearian translations into the Czech language. He lived in...
(1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer - František DoudaFrantišek DoudaFrantišek Douda was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Planá nad Lužnicí....
(1908–1990), Czech Olympic shot putter - František DrdlaFrantisek DrdlaFrantišek Alois Drdla was a prominent Czech concert violinist and composer of light music.-Biography:Drdla was born in 1868 in Žďár nad Sázavou, in what is now the Czech Republic...
(1868–1944), Czech concert violinist and composer - František DřížďalFrantišek DríždalFrantišek Dřížďal is a Czech football player.In 2008 Dřížďal was voted "Revelation of the Year" at the Golden Ball awards.-References:* *...
(born 1978), Czech professional football player - František DrtikolFrantišek DrtikolFrantišek Drtikol was a Czech photographer of international renown. He is especially known for his characteristically epic photographs, often nudes and portraits.- Life and work :...
(1883–1961), Czech photographer - František DvořákFrantišek DvořákFrantišek Dvořák was a Czech Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(1871–1939), Czech Olympic fencer - František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
- František FadrhoncFrantišek FadrhoncFrantišek Fadrhonc was a football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria–Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He performed his coaching wonders, however, in the West, mostly in the Netherlands...
(1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands - František FajtlFrantišek FajtlLieutenant General František Fajtl was a Czech fighter pilot of World War II. He was a RAF squadron and wing commander and led a group of Czechoslovak fighter pilots who formed an air regiment under Soviet Air Force command, supporting the Slovak National Uprising in 1944...
(1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of WWII; served with the RAF - František FukaFrantišek FukaFrantišek Fuka is a computer programmer and musician from the Czech Republic, well known in the ZX Spectrum and SAM Coupé communities for his work in the late 80s and early 90s as Fuxoft, especially for Tetris 2, an objective based unofficial sequel to Tetris...
(born 1968), Czech musician, computer programmer, and blogger - František GellnerFrantišek GellnerFrantišek Gellner was a Czech poet, short story writer, artist and anarchist.-Biography:František Gellner was born to a poor Jewish family in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia. His father was a seller and a keen socialist...
(1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist, and anarchist - František GrausFrantisek GrausFrantišek Graus was a Czech historian whose work focused on the social and economic history of medieval Europe, particularly the history of social movements and of ethnic and religious minorities.-Life and Academic Career:...
(1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe - František HäckelFrantisek HäckelFrantišek Häckel was a Czechoslovakian cross country skier in the 1920s. He won a silver medal at the 1925 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 50 km event.-External links:...
(fl. early 20th c.), Czech cross-country skier - František HalasFrantišek HalasFrantišek Halas was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator.- Life :...
(1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist, and translator - František HavelkaFrantišek HavelkaFrantišek Havelka was a Czech boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia. In 1936, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight class after losing his fight to Robey Leibbrandt.-External links:*...
(1908–unknown), Czech Olympic boxer - František HoholkoFrantišek HoholkoFrantišek Hoholko was a former Slovak football winger or striker and later coach. During his playing career he made 228 appearances and scored 44 goals at the Czechoslovak First League...
(1947–2005), Slovak professional football player and coach - František HraběFrantišek HraběFrantišek Hrabě is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won two bronze medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1955 and 1957.-References:*...
(fl. mid-20th c.), Czech slalom canoer - František HrubínFrantišek HrubínFrantišek Hrubín , was a Czech poet and writer. He was a lifetime member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ....
(1910–1971), Czech poet and writer - František HufFrantišek HufFrantišek Huf is a Czech bodybuilder, model and gay pornographic actor.He is 174–175 cm tall and usually competes in the "Classic bodybuilder" weight class, height up till 175 cm, weight up till 79 kg. He weighs 107 kilos in the off-season. He won the Grand Prix Fitness Nutrend in...
(born 1981), Czech bodybuilder - František Jakub ProkyšFrantišek Jakub Prokyš-External links:*...
(1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter - František JakubecFrantišek JakubecFrantišek Jakubec is a retired Czech football player.Jakubec played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career. He also had a spell with Veria in the Greek Super League....
(born 1956), Czech professional football player - František JanákFrantišek JanákFrantišek Janák is a Czech glass artist. He creates glass sculptures and commission works, and also does series production design for different Czech glassworks....
(born 1951), Czech glass artist - František Janda-SukFrantišek Janda-SukFrantišek Janda-Suk was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Postřižín near Roudnice nad Labem and died in Prague....
(1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete - František JežFrantišek JežFrantišek Jež . Is a former Czechoslovakian ski jumper who competed from 1988 to 1999. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won a bronze medal in the Team Large Hill....
(born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier - František JílekFrantišek JílekFrantišek Jílek was a Czech conductor, known especially for his interpretation of Leoš Janáček's works.- Life :...
(1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor - František Josef GerstnerFrantišek Josef GerstnerFrantišek Josef Gerstner was a Bohemian physicist and engineer.Gerstner studied at the Jesuits gymnasium in Chomutov, after which he studied mathematics and astronomy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague between 1772 and 1777. In 1781, he started to study medicine in Vienna, but quickly decided...
(1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer - František Josef StudničkaFrantišek Josef StudnickaFrantišek Josef Studnička was a Czech mathematician and popular pedagogue at Charles University in Prague. He was also an active contributor to astronomy and meteorology. He was known as the author of several textbooks and popular articles....
(1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor - František JunekFrantišek JunekFrantišek Junek was a Czech football player who played for SK Slavia Praha and the Czechoslovakia national team. He was capped 32 times for Czechoslovakia, scoring seven goals, and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where he played all four matches.- References :...
(1907–1970), Czech professional football player - František Kaberle, Sr.Frantisek Kaberle, Sr.František Kaberle is the father of Tomáš Kaberle and František Kaberle. He was himself a Czechoslovak national ice hockey team player in the mid-1970s winning the World Championships twice, in 1976 and 1977...
(born 1951), Czech professional football player - František KaberleFrantišek KaberleFrantišek "Frank" Kaberle is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for HC Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga. During the 2005–06 season, he won his first Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes. He has previously played for Modo Hockey, the Los Angeles Kings, the Atlanta...
(born 1973), Czech professional ice hockey player - František KadaňkaFrantišek KadaňkaFrantišek Kadaňka is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Skopje....
(born 1944), Czech slalom canoer - František KašickýFrantišek KašickýFrantišek Kašický was defence minister of Slovakia from 4 July 2006 to 25 January 2008.He is a former chief of Office of the Minister of Defence, Director of Communication Department and the ministry spokesman...
(born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister - František KavánFrantišek KavánFrantišek Kaván was Czech painter and poet.Kaván studied gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888. During 1889 to 1896 he studied painting at the academy in Prague under the guidance of Julius Mařák. He was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences...
(1866–1941), Czech painter and poet - František KlácelFrantišek KlácelFrantišek Matouš Klácel was an Augustinian author, philosopher, scientist, pedagogue, and journalist from Moravia....
(1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist - František KlozFrantišek KlozFrantišek Kloz was a Czech football player.Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno...
(1905–1945), Czech professional football player; killed in WWII - František KmochFrantišek KmochFrantišek Kmoch was a Czech composer and conductor.- Life and career :František Kmoch was born in Zásmuky, near Kolín, Bohemia. His father was a tailor and a clarinetist who performed folk music...
(1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor - František KnapíkFrantišek KnapíkFrantišek Knapík is the current mayor of the Slovak city of Košice and a member of the Christian Democratic Movement ....
(born 1956), Slovak politician, mayor of the Slovak city of Košice - František KoláčekFrantišek KolácekFrantišek Koláček was Czech physicist.Koláček studied at German gymnasium in Brno , then at technical universities in Prague and Vienna. At the Charles University in Prague, under guidance of Ernst Mach, he obtained doctoral decree in 1877...
(1851–1913), Czech physicist - František KomňackýFrantišek KomnackýFrantišek Komňacký is a Czech football coach who is currently coaching Czech club FK Jablonec.As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970 he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played four years until his graduation for Neftyanik Volgograd...
(born 1951), Czech professional football coach - Frantisek KotzwaraFrantisek KotzwaraFrantišek Kočvara, known later in England as Frantisek Kotzwara , was a Czech violist, virtuoso double bassistand composer. He is perhaps more famous for the notorious nature of his death.-Life and music:...
(1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist, and composer - František KrálíkFrantišek KrálíkFrantišek Králík is a Czechoslavak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Czechoslavak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Games. He played four matches as goalkeeper....
(1942–1974), Czech Olympic handball player - František KriegelFrantišek KriegelFrantišek Kriegel was a Czechoslovak politician, physician, and a member of the Communist Party reform wing of Prague Spring...
(1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician; kidnapped to Moscow during the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968 - František KřižíkFrantišek KrižíkFrantišek Křižík was a Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur. The main belt asteroid 5719 Křižík was named in his honor....
(1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur - František KučeraFrantisek KuceraFrantišek Kučera is a retired Czech professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals.-Playing career:Originally...
(born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player - František KupkaFrantišek KupkaFrantišek Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism...
(1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist - František Ladislav RiegerFrantišek Ladislav RiegerFrantišek Ladislav Rieger was a Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement.-Early life:...
(1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement - František LanákFrantišek LanákFrantišek Lanák is a former Slovak football manager. He coached ŠK Slovan Bratislava.-References:...
(20th c.), Slovak professional football manager - František LangerFrantišek LangerFrantišek Langer , was a Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, essayist, literary critic and publicist. He was born and died in Prague.- Life :...
(1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, and essayist - František LaurinecFrantišek LaurinecFrantišek Laurinec is a former president of Slovak Football Association .-Biography:He played football for Iskra Partizánske. Later he worked in Czechoslovak Football Association , Slovak Football Association and football club Inter Bratislava...
(born 1951), Slovak Football Association president - František LexaFrantišek LexaFrantišek Lexa was a Czechoslovakian Egyptologist. Lexa began his career as a secondary school teacher. Having learnt the Egyptian language by himself, he became the first person to translate and publish Egyptian texts into Czech in 1905...
(1876-1960), Czechoslovakian Egyptologist - František LipkaFrantišek LipkaFrantišek Lipka is a Slovak diplomat, poet and translator, who contributed to the process of the creation of independent Montenegro.-Life:...
(born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator - František ListopadFrantišek ListopadFrantišek Listopad is a Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, theatre and television director, promoter of Czech literature and culture abroad, regarded as an expert on Central European thought and cultural output.-Biography:František Listopad was born on 26 November 1921 in Prague...
(born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director - František LorenzFrantišek LorenzFrantišek Lorenz also known as Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz or Francisco Lorenz was a Czech-born polyglot and philosopher born in Zbislav . He was one of the first Esperantists in the world, and was able to communicate in over 100 different languages. In 1891, Lorenz moved to Brazil due to political...
(a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz ) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist - František Lydie GahuraFrantišek Lydie GahuraFrantišek Lydie Gahura was a Czech architect and sculptor who became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of Zlín, a city in southeastern Czech Republic. He worked for the Bata Shoes organization in the 1920s and 1930s....
(1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor - František MakaFrantišek MakaFrantišek Maka was a Czechoslovakian-Czech nordic combined skier who competed from 1990 to 1997. Competing in two Winter Olympics in the 3 × 10 km team event, he finished sixth in 1992 and fifth in 1994....
(born 1968), Czech Olympic Nordic skier - František MarešFrantišek MarešFrantišek Mareš was a Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in 1920-21, and member of the National Democrats.-Life:...
(1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician - František MasarovičFrantišek MasarovicFrantišek Masarovič was a former Slovak football player. In the 1930s, he played for FC Spartak Trnava and ŠK Slovan Bratislava.- References :...
(20th c.), Slovak professional football player - František Maxmilián KaňkaFrantišek Maxmilián KankaFrantišek Maxmilián Kaňka was a Czech architect and builder.He is most famous for reconstructions of palaces and castles of Bohemian noblemen and for designs of churches and other religious buildings, principally in Baroque style...
(1674-1766), Czech architect - František MetelkaFrantišek MetelkaFrantišek Metelka is a Czech football player who currently plays for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.-Club:Metelka played for Silesian clubs SFC Opava and Baník Ostrava before moving to Slovenia to play for Rudar Velenje...
(born 1980), Czech professional football player - František MikloškoFrantišek MikloškoFrantišek Mikloško is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and a former member of Christian Democratic Movement. Mikloško was Speaker of the Slovak National Council from 1990 to 1992. Mikloško is the longest-serving member of parliament in Slovakia...
(born 1947), Slovak politician - František MoravecFrantišek MoravecFrantišek Moravec was Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II....
(1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during WWII - František MrázekFrantišek MrázekFrantišek Mrázek was a controversial Czech entrepreneur, often referred to as the "Godfather of Czech Organized Crime". Mrázek covertly influenced the Czech politics for almost twenty years. In 2006 he was assassinated by a sniper...
(1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated - František NekolnýFrantišek NekolnýFrantišek "Franta" Nekolný was a Czech boxer who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1928 Summer Olympics....
(1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer - František NeuwirtFrantišek NeuwirtFrantišek Neuwirt , professor of stomatology at Charles University in Prague.He followed Jan Jesenský as head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until his death, was a member of the Bohemian Academy, a member of International Association for Dental Research , whose Honorary Vice-President he became...
(1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology - František NušlFrantisek NuslFrantišek Nušl was a Czech astronomer and mathematician.- Life :After high school in Jindřichův Hradec, he studied physics and astronomy in Prague, where he met among others the future president of Czechoslovakia, T. G. Masaryk, the linguist Jan Gebauer and the historian Josef Goll, with whom he...
(1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician - František OndříčekFrantišek OndrícekFrantišek Ondříček was a Czech violinist and composer. He gave the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Antonín Dvořák, and his achievements were recognised by the rare award of honorary membership of the Philharmonic Society of London in 1891.Ondříček was born in Prague, the son of the...
(1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer - František PalackýFrantišek PalackýFrantišek Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...
(1798-1876), Czech historian and politician - František PatočkaFrantišek PatockaFrantišek Patočka was a Czech microbiologist and serologist. He established the study of virology in Czechoslovakia....
(1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist - František PecháčekFrantišek PechácekFrantišek Pecháček was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Stará Paka and was murdered in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp....
(1896–1944), Czech Olympic gymnast; died in a concentration camp during WWII - František PeřinaFrantišek PerinaWing Commander General František Peřina was a Czech fighter pilot, an ace during World War II with the French Armee de l'Air, who also served twice with Britain's Royal Air Force.-Biography:...
(1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot ace during World War II with the French Armee de l'Air; also served with the RAF - František PitraFrantišek PitraFrantišek Pitra was the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from October 11, 1988 through February 6, 1990. Like his four predecessors, he was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia....
(born 1932), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990 - František PláničkaFrantišek PlánickaFrantišek Plánička was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovakian football. He played the majority of his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the Czech league eight times and the Mitropa Cup once...
(1904–1996), Czech professional football player - František PospíšilFrantisek PospisilFrantišek Pospíšil was a Czech ice hockey defenceman and coach.He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961-1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978-79. He won the Golden Hockey Stick as the top player in Czechoslovakia in 1971 and 1972...
(born 1944), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach - František ProcházkaFrantišek ProcházkaFrantišek Procházka 6'1", 220 lb, defenseman, played on the 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia....
(born 1962), Czech ice hockey player - František ProvazníkFrantišek ProvazníkFrantišek Provazník is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague.In 1972 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event....
(born 1948), Czech Olympic rower - František RaboňFrantišek RabonFrantišek Raboň is a Czech road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam .Raboň turned pro in 2006 with German outfit , after having been European road champion the previous season and 3 times Czech Under 23 time trial and one time road race champion.-Palmares:200320042005František Raboň is a Czech road...
(born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer - František RajtoralFrantišek RajtoralFrantišek Rajtoral is a Czech football player who currently plays for FC Viktoria Plzeň.He won the Czech Football Cup with FC Viktoria Plzeň in 2010.-Club:FC Viktoria Plzeň:* Czech Republic Football Cup: 2010...
(born 1986), Czech professional football player - František RihaFrantišek RihaFrantišek Řiha is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He finished sixth the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.-References:*...
(born 1935), Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer - František RintFrantišek RintFrantišek Rint was a 19th century Czech woodcarver and carpenter. He was employed by the House of Schwarzenberg to organize the human bones interred at the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Christian chapel in Sedlec, in 1870. He used the bones at Sedlec Ossuary to create elaborate, macabre sculptures,...
(fl. 19th c.), Czech woodcarver, carpenter, and sculptor of bones - František RoubíkFrantišek RoubíkFrantišek Roubík was an eminent Czech historian. He was an archivist for aristocratic family Czernin....
(1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist - František ŠafránekFrantišek ŠafránekFrantišek Šafránek was a Czech football player.Šafránek played for several clubs, including Spartak Sokolovo and Dukla Prague ....
(1931–1987), Czech professional football player - František SchmuckerFrantišek SchmuckerFrantišek Schmucker was a Czech football player.During his club career he played for FC Baník Ostrava and RH Brno...
(born 1940), Czech professional football player - František SchneiderFrantišek SchneiderFrantišek Schneider František Schneider František Schneider (born 21 April 1987 is a Czech football player whocurrently plays for 1. FC Brno.-References:*...
(born 1987), Czech professional football player - František SchubertFrantišek SchubertFrantišek Schubert was a Czech chess master.Before World War I, he took 4th at Pilsen 1911 , played at Böhmisch Trübau 1913, and took 7th at Jungbunzlau 1913 .In 1915, he took 5th in Vienna František Schubert (27 April 1894, Mladá Boleslav – December 1940) was a Czech chess master.Before World...
(1894–1940), Czech chess master - František ŠimůnekFrantisek SimunekFrantišek Šimůnek was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck....
(1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier - František SkálaFrantišek SkálaFrantišek Skála jr is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer.He studied woodcarving at Secondary Applied Arts School Prague, 1971–1975 and in 1982 graduated from the University of Applied Arts in film and television graphics.He achieved his first major...
(born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, and dancer - František ŠkroupFrantišek ŠkroupFrantišek Jan Škroup was a Czech composer and conductor. His brother Jan Nepomuk Škroup was also a successful composer and his father, Dominik Škroup, and other brother Ignác Škroup were lesser known composers.- Biography :At the age of eleven he moved to Prague where he supported himself as a...
(1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor - František SlámaFrantišek SlámaFrantišek Sláma may refer to:*František Sláma *František Sláma...
(1850–1917), Czech writer, traveler, lawyer, and politician - František Sláma (musician)František Sláma (musician)František Sláma was a significant Czech chamber music performer. He was the first Czech cellist who focused on Early music.-Biography:...
(1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist - František ŠmahelFrantišek ŠmahelFrantišek Šmahel is a Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his works about Hussitism, Universities in the Middle Ages, Humanism, and Monarch representation in the Middle Ages....
(born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history - František SokolFrantišek SokolFrantišek Sokol is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tišnov....
(born 1939), Czech Olympic volleyball player - František ŠolcFrantisek SolcFrantišek Šolc was Czech French hornist and horn teacher.- Life :He was born in Přerov on 25 June 1920. He grew up in a musical environment; his father was a music director of the local city orchestra. In 1935 Šolc enrolled voluntarily in a military music school in Prague...
(1920–1996), Czech French horn player and teacher - František ŠormFrantišek ŠormFrantišek Šorm was a Czech chemist known for synthesis of natural compounds, mainly terpenes and biologically active components of plants...
(1913–1980), Czech chemist - František ŠtambachrFrantišek ŠtambachrFrantišek Štambachr or Štambacher, nicknamed "Štambi", is a former Czechoslovakian footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovakian Olympic Football Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
(born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player - František ŠťastnýFrantišek ŠtastnýFrantišek Šťastný was a Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.He started his sports career as bicycle racer. In 1948 he competed in the Peace Race. He competed in his first motorcycle race in 1947 on a DKW motorcycle. In 1952 he competed in the Czechoslovak Grand Prix with a used Norton...
(1927–2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer - František ŠtercFrantišek ŠtercFrantišek Šterc was a Czech football player.He played club football for SK Židenice.He played two matches for the Czechoslovakia national team and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.- References :...
(1912–1978), Czech professional football player - František StrakaFrantišek StrakaFrantišek Straka is a Czech former football player and manager.-Playing career:Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988 he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playing career there. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup...
(born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager - František ŠulcFrantišek ŠulcFrantišek Šulc is a Czech former handball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chotěboř....
(born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player - František SušilFrantišek SušilFrantišek Sušil was a Moravian Roman Catholic priest most noted for his published collection of traditional Moravian folk music, Moravské národní písně, which contained 2091 songs and 2361 texts...
(1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music - František ŠvantnerFrantišek ŠvantnerFrantišek Švantner was a Slovak prose writer.-Biography:...
(1912–1950), Slovak writer - František ŠvecFrantišek ŠvecFranišek Švec is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin.-References:**...
(contemporary), Czechoslovak sprint canoer - František SvobodaFrantišek SvobodaFrantišek Svoboda was a Czech football player.He played club football mostly for SK Slavia Praha and in 1935 became the top goalscorer of the Czechoslovak First League....
(1906–1948), Czech professional football player - František Svoboda (canoer)František Svoboda (canoer)František Svoboda was a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague.In 1936 he finished fifth in the folding K-1 10000 m event.-References:*...
(1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoer - František TikalFrantišek TikalFrantišek Tikal was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a one medal over the span of two Olympic Games. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2004. He was born in Včelná, Czechoslovakia, and died in Prague in...
(1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player - František TomášekFrantišek TomášekFrantišek Tomášek was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian...
(1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia - František TreybalFrantišek TreybalFrantišek Treybal was a Czech chess master.In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5-6th in Prague . In 1908, he took 20th in Prague . In 1909, he took 4th in Prague...
(1882–1947), Czech chess master - František TůmaFrantišek TumaFrantišek Ignác Antonín Tůma was an important Czech composer of the Baroque era...
(1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period - František UdržalFrantišek UdržalFrantišek Udržal was a Czechoslovakian politician.A member and leader of the powerful Agrarian Party, his political career started as member of the local parliament of Bohemia, then of parliament of Austria-Hungary, then of parliament of Czechoslovakia...
(1866–1938), Czechoslovakian politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32 - František Václav MíčaFrantišek Václav MíčaFrantišek Antonín Václav Míča was a Czech conductor and composer.Míča was born in Třebíč. He conducted many opera performances for royal families...
(1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor - František VaněčekFrantišek VanecekFrantišek Vaněček was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Prague....
(1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast - František VeleckýFrantišek VeleckýFrantišek Velecký was a Slovak actor.Velecký was a very particular figure of Slovak acting, being antipode to venerated mainstream showbiz celebrities. Although he had never received any formal training he managed to earn a great respect of both filmmakers and audience members...
(1934–2003), Slovak actor - František VenturaFrantišek VenturaFrantišek Ventura was a Czechoslovak/Czech horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928, he and his horse Eliot won the gold medal in the individual jumping competition...
(1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper - František VeselýFrantišek VeselýFrantišek Veselý was a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for whom he appeared in 34 matches and scored three goals....
(1943–2009), Czech professional football player - František VláčilFrantišek VlácilFrantišek Vláčil was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist.Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers , but his main area became played film...
(1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist - František Vladislav HekFrantišek Vladislav HekFrantišek Vladislav Hek was a Czech patriot active in early phases of the Czech National Revival, writer and composer. He has novel F. L. Věk by Alois Jirásek.Hek was born the son of a shopkeeper from Dobruška...
(1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival - František VršovskýFrantišek VršovskýFrantišek Vršovský is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event while being disqualified in the heats of the K-1 4 x 500 m event....
(born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoer - František VymazalFrantišek VymazalFrantišek Vymazal was a Czech polyglot and language textbooks writer. He was born in a poor family in Topolany near Vyškov and worked as a corrector in printing house. His life was quite eccentric and solitary...
(1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer - František VyskočilFrantišek VyskočilFrantišek Vyskočil is a Czech neuroscientist and a Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology at Charles University.-Biography:Born in 1941 in Pelhřimov, Bohemia. In 1963 he graduated with honours from the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague and in later years obtained the title of...
(born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology - František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
- František Xaver DušekFrantišek Xaver DušekFrantišek Xaver Dušek , was a Czech composer and one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time....
(1731-1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist - František ZajíšekFrantišek ZajíšekFrantišek Zajíšek was a Czechoslovak bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 14th in the four-man event.-References:***...
(born 1912), Czech Olympic bobsledder - František ZáviškaFrantišek ZáviškaFrantišek Záviška was a renowned Czech physicist. The major asset of his scientific work is integrated in nine studies on waveguides published between the years 1912 and 1939...
(1879–1945), Czech physicist - František Zdeněk SkuherskýFrantišek Zdenek SkuherskýFrantišek Zdeněk Xavier Alois Skuherský was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician.Born in Opočno to František Alois Skuherský, the doctor of Duke Colloredo-Mansfeld and founder of the Opočno hospital. He graduated from the Hradec Králové gymnasium and studied philosophy and shortly...
(1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician - František ŽeníšekFrantišek ŽeníšekFrantišek Ženíšek was a Czech painter known best for his famous decorations of the Prague National Theatre foyer along with Mikoláš Aleš. In addition he painted the ceiling of the auditorium inside the theatre. He also contributed to the redecoration of the Prague National Museum.-References:...
(1849–1916), Czech painter - František ZítaFrantišek ZítaFrantišek Zíta was a Czech chess master who was born and died in Prague.Zíta played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads:* In 1937, at first reserve board in 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm ;...
(1909–1977), Czech chess master - František ZvaríkFrantišek ZvaríkFrantišek Zvarík was an accomplished theater actor and movie character actor. He has appeared in about two dozen Slovak films since the 1940s...
(1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor
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- Josef FrantišekJosef FrantišekSergeant Josef František DFM* was a Czech fighter pilot and World War II flying ace. He flew for the air forces of Czechoslovakia, Poland and the United Kingdom. He is famous as being the number one allied ace in the Battle of Britain.- Career :Born in Otaslavice in 1913, Josef František joined...
(1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and WWII flying ace