František

František is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Arts

Frank Daniel, Czech film director, producer and screenwriter
František Bartoš (folklorist), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky, Czech sculptor
František Bílek, Czech sculptor and architect
František Brikcius, Czech cellist
František Brixi, Czech composer
František Čáp, Czech film director and screenwriter
František Čelakovský, Czech writer and translator
František Čermák (painter), Czech painter
František Doucha, Czech literary translator and writer
František Drdla, Czech violinist and composer
František Drtikol, Czech photographer
František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, harpsichordist and pianist
František Dvořák (painter), Czech painter
František Flos, Czech novelist
František Gellner, Czech poet and writer
František Griglák, Slovak guitarist
František Halas, Czech poet, essayist and translator
František Vladislav Hek, Czech writer and composer
František Hrubín, Czech poet and writer
František Janák, Czech glass artist
František Kaván, Czech painter and poet
František Kmoch, Czech composer and orchestra conductor
Frantisek Kotzwara, Czech violist, double bassist and composer
František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist
František Langer, Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
František Listopad, Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
František Václav Míča, Czech composer and orchestra conductor
František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer
František Jakub Prokyš, Czech Rococo painter
František Skála, Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
František Škroup, Czech composer and conductor
František Zdeněk Skuherský, Czech composer, pedagogue and theoretician
František Sláma (musician), Czech chamber music cellist
František Tůma, Czech composer of the Baroque period
František Uprka, Czech sculptor
František Velecký, Slovak actor
František Krištof Veselý, Slovak actor and singer
František Vláčil, Czech film director, painter and graphic artist
František Ženíšek, Czech painter
František Zvarík, Slovak theatre and screen actor

Sport

František Balvín, Czech cross-country skier
František Bartoš (motorcyclist), Czech motorcycle road racer
František Bočko, Slovak gymnast
František Bolček, Slovak footballer
František Brůna, Czech handball player
František Brzák, Czech canoeist
František Čapek, Czech sprint canoeist
František Čermák, Czech tennis player
František Čermák (sport shooter), Czech sports shooter
František Černík, Czech ice hockey player
František Cipro, Czech football player and manager
František Doležal, Czech boxer
František Donth, Czech Nordic skier
František Douda, Czech shot putter
František Dřížďal, Czech footballer
František Dvořák (fencer), Czech fencer
František Fadrhonc, Czech football manager
František Getreuer, Czech swimmer and water polo player
František Häckel, Czech cross-country skier
František Havelka, Czech boxer
František Hoholko, Slovak football player and coach
František Hrabě, Czech slalom canoeist
František Huf, Czech bodybuilder
František Jakubec, Czech footballer
František Janda-Suk, Czech athlete
František Jež, Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Junek, Czech footballer
František Kaberle Sr., Czech ice hockey player
František Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
František Kadaňka, Czech slalom canoeist
František Kloz, Czech footballer
František Komňacký, Czech football manager
František Králík, Czech handball player
František Kučera, Czech ice hockey player
František Lanák, Slovak football manager
František Laurinec, Slovak Football Association president
František Maka, Czech Nordic skier
František Masarovič, Slovak footballer
František Metelka, Czech footballer
Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
František Nekolný, Czech boxer
František Pecháček, Czech gymnast
František Plánička, Czech footballer
František Pospíšil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
František Procházka, Czech ice hockey player
František Provazník, Czech rower
František Raboň, Czech bicycle road racer
František Rajtoral, Czech footballer
František Říha, Czech sprint canoeist
František Šafránek, Czech footballer
František Schmucker, Czech footballer
František Schneider, Czech footballer
František Schubert, Czech chess master
František Šimůnek, Czech Nordic skier
František Sokol, Czech volleyball player
František Štambachr, Czech footballer
František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle road racer
František Šterc, Czech footballer
František Straka, Czech football player and manager
František Šulc, Czech handball player
František Švec, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
František Svoboda, Czech footballer
František Svoboda (canoeist), Czech canoeist
František Tikal, Czech ice hockey player
František Treybal, Czech chess master
František Vaněček, Czech gymnast
František Ventura, Czech horse jumper
František Veselý, Czech footballer
František Vršovský, Czech sprint canoeist
František Wende, Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Zajíšek, Czech bobsledder
František Zíta, Czech chess master

Politics

František Bublan, Czech politician and dissident
František Chvalkovský, Czech diplomat and politician
František Kašický, Slovak politician and government minister
František Knapík, Slovak politician
František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician and physician
František Lipka, Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
František Mareš, Czech philosopher and politician
František Mikloško, Slovak politician
František Palacký, Czech historian and politician
František Pitra, Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and publicist
František Šebej, Slovak politician and academic
František Sláma (politician), Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
František Udržal, Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932

Other

František Běhounek, Czech scientist, explorer and writer
František Chvostek, Moravian physician
František Dvorník, Czech historian
František Fajtl, Czech fighter pilot
František Fuka, Czech computer programmer and musician
František Lydie Gahura, Czech architect and sculptor
František Josef Gerstner, Bohemian physicist and engineer
František Graus, Czech historian of medieval Europe
František Janeček, Czech engineer and entrepreneur
František Jílek, Czech orchestra conductor
František Klácel, Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher and scientist
František Koláček, Czech physicist
František Křižík, Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
František Lexa, Czech Egyptologist
František Lorenz, Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect
František Moravec, Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
František Mrázek, Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
František Neuwirt, Czech professor of stomatology
František Antonín Nickerl, Czech entomologist
František Nušl, Czech astronomer and mathematician
František Patočka, Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
František Peřina, Czech fighter pilot
František Rábek, Slovak Catholic prelate
František Rint, Czech woodcarver, carpenter and sculptor of bones
František Roubík, Czech historian and archivist
František Šmahel, Czech historian
František Šorm, Czech chemist
František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician and university professor
František Sušil, Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
František Švantner, Slovak writer
František Tomášek, Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
František Vymazal, Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
František Vyskočil, Czech neuroscientist and physiologist
František Záviška, Czech physicist

Surname

Josef František, Czech fighter pilot