Frantisek

František (Czech pronunciation: [franˈcɪʃɛk]) is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
Frank Musil (František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer
František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist
František Balvín (born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier
František Bartoš, multiple people
František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (born 1926), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer, and writer
František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect
František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak professional football player
František Brikcius (contemporary), Czech cellist
František Brixi (a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period
František Brůna (born 1944), Czech Olympic handball player
František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech Olympic canoeist
František Bublan (born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident
František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
František Čapek (1914–2008), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
František Čelakovský (a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
František Čermák (born 1976), Czech professional tennis player
František Černík (born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States
František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
František Cipro (born 1947), Czech professional football player and manager
František Doležal (born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer
František Donth (fl. 1920s), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
František Douda (1908–1990), Czech Olympic shot putter
František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech concert violinist and composer
František Dřížďal (born 1978), Czech professional football player
František Drtikol (1883–1961), Czech photographer
František Dvořák, multiple people
František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands
František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of World War II; served with the RAF
František Flos (1864-1961), Czech novelist
František Fuka (born 1968), Czech musician, computer programmer, and blogger
František Gellner (1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist, and anarchist
František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
František Häckel (fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier
František Halas (1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist, and translator
František Havelka (1908–unknown), Czech Olympic boxer
František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak professional football player and coach
František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
František Hrubín (1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter
František Jakubec (born 1956), Czech professional football player
František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist
František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete
František Jež (born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Jílek (1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor
František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
František Junek (1907–1970), Czech professional football player
František Kaberle, Sr. (born 1951), Czech professional football player
František Kaberle (born 1973), Czech professional ice hockey player
František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
František Kašický (born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister
František Kaván (1866–1941), Czech painter and poet
František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist
František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech professional football player; killed in World War II
František Kmoch (1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician, mayor of the Slovak city of Košice
František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist
František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech professional football coach
Frantisek Kotzwara (1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist, and composer
František Králík (1942–1974), Czech Olympic handball player
František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician; kidnapped to Moscow during the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968
František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur
František Kučera (born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player
František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement
František Lanák (20th century), Slovak professional football manager
František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, and essayist
František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
František Lexa (1876–1960), Czechoslovakian Egyptologist
František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator
František Listopad (born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director
František Lorenz (a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist
František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
František Maka (born 1968), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
František Mareš (1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician
František Masarovič (fl. 1930s), Slovak professional football player
František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect
František Metelka (born 1980), Czech professional football player
František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
František Moravec (1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
František Mrázek (1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
František Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer
František Neuwirt (1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology
František Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician
František Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist
František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech Olympic gymnast; died in a concentration camp during World War II
František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot ace during World War II with the French Armee de l'Air; also served with the RAF
František Pitra (born 1932), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech professional football player
František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
František Procházka (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player
František Provazník (born 1948), Czech Olympic rower
František Raboň (born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer
František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech professional football player
František Riha (born 1935), Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoeist
František Rint (fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter, and sculptor of bones
František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist
František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech professional football player
František Schmucker (born 1940), Czech professional football player
František Schneider (born 1987), Czech professional football player
František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master
František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic.
František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, and dancer
František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
František Sláma, multiple people
František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
František Šmahel (born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history
František Sokol (born 1939), Czech Olympic volleyball player
František Šolc (1920–1996), Czech French horn player and teacher
František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player
František Šťastný (1927–2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
František Šterc (1912–1978), Czech professional football player
František Straka (born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager
František Šulc (born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player
František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
František Švantner (1912–1950), Slovak writer
František Švec (contemporary), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
František Svoboda (1906–1948), Czech professional football player
František Svoboda (canoeist) (1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoeist
František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player
František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
František Treybal (1882–1947), Czech chess master
František Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
František Udržal (1866–1938), Czechoslovakian politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32
František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast
František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor
František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper
František Veselý (1943–2009), Czech professional football player
František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist
František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival
František Vršovský (born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology
František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist
František Zajíšek (born 1912), Czech Olympic bobsledder
František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist
František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician
František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor
Surname
Josef František (1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace

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Form of Francis: from France, frenchman, free man.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	František Rajtoral	1986	Czech footballer
2	František Kupka	1871	Czech painter and graphic artist
3	František Kinský	1947
4	František Nedvěd	1947	Czech composer, guitarist and singer
5	Josef František	1914	Czech pilot
6	František Palacký	1798	Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer
7	František Čuba	1936	Czech senator of Czech Parliament and agonomist
8	František Koukolík	1941	Czech patologist and science writer
9	František Venclovský	1932	Czechoslovakia swimmer and wrestler
10	František Plánička	1904	Czech footballer
11	František Kovářík	1886	Czech dabing actor and actor
12	František Stárek	1952	Czech music reviewer and music publicist
13	František Kaberle	1973	Czech ice hockey player
14	Frantisek Kotzwara	1740	Czech composer and violist
15	František Straka	1958	Czech footballer
16	František Vláčil	1924	Czech graphic, painter, director and scriptwriter
17	František Kreuzmann jr.	1963	Czech actor
18	František Moravec	1895	Czech general and warrior
19	František Drtikol	1883	Czech photographer and artist
20	František Husák	1936	Czech dabing actor and actor
21	František Xaver Dušek	1731	Czech composer, pianist and harpsichordist
22	František Kotleta	1981	Czech writer
23	František Křižík	1847	Czech engineer, entrepreneur and inventor
24	František Křepela	1910	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Czechoslovak politician
25	František Kriegel	1908	Czech Czechoslovak politician and doctor
26	František Řehák	1923	Czech actor
27	František Mrázek	1958	Czech entrepreneur
28	František Savov	1972	Czech entrepreneur
29	František Budín	1924	Czech entertainer
30	Franz Dvorak	1862	Czech painter
31	František Rint	1900	Czech sculptor
32	František Čáp	1913	Czech film director
33	František Saidl	1887	Czech murderer
34	František Drdla	1868	Czech violinist and composer
35	František Peřina	1911	Czech general and pilot
36	František Kubík	1989	Slovak footballer
37	František Fajtl	1912	Czechoslovakia general and pilot
38	František Štorm	1966	Czech typographer
39	František Janeček	1878	Czech engineer, constructer and entrepreneur
40	František Tomášek	1899	Czech cardinal, professor and theologist
41	František Laurin	1934	Czech theater director and manager
42	František Brixi	1732	Czech composer
43	František Janouch	1931	Czech physicist and writer
44	František Tůma	1704	Czech composer
45	František Kovár	1946
46	František Ondříček	1857	Czech violinist and composer
47	František Chvalovský	1954	Czech soccer player and entrepreneur
48	František Paul	1898	Czech actor, comedian and singer
49	František Fadrhonc	1914	Czech football manager
50	František Tomáš Kolowrat-Krakowský	1943
51	František Škroup	1801	Czech composer and conductor
52	František Veselý	1943	Czech footballer born 1943
53	František Jan Vavák	1741	Czech poet and chronicler
54	František Matějka	1970	Czech politician
55	František Salzer	1902	Czech actor
56	František Maxmilián Kaňka	1674	Czech architect
57	František Gellner	1881	Czech anarchist, poet, illustrator, painter, publicist and writer
58	František Ferda	1915	Czech healer and roman catholic priest
59	František Kučera	1968	Ice hockey player
60	František Chovanec	1900	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Czechoslovak politician
61	František Šťastný	1927	Czechoslovakia motoracer
62	František Přeučil	1907	Czech Czechoslovak politician and publisher
63	František Jakubec	1956	Czech footballer
64	František Belfín	1923	Czech conductor and composer
65	František Schwarzenberg	1913	Czech nobleman
66	František Griglák	1953	Slovak guitarist
67	František Benda	1944	Czech minister of environment of the CR
68	František Alexander Elstner	1902	Czech traveller, publicist and writer
69	František Josef Gerstner	1756	Czech physicist and mathematician
70	František Čelakovský	1799	Czech poet, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, professor, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer
71	František Fuka	1968	Czech film reviewer, publicist, programmer and translator
72	František Běhounek	1898	Czech academic, physicist, arctic explorer, professor, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer
73	František Hrubín	1910	Czech poet, dramatic, translator, scriptwriter and writer
74	František Chvalkovský	1885	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and Czechoslovak politician
75	František Pospíšil	1944	Czech ice hockey player
76	František Šádek	1921	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak parliament, general and slovak nation politician
77	František Kele	1936	Slovak geographer, mountain climber and scientist
78	František Bartoš	1837	Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist
79	František Svoboda	1906	Czech footballer
80	František Zach	1807	Czech general and warrior
81	František Peltán	1913
82	František Smotlacha	1884	Czech mycologist
83	František Janda-Suk	1878	Czech discus thrower
84	František Hudeček	1909	Czech illustrator and painter
85	František Kmoch	1848	Czech conductor and composer
86	František Štambachr	1953	Czech footballer
87	František Chvostek	1835	Czecho-Austrians physician
88	František Derfler	1942	Czech dabing actor, actor, professor and university educator
89	František Skála	1956	Czech illustrator, painter, sculptor and artist
90	František Novotný		Czech poet and lyricist
91	František Xaver Pokorný	1729	Czech violinist and composer
92	František Vlasák	1912	Czech vice prime minister of Czech republic, Czechoslovak politician and economist
93	František Skorkovský	1909
94	František Cipro	1947	Czech soccer coach
95	František X. Halas	1937	Czech diplomat, historian and university educator
96	František Josef Kinský	1879
97	František Dohnal	1960
98	František Vnouček	1903	Czech actor
99	František Korbel	1976	Czech attorney, local politician and lawyer
100	František Hála	1893	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of post offices, Czechoslovak politician and roman catholic priest
101	František Gross	1909	Czech graphic, natural painter and painter
102	František Vicena	1933	Czech actor
103	František Jílek	1913	Czech conductor, composer and pianist
104	František Brikcius		Czech violoncellist
105	František Halas	1903	Czech Czechoslovak politician, poet and writer
106	František Jiránek	1698	Czech composer
107	František Branislav	1900	Czech poet
108	František Lydie Gahura	1891	Czech architect and sculptor
109	František Hodáč	1883	Czech Czechoslovak politician and lawyer
110	František Mikloško	1947	Slovak politician
111	František Laurinec	1951	Footballer; Slovak Football Association president
112	František Filipovský	1907	Czech actor
113	František Udržal	1866	Czech member of Czech council and Czechoslovak politician
114	František Staněk	1867	Czech banker and mayor
115	František Šlégr	1894	Czech dabing actor and actor
116	František Brůna	1944	Handball player
117	František Drtina	1861	Czech philosopher and high school educator
118	František Ladislav Rieger	1818	Czech politician and publicist
119	František Kaván	1866	Czech poet, natural painter, painter and translator
120	František Němec	1943	Czech actor and university educator
121	František August Brauner	1810	Czech member of Czech council and lawyer
122	František Daneš	1919	Czech lexicographer, linguist and university educator
123	František Trstenský
124	František Černý	1926	Czech theater reviewer and university educator
125	František Pavelka	1920	Czechoslovakia parachutist
126	František Roith	1876	Czech architect
127	František Machník	1886	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of national defence and Czechoslovak politician
128	František Čermák	1940	Czech lexicographer, linguist, translator and science writer
129	František Kábele	1913	Czech educator
130	František Šebej	1947	Slovak politician and academic
131	František Sláma	1923	Czech music educator, educator and violoncellist
132	František Muzika	1900	Czech illustrator, painter, scenographer, typographer and university educator
133	František Truhlář	1917	Czechoslovakia pilot
134	František Sokol-Tůma	1855	Czech writer
135	František Huf	1981	Czech bodybuilder and pornactor
136	František Josef Thomayer	1856
137	František Jež	1970	Czech olympionic, entrepreneur and skijumpers
138	František Wichterle	1840	Czech entrepreneur
139	František Hamza	1868	Czech doctor and writer
140	František Douda	1908	Czechoslovak shot putter
141	František Filip	1930	Czech director
142	František Havránek	1923	Czech soccer player and soccer coach
143	František Zvarík	1921	Slovak actor and opera singer
144	František Ringo Čech	1943	Czech drummer, actor, painter, scriptwriter, writer, lyricist and singer
145	František Bořek-Dohalský	1887
146	Frantisek Foltýn	1891	Czech painter
147	František Václav Míča	1694	1694-1744, Czech conductor and composer.
148	František Ringhoffer II.	1817	Czech member of Czech council and entrepreneur
149	František Hossa	1954	Slovak ice hockey player and coach
150	František Borový	1874	Czech publisher
151	František Raboň	1983	Road bicycle racer
152	František Zuska	1887	Czech painter, medailer and sculptor
153	František Chábera	1912	Czechoslovakia general and pilot
154	František Ženíšek	1849	Czech painter and university educator
155	František Doucha	1810	Czech poet, lexicographer, translator, collector of regional songs, writer and roman catholic priest
156	František Ferdinand Šamberk	1838	Czech dramatic, actor, director and writer
157	František Blažek	1863	Czech architect
158	František Langer	1888	Czechoslovak dramatic, general, doctor and writer
159	František Pošepný	1836	Czech geologist
160	František Kavka	1920	Czech historian and university educator
161	František Čáda	1895
162	František Lorenz	1872	Czech-born philosopher and Esperantist
163	František Radkovský	1939	Czech theologian and catholic priest
164	František Komňacký	1951	Czech soccer coach
165	František Trejtnar	1917	Czech pilot and warrior
166	František Bílek	1907	Czech painter
167	František Vodsloň	1906	Czech Czechoslovak politician and sport official
168	František Bidlo	1895	Czech humorist, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist
169	František Kincl	1941	Czech member of Czech National Council and Czechoslovak politician
170	František Schmucker	1940	Czech footballer
171	František Modráček	1871	Czech Czechoslovak politician and publicist
172	František Burian	1881	Czech surgeon
173	František Ulrich	1859	Czech attorney, poet and mayor
174	František Zavřel	1885	Czech dramatic and writer
175	František Vácha	1966	Czech member of Czech Parliament (2013–2017), biochemist and professor
176	František Serafínský Procházka	1861	Czech poet
177	František Výrostko
178	František Šafránek	1931	Czech footballer
179	František Gaulieder	1951
180	František Pecháček	1896	Czechoslovak gymnast
181	František Kabelák	1902	Czech hermeticist
182	František Kacafírek	1956	Czech violinist
183	František Dostál	1938	Czech photographer
184	František Graus	1921	Czech historian
185	František Štěpánek	1922	Czech theater director
186	František Vízner	1936	Czech designer, glassmaker, sculptor and artist
187	František Vyskočil	1941	Czech physiologist and violinist
188	František Nenáhlo	1914	Czech executioner (1914-1961)
189	František Chochola	1943	German sculptor, illustrator and restorer
190	František Uher	1825	Czech member of Czech council, composer and lawyer
191	František Kundert	1891	Cyclist
192	František Vacovský	1926	Czech ice hockey player
193	František Gregor Emmert	1940	Czech composer
194	František Josef Řezáč	1819	Czech member of Czech council, publicist, educator and roman catholic priest
195	František Kotva	1952	Czech guitarist
196	František Weber	1908	Czechoslovakia general and pilot
197	František Adámek	1955	Czech member of Czech Parliament (2013–2017), member of Czech National Council and local politician
198	František Peroutka	1879	Czech banker and lawyer
199	František Fridrich	1829	Czech photographer
200	František Erben	1874	Czech gymnast