Franjo is a Croatian masculine given name. The

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Franjo is of German origin and has a very long

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

. Franjo comes from the word "Frank", which means "brave and free man". The name Franjo was initially borne by men from the tribe of the

Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

, one of the most powerful Germanic tribes in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

. There are different variations of the name Franjo such as Fran, Franek, Franko, Frano and others. In

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, the name Franjo was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1949. Notable people with the name include: * Franjo Arapović (born 1965), former Croatian basketball center * Franjo Babić (1908–1945), Croatian writer and journalist * Franjo Benzinger (1899–1991), Croatian pharmacist * Franjo Bučar (1866–1946), Croatian writer and sports popularizer of Slovenian origin * Franjo Dijak (born 1977), Croatian actor * Franjo Džal (1906–1945), colonel in the Independent State of Croatia's air force * Franjo Džidić (1939–2025), Bosnian football player and manager * Franjo Frankopan (died 1543), Croatian nobleman and Latinist * Franjo Fröhlich, Yugoslav Olympic fencer * Franjo Glaser (1913–2003), Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager * Franjo Gregurić (born 1939), Croatian politician, prime minister of Croatia July 1991 to September 1992 *

Franjo Hanaman Franjo Hanaman (June 30, 1878 – January 23, 1941) was a Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist, who gained world recognition for inventing the world's first applied electric light-bulb with a metal Electrical filament, filament (tungsten) with ...

(1878–1941), Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist * Franjo Iveković (1834–1914), Croatian linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb * Franjo Jelačić (1746–1810), Croatian nobleman, a member of the House of Jelačić * Franjo Klein (1828–1889), architect in the period of an early and mature historicism in Croatia * Franjo Kluz (1913–1944), Yugoslav pilot of Bosnian origin, best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force * Franjo Komarica (born 1946), Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka since 1985 * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), Croatian violinist and composer * Franjo Kuhač (1834–1911), piano teacher, choral conductor, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music * Franjo Kuharić (1919–2002), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Franjo Kukuljević (1909–2002), Croatian tennis player * Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb * Franjo Majetić (1923–1991), Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles * Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919), Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet *

Franjo Marković Franjo Marković (or Franjo pl. Marković; July 26, 1845 in Križevci, Croatia, Križevci – September 15, 1914 in Zagreb) was a Croats, Croatian philosopher and writer. He was an academician, the first professor of philosophy at the renovated ...

(1845–1914), Croatian philosopher and writer * Franjo Mihalić (1920–2015), long-distance runner and Olympic medallist * Franjo Mraz (1910–1981), Croatian artist * Franjo Punčec (1913–1985), Croatian tennis player * Franjo Rački (1828–1894), Croatian historian, politician and writer * Franjo Rupnik (1921–2000), Croatian football player * Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Franjo Šimić (1900–1944), Croatian colonel, and later general, in the Croatian Home Guard * Franjo Šoštarić (1919–1975), Croatian football (soccer) player who competed internationally for Yugoslavia * Franjo Tepurić (born 1990), Croatian football striker *

Franjo Tuđman Franjo Tuđman (14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999) was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the Independence of Croatia, country's independe ...

(1922–1999), Croatian historian, writer and politician * Franjo Vlašić (1766–1840), Croatian general and ban * Franjo Vladić (1950-2024), Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team * Franjo Wölfl (1918–1987), Croatian footballer * Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the founders of Bosnian modernism * Vanja Udovičić (born 1982), born as Franjo Udovičić, Serbian water polo player and Minister of Youth and Sports

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