František () is a masculine
Czech and
Slovak given name. It is a
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...
of
Francis,
Francisco
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Meaning of the name Francisco
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...
,
François
François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis.
People with the given name
* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
* Voltaire, Fran ...
and
Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Arts
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Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter
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František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
*František Bělský, known as
Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
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František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect
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František Brikcius, Czech cellist
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František Brixi (1732–1771), Czech composer
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František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
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František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
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František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter
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František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
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František Drdla
František Alois Drdla ( Germanized as Franz Drdla; 28 November 1868 – 3 September 1944) 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 ...
(1868–1944), Czech violinist and composer
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František Drtikol (1883–1961), Czech photographer
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František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist and pianist
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František Dvořák (painter) (1862–1927), Czech painter
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František Flos (1864–1961), Czech novelist
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František Gellner (1881– ), Czech poet and writer
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František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet, essayist and translator
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František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer
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František Hrubín
František Hrubín (17 September 1910 – 1 March 1971) was a Czechs, Czech poet and writer.
Biography
Frantisek Hrubín was born into the family of a builder at Prague. His family lived in Lešany (Benešov District), Lešany near Prague durin ...
(1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
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František Janák
František Janák (born 1 June 1951) is a Czech glass artist. He creates glass sculptures and commission works, and also does series production design for different Czech glassworks.
Biography
Janák was born on 1 June 1951 in Havlíčkův Bro ...
(born 1951), Czech glass artist
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František Kaván
František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czechs, Czech painter and poet.
Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888. During 1889 to ...
(1866–1941), Czech painter and poet
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František Kmoch
František Kmoch (1 August 1848 – 30 April 1912) 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. As a child, Fran ...
(1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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Frantisek Kotzwara
František Kočvara, known later in England as Frantisek Kotzwara (1730 – September 2, 1791), was a Czech violist, virtuoso double bassist
and composer.
His death was one of the first recorded instances of death by erotic asphyxiation.
Li ...
(1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist and composer
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František Kupka
František Kupka (23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957), also known as ''Frank Kupka'' or ''François Kupka,'' was a Czech painter and graphic artist
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, eit ...
(1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
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František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
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František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
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František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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František Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
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František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Czech Rococo painter
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František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
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František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
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František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue and theoretician
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František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
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František Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
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František Uprka (1868–1929), Czech sculptor
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František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor
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František Krištof Veselý (1903-1977), Slovak actor and singer
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František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech film director, painter and graphic artist
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František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
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František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theatre and screen actor
Sport
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František Balvín (1915–2003), Czech cross-country skier
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František Bartoš (motorcyclist) (1926–1987), Czech motorcycle road racer
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František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak footballer
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František Brůna (1944–2017), Czech handball player
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František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech canoeist
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František Čapek (1914–2008), Czech sprint canoeist
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František Čermák
František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech former professional tennis player.
Career
In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world ...
(born 1976), Czech tennis player
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František Čermák (sport shooter) (1894–?), Czech sports shooter
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František Černík (born 1953), Czech ice hockey player
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František Cipro (1947–2023), Czech football player and manager
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František Doležal (1913-?), Czech boxer
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František Donth (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1920s), Czech Nordic skier
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František Douda (1908–1990), Czech shot putter
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František Dřížďal (born 1978), Czech footballer
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František Dvořák (fencer) (1871–1939), Czech fencer
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František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Czech football manager
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František Getreuer (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and water polo player
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František Häckel (fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier
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František Havelka (1908–unknown), Czech boxer
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František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak football player and coach
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František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
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František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
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František Jakubec (1956–2016), Czech footballer
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František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
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František Jež (born 1970), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
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František Junek (1907–1970), Czech footballer
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František Kaberle Sr. (born 1951), Czech ice hockey player
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František Kaberle (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player
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František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
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František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech footballer
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František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech football manager
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František Králík (1942–1974), Czech handball player
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František Kučera (born 1968), Czech ice hockey player
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František Lanák (20th century), Slovak football manager
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František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
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František Maka (born 1968), Czech Nordic skier
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František Masarovič (fl. 1930s), Slovak footballer
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František Metelka (born 1980), Czech footballer
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Frank Musil (born František Musil 1964), Czech ice hockey player and coach
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František Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech boxer
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František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech gymnast
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František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech footballer
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František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech ice hockey player and coach
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František Procházka (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player
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František Provazník (born 1948), Czech rower
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František Raboň (born 1983), Czech bicycle road racer
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František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech footballer
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František Říha (born 1935), Czech sprint canoeist
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František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech footballer
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František Schmucker (1940–2004), Czech footballer
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František Schneider (born 1987), Czech footballer
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František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master
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František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Nordic skier
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František Sokol (1939–2011), Czech volleyball player
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František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech footballer
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František Šťastný (1927–2000), Czech motorcycle road racer
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František Šterc (1912–1978), Czech footballer
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František Straka (born 1958), Czech football player and manager
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František Šulc (born 1950), Czech handball player
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František Švec, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
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František Svoboda (1906–1948), Czech footballer
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František Svoboda (canoeist) (1904–1991), Czech canoeist
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František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech ice hockey player
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František Treybal (1882–1947), Czech chess master
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František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech gymnast
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František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech horse jumper
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František Veselý (1943–2009), Czech footballer
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František Vršovský (1933–2022), Czech sprint canoeist
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František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
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František Zajíšek (1912–1987), Czech bobsledder
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František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
Politics
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František Bublan (born 1951), Czech politician and dissident
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František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat and politician
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František Kašický (born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister
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František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician
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František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician
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František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
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František Mareš
František Mareš (20 October 1857 – 6 February 1942) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and a nationalism, nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in Prague, Charles University in ...
(1857–1942), Czech philosopher and politician
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František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
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František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
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František Pitra (1932–2018), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
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František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist
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František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic
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František Sláma (politician) (1850–1917), Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
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František Udržal (1866–1938), Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932
Other
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František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer and writer
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František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
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František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
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František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot
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František Fuka (born 1968), Czech computer programmer and musician
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František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
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František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
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František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
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František Jílek (1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor
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František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher and scientist
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František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist
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František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
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František Lexa (1876–1960), Czech Egyptologist
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František Lorenz (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
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František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect
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František Moravec (1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
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František Mrázek (1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
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František Neuwirt (1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology
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František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist
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František Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician
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František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
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František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot
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František Rábek (born 1949), Slovak Catholic prelate
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František Rint (fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter and sculptor of bones
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František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist
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František Šmahel (1934–2025), Czech historian
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František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
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František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
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František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
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František Švantner (1912–1950), Slovak writer
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František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
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František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
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František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech neuroscientist and physiologist
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František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist
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Josef František (1914–1940), Czech fighter pilot
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