František () is a masculine
given name of
Czech origin. It is a
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical e ...
of
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
* Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
Places
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Francisco
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
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François
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King ...
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Franz. People with the name include:
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Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
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Frank Musil
František Musil (born December 17, 1964), more commonly known in North America as Frank Musil, is a Czech Republic, Czech former professional ice hockey player who spent several seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesot ...
(František Musil) (born 1964), Czech professional ice hockey player and coach
*František Albert (1856–1923), Czech surgeon and writer
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František Balvín (born 1915), Czech Olympic cross-country skier
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František Bartoš (disambiguation), multiple people
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František Bartoš (folklorist)
František Bartoš (16 March 1837 - 11 June 1906) was a Moravian ethnomusicologist, folklorist, folksong collector, and dialectologist. He is viewed as the successor of František Sušil, the pioneer of Moravian ethnomusicology. He notably organiz ...
(1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
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František Bartoš (motorcycle racer) (born 1926), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer, and writer
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František Bělský (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
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František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech Art Nouveau and Symbolist sculptor and architect
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František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak professional football player
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František Brikcius
František Brikcius is a Czech cellist.
Early life
František Brikcius was born in Prague. From early childhood, he began to play the cello and later studied at the Prague Conservatoire under Professor Jaroslav Kulhan. He was accepted into th ...
(contemporary), Czech cellist
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František Brixi
František Xaver Brixi (2 January 1732 – 14 October 1771) was a Czech classical composer of the 18th century. His first name is sometimes given by reference works in its Germanic form, Franz.
Biography
Brixi was born in Prague, the son of co ...
(a.k.a. Franz Brixi) (1732–1771), Czech composer of the Baroque period
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František Brůna (born 1944), Czech Olympic handball player
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František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech Olympic canoeist
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František Bublan
František Bublan (born 13 January 1951 in Třebíč) 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, B ...
(born 1951), Czech government minister and former dissident
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František Čáp
František Čáp (7 December 1913 – 12 January 1972), also known as Franz Cap in Germany, was a Czech and later a Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970. Having created Slovene film classics such as ...
(1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
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František Čapek
František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Born ...
(1914–2008), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
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František Čelakovský
František Ladislav Čelakovský (7 March 1799 Strakonice - 5 August 1852 Prague) was a Czech poet, translator, linguist, and literary critic. He was a major figure in the Czech "national revival". His most notable works are ''Ohlas písní rus ...
(a.k.a. Marcian Hromotluk) (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
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František Čermák
František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired 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 No. 14 in ...
(born 1976), Czech professional tennis player
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František Černík
František Černík (born 3 June 1953 in Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czechoslovakian former ice hockey player. Most of his career was spent in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League with TJ Vítkovice, where he played from 1978 to 198 ...
(born 1953), Czech professional ice hockey player; playing in the United States
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František Chvalkovský
František Chvalkovský (30 July 1885, Jílové u Prahy – 25 February 1945) was a Czech diplomat and the fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia.
Activities during the First Republic
In the newly-independent Czechoslovakia, Chvalkovský f ...
(1885–1945), Czech diplomat; fourth foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
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František Chvostek
František Chvostek (german: Franz Chvostek) () (May 21, 1835 – November 16, 1884) was a Czech-Austrian military physician. He is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign which he described in 1876.Chvostek F. ''Beitrag zur Tetanie.'' ...
(1835–1884), Moravian physician
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František Cipro
František Cipro (born 13 April 1947 in Jihlava) is a retired Czech football manager, known mostly for his work in SK Slavia Prague and SK Dynamo České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past.
Playing career
Cipro played for Slavi ...
(born 1947), Czech professional football player and manager
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František Doležal
František Doležal (born November 23, 1913, date of death unknown) was a Czech boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia
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(born 1913), Czech Olympic boxer
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František Donth
František Donth, or Franz Donth in German (1896 in Rokytnice nad Jizerou - 11 July 1976 in Ilsenburg)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Pr ...
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''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they 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 indicatin ...
1920s), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
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František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
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František Douda
František Douda () (23 October 1908 – 15 January 1990) was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Planá nad Lužnicí.
He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. In the same year he also set ...
(1908–1990), Czech Olympic shot putter
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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 concert violinist and composer
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František Dřížďal (born 1978), Czech professional football player
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František Drtikol
František Drtikol (3 March 1883 – 13 January 1961) was a Czech photographer known for his nudes and portraits.
Life and work
Drtikol was born in Příbram into a merchant family, the younger of three children, brother of sisters, Ema a ...
(1883–1961), Czech photographer
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František Dvořák (disambiguation), multiple people
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František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
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František Fadrhonc
František Fadrhonc (18 December 1914 – 9 October 1981) was a Czech football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He coached many teams in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch ch ...
(1914–1981), Czech professional football manager for the Netherlands
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František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot of World War II; served with the RAF
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František Flos (1864-1961), Czech novelist
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František Fuka (born 1968), Czech musician, computer programmer, and blogger
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František Gellner (1881–disappeared 1914), Czech poet, writer, artist, and anarchist
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František Getreuer (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and Olympic water polo player, killed in Dachau concentration camp
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František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
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František Häckel
František Häckel was a Czechoslovakia
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(fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier
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František Halas (1901–1949), Czech lyric poet, essayist, and translator
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František Havelka (1908–unknown), Czech Olympic boxer
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František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak professional football player and coach
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František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
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František Hrubín (1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
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František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
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František Jakub Prokyš
František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791) was a Bohemian Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrollin ...
(1713–1791), Bohemian Rococo painter
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František Jakubec
František Jakubec (12 April 1956 – 27 May 2016) was a 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.
He played for Czechoslovakia national footba ...
(born 1956), Czech professional football player
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František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist
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František Janda-Suk
František Janda-Suk (, March 25, 1878 – June 23, 1955) was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics and Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Postřižín ...
(1878–1955), Czech Olympic athlete
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František Jež (born 1970), Czech Olympic ski jumper and Nordic skier
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František Jílek
František Jílek (May 22, 1913 – September 16, 1993) was a Czech people, Czech Conducting, conductor, known especially for his interpretation of Leoš Janáček's works.
Life
Jílek began studying piano and composition as a pupil of Jaroslav ...
(1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor
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František Josef Gerstner
Franz Josef Gerstner (from 1810 Franz Josef Ritter von Gerstner, cs, František Josef Gerstner; 23 February 1756 – 25 July 1832) was a German-Bohemian physicist, astronomer and engineer.
Life
Gerstner was born in Komotau in Bohemia then part ...
(1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
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František Josef Studnička
František Josef Studnička (27 June 1836, Soběslav, Bohemia – 21 February 1903, Prague, Bohemia) was a Czech mathematician and popular pedagogue at Charles University in Prague. He was also an active contributor to astronomy and meteorolog ...
(1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
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František Junek
František Junek (17 January 1907 – 19 March 1970) 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 ...
(1907–1970), Czech professional football player
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František Kaberle, Sr. (born 1951), Czech professional football player
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František Kaberle
František "Frank" Kaberle () (born November 8, 1973) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. His playing career extended over 20 seasons, most notably in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, an ...
(born 1973), Czech professional ice hockey player
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František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
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František Kašický
František Kašický (born 18 November 1968 in Gelnica, Czechoslovakia) was a defence minister of Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Cen ...
(born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister
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František Kaván (1866–1941), Czech painter and poet
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František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher, and scientist
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František Kloz
František Kloz (19 May 1905 – 13 June 1945) was a Czech football player.
Club career
Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 fo ...
(1905–1945), Czech professional football player; killed in World War II
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František Kmoch (1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician, mayor of the Slovak city of Košice
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František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist
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František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech professional football coach
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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 Králík
František Králík (12 April 1942, in Zlín – 7 September 1974, in Hranice) was a Czechoslovak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Game ...
(1942–1974), Czech Olympic handball player
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František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician; kidnapped to Moscow during the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968
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František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur
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František Kučera
František Kučera (born February 3, 1968) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue ...
(born 1968), Czech professional ice hockey player
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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. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic ...
(1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
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František Ladislav Rieger
František Ladislav Rieger (10 December 1818 – 3 March 1903) was a Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement.
Early life
Rieger was born into the household of a miller in the town of ...
(1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist of the early Czech nationalist movement
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František Lanák (20th century), Slovak professional football manager
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František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, and essayist
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František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
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František Lexa
František Lexa (1876-1960) 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 ...
(1876–1960), Czechoslovak Egyptologist
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František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet, and translator
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František Listopad (born 1921), Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, and theatre and television director
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František Lorenz
František Vladimír Lorenc (24 December 1872 – 24 May 1957), known in Portuguese as Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz, was a Czech-born polyglot and philosopher born in Zbyslav (nowadays part of the Czech Republic). He was one of the first Esper ...
(a.k.a. Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz) (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher, and Esperantist
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František Lydie Gahura
František Lydie Gahura (10 October 1891 in Zlín – 15 September 1958 in Brno) was a Czeochslovak architect and sculptor.
Career
Gahura became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of the Czech city of Zlín. He ...
(1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
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František Maka (born 1968), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
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František Mareš (1857–1942), Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy; nationalist politician
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František Masarovič
František Masarovič was a former Slovak football player. In the 1930s, he played for FC Spartak Trnava and ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in th ...
(fl. 1930s), Slovak professional football player
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František Maxmilián Kaňka
František Maxmilián Kaňka (9 August 1674 in Prague – 14 July 1766 in Prague) was a Czech architect and builder. He was known for modifying castles, palaces and churches. In 1724 he was appointed emperor's architect.
Work
He is most famou ...
(1674–1766), Czech architect
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František Metelka (born 1980), Czech professional football player
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František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
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František Moravec
František Moravec CBE (23 July 1895 – 26 July 1966) was the chief Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II. He moved to the United States after the war.
Biography
In 1915, Moravec was drafted into Austro-Hu ...
(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 Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech Olympic boxer
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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 Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
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František Palacký
František Palacký (; June 17, 1798 – May 26, 1876) was a Czech historian and politician, the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation".
Life
František Palacký was born on June 17, 1798 at Hodsl ...
(1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
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František Patočka František Patočka (22 October 1904, Turnov – 14 March 1985, Prague) was a Czechoslovak microbiologist and serologist. He established the study of virology in Czechoslovakia.
Patočka studied medicine (specialised in microbiology) at the Charl ...
(1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist, and virologist
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František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech Olympic gymnast; died in a concentration camp during World War II
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František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot ace during World War II with the French ''Armee de l'Air''; also served with the RAF
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František Pitra František Pitra (13 November 1932 – 2 January 2018) was the Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia) from October 11, 1988, through February 6, 1990. Like his four predecessors, he was a member of the Communist ...
(born 1932), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
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František Plánička
František Plánička (; 2 July 1904 – 20 July 1996) was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the ...
(1904–1996), Czech professional football player
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František Pospíšil
František Pospíšil (born April 2, 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey defenceman and coach.
He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961 to 1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978–79. He won the Golden Hocke ...
(born 1944), Czech professional 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 Olympic rower
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František Raboň (born 1983), Czech professional bicycle road racer
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František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech professional football player
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František Riha
František () 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
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(born 1935), Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoeist
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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 Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech professional football player
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František Schmucker (born 1940), Czech professional football player
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František Schneider (born 1987), Czech professional football player
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František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master
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František Šebej
František Šebej (born 11 May 1947) is a Slovak politician and academic. He was member of the National Council of Slovakia between 1998 and 2002 and once more from 2010 until 2018. Between 1990 and 1992 he was member of the House of the Nation o ...
(born 1947), Slovak politician and academic.
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František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Olympic Nordic skier
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František Skála
František Skála (born 1956 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer. He was part of one of the earliest post-modern Czech art groups, known as ''Tvrdohlaví'' (The Stubborn Ones) formed in 198 ...
(born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator, musician, and dancer
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František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
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František Sláma (disambiguation), multiple people
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František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
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František Šmahel (born 1934), Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history
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František Sokol (born 1939), Czech Olympic volleyball player
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František Šolc
František Šolc (June 25, 1920 – March 11, 1996) was a 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 (Kapellmeister) of the local cit ...
(1920–1996), Czech French horn player and teacher
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František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
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František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech Olympic and professional football player
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František Šťastný
František Šťastný (12 November 1927 – 8 April 2000) 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 ...
(1927–2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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František Šterc
František Šterc (27 January 1912 – 31 October 1978) 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
The 19 ...
(1912–1978), Czech professional football player
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František Straka (born 1958), Czech professional football player and manager
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František Šulc (born 1950), Czech Olympic handball player
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František Sušil
František Sušil (14 June 1804 in Rousínov, Moravia - 31 May 1868 in Bystřice pod Hostýnem) was a Moravian Roman Catholic priest most noted for his published collection of traditional Moravian folk music, ''Moravské národní písně'', whi ...
(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 Švec (contemporary), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
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František Svoboda
František Svoboda (5 August 1906 – 6 July 1948) was a Czech football player who played as a striker. His nickname was "Franci" (the French).
Club career
He started his career with Vinohrady Rapid, from where he moved to Slavia Prague in ...
(1906–1948), Czech professional football player
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František Svoboda (canoeist) (1904–unknown), Czechoslovak Olympic canoeist
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František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech professional ice hockey player
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František Tomášek
František Tomášek (30 June 1899, in Studénka, Moravia – 4 August 1992, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian. His "cautious b ...
(1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
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František Treybal
František Treybal (24 December 1882 – 5 October 1947 in Prague) 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 ( Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, ...
(1882–1947), Czech chess master
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František Tůma
František Ignác Antonín Tůma (2 October 1704, in Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia – 3 February 1774, in Vienna) was a Czech composer of the Baroque era. He lived the greater part of his life in Vienna, first as director of music for Franz J ...
(1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
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František Udržal
František Udržal () (3 January 1866 in Dolní Roveň, Kingdom of Bohemia – 25 April 1938 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician.
A member and leader of the powerful Agrarian Party, his political career started as member of the local Die ...
(1866–1938), Czechoslovak politician from Bohemia; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–32
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František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
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František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech Olympic gymnast
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František Velecký
František Velecký (often credited as Fero Velecký, 8 March 1934 – 5 October 2003) was a Slovak actor.
Velecký was a very particular figure of Slovak acting, being antipode to venerated mainstream showbiz celebrities. Although he had never ...
(1934–2003), Slovak actor
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František Ventura
František Ventura (13 August 1894 in Vysoké Mýto – 1 December 1969 in Prague) was a Czech equestrian who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games ...
(1894–1969), Czech Olympic horse jumper
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František Veselý
František Veselý (7 December 1943, in Prague – 30 October 2009) was a Czech football player. He played on the right wing and was known for his technique. He spent his best football years playing for SK Slavia Prague.
He played for Czechosl ...
(1943–2009), Czech professional football player
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František Vláčil
František Vláčil (19 February 1924, Český Těšín – 27 January 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist.
Between 1945 and 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he ...
(1924–1999), Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist
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František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer in early phases of the Czech National Revival
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František Vršovský
František Vršovský (January 6, 1933 – October 3, 2022) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
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(born 1933), Czech Olympic sprint canoeist
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František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
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František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech professor of physiology and neurobiology
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František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
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František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and pianist
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František Zajíšek (born 1912), Czech Olympic bobsledder
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František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist
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František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician
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František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
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František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
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František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theater and screen actor
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Josef František (1914–1940), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and World War II flying ace
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