František

František (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk]) is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Arts

Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter
František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist
František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor
František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect
František Brikcius, Czech cellist
František Brixi (1732–1771), Czech composer
František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter
František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator
František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter
František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer
František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech violinist and composer
František Drtikol (1883–1961), Czech photographer
František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist and pianist
František Dvořák (painter) (1862–1927), Czech painter
František Flos (1864–1961), Czech novelist
František Gellner (1881– c. 1914), Czech poet and writer
František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet, essayist and translator
František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer and composer
František Hrubín (1910–1971), Czech poet and writer
František Janák (born 1951), Czech glass artist
František Kaván (1866–1941), Czech painter and poet
František Kmoch (1848–1912), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
Frantisek Kotzwara (1730–1791), Czech violist, double bassist and composer
František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist
František Langer (1888–1965), Czech playwright, military physician, script writer and essayist
František Listopad (1921–2017), Czech poet, writer and theatre and television director
František Václav Míča (1694–1744), Czech composer and orchestra conductor
František Ondříček (1857–1922), Czech violinist and composer
František Jakub Prokyš (1713–1791), Czech Rococo painter
František Skála (born 1956), Czech sculptor, painter, illustrator and musician
František Škroup (1801–1862), Czech composer and conductor
František Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue and theoretician
František Sláma (musician) (1923–2004), Czech chamber music cellist
František Tůma (1704–1774), Czech composer of the Baroque period
František Uprka (1868–1929), Czech sculptor
František Velecký (1934–2003), Slovak actor
František Krištof Veselý (1903-1977), Slovak actor and singer
František Vláčil (1924–1999), Czech film director, painter and graphic artist
František Ženíšek (1849–1916), Czech painter
František Zvarík (1921–2008), Slovak theatre and screen actor

Sport

František Balvín (1915–2003), Czech cross-country skier
František Bartoš (motorcyclist) (1926–1987), Czech motorcycle road racer
František Bolček (1920–1968), Slovak footballer
František Brůna (1944–2017), Czech handball player
František Brzák (1915–2006), Czech canoeist
František Čapek (1914–2008), Czech sprint canoeist
František Čermák (born 1976), Czech tennis player
František Čermák (sport shooter) (1894–?), Czech sports shooter
František Černík (born 1953), Czech ice hockey player
František Cipro (1947–2023), Czech football player and manager
František Doležal (1913-?), Czech boxer
František Donth (fl. 1920s), Czech Nordic skier
František Douda (1908–1990), Czech shot putter
František Dřížďal (born 1978), Czech footballer
František Dvořák (fencer) (1871–1939), Czech fencer
František Fadrhonc (1914–1981), Czech football manager
František Getreuer (1906–1945), Czech swimmer and water polo player
František Häckel (fl. 1920s), Czech cross-country skier
František Havelka (1908–unknown), Czech boxer
František Hoholko (1947–2005), Slovak football player and coach
František Hrabě (fl. 1950s), Czech slalom canoeist
František Huf (born 1981), Czech bodybuilder
František Jakubec (1956–2016), Czech footballer
František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
František Jež (born 1970), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Junek (1907–1970), Czech footballer
František Kaberle Sr. (born 1951), Czech ice hockey player
František Kaberle (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player
František Kadaňka (born 1944), Czech slalom canoeist
František Kloz (1905–1945), Czech footballer
František Komňacký (born 1951), Czech football manager
František Králík (1942–1974), Czech handball player
František Kučera (born 1968), Czech ice hockey player
František Lanák (20th century), Slovak football manager
František Laurinec (born 1951), Slovak Football Association president
František Maka (born 1968), Czech Nordic skier
František Masarovič (fl. 1930s), Slovak footballer
František Metelka (born 1980), Czech footballer
Frank Musil (born František Musil 1964), Czech ice hockey player and coach
František Nekolný (1907–1990), Czech boxer
František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech gymnast
František Plánička (1904–1996), Czech footballer
František Pospíšil (born 1944), Czech ice hockey player and coach
František Procházka (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player
František Provazník (born 1948), Czech rower
František Raboň (born 1983), Czech bicycle road racer
František Rajtoral (born 1986), Czech footballer
František Říha (born 1935), Czech sprint canoeist
František Šafránek (1931–1987), Czech footballer
František Schmucker (1940–2004), Czech footballer
František Schneider (born 1987), Czech footballer
František Schubert (1894–1940), Czech chess master
František Šimůnek (1910–unknown), Czech Nordic skier
František Sokol (1939–2011), Czech volleyball player
František Štambachr (born 1953), Czech footballer
František Šťastný (1927–2000), Czech motorcycle road racer
František Šterc (1912–1978), Czech footballer
František Straka (born 1958), Czech football player and manager
František Šulc (born 1950), Czech handball player
František Švec, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
František Svoboda (1906–1948), Czech footballer
František Svoboda (canoeist) (1904–1991), Czech canoeist
František Tikal (1933–2008), Czech ice hockey player
František Treybal (1882–1947), Czech chess master
František Vaněček (1891–1945), Czech gymnast
František Ventura (1894–1969), Czech horse jumper
František Veselý (1943–2009), Czech footballer
František Vršovský (1933–2022), Czech sprint canoeist
František Wende (1904–1968), Czech ski jumper and Nordic skier
František Zajíšek (1912–1987), Czech bobsledder
František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master

Politics

František Bublan (born 1951), Czech politician and dissident
František Chvalkovský (1885–1945), Czech diplomat and politician
František Kašický (born 1968), Slovak politician and government minister
František Knapík (born 1956), Slovak politician
František Kriegel (1908–1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician
František Lipka (born 1946), Slovak diplomat, poet and translator
František Mareš (1857–1942), Czech philosopher and politician
František Mikloško (born 1947), Slovak politician
František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
František Pitra (1932–2018), Czech politician; Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 1988–1990
František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), Czech politician and publicist
František Šebej (born 1947), Slovak politician and academic
František Sláma (politician) (1850–1917), Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician
František Udržal (1866–1938), Czech politician; Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1929–1932

Other

František Běhounek (1898–1973), Czech scientist, explorer and writer
František Chvostek (1835–1884), Moravian physician
František Dvorník (1893–1975), Czech historian
František Fajtl (1912–2006), Czech fighter pilot
František Fuka (born 1968), Czech computer programmer and musician
František Lydie Gahura (1891–1958), Czech architect and sculptor
František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), Bohemian physicist and engineer
František Graus (1921–1989), Czech historian of medieval Europe
František Janeček (1878–1941), Czech engineer and entrepreneur
František Jílek (1913–1993), Czech orchestra conductor
František Klácel (1808–1882), Moravian Augustinian author, philosopher and scientist
František Koláček (1851–1913), Czech physicist
František Křižík (1847–1941), Czech inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
František Lexa (1876–1960), Czech Egyptologist
František Lorenz (1872–1957), Czech polyglot, philosopher and Esperantist
František Maxmilián Kaňka (1674–1766), Czech architect
František Moravec (1895–1966), Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II
František Mrázek (1958–2006), Czech entrepreneur and mobster; assassinated
František Neuwirt (1895–1957), Czech professor of stomatology
František Antonín Nickerl (1813–1871), Czech entomologist
František Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician
František Patočka (1904–1985), Czech microbiologist, serologist and virologist
František Peřina (1911–2006), Czech fighter pilot
František Rábek (born 1949), Slovak Catholic prelate
František Rint (fl. 19th century), Czech woodcarver, carpenter and sculptor of bones
František Roubík (1890–1974), Czech historian and archivist
František Šmahel (1934–2025), Czech historian
František Šorm (1913–1980), Czech chemist
František Josef Studnička (1836–1903), Czech mathematician and university professor
František Sušil (1804–1868), Moravian Roman Catholic priest and collector of traditional Moravian folk music
František Švantner (1912–1950), Slovak writer
František Tomášek (1899–1992), Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia
František Vymazal (1841–1917), Czech polyglot and language textbook writer
František Vyskočil (born 1941), Czech neuroscientist and physiologist
František Záviška (1879–1945), Czech physicist

Surname

Josef František (1914–1940), Czech fighter pilot