František

František () 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– ), Czech poet and writer František Griglák (born 1953), Slovak guitarist 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