Famous People with Name Franciszek

Franciszek Starowieyski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Starowieyski: a Polish painter, graphic artists, and scenographer. His work is characterised by its richly ornamental brush-strokes, and his favourite motifs are the passing of time, death, and the horizons of civilisation.

Franciszek Jarecki            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Jarecki: is a former pilot of the Polish Air Force, whose name became famous in early 1953, when he decided to escape Soviet-controlled Poland in a Mig-15 plane, which was one of the best planes owned by the Soviets at that time.a town near Kraków. He was a graduate of a prestigious Polish Air Force school of aviation in Deblin. Some time in the early 1950s he was moved to Slupsk in northern Poland, near the Baltic Sea. There, he flew Soviet MiG-15 planes, as a few of them were owned by the Polish Air Force.

Franciszek Salezy Jezierski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Salezy Jezierski: was a Polish writer, social and political activist of the Enlightenment period. A Catholic priest, he was involved with the creation of the Commission of National Education. Member of the Hugo Kollataj's Forge. Librarian of the Jagiellonian University. Supporter of the radical reforms, he attacked the privileges of the nobility (even through he was a petty noble himself) and supporter the causes of burghers and peasants.

Franciszek Pieczka            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Pieczka: is a Polish film and stage actor. A graduate of the Theatrical Academy in Warsaw, he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for The Scar.[1]

Franciszek Rychnowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Rychnowski: was a Polish engineer and an inventor, who also lectured at the Lwów Politechnic. In addition to mundane projects (he was involved with electrification, central heating and the tram system in Lwów, which is now Lviv, Ukraine), he also gained fame for his pseudoscientific theories on eteroid, similar to the concepts of élan vital or orgone; involvement with such pseudoscientific theories eventually ruined his career.[1]