Famous People with Name Franciszek

Franciszek Zablocki            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Zablocki: (1754 - 1821, Konskowola), is considered the most distinguished Polish comic dramatist and satirist of the Enlightenment period. He descends from an old aristocratic family of Poland with coat of arms Lada. He translated many French comedies, among others those by Molière, but also wrote his own plays concentrating on Polish issues.

Franciszek Czapek            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Czapek: (Czech: František Capek, French: François Czapek) (1811-?) was a watchmaker, the partner of Antoni Patek in Patek, Czapek & Co.

Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki: 1640-1694 of Sas Coat of Arms (his name often rendered in German as Kolschitzky) was a member of Polish szlachta of Ukrainian origin and of orthodox faith, merchant, spy, diplomat and soldier. According to a popular legend, he opened the first café in Vienna in 1683, using coffee beans left by the retreating Ottoman Turks.

Franciszek Macharski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Macharski: born 20 May 1927 in Kraków) is a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kraków from 1978, succeeding Karol Cardinal Wojtyla to the chair of St. Stanislaw, until his resignation in 2005. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

Franciszek Sulik            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Sulik: (born 1908, Lvov, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) – died 2000, Adelaide, Australia) was a Polish-Australian chess master.