Famous People with Name Franciszek

Franciszek Bukaty            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Bukaty: was a polish diplomat.At first the Polish King Stanislaw August Poniatowski wanted to make an English lawyer John Lind Polish ambassador in London, but British authorities opposed, because it was seen as 'unpatriotic' if an Englishman represented a foreign court.

Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski: was a Polish noble (szlachcic) and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on August 3, 1762 in Warsaw.He was the son of the voivode of Kraków Voivodeship, Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski, and Magdalena Tarlo.

Franciszek Bohomolec            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Bohomolec: was a Polish dramatist, linguist, and theatrical reformer who was one of the principal playwrights of the Polish Enlightenment.After completing his studies in Rome for the Jesuit priesthood, Bohomolec taught in Warsaw and began to adapt the comedies of Carlo Goldoni and Molière for performance by his pupils. His early works satirized the ignorance and folly of the Polish aristocracy. His later plays reached a wider public; they included Malzenstwo z kalendarza (1766; “Marriage by the Calendar”), which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and Czary (1775; “Sorcery”), which also satirizes superstition. Pan dobry (1767; “The Good Lord”) is a social commentary on the relationship between the peasants and the gentry.

Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski: was a Polish writer, poet, translator, critic, journalist and publisher. Took part in the distribution of illegal bibula press and publications in partitioned Poland.

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaznin            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaznin: was a Polish dramatist and prose writer.