Famous People with Name Franjo

Franjo Arapovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Arapovic: Height 215 cm Year of Birth 1965 Nationality Croatian Position Center NBA Draft 1987 # 159

Franjo Tudman            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Franjo Tudman: was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s.Tudman's political party HDZ (Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, Croatian Democratic Union) won the first post-communist multi-party elections in 1990 and he became the president of the country. A year later he proclaimed the Croatian declaration of independence. He was reelected twice and remained in power until his death in 1999.

Franjo Glaser            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Glaser: was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager, who made his name in Gradanski Zagreb.He then moved to Zagreb where he played for Gradanski and acquired almost a legendary status. His team won the Yugoslav championship in 1937 and 1940 as well as the Croatian championship in 1943. He played a total of 623 games for Gradanski.

Franjo Mihalic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Mihalic: is one of the most successful Yugoslavian distance runners best known for his 1958 win at Boston marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Olympic Games.

Franjo Bartola Babic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Bartola Babic: was a Croatian writer and journalist.He finished elementary school in Zemun in 1919, and six grades of gymnasium in Vukovar and Vinkovci by 1926. He subsequently worked at the newspaper Hrvatski list in Osijek. He worked at the paper until 1944, and from 1941 to 1944 served as its editor. He attended the trial of the bandit Caruga, and published a book about.