Famous People with Name Franjo

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.

Franjo Bucar            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Bucar: was a Croatian writer and sports popularizer. He is considered to be the father of Croatian sport and olympism.As a historian of literature he also worked on the study of Croatian Protestant literature and he wrote about Scandinavian literature. He was a prominent sports writer and has written several manuals for many types of sports.

Franjo Markovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Markovic: was a Croatian philosopher and writer.As a writer, he is noted for his lyric-reflexive poetry, epic compositions and dramas. He is a characteristic Romanticist ("national-romantic spirit"), and in the poetry he is noted as an ardent follower of Adam Mickiewicz.

Franjo Racki            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Franjo Racki: was a Croatian historian, politician and writer. He compiled important collections of old Croatian diplomatic and historical documents, wrote some pioneering historical works, and was a key founder of the Yugoslavian Academy of Sciences and Arts.