Ivan Yakovych Franko (pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ]; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916)Ivan Franko, Encyclopædia Britannica was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.

(January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) an American composer and conductor.

(Ukrainian: :uk:Дрогобицький державний педагогічний університет імені Івана Франка) or Drohobych University (Ukrainian: Дрогобицький університет) the only university of Lviv region located outside city of Lviv, Ukraine.