Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist.

[1] He was considered the father of Polish beat and rock music, calling them big-beat as rock and roll was unacceptable name for the authorities of the Polish People's Republic at the time.

[2] In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot.

Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands: