Wacław Frankowski ONCS (25 October 1903 – 19 March 1981) was a Polish labour activist in Łódź in the interwar period, diplomat of the Polish People's Republic from 1953 to 1956 (envoy extraordinary and the minister plenipotentiary in Brazil). Born in Łódź in 1903, he was a weaver and a locksmith by profession. As a member of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP), at the beginning of the 1920s he became one of the leaders of the communist activists in Łódź. On 30 July 1923 he was arrested for his participation in strikes. On 2 October he was condemned by the District Court in Łódź to three years