Frans

Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of François or Franciscus. One cognate of Frans in English is Francis.

Given name

• Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman
• Frans Ackerman (1330–1387), Flemish statesman
• Frans Adelaar (born 1960), Dutch football player and manager
• Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 1933), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat
• Frans Aerenhouts (1937–2022), Belgian cyclist
• Frans Ananias (born 1972), Namibian footballer
• Frans Andersson (1911–1988), Danish bass-baritone
• Frans Andriessen (1929–2019), Dutch politician
• Frans Anneessens (1660–1719), Flemish protest leader
• Frans van Anraat (born 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal
• Frans Badens (fl. 1571–1618), Flemish painter
• Frans Bak (born 1958), Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist
• Frans Decker (1684–1751), 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands
• Frans-Andries Durlet (1816–1867), Belgian architect, sculptor and printmaker
• Frans Fiolet (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player
• Frans Floris (1517–1570), Flemish painter
• Frans Christiaan Frederiks (born 1980), Dutch rapper and hip hop artist Lange Frans
• Frans Geurtsen (1942–2015), Dutch footballer
• Frans Gommers (1917–1996), Belgian footballer
• Frans Grootjans (1922–1999), Belgian politician and minister for the PVV
• Frans Grönlund (born 2000), Finnish footballer
• Frans Hals (1580–1666), Dutch painter
• Frans Helmerson (born 1945), Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor
• Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590), Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker
• Frans Hogenbirk (1918–1998), Dutch football midfielder
• Frans Alfons Janssens (1865–1924), Belgian priest and biologist
• Frans Krätzig (born 2003), German footballer
• Frans Körver (1937–2024), Dutch footballer
• Frans Lanting (born 1951), Dutch wildlife photographer and writer
• Frans August Larson (1870–1957), Swedish missionary to Mongolia
• Frans Maassen (born 1965), Dutch cyclist
• Frans Masereel (1889–1972), Belgian woodcut artist
• Frans Muller (born 1960/61), Dutch businessman
• Frans Alfred Meeng (1910–1944), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
• Frans Dhia Putros (born 1993), Danish professional football player
• Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect
• Frans Stafleu (1921–1997), Dutch botanist
• François Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player (called "Frans")
• Frans Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch football player
• Frans Timmermans (politician) (born 1961), Dutch politician
• Frans Van Vlierberghe (1954–2026), Belgian racing cyclist
• Frans de Vreng (1898–1974), Dutch track cyclist
• Frans de Waal (born 1948), Dutch primatologist
• Frans Wackers (born 1939), Dutch nuclear cardiologist
• Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 1998), Swedish singer (also known as Frans)

Nickname

• Frans Bauer (born 1973), Dutch singer
• Francois Botha (born 1968), South African boxer and kickboxer
• Fran Escribá (born 1965), Spanish football player and manager
• Frans Harjawiyata (1931–2016), Indonesian Roman Catholic Trappist abbot
• Frans van Houten (born 1960), CEO of the Dutch company Philips
• Frans Kellendonk (1951–1990), Dutch novelist and translator
• Frans van der Lugt (1938–2014), Dutch Jesuit priest
• Frans Seda (1926–2009), Indonesian government minister in several departments
• Frans Xavery (1740–c. 1788), Dutch painter

Surname

• Frédéric Frans (born 1989), Belgian footballer
• Jeffrey Frans (born 1952), South African cricketer
• Joe Frans (curler) (born 1975), Canadian curler
• Joe Frans (politician) (born 1963), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

• Frans J. Palmu, main character of the Palmu novels and film adaptations

See also

• Fransen
• Franz (given name)