Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis. Notable people named Franz include:
Nobility
Austria-Hungary
- Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708âÂÂ1765)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768âÂÂ1835), founder of the Austrian Empire
- Franz Joseph I (1830âÂÂ1916), Austrian Emperor
- Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary, whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War I
- Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria (1802âÂÂ1878), father of two emperors
- Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1866âÂÂ1939), Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg
- Franz, Duke of Hohenberg (1927âÂÂ1977), head of the House of Hohenburg
- Franz, Prince of Kohary (1760âÂÂ1826), Imperial Chancellor
- Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (1847âÂÂ1916), Governor of Bohemia
- Franz, Count of Deym (1838âÂÂ1903), diplomat
- Franz, Count of Meran (1839âÂÂ1891), Austrian Count
- Franz, Count of Gyulai (1798âÂÂ1868), Governor of Lombardy-Venetia
- Franz, Count Széchényi (1754âÂÂ1820), Hungarian Count
- Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778âÂÂ1861), statesman from Prague
- Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852âÂÂ1925), Chief of the General Staff
- Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725âÂÂ1801), Field Marshal
- Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg (1791âÂÂ1848), soldier and statesman
Germany
- Franz, Duke of Bavaria (born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach
- Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750âÂÂ1806), member of the House of Wettin
- Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875âÂÂ1957), member of the House of Wittelsbach
- Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (born 1957), member of the House of Wittelsbach
- Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn and Taxis (1893âÂÂ1971), head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
- Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (born 1943), member of the House of Hohenzollern
- Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg (1861âÂÂ1924), member of the House of Hesse
- Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach (1754âÂÂ1823), nobleman and art collector
- Franz von Waldeck (1491âÂÂ1553), Prince-Bishop of Münster
Liechtenstein
Other people
A
- Franz Abt (1819âÂÂ1885), German composer and Kapellmeister
- Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German painter and installation artist
- Franz Adam (1815âÂÂ1886), German painter of military subjects
- Franz Alt (mathematician) (1910âÂÂ2011), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist
B
- Franz Anton Basch, Nazi executed for war crimes
- Franz Bauer (1748âÂÂ1840), Austrian microscopist and botanist
- Franz Bauer (sculptor) (1798âÂÂ1872), Austrian sculptor
- Franz Beckenbauer (1945âÂÂ2024), German football player and manager
- Franz Behr (1837âÂÂ1898), German composer
- Franz Benda (1709âÂÂ1786), Czech violinist and composer
- Franz Berwald (1796âÂÂ1868), Swedish composer
- Franz Beyer (general) (1892âÂÂ1968), German General in World War II
- Franz Beyer (musicologist) (1922âÂÂ2018), German musicologist
- Franz Beyer (pilot) (1918âÂÂ1944), German fighter pilot
- Franz Binder (1911âÂÂ1989), Austrian football player and coach
- Franz Boas (1858âÂÂ1942), German-American anthropologist considered the "father of American anthropology"
- Franz Boos (1753âÂÂ1832), Austrian botanist and explorer during the Enlightenment
- Franz Bopp (1791âÂÂ1867), German linguist
- Franz Böhm, (born 1999), a BAFTA-winning British-German film director and producer
- Franz Brunner (handballer) (1913âÂÂ1991), Austrian handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Franz Burda I (1903âÂÂ1986), German publisher
- Franz Büchner (pathologist) (1895âÂÂ1991), German pathologist
- Franz Bürkl, Gestapo officer in Nazi-occupied Poland, assassinated in Operation Bürkl
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
- Franz Machon (1918âÂÂ1968), German sailor in World War II and sole survivor of U-512
- Franz Marc (1880âÂÂ1916), principal painter of the German Expressionist movement
- Franz Marek (1913âÂÂ1979), Austrian communist politician
- Franz Erdmann Mehring (1846âÂÂ1919), German publicist, politician and historian
- Franz Muhri (1924âÂÂ2001), Austrian communist politician
- Franz Müntefering (born 1940), German politician and industrialist
N
O
P
- Franz von Papen (1879âÂÂ1969), Chancellor of Germany in the Weimar Republic
R
S
- Franz Schafheitlin (1895âÂÂ1980), German film actor
- Franz Schalk (1863âÂÂ1931), Austrian conductor and founder of the Salzburg Music Festival
- Franz Schall (1918âÂÂ1945), German World War II fighter ace
- Franz Schieà(1921âÂÂ1943), German World War II fighter ace
- Franz Scholz (1909âÂÂ1998), German priest and theologian
- Franz von Paula Schrank (1747âÂÂ1835), German botanist and entomologist
- Franz Schubert (1797âÂÂ1828), Austrian composer
- Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841âÂÂ1924), German architect
- Franz Schwede (1888âÂÂ1960), Nazi Gaulieter of Pomerania
- Franz Schädle (1906âÂÂ1945), commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard
- Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (1894âÂÂ1933), German constructivist painter and sculptor
- Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691âÂÂ1757), German Baroque painter
- Franz Stangl (1908-1971), Austrian-born Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Franz Stofel (1915âÂÂ1945), German Nazi concentration camp commander executed for war crimes
- Franz Josef Strauss (1915âÂÂ1988), German politician
- Franz von Suppé (1819âÂÂ1895), Austrian composer
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766âÂÂ1803), Austrian composer
T
U
- Franz Unger (1800âÂÂ1870), Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist
V
W
- Franz Werfel, (1890âÂÂ1945), Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet
Z
- Franz Ziereis (1905âÂÂ1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
Fictional characters
- Franz, a German enemy character in the 1989 video game Human Killing Machine
- Franz, character in '
- Franz, guard in Franz Kafka's novel The Trial
- Hans and Franz, characters of the television show Saturday Night Live
- Franz Bibfeldt, fictitious theologian and in-joke among American academic theologian
- Dr. Franz Eldemann, character from House of Dracula
- Baron Franz d'ÃÂpinay, friend of Albert de Morcerf in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- Franz Heinel, character in the Japanese anime series Future GPX Cyber Formula
- Franz Hopper, character from the French-produced animated series Code Lyoko
- Franz Kemmerich, character in the war novel All Quiet on the Western Front
- Franz Liebkind, character in The Producers
- Franz Oberhauser, James Bond character professionally known as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Franz Sanchez, character in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill
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