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Franz (given name)

Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis. Notable people named Franz include:

Nobility

Austria-Hungary

Germany

Liechtenstein

Other people

A

  • Franz Abt (1819–1885), German composer and Kapellmeister
  • Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German painter and installation artist
  • Franz Adam (1815–1886), German painter of military subjects
  • Franz Alt (mathematician) (1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

  • Franz Halberg (1919–2013), one of the founders of chronobiology
  • Franz Hein (1892–1976), German chemist
  • Franz Herre (1926–2026), German journalist and biographer
  • Franz von Hipper (1863–1932), German World War I admiral, commander of the High Seas Fleet
  • Franz Hofmeister (1850–1922), German protein scientist
  • Franz Hössler (1906–1945), Nazi officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
  • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian composer. He did not himself use the name "Franz"; for discussion see Haydn's name.

J

K

L

  • Franz Lachner (1803–1890), German composer and conductor
  • Franz Langoth (1877–1953), Austrian nationalist politician
  • Franz Lehár (1870–1948), Austrian composer
  • Franz Lidz (born 1951), American writer and journalist
  • Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso

M

  • Franz Machon (1918–1968), German sailor in World War II and sole survivor of U-512
  • Franz Marc (1880–1916), principal painter of the German Expressionist movement
  • Franz Marek (1913–1979), Austrian communist politician
  • Franz Erdmann Mehring (1846–1919), German publicist, politician and historian
  • Franz Muhri (1924–2001), Austrian communist politician
  • Franz Müntefering (born 1940), German politician and industrialist

N

O

P

  • Franz von Papen (1879–1969), Chancellor of Germany in the Weimar Republic

R

  • Franz Rademacher (1906–1973), Nazi diplomat and author of the Madagascar Plan
  • Franz Reichleitner (1906–1944), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp commander
  • Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), German-Jewish theologian and philosopher

S

T

U

  • Franz Unger (1800–1870), Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist

V

W

  • Franz Werfel, (1890–1945), Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet

Z

  • Franz Ziereis (1905–1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant

Fictional characters

See also

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