Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name

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Nobility

Austria-Hungary

* Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765) *

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (german: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor (from 1792 to 1806) and the founder and Emperor of the Austrian Empire, from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the title of Emperor of Austria in response ...

(1768–1835), founder of the Austrian Empire *

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

(1830–1916), Austrian Emperor *

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. F ...

, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary, whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War I *

Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Lu ...

(1802–1878), father of two emperors * Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1866–1939), Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg *

Franz, Duke of Hohenberg Franz Ferdinand, Duke of Hohenberg (13 September 1927 – 16 August 1977), was the eldest son of Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and Countess Maria of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee. He was also a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Aust ...

(1927–1977), head of the House of Hohenburg * Franz, Prince of Kohary (1760–1826), Imperial Chancellor * Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein (1847–1916), Governor of Bohemia * Franz, Count of Deym (1838–1903), diplomat *

Franz, Count of Meran Franz Ludwig Johann Baptist Count von Meran, Baron von Brandhofen (11 March 1839 in Vienna – 27 March 1891 in Opatija) was an Austrian nobleman and Viennese courtier. Family Franz was the only child of the morganatic marriage between Arc ...

(1839–1891), Austrian Count *

Franz, Count of Gyulai Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska (, 1 September 1799 – 1 September 1868), also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and command ...

(1798–1868), Governor of Lombardy-Venetia * Franz, Count Széchényi (1754–1820), Hungarian Count *

Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky ( cs, František Antonín Kolovrat-Libštejnský; 31 January 1778 – 4 April 1861) was Bohemian noble and Austrian statesman from the House of Kolowrat. As a moderate liberal politician, he was one of ...

(1778–1861), statesman from Prague *

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf (after 1919 Franz Conrad; 11 November 1852 – 25 August 1925), sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as '' K.u.k. Feldmarschall ...

(1852–1925), Chief of the General Staff *

Franz Moritz von Lacy Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy ( en, Francis Maurice de Lacy; russian: Борис Петрович Ласси, tr. ; 21 October 1725 – 24 November 1801) was a Baltic German-born Austrian military leader, he was the son of Count Peter von Lac ...

(1725–1801), Field Marshal *

Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg ( hu, Lamberg Ferenc Fülöp ''gróf'', 30 November 179128 September 1848) was an Austrian soldier and statesman, who held the military rank of field marshal (German: ''Feldmarschallleutnant''). He had a short but i ...

(1791–1848), soldier and statesman

Germany

* Franz, Duke of Bavaria (born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach *

Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld en, Francis Frederick Anthony , house = , father = Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , mother = Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , birth_date = , birth_place = Coburg, S ...

(1750–1806), member of the House of Wettin *

Prince Franz of Bavaria A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

(1875–1957), 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 , title = Prince of Thurn and Taxis , image = Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis with Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, ca 1910.jpg , caption = Franz Joseph with his younger brother, Karl August, ci ...

(1893–1971), head of the House of Thurn and Taxis *

Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia Franz Wilhelm Prince of PrussiaIn 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany; thereafter hereditary titles were to be legally borne only as part of the surname, according tArticle 109of the Weimar Constitution. ...

(born 1943), member of the House of Hohenzollern * Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg (1861–1924), member of the House of Hesse *

Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach Antique collection in the Erbach Palace Franz Graf zu Erbach-Erbach (29 October 1754 – 8 March 1823) was a German nobleman and art collector. Early life Franz was born in Erbach im Odenwald in 1754 as the only son of Count Georg Wilhelm ...

(1754–1823), nobleman and art collector *

Franz von Waldeck Count Franz von Waldeck (1491 – 15 July 1553) was Prince-Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Minden in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. He suppressed the Münster Rebellion, a millenarian Anabaptist theocra ...

(1491–1553), Prince-Bishop of Münster

Liechtenstein

Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein Franz I (Franz de Paula Maria Karl August; 28 August 1853 – 25 July 1938) was Prince of Liechtenstein from 11 February 1929 until his death in 1938. Early life Franz de Paula Maria Karl August was born on 28 August 1853, to Aloys II and Fra ...

(1853–1938), sovereign of Liechtenstein *

Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born ''Franz de Paula Josef Johann Nepomuk Andreas'' (19 November 1726 – 18 August 1781), was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1772 until his death. Biography Born in Milan, in what is now northern ...

(1726–1781), sovereign of Liechtenstein *

Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein Franz Joseph II (Franz Josef Maria Aloys Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death. Franz Jose ...

(1906–1989), sovereign of Liechtenstein

Other people

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Franz Abt Franz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 – 31 March 1885) was a German composer and choral conductor. He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obta ...

(1819–1885), German composer and Kapellmeister *

Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstraction. Life He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984 to 1988 and the Ho ...

(born 1963), German painter and installation artist *

Franz Adam Franz Adam (May 4, 1815 – September 30, 1886) was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy. Life Adam was born in Milan, Italy, to painter Albrecht Adam, a German who had spent the prior ...

(1815–1886), German painter of military subjects *

Franz Alt (mathematician) Franz Leopold Alt (November 30, 1910 – July 21, 2011) was an Austrian-born American mathematician who made major contributions to computer science in its early days. He was best known as one of the founders of the Association for Comput ...

(1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist

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Franz Anton Basch Dr. Franz Anton Basch ( hu, Basch Ferenc Antal) (13 July 1901 – 27 April 1946) was a Shwovish Nazi politician, the chairman of Volksbund der Deutschen in Ungarn and the leader of the Shwoveh (Danube Swabian) community in Hungary. Franz Basch ...

, Nazi executed for war crimes *

Franz Bauer __NOTOC__ Franz Andreas Bauer (later Francis) (14 March 1758 – 11 December 1840) was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist. Born in Feldsberg, Lower Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic), he was the son of Lucas Bauer (died 1761), cou ...

(1748–1840), Austrian microscopist and botanist *

Franz Beckenbauer Franz Anton Beckenbauer (, ; born 11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager. In his playing career he was nicknamed ''Der Kaiser'' ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the fi ...

, German football player and manager *

Franz Behr Franz Behr (22 July 1837 – 15 February 1898) was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for piano. Behr was popular at one time, and many of his works were published (his opus numbers reach ...

(1837–1898), German composer *

Franz Benda Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

(1709–1786), Czech violinist and composer *

Franz Berwald Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more appreciated as a composer after his death than he ...

(1796–1868), Swedish composer *

Franz Beyer (general) __NOTOC__ Franz Beyer (27 May 1892 – 15 October 1968) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awa ...

(1892–1968), German General in World War II * Franz Beyer (musicologist) (1922–2018), German musicologist *

Franz Beyer (pilot) Franz Beyer (22 April 1918 – 11 February 1944) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Beyer was killed on 11 February near Venlo, the Netherlands afte ...

(1918–1944), German fighter pilot *

Franz Binder Franz "Bimbo" Binder (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian football player and coach who played as a forward. Internationally he represented the Austria national football team and the Germany national football team during the Ansch ...

(1911–1989), Austrian football player and coach *

Franz Boas Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical ...

(1858–1942), German-American anthropologist considered the "Father of American anthropology" *

Franz Boos Franz Boos (23 December 1753 (Frauenalb) – 9 February 1832 (Vienna) ) was an Austrian gardener-botanist in the Age of Enlightenment, a voyager and collector of natural history specimens for Emperor Joseph II of Austria, who reigned from 1765 to ...

(1753–1832), Austrian botanist and explorer during the Enlightenment *

Franz Bopp Franz Bopp (; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages. Early life Bopp was born in Mainz, but the political disarray in the Republic of Mai ...

(1791–1867), German linguist *

Franz Brunner (handballer) Franz Brunner (21 March 191322 December 1991) was an Austrian field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The spor ...

(1913–1991), Austrian handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *

Franz Burda I Franz Burda (24 February 1903 – 30 September 1986) was a German publisher. He inherited his father's publishing business, which he developed into what is now the Hubert Burda Media conglomerate. Early life and family Burda was born in Phi ...

(1903–1986), German publisher *

Franz Büchner (pathologist) The gravestone of Franz Büchner at the main cemetery in Freiburg Franz Büchner (20 January 1895 – 9 March 1991) was a prominent German pathologist of the 20th century. Born in Boppard in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Büchner studied medici ...

(1895–1991), German pathologist *

Franz Bürkl Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

, Gestapo officer in Nazi-occupied Poland, assassinated in Operation Bürkl

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* Franz Calustro, Bolivian football player

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Franz Defregger Franz Defregger (after 1883 Franz von Defregger) (30 April 1835 – 2 January 1921) was an Austrian artist known for producing genre art and history paintings set in his native county of Tyrol. Biography Franz Defregger was born on 30 April ...

(1835–1921), Austrian painter *

Franz Josef Degenhardt Franz Josef Degenhardt (3 December 193114 November 2011) was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter ( Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing politics. He was also a lawyer, bearing the academic d ...

(1931–2011), German poet, novelist and singer-songwriter *

Franz-Benno Delonge Franz-Benno Delonge (1957 – 2 September 2007) was a designer of German-style board games. He has been nominated for multiple best game awards, including Spiel des Jahres and International Gamers Awards. '' TransAmerica'' won the Mensa best min ...

(1957–2007), designer of German-style board games *

Franz von Dingelstedt Franz von Dingelstedt (30 June 1814 – 15 May 1881) was a German poet, dramatist and theatre administrator. Life and career Dingestedt was born at Halsdorf, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Germany, and later studied at the University of Marburg ...

(1814–1881), German poet, dramatist, theatre administrator

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* Franz Engel (1834–1920), German explorer

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Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (9 March 1660 (baptized) – 25 December 1718) was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn Abbey. A sculptor and stuccoist, he ( ...

(1660–1718), German artist, patriarch of the Feuchtmayer family *

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698–1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn, Bavaria. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmay ...

(1698–1763), German Baroque artist and plasterer *

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (17 October 1735 – 6 January 1803) was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with the Wessobrunner School. He was the son of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (170 ...

(1735–1803), German Baroque artist and plasterer *

Franz Fuchs Franz Fuchs (12 December 1949 – 26 February 2000) was an Austrian domestic terrorist who killed four people and injured 15, some seriously, using three improvised explosive devices and 24 mail bombs, which he sent in five waves between 1993 an ...

(1949–2000), Austrian terrorist

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Franz Grillparzer Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...

(1791–1872), Austrian writer and poet

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* Franz Halberg (1919–2013), one of the founders of chronobiology * Franz Hein (1892–1976), German chemist *

Franz von Hipper Franz Ritter von Hipper (13 September 1863 – 25 May 1932) was an admiral in the German Imperial Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). Franz von Hipper joined the German Navy in 1881 as an officer cadet. He commanded several torpedo boat units an ...

(1863–1932), German World War I admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet *

Franz Hofmeister Franz Hofmeister (30 August 1850, in Prague – 26 July 1922, in Würzburg) was an early protein scientist, and is famous for his studies of salts that influence the solubility and conformational stability of proteins. In 1902, Hofmeister became t ...

(1850–1922), German protein scientist *

Franz Hössler Franz Hößler, also Franz Hössler (; 4 February 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-''Obersturmführer'' and '' Schutzhaftlagerführer'' at the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dora-Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps during World ...

(1906–1945), Nazi officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes

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Franz Jägerstätter Franz Jägerstätter, O.F.S. (also spelled Jaegerstaetter in English; born Franz Huber, 20 May 1907 – 9 August 1943) was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusa ...

(1907–1943), Austrian conscientious objector during World War II *

Franz Josef Jung Franz Josef Jung (born 5 March 1949) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He became Federal Minister of Defence in the Grand coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel on 22 November 2005. In October 2009 he became Ministe ...

(born 1949), German politician

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Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

(1883–1924), Bohemian novelist *

Franz Kindermann Franz Christoph Kindermann or Francisco Kindermann was a German merchant active in Chile, known for his role in the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue and his participation in Sociedad Stuttgart that came into conflict with in ...

, German merchant *

Franz Klammer Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975– 78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbru ...

(born 1953), champion Austrian alpine ski racer *

Franz Kleffner Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

(1907–1945), SS officer in World War II *

Franz Kline Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Mothe ...

(1910–1962), American abstract painter *

Franz Konrad (SS officer) Franz Konrad (1 March 1906, Liesing – 6 March 1952, Warsaw) was an Austrian mid-level commander in the SS of Nazi Germany who was an administrative official responsible for the ''Werteerfassung'' or "recording of valuables" in the Warsaw Ghe ...

(1906–1952), German SS officer executed for war crimes *

Franz König Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John ...

(1905–2004), Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church

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Franz Lachner Franz Paul Lachner (2 April 1803 – 20 January 1890) was a German composer and conductor. Biography Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers Ignaz, Theodor and Vinzenz also became musicians). He studied music with Si ...

(1803–1890), German composer and conductor * Franz Langoth (1877–1953), Austrian nationalist politician *

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; hu, Lehár Ferenc ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is ''The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life ...

(1870–1948), Austrian composer *

Franz Lidz Franz Lidz (born September 24, 1951) is an American writer, journalist and pro basketball executive. A ''New York Times'' archaeology, science and film essayist, he's a former ''Sports Illustrated'' senior writer,

(born 1951), American writer and journalist *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

(1811–1886), Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso

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* Franz Machon (1918–1968), German sailor in World War II and sole survivor of ''U-512'' *

Franz Marc Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later b ...

(1880–1916), principal painter of the German Expressionist movement *

Franz Marek Franz Marek (1913–1979) was an Austrian communist politician who edited '' Weg und Ziel'', a monthly journal of the Communist Party of Austria. British historian Eric Hobsbawm described Franz Marek as the hero of the 20th century. Early life ...

(1913–1979), Austrian communist politician * Franz Erdmann Mehring (1846–1919), German publicist, politician and historian *

Franz Müntefering Franz Müntefering (; born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as the minister of Labour and Social Affairs, ...

(born 1940), German politician and industrialist

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* Franz Nachbaur (1835–1902), German opera tenor * Franz Xaver Nachtmann (1799–1846), German painter

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Franz von Papen Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (; 29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German conservative politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer. He served as the chancellor of Germany i ...

(1879–1969), Chancellor of Germany in the Weimar Republic

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Franz Rademacher Franz Rademacher (20 February 1906 – 17 March 1973) was a German lawyer and diplomat. As an official in the Nazi government of the Third Reich during World War II, he was known for initiating action on the Madagascar Plan. Nazi beginnings Rad ...

(1906–1973), Nazi diplomat and author of the Madagascar Plan *

Franz Reichleitner Franz Karl Reichleitner (2 December 1906 – 3 January 1944) was an Austrian member in the SS of Nazi Germany who participated in Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. Reichleitner served as the second and last commandant of Sobibór extermina ...

(1906–1944), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp commander *

Franz Rosenzweig Franz Rosenzweig (, ; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1929) was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator. Early life and education Franz Rosenzweig was born in Kassel, Germany, to an affluent, minimally observant Jewish family. His fa ...

(1886–1929), German-Jewish theologian and philosopher

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Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

(1895–1980), German film actor *

Franz Schalk Franz Schalk (27 May 18633 September 1931) was an Austrian conductor. From 1918 to 1929 he was director of the Vienna State Opera, a post he held jointly with Richard Strauss from 1919 to 1924. He was later involved in the establishment of the ...

(1863–1931), Austrian conductor and founder of the Salzburg Music Festival *

Franz Schall Franz Schall (1 June 1918 – 10 April 1945) was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he flew approximately 550 combat missions and claimed 137 aerial victories—that is, 137 aerial combat ...

(1918–1945), German World War II fighter ace * Franz Schieß (1921–1943), German World War II fighter ace * Franz Scholz (1909–1998), German priest and theologian *

Franz von Paula Schrank Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named ...

(1747–1835), German botanist and entomologist *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

(1797–1828), Austrian composer *

Franz Heinrich Schwechten Franz Heinrich Schwechten (12 August 1841 – 11 August 1924) was one of the most famous German architects of the Wilhelmine era, and contributed to the development of historicist architecture. Life Schwechten was born in Cologne, the son of a ...

(1841–1924), German architect *

Franz Schwede Franz Reinhold Schwede (5 March 1888 – 19 October 1960) was a Nazi German politician, '' Oberbürgermeister'' (Lord Mayor) of Coburg and both ''Gauleiter'' and ''Oberpräsident'' of Pomerania. An early supporter of Adolf Hitler in Coburg, Schwe ...

(1888–1960), Nazi Gaulieter of Pomerania *

Franz Schädle Franz Schädle (19 November 1906 – 2 May 1945) was the last commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard (the '' Führerbegleitkommando''; FBK), from 5 January 1945 until his death on 2 May 1945. Biography Schädle was born in Westernh ...

(1906–1945), commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard *

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (March 9, 1894 – July 3, 1933) was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style. He was also politically active as a communist making significant contributions, both graphic and theoretical to ''Die Aktion' ...

(1894–1933), German constructivist painter and sculptor *

Franz Joseph Spiegler Franz Joseph Spiegler (5 April 1691 – 15 April 1757) was a German Baroque painter. He is best known for his frescoes, which decorate many of the churches and monasteries along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. The frescoes in the Zwiefalten ...

(1691–1757), German Baroque painter *

Franz Stangl Franz Paul Stangl (; 26 March 1908 – 28 June 1971) was an Austrian-born police officer and commandant of the Nazi extermination camps Sobibor and Treblinka. Stangl, an employee of the T-4 Euthanasia Program and an SS commander in Nazi German ...

(1908-1971), Austrian-born Nazi SS concentration camp commandant * Franz Stofel (1915–1945), German Nazi concentration camp commander executed for war crimes *

Franz Josef Strauss Franz Josef Strauss ( ; 6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between ...

(1915–1988), German politician *

Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé (né Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppe) (18 April 181921 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A c ...

(1819–1895), Austrian composer *

Franz Xaver Süssmayr Franz Xaver Süssmayr (German: ''Franz Xaver Süßmayr'', or ''Suessmayr'' in English; 1766 – September 17, 1803) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amad ...

(1766–1803), Austrian composer

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Franz Taurinus Franz Adolph Taurinus (15 November 1794 – 13 February 1874) was a Germans, German mathematician who is known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry. Life Franz Taurinus was the son of Julius Ephraim Taurinus, a court official of the Count of ...

(1794–1874), German mathematician * Franz Thonner (1863–1928), Austrian taxonomist and botanist *

Franz Treichler Francisco José Conceição Leitão Treichler (born 14 November 1961), better known as Franz Treichler, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, musician, composer and record producer. He is best known as the vocalist and sole consistent member of the Swiss ...

, Swiss rock musician and singer of The Young Gods

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Franz Unger Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (30 November 1800 in ''Gut Amthof'' near village Leutschach in Styria, Austria – 13 February 1870 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist. Life and work Initially, Ung ...

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

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Franz Vranitzky Franz Vranitzky (; born 4 October 1937) is an Austrian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), he was Chancellor of Austria from 1986 to 1997. Early life and career As the son of a foundryman, Vranitzky was born in ...

(born 1937), Austrian politician

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Franz Werfel Franz Viktor Werfel (; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and Poetry, poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of ''Th ...

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

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Franz Ziereis Franz Xaver Ziereis (13 August 1905 – 24 May 1945) was the commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp from 1939 until the camp was liberated by the American forces in 1945. Early life and SS career Ziereis was born on 13 August 1905 in M ...

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

Fictional characters

* Franz, a German enemy character in the 1989 video game ''

Human Killing Machine ''Human Killing Machine'' (also known as ''HKM'') is a 2D fighting video game. The game was developed by British company Tiertex, who hired external team Blue Turtle (Nick Pavis and Leigh Christian) to produce the graphics, and published by U.S. G ...

'' * 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 ''House of Dracula'' is a 1945 American horror film released and distributed by Universal Pictures Company, Universal Pictures. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, the film features several Universal Horror properties meeting as they had done in the 19 ...

'' * Franz Heinel, character in the Japanese anime series ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'' *

Franz Hopper ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil G ...

, character from the French-produced animated series ''Code Lyoko'' * Franz Kemmerich, character in the war novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' *

Franz Liebkind The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film '' The Producers'', the Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 film adaptation of the musical. Max Bialystock Max Bialystock is described as selfish, arrogant, fiery, impatient, sa ...

, character in ''The Producers'' * Franz Oberhauser, ''James Bond'' character professionally known as

Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and villain from the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming. A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agen ...

Franz Sanchez ''Licence to Kill'' is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues ...

, character in the 1989 James Bond film ''Licence to Kill'' * Franz, guard in Franz Kafka's novel ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' (german: Der Process, link=no, previously , and ) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and pr ...

'' * Baron Franz d'Épinay, friend of Albert de Morcerf in Alexandre Dumas's novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

References

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