Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name

Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) Places *Rural ...

. Notable people named Franz include:

Nobility

Austria-Hungary

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Francis I (Francis Stephen; french: François Étienne; german: Franz Stefan; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Lorraine and Duchy of Bar, Bar, and Grand Duke of Tuscany. He became the rule ...

(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 ...

(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. ...

, 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 L ...

(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 Austr ...

(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 (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 (1778–1861), statesman from Prague * Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925), Chief of the General Staff * Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725–1801), Field Marshal * Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg (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, ...

(1750–1806), member of the House of Wettin * Prince Franz of Bavaria (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 (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. S ...

(born 1943), member of the House of Hohenzollern *

Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, (german: Franz Joseph; 24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924), was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Countess Julia von Hauke. Biograph ...

(1861–1924), member of the House of Hesse * Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach (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 (1853–1938), sovereign of Liechtenstein * Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726–1781), sovereign of Liechtenstein * Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (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 (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) (1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist

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* Franz Anton Basch, Nazi executed for war crimes * Franz Bauer (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 reache ...

(1837–1898), German composer * Franz Benda (1709–1786), Czech violinist and composer * Franz Berwald (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. A ...

(1892–1968), German General in World War II *

Franz Beyer (musicologist) Franz Beyer (26 February 1922, in Weingarten – 29 June 2018, in Munich) was a German musicologist who is best known for his revising and restoration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music, in particular his unfinished Requiem, KV 626, which he ...

(1922–2018), German musicologist * Franz Beyer (pilot) (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 An ...

(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 (1753–1832), Austrian botanist and explorer during the Enlightenment * Franz Bopp (1791–1867), German linguist * Franz Brunner (handballer) (1913–1991), Austrian handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Franz Burda I (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 medi ...

(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 (1931–2011), German poet, novelist and singer-songwriter * Franz-Benno Delonge (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 Marbur ...

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

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Franz Engel Franz Engel (1834 in Röbel – 1920 in Neubrandenburg) was a German explorer and naturalist. He traveled extensively in South America in the years 1857–63 and published the results of his explorations in several volumes, including ''Studie ...

(1834–1920), German explorer

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* Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718), German artist, patriarch of the Feuchtmayer family * Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder (1698–1763), German Baroque artist and plasterer * Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger (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 (1791–1872), Austrian writer and poet

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* Franz Halberg (1919–2013), one of the founders of chronobiology *

Franz Hein Franz Hein (30 June 1892 – 26 February 1976) was a German scientist and artist. History Franz Hein was born in Grötzingen (Baden), Germany. His high school years were spent in Leipzig, as well as, his college years at the University of Leipzi ...

(1892–1976), German chemist * Franz von Hipper (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 ...

(1850–1922), German protein scientist * Franz Hössler (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 refus ...

(1907–1943), Austrian conscientious objector during World War II * Franz Josef Jung (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 typ ...

(1883–1924), Bohemian novelist * Franz Kindermann, German merchant * Franz Klammer (born 1953), champion Austrian alpine ski racer * Franz Kleffner (1907–1945), SS officer in World War II * Franz Kline (1910–1962), American abstract painter * Franz Konrad (SS officer) (1906–1952), German SS officer executed for war crimes * Franz König (1905–2004), Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church

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

(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 Müntefering (born 1940), German politician and industrialist

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* Franz Nachbaur (1835–1902), German opera tenor *

Franz Xaver Nachtmann Franz Xaver Nachtmann (September 6, 1799 – December 17, 1846) was a German painter. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1814 to 1819. He later served as a flower painter at the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. He left Nymphenbur ...

(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 ...

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

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* Franz Rademacher (1906–1973), Nazi diplomat and author of the Madagascar Plan * Franz Reichleitner (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 f ...

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

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* Franz Schafheitlin (1895–1980), German film actor * Franz Schalk (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 comba ...

(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 (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 wo ...

(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 ...

(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, Sc ...

(1888–1960), Nazi Gaulieter of Pomerania * Franz Schädle (1906–1945), commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard * Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (1894–1933), German constructivist painter and sculptor * Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691–1757), German Baroque painter * Franz Stangl (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 betwee ...

(1915–1988), German politician * Franz von Suppé (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 Ama ...

(1766–1803), Austrian composer

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Franz Taurinus Franz Adolph Taurinus (15 November 1794 – 13 February 1874) was a 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 Erbac ...

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

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

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* Franz Vranitzky (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 poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of ''The For ...

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

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

Fictional characters

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

Hans and Franz Hans and Franz are characters in a recurring sketch called "Pumping Up with Hans & Franz" on the television sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', played by Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon, respectively. Description In the sketch, Carvey and N ...

, 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'' * 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 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 * Franz Sanchez, character in the 1989 James Bond film ''Licence to Kill'' * Franz, guard in Franz Kafka's novel '' The Trial'' * Baron Franz d'Épinay, friend of Albert de Morcerf in Alexandre Dumas's novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo''

References

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