Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name

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Nobility

Austria-Hungary

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Francis I (Francis Stephen; ; ; ; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765, List of rulers of Austria#Dukes and archdukes of Austria under the House of Habsburg, Archduke of Austria from 1740 to 1765, List of ...

(1708–1765) *

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and I (; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Croa ...

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

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...

(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. Fran ...

, 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 Elisabeth von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee. He was also a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of ...

(1927–1977), head of the House of Hohenburg * Franz, Prince of Kohary (1760–1826), Imperial Chancellor *

Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein Prince Franz Anton von Thun und Hohenstein (; 2 September 1847 in Děčín, Bohemia – 1 November 1916 in Děčín, Bohemia) was an Austro-Hungarian nobleman and a statesman. He served as the Habsburg monarchy's Governor of his native Bohemia ...

(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 – 27 March 1891) was an Austrian nobility, Austrian nobleman and courtier. Family Born 11 March 1839, in Vienna, Franz was the only child of the morganatic m ...

(1839–1891), Austrian Count * Franz, Count of Gyulai (1798–1868), Governor of Lombardy-Venetia * Franz, Count Széchényi (1754–1820), Hungarian Count *

Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (; 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 the major opponents of State Chancellor Pri ...

(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. Feldmarschal ...

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

Franz Moritz von Lacy Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy (; ; , tr. ; 21 October 1725 – 24 November 1801) was an Austrian military leader of Baltic German and Irish origins. He was the son of Count Peter von Lacy, and was a famous Austrian field marshal. Lacy serve ...

(1725–1801), Field Marshal * Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg (1791–1848), soldier and statesman

Germany

Franz, Duke of Bavaria Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather Kin ...

(born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach * Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806), member of the House of Wettin *

Prince Franz of Bavaria Prince Franz of Bavaria () (10 October 1875 – 25 January 1957) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Major General in the Bavarian Army. Early life and military career Franz was born at Schloss Leutstetten, Starnb ...

(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 Victor Christoph Stephan Prinz von PreussenIn 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 t ...

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

Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg (; 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 Julia, Princess of Battenberg. Biography Named after the Emp ...

(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 Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Münster, Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, and Prince-Bishopric of Minden, Minden in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Ho ...

(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 h ...

(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 Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning Monarchy of Liechtenstein, Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 u ...

(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 obt ...

(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 Abstract art, abstraction. Life He attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Akademie der Bildenden K ...

(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

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* Franz Anton Basch, Nazi executed for war crimes *

Franz Bauer 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), court pain ...

(1748–1840), Austrian microscopist and botanist * Franz Bauer (sculptor) (1798–1872), Austrian sculptor *

Franz Beckenbauer Franz Anton Beckenbauer (; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine p ...

(1945–2024), 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 reached ...

(1837–1898), German composer *

Franz Benda Franz Benda (; baptised 22 November 1709 – 7 March 1786) was a Bohemian violinist and composer, who worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great. Life Benda was born in Old Benatek in Bohemia, the son of Jan Jiří Benda ...

(1709–1786), Czech violinist and composer *

Franz Berwald Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. 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 ...

(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) 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 team and, during the Anschluss, the Germany national team. He playe ...

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

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

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

Franz Boos Franz Boos (23 December 1753 in Frauenalb – 9 February 1832 in Vienna) was an Austrian List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment, gardener-botanist in the Age of Enlightenment, a voyager and collector of natural history specimens ...

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

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

(1791–1867), German linguist *

Franz Böhm Franz Böhm (16 February 1895 – 26 September 1977) was a German politician, lawyer, and economist. Early life Franz Böhm was born on 16 February 1895 in Konstanz. He moved along with his family in 1898 to Karlsruhe as his father was appoi ...

, (born 1999), a

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

-winning British-German film director and producer * 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 medic ...

(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 18 ...

(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 de Liagre Böhl (1882-1976), Austrian-born Dutch assyriologist * 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 Natural History (Pliny), naturalist. He traveled extensively in South America in the years 1857–63 and published the results of his explorations in several volum ...

(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 (a ...

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

(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 Burgtheater in Vienna. He ...

(1791–1872), Austrian writer and poet

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Franz Halberg Franz Halberg (July 5, 1919 – June 9, 2013 ) was a scientist and one of the founders of modern chronobiology. He first began his experiments in the 1940s and later founded the Chronobiology Laboratories at the University of Minnesota. Halberg p ...

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

Franz Hein Franz Hein (30 June 1892 – 26 February 1976) was a German chemist and professor. He specialized in the chemistry of organic chromium and other metal compounds. He was the son of the artist Franz Johann Erich Hein (1863–1927). History Franz Hei ...

(1892–1976), German chemist *

Franz von Hipper Franz Ritter von Hipper (born Franz Hipper; 13 September 1863 – 25 May 1932) was an admiral in the German Imperial Navy, (''Kaiserliche Marine'') who played an important role in the naval warfare of World War I. Franz von Hipper joined th ...

(1863–1932), German World War I admiral, commander of the 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 Wo ...

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

Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...

(1732-1809), Austrian Composer

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

(1907–1943), Austrian conscientious objector during World War II * Franz Jantscher (born 1969), Austrian politician *

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 Minister ...

(born 1949), German politician *

(1732-1809), Austrian Composer

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Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

(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. He dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975– 78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, ...

(born 1953), champion Austrian alpine ski racer * Franz Kleffner (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 Mo ...

(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 Ghet ...

(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 Joh ...

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

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Franz Lachner Franz Paul Lachner (2 April 180320 January 1890) was a German composer and conductor. Biography Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers Ignaz, and Vinzenz also became musicians). He studied music with Simon Sec ...

(1803–1890), German composer and conductor *

Franz Langoth Franz Langoth (20 August 1877 – 17 April 1953) was an Austrian nationalism, nationalist politician who later became a leading figure in the country's Nazi movement. He was a judge on the People's Court (Germany), People's Court, an SS-''Brigade ...

(1877–1953), Austrian nationalist politician *

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 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 and career L ...

(1870–1948), Austrian composer *

Franz Lidz Franz Lidz (born September 24, 1951) is an American writer, journalist and former pro basketball executive. A ''New York Times'' archaeology, science and film essayist, who originated the archaeological column "Lost and Found". He's a former '' ...

(born 1951), American writer and journalist *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

(1811–1886), Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso

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Franz Machon Matrosengefreiter Franciszek Machoń (18 March 1918 – 1968), known as Franz Machon and later as Frank J. Machon, was the only survivor of the sunken , and one of few World War II U-boat survivors. His story strikes remarkable similarities with ...

(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 printmaking, printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (The Blue Rider), a journal whose ...

(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 his hero of the 20th century. Early life H ...

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

Franz Muhri Franz Muhri (1924–2001) was a politician who headed the Communist Party of Austria between 1965 and 1990. Early life and education Muhri was born in Steyregg, Upper Austria, on 21 October 1924. He completed his primary school education worked ...

(1924–2001), Austrian communist politician *

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 Oppenheim Franz Oppenheim (born 13 July 1852 in Charlottenburg; died 13 February 1929 in Cairo) was a German chemist and industrialist who mainly worked for the Agfa company (now Agfa-Gevaert). His father was German jurist and his mother was Margarethe M ...

(1852–1929), German chemist and industrialist

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Franz von Papen Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, (; 29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and army officer. A national conservative, he served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932, and then as Vice-Chancell ...

(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 Nazism, Nazi government of the Third Reich during World War II, he was known for initiating action on the Madagascar Plan. Early life ...

(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 extermi ...

(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 Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, West Germany. Selected filmograph ...

(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 (1918–1945), German World War II fighter ace *

Franz Schieß Franz Schieß (21 February 1921 – 2 September 1943) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace. He claimed 67 victories in 657 missions, (14 on the Eastern Front, and 53 against the Western Allies) whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Career Schieß, also ...

(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 Neuhaus am Inn, Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. Biography He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years lat ...

(1747–1835), German botanist and entomologist *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

(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, Schw ...

(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 Constructivism (art), constructivist style. He was also politically active as a communist making significant contributions, both graphic and theoreti ...

(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 police officer and commandant of the Nazi extermination camps Sobibor and Treblinka in World War II. Stangl, an employee of the T-4 Euthanasia Program and an SS commander ...

(1908-1971), Austrian-born Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Franz Stofel Franz Stärfl, alias Xaver Stärfel, alias Franz Stofel, (5 October 1915 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Hauptscharführer and camp commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp of Mittelbau-Dora during World War II. Arrested by the Allies and ...

(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, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppé (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 or Süßmayr (; 1766 – September 17, 1803), also anglicized as Suessmayr, was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfini ...

(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 Erbach ...

(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, U ...

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

, (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 Mu ...

(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'' (unofficially titled as ''Street Fighter 2: Human Killing Machine'' and acronym-titled as ''H.K.M.'') is a 2D fighting video game. The game was developed by British company Tiertex, who hired external team Blue Turtle (N ...

'' * Franz, character in '' Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' * Franz, guard in Franz Kafka's novel ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' () 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 prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, wi ...

'' *

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 Franz Bibfeldt is a fictitious German theologian and in-joke among American academic theologians. Bibfeldt made his first appearance as the author of an invented footnote in a term paper of a Concordia Seminary student, Robert Howard Clausen. C ...

, 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. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, the film features several Universal Horror properties meeting as they had done in the 1944 film '' House of Franke ...

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

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

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

Franz Hopper ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

, 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. Leopold "Leo" Bloom Leopold "Leo" Bloom is a timid and mild-mannered accountant, prone ...

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

Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional supervillain in 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 British MI6 agent James Bond. Blofel ...

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. In the film, Bond resigns from MI6 in order to ...

, character in the 1989 James Bond film ''Licence to Kill

References

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