Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis (given name), Francis''.

Given name

* Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman * Frans Ackerman (1330–1387), Flemish statesman * Frans Adelaar (born 1960), Dutch football player and manager * Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 1933), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat * Frans Aerenhouts (born 1937), Belgian cyclist * Frans Ananias (born 1972), Namibian footballer * Frans Andersson (1911–1988), Danish bass-baritone * Frans Andriessen (1929–2019), Dutch politician * Frans Anneessens (1660–1719), Flemish protest leader * Frans van Anraat (born 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal * Frans Badens (floruit, fl. 1571–1618), Flemish painter * Frans Bak (born 1958), Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist * Frans Decker (1684–1751), 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands * Frans-Andries Durlet (1816–1867), Belgian architect, sculptor and printmaker * Frans Fiolet (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player * Frans Floris (1517–1570), Flemish painter * Frans Christiaan Frederiks (born 1980), Dutch rapper and hip hop artist Lange Frans * Frans Geurtsen (1942–2015), Dutch footballer * Frans Gommers (1917–1996), Belgian footballer * Frans Grootjans (1922–1999), Belgian politician and minister for the PVV * Frans Hals (1580–1666), Dutch painter * Frans Helmerson (born 1945), Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor * Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590), Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker * Frans Hogenbirk (1918–1998), Dutch football midfielder * Frans Alfons Janssens (1865–1924), Belgian priest and biologist * Frans Lanting (born 1951), Dutch wildlife photographer and writer * Frans August Larson (1870–1957), Swedish missionary to Mongolia * Frans Maassen (born 1965), Dutch cyclist * Frans Masereel (1889–1972), Belgian woodcut artist * Frans Muller (born 1960/61), Dutch businessman * Frans Alfred Meeng (1910–1944), Dutch-Indonesian footballer * Frans Dhia Putros (born 1993), Danish professional football player * Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect * Frans Stafleu (1921–1997), Dutch botanist * François Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player (called "Frans") * Frans Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch football player * Frans Timmermans (politician) (born 1961), Dutch politician * Frans de Vreng (1898–1974), Dutch track cyclist * Frans de Waal (born 1948), Dutch primatologist * Frans Wackers (born 1939), Dutch nuclear cardiologist * Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 1998), Swedish singer (also known as Frans)

Nickname

* Frans Bauer (born 1973), Dutch singer * Francois Botha (born 1968), South African boxer and kickboxer * Fran Escribá (born 1965), Spanish football player and manager * Frans Harjawiyata (1931–2016), Indonesian Roman Catholic Trappist abbot * Frans van Houten (born 1960), CEO of the Dutch company Philips * Frans Kellendonk (1951–1990), Dutch novelist and translator * Frans van der Lugt (1938–2014), Dutch Jesuit priest * Frans Seda (1926–2009), Indonesian government minister in several departments * Frans Xavery (1740–c. 1788), Dutch painter

Surname

* Frédéric Frans (born 1989), Belgian footballer * Jeffrey Frans (born 1952), South African cricketer * Joe Frans (born 1975), Canadian curler * Joe Frans (politician) (born 1963), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* Frans J. Palmu, main character of the Palmu novels and film adaptations

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