Franz Josef Hočevar (slov. Franc Jože Hočevar) (born Metlika, Slovenia, October 10, 1853, died Graz, Austria June 19, 1919) was Austrian/Slovene mathematician and author of mathematical books.
After grammar school in Ljubljana Hočevar studied mathematics and physics in Vienna, where he got his Ph.D. in 1875. He worked as professor and director of the "Lehrkanzel für Mathematik I" at the Technical University of Graz from 1894 to 1918. He was dean of the "Maschinenbauschule" from 1896-1900, 1906-1908 and 1910-1913.