Franz (given name)

Franz is a German name and cognate of "Francis". Notable people named Franz include:

Royalty

Austria-Hungary

• Franz I (1708–1765), Holy Roman Emperor
• Franz II (1768–1835), Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Austrian Empire
• Franz Joseph I (1830–1916), Austrian Emperor
• Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary, whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War I
• Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria (1802–1878), father of two emperors
• Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria (1866–1939), Tuscan branch of the House of Hapsburg
• Franz, Duke of Hohenberg (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 (1798–1868), Governor of Lombardy-Venetia
• Franz, Count Széchényi (1754–1820), Hungarian Count
• Count Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778–1861), statesman
• Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925), Chief of the General Staff
• Count Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725–1801), Field Marshal
• Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg (1791–1848), statesman

Germany

• Franz, Duke of Bavaria (born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach
• Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806), patrilineal ancestor of Elizabeth II
• 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 (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 (1754–1823), nobleman and art collector
• Franz, Count of Waldeck (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

Musicians, artists, writers

• Franz Abt (1819–1885), German composer and Kapellemeister
• Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German painter and installation artist
• Franz Adam (1815–1886), German painter of military subjects
• Franz Benda (1709–1786), Czech violinist and composer
• Franz Behr (1837–1898), German composer
• Franz Defregger (1835–1921), Austrian painter
• Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), German poet, novelist and singer-songwriter
• 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 Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian writer and poet
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian classical composer. The "Franz" was not generally used by Haydn or his contemporaries; see Haydn's name.
• Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Bohemian novelist, one of the major writers of the 20th century
• Franz Kline (1910–1962), American abstract painter
• Franz Lachner (1803–1890), German composer and conductor
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948), Austrian composer
• Franz Lidz (born 1951), American writer and journalist
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso
• Franz Marc (1880–1916), principal painter of the German Expressionist movement
• Franz Nachbaur (1835–1902), German opera tenor
• Franz Schalk (1863–1931), Austrian conductor and founder of the Salzburg Music Festival
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian composer
• Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841–1924), German architect
• Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), Austrian composer
• Franz Werfel, (1890–1945), Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet
• Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (1894–1933), German constructivist painter and sculptor
• Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691–1757), German Baroque painter

Scientists, mathematicians, philosophers

• Franz Alt (1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist
• Franz Bauer (1748–1840, Austrian microscopist and botanist
• Franz Boas (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 Büchner (1895–1991), German pathologist
• Franz Halberg (born 1919), one of the founders of chronobiology
• Franz Hein (1892–1976), German chemist
• Franz Hofmeister (1850–1922), German protein scientist
• Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835), German botanist and entomologist
• Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), German-Jewish theologian and philosopher
• Franz Taurinus (1794–1874), German mathematician
• Franz Thonner (1863–1928), Austrian taxonomist and botanist
• Franz Unger (1800–1870), Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist

Sports figures

• Franz Beckenbauer, German football player and manager
• Franz Binder (1911–1989), Austrian football player and coach
• Franz Brunner (1913–1991), Austrian handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Franz Calustro, Bolivian football player
• Franz Klammer (born 1953), champion Austrian alpine ski racer

Others

• Franz-Benno Delonge (1957–2007), designer of German-style board games
• Franz Burda I (1903–1986), German publisher
• Franz Beyer (disambiguation), several people
  • Franz Beyer (musicologist) (born 1922), German musicologist
  • Franz Beyer (general) (1892–1968), German General in World War II
  • Franz Beyer (pilot) (1918–1944), German fighter pilot
• Franz Bürkl, Gestapo officer in Nazi-occupied Poland, assassinated in Operation Bürkl
• Franz Fuchs (1949–2000), Austrian terrorist
• Franz Hössler (1906–1945), Nazi officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
• Franz Jägerstätter (1907–1943), Austrian conscientious objector during World War II
• Franz Josef Jung (born 1949), German politician
• Franz Kindermann, German merchant
• Franz Kleffner (1907–1945), SS officer in World War II
• Franz König (1905–2004), Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Franz Langoth (1877–1953), Austrian nationalist politician
• Franz Machon (born 1918), German sailor in World War II and sole survivor of U-512
• Franz Erdmann Mehring (1846–1919), German publicist, politician and historian
• Franz Müntefering (born 1940), German politician and industrialist
• Franz von Papen (1879–1969), Chancellor of Germany in the Weimar Republic
• Franz Rademacher (1906–1973), Nazi diplomat and author of the Madagascar Plan
• Franz Schädle (1906–1945), commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard
• Franz Schafheitlin (1895–1980), German film actor
• Franz Schall (1918–1945), German World War II fighter ace
• Franz Schieß (1921–1943), German World War II fighter ace
• Franz Schwede (1888–1960), Nazi Gaulieter of Pomerania
• Franz Scholz (1909–1998), German priest and theologian

Fictional characters

• Franz, a German enemy character in the video game Human Killing Machine
• Hans and Franz, characters on the television show Saturday Night Live
• Franz Bibfeldt, a fictitious theologian and in-joke among American academic theologians
• 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, character in The Producers
• Franz Sanchez, character in the James Bond film Licence to Kill

See also

• Frans (disambiguation)
• Franz (disambiguation)
• Frantz (disambiguation)

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