Franz (surname)
This article is about people with the surname name Franz. For people with the given name Franz, see Franz (given name). For other uses, see Franz (disambiguation).
| Franz | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
/frænz/ German pronunciation: [fʁants] |
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | German |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) |
1. Latin 2. German |
| Word/Name |
1. Franciscus 2. Franziskus |
| Meaning | Frankish, Frenchman, free man |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | Frantz (surname) |
| See also | Franz (given name) |
Franz is a surname of German origin. Notable persons with this name include:
- Arthur Franz (1920–2006), American actor
- Dennis Franz (born 1944), American actor noted for NYPD Blue
- Eduard Franz (1902–1983), American actor
- Elizabeth Franz (born 1941), American actress
- Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist and actress
- Friedrich Franz (1783-1860), Moravian physicist and mathematician
- Frederick William Franz (1893–1992), past president of the Jehovah's Witnesses
- Horst Franz (born 1940), German football manager
- John E. Franz (born 1929), American organic chemist
- Johnny Franz (1922–1977), UK record producer
- Kurt Franz (1914–1998), Nazi SS commandant of Treblinka extermination camp
- Ludwig Franz (1922-1990), German politician
- Marie-Louise von Franz (1915-1998), Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar
- Maik Franz (born 1981), German footballer
- Mike Frantz (born 1986), German footballer
- Nolan Franz, American football player
- Raymond Franz (1922–2010), former Jehovah's Witness
- Robert Franz (1815–1892), German composer
- Rod Franz (1925–1999), American football player
- Ron Franz (born 1945), American professional basketball player
- Walter Franz (1911–1992), German theoretical physicist
- Wilhelm Franz (1913–1971), German audio engineer
- Wolfgang Franz (born 1944), German economist