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Franz (given name)

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Gender
  
Masculine

Language(s)
  
1. Latin2. German

Language(s)
  
Pronunciation
  
German pronunciation: [fʁants]

Name day
  
January 24April 2September 8December 3

Word/name
  
1. Franciscus2. Franziskus

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

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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 Habsburg
  • 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 Xaver Nachtmann (1799–1846), German painter
  • 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 (mathematician) (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 (1919–2013), 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
  • Franz von Hipper (1863-1932), German World War I Admiral, Commander of High Seas Fleet
  • Franz Nagata (born 1983), French mother and Japanese father, Canadian born Founder of HSFSB
  • Fictional characters

  • Franz, a German enemy character in the 1989 video game Human Killing Machine
  • Hans and Franz, characters of the television show Saturday Night Live
  • Franz Bibfeldt, 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 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill
  • References

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