Franz (given name)

Nobility

Austria-Hungary

• Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Austrian Empire
• Franz Joseph I, 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, father of two emperors
• Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg
• Franz, Duke of Hohenberg, head of the House of Hohenburg
• Franz, Prince of Kohary, Imperial Chancellor
• Franz, Prince of Thun and Hohenstein, Governor of Bohemia
• Franz, Count of Deym, diplomat
• Franz, Count of Meran, Austrian Count
• Franz, Count of Gyulai, Governor of Lombardy-Venetia
• Franz, Count Széchényi, Hungarian Count
• Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, statesman from Prague
• Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of the General Staff
• Franz Moritz von Lacy, Field Marshal
• Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, soldier and statesman

Germany

• Franz, Duke of Bavaria, head of the House of Wittelsbach
• Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, member of the House of Wettin
• Prince Franz of Bavaria, member of the House of Wittelsbach
• Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria, member of the House of Wittelsbach
• Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn and Taxis, head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
• Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, member of the House of Hohenzollern
• Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg, member of the House of Hesse
• Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach, nobleman and art collector
• Franz von Waldeck, Prince-Bishop of Münster

Liechtenstein

• Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, sovereign of Liechtenstein
• Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, sovereign of Liechtenstein
• Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, sovereign of Liechtenstein

Other people

A

• Franz Abt, German composer and Kapellmeister
• Franz Ackermann, German painter and installation artist
• Franz Adam, German painter of military subjects
• Franz Alt (mathematician), Austrian-born American mathematician and computer scientist

B

• Franz Anton Basch, Nazi executed for war crimes
• Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanist
• Franz Bauer (sculptor), Austrian sculptor
• Franz Beckenbauer, German football player and manager
• Franz Behr, German composer
• Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer
• Franz Berwald, Swedish composer
• Franz Beyer (general), German General in World War II
• Franz Beyer (musicologist), German musicologist
• Franz Beyer (pilot), German fighter pilot
• Franz Binder, Austrian football player and coach
• Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist considered the "father of American anthropology"
• Franz Boos, Austrian botanist and explorer during the Enlightenment
• Franz Bopp, German linguist
• Franz Böhm,, a BAFTA-winning British-German film director and producer
• Franz Brunner (handballer), Austrian handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Franz Burda I, German publisher
• Franz Büchner (pathologist), German pathologist
• Franz Bürkl, Gestapo officer in Nazi-occupied Poland, assassinated in Operation Bürkl

C

• Franz Calustro, Bolivian football player

D

• Franz Defregger, Austrian painter
• Franz Josef Degenhardt, German poet, novelist and singer-songwriter
• Franz de Liagre Böhl, Austrian-born Dutch assyriologist
• Franz-Benno Delonge, designer of German-style board games
• Franz von Dingelstedt, German poet, dramatist, theatre administrator

E

• Franz Engel, German explorer

F

• Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer, German artist, patriarch of the Feuchtmayer family
• Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder, German Baroque artist and plasterer
• Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist and plasterer
• Franz Fuchs, Austrian terrorist

G

• Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer and poet

H

• Franz Halberg, one of the founders of chronobiology
• Franz Hein, German chemist
• Franz Herre, German journalist and biographer
• Franz von Hipper, German World War I admiral, commander of the High Seas Fleet
• Franz Hofmeister, German protein scientist
• Franz Hössler, Nazi officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
• Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer. He did not himself use the name "Franz"; for discussion see Haydn's name.

J

• Franz Jägerstätter, Austrian conscientious objector during World War II
• Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician
• Franz Josef Jung, German politician

K

• Franz Kafka, Bohemian novelist
• Franz Kindermann, German merchant
• Franz Klammer, champion Austrian alpine ski racer
• Franz Kleffner, SS officer in World War II
• Franz Kline, American abstract painter
• Franz Konrad (SS officer), German SS officer executed for war crimes
• Franz König, Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church

L

• Franz Lachner, German composer and conductor
• Franz Langoth, Austrian nationalist politician
• Franz Lehár, Austrian composer
• Franz Lidz, American writer and journalist
• Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso

M

• Franz Machon, German sailor in World War II and sole survivor of U-512
• Franz Marc, principal painter of the German Expressionist movement
• Franz Marek, Austrian communist politician
• Franz Erdmann Mehring, German publicist, politician and historian
• Franz Muhri, Austrian communist politician
• Franz Müntefering, German politician and industrialist

N

• Franz Nachbaur, German opera tenor
• Franz Xaver Nachtmann, German painter

O

• Franz Oppenheim, German chemist and industrialist

P

• Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany in the Weimar Republic

R

• Franz Rademacher, Nazi diplomat and author of the Madagascar Plan
• Franz Reichleitner, Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp commander
• Franz Rosenzweig, German-Jewish theologian and philosopher

S

• Franz Schafheitlin, German film actor
• Franz Schalk, Austrian conductor and founder of the Salzburg Music Festival
• Franz Schall, German World War II fighter ace
• Franz Schieß, German World War II fighter ace
• Franz Scholz, German priest and theologian
• Franz von Paula Schrank, German botanist and entomologist
• Franz Schubert, Austrian composer
• Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect
• Franz Schwede, Nazi Gaulieter of Pomerania
• Franz Schädle, commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard
• Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, German constructivist painter and sculptor
• Franz Joseph Spiegler, German Baroque painter
• Franz Stangl, Austrian-born Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
• Franz Stofel, German Nazi concentration camp commander executed for war crimes
• Franz Josef Strauss, German politician
• Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer
• Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer

T

• Franz Taurinus, German mathematician
• Franz Thonner, Austrian taxonomist and botanist
• Franz Treichler, Swiss rock musician and singer of The Young Gods

U

• Franz Unger, Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist

V

• Franz Vranitzky, Austrian politician

W

• Franz Werfel,, Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet

Z

• Franz Ziereis, German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant

Fictional characters

• Franz, a German enemy character in the 1989 video game Human Killing Machine
• Franz, character in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
• Franz, guard in Franz Kafka's novel The Trial
• Hans and Franz, characters of the television show Saturday Night Live
• Franz Bibfeldt, fictitious theologian and in-joke among American academic theologian
• Dr. Franz Eldemann, character from House of Dracula
• Baron Franz d'Épinay, friend of Albert de Morcerf in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
• 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 Oberhauser, James Bond character professionally known as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
• Franz Sanchez, character in the 1989 James Bond film ''Licence to Kill'''