Franz (family name)
Franz is a family name .
Name bearer
A.
- Adolph Franz (1842–1916), German theologian, editor and politician (center)
- Aenne Franz (* 1923), German dialect poet
- Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer
- Aisha Franz (* 1984), German comic artist and illustrator
- Albert Franz (* 1947), German theologian and philosopher
- Alfred Franz (1911–1981), German librarian
- Alice Franz (1912–2011), German actress and voice actress
- Andreas Franz (soccer player) (1897-1970), German soccer player
- Andreas Franz (writer) (1954–2011), German writer
- Andreas Franz (soccer player, 1962) (* 1962), German soccer player
- Andreas Müller-Franz (1944–1993), Swiss photographer
- Anna Franz (* 1953), Austrian politician
- Anselm Franz (aviation pioneer) (1900–1994), Austrian aviation pioneer
- Ansgar Franz (* 1959), German Roman Catholic theologian
- Anton Franz (1887–1962), German politician (CSU)
- Arno Franz (actually Franz Arno Kalklösch ; 1880–1930), German publisher and writer
- Arthur Franz (Romanist) (1881–1963), German Romanist
- Arthur Franz (actor) (1920–2006), American actor
B.
- Benjamin Franz (* 1971), German freediver
C.
- Carl Franz (Admiral) (1855-1919), German rear admiral
- Carl Franz (medical officer) (1870–1946), German chief medical officer and army medical inspector
- Christian Franz (radio presenter) (* 1967), German radio presenter
- Christian Franz (singer) (* 1968), German opera singer (hero tenor)
- Christian Franz (ice hockey player) (* 1979), German ice hockey player
- Christian Franz-Pohlmann (* 1980), German soccer coach
- Christoph Franz (* 1960), German-Swiss manager
- Claudius Franz (* 1982), German actor
- Cornelia Franz (* 1956), German author
D.
- David Franz (* 1992), Austrian ice hockey player
- Dennis Franz (* 1944), American actor
- Dieter Franz (* 1952), German politician (SPD)
E.
- Eberhard Franz (* 1935), German soccer player
- Eckhart G. Franz (1931–2015), German historian and archivist
- Edeltraut Franz (* 1941), Romanian handball player
- Eduard Franz (1902–1987), American actor
- Elizabeth Franz (* 1941), American actress
- Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist
- Emil Karl Friedrich Franz (1808–1875), German theater actor
- Erhard Franz (* 1938), German ethnologist and orientalist
- Erich Franz (actor) (1903–1961), German actor
- Erich Franz (politician) (* 1919), German politician (NDPD)
- Erich Franz (art historian) (* 1944), German art historian
- Ernst Franz (1894–1915), German racing cyclist
- Ettore Roesler Franz (1845–1907), Italian painter of German descent
- Eugen Franz (politician) (1881–1937), German politician
- Eugen Franz (lawyer) (1905– ??), German lawyer
- Eugen Franz (soccer player) , German soccer player
F.
- Felicitas Franz (* 1986), German actress
- Felix Franz (* 1993), German athlete
- Frank Franz (* 1978), German politician (NPD)
- Frederick William Franz (1893–1992), American Jehovah's Witness
- Friedrich von Franz (General) (1802–1876), Austrian Major General
- Friedrich Franz (politician, 1804) (1804–1864), German politician, Mayor of Iserlohn and MdPL
- Friedrich von Franz (1886–1945), Austrian-German local politician (NSDAP)
- Friedrich Franz (Metallurgist) (1889–1969), German engineer
- Friedrich Franz (politician, 1910) (1910–1978), German politician (FDP)
- Fritz Franz (1924–1995), German lawyer
G
- Georg Franz (politician) (1899–1953), Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
- Georg Franz (* 1965), German ice hockey player and coach
- Georg Franz-Willing (1915–2008), German historian
- Gerhard Franz (major general) (1902–1975), German major general
- Gerhard Franz (doctor) (* 1937), German pharmacologist and university professor
- Gerhard Franz (soccer player) (* 1948), Austrian soccer player
- Gerhard Franz (journalist) (1950–2013), German journalist and author
- Gottfried Franz (1803–1873), Austrian pastor
- Gotthard Franz (1904–1991), German civil engineer and university professor
- Günter Franz (* 1946), German photographer
- Günther Franz (architect, 1889) (1889–1943), German architect
- Günther Franz (1902–1992), German historian
- Günther Franz (architect, 1947) (* 1947), German architect, 1987–2007 President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects
- Gustav Moritz Franz (1816–1899), German theologian
H
- Hans Franz (* 1951), German soccer player and coach
- Heiner Franz (* 1946), German jazz musician and music producer
- Heinrich Franz (1871–1942), German painter, graphic artist and wood cutter
- Heinrich Gerhard Franz (1916–2006), German art historian
- Helga Franz (* 1961), German artist (installation, painting, concept) and photographer
- Herbert Franz (* 1936), German politician (SPD)
- Hermann Franz (hiking teacher) (1841–1908), German hiking teacher
- Hermann Franz (poet) (1877–1953), German dialect poet and fairy tale author
- Hermann Franz (Major General) (1891–1960), German policeman
- Hermann Franz (Ministerialdirektor) (1885–1957), German civil servant
- Hermann Franz (manager) (1928–2016), German manager
- Hildegard Franz (1921–2013), survivor of the Porajmos
- Horst Franz (MfS employee) (1933–2018), German Colonel in the Ministry for State Security
- Horst Franz (soccer coach) (* 1940), German soccer coach
I.
- Ignaz Franz (1719–1790), German priest, theologian and hymn poet
J
- Jessica Franz (* 1978), German actress, author and producer
- Joachim Franz (* 1960), German extreme athlete and AIDS activist
- Johann Christian Franz (1762–1812), German singer and actor
- Johann Georg Friedrich Franz (1737–1789), German physician and writer
- Johann Michael Franz (geographer) (1700–1761), German geographer
- Johann Michael Franz (painter) (1715–1793), German painter
- Johannes Franz (1804-1851), German philologist
- John Baptist Franz (1896–1992), American clergyman, Bishop of Peoria
- John E. Franz (* 1929), American chemist
- Josef Franz (1868–1921), Austrian Jesuit and educator
- Joseph Franz (1704–1776), Austrian religious and natural scientist
- Julius Franz (sculptor) (1824–1887), German sculptor
- Julius Franz (architect) (1831–1915), German architect
- Julius Franz (astronomer) (1847–1913), German astronomer
- Julius Franz (politician) (1881-1938), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Julius Franz (ice hockey player) (* 1991), Austrian ice hockey player
K
- Karl Franz (musician) (1738–1802), German musician of Polish origin
- Karl Franz (organist) (1843–1899), German organist and philanthropist
- Karl Franz (Rastatt) (1844–1912), businessman and politician from Baden
- Karl Franz (gynecologist) (1870–1926), German gynecologist
- Karl Franz (politician) (1881-1967), German politician (SPD)
- Karl Franz (soccer player) (1892-1914), German soccer player
- Klaus Franz (architect) (1923–1999), German architect and university professor
- Klaus Franz (trade union official) (* 1952), German trade union official
- Klaus Franz (politician) (* 1953), German association functionary and politician (CDU)
- Klemens Franz (* 1979), Austrian illustrator
- Kurt Franz (SS member) (1914–1998), German concentration camp commandant
- Kurt Franz (didactic) (* 1941), German didactic
- Kurt Franz (author) (* 1949), Austrian author
L.
- Lily van Angeren-Franz (1924–2011), German Sintizza from Hildesheim
- Loni Franz (1905–1987), German youth nurse
- Ludwig Franz (1922–1990), German politician (CSU)
- Ludwig Franz (cameraman) (* 1966), German cameraman
M.
- Maik Franz (* 1981), German soccer player
- Manolito Mario Franz (* 1978), German singer
- Marcel Franz (* 1996), German cyclist
- Marcus Franz (politician, 1963) , Austrian physician and politician (TS, ÖVP), member of the National Council
- Marcus Franz (politician, 1972) , Austrian politician (SPÖ), district chairman in Vienna-Favoriten
- Marie Franz (actress) (1836-1857), German actress
- Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), Swiss classical philologist
- Martin Franz (1928–2016), German painter and art educator
- Mathias Franz-Stavenhagen (* 1953), German journalist
- Matthias Franz (* 1955), German physician and university professor
- Max Franz (* 1989), Austrian ski racer
- Michael Franz , stage name of Sal Borgese (* 1937), Italian actor and stuntman
- Michael Franz (philosopher) (* 1937), German philosopher and poet
- Michael Franz (theologian) (* 1947), German theologian and philosopher
- Michael Franz (badminton) (* around 1957), German badminton player
- Michael Franz (artist) (* 1974), German artist
N
- Nele Franz (* 1999), German handball player
- Norbert Franz (Slavist) (* 1951), German Slavist
- Norbert Franz (historian) (* 1954), German historian
- Norman Volker Franz (* 1970), German criminal
O
- Otmar Franz (* 1935), German manager and politician
- Otto Franz , pseudonym of Otto Franz Gensichen (1847–1933), German writer, playwright and publicist
- Otto Franz (politician) ( Otto Johann Franz ; 1871 – after 1924), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Otto von Franz (1871–1930), Austrian diplomat
- Otto Franz (zoologist) , German zoologist
- Otto Franz (astronomer) ( Otto Gustav Franz ; * 1931), American astronomer
- Otto Damasius Franz (1871–1963), German painter and draftsman
- Ove Franz (1936-2015), German politician (CDU)
P
- Paul Franz (1876–1950), French opera singer (tenor)
- Pawel Jakowlewitsch Franz (* 1968), Russian bandy player
- Peter Franz (author) (* 1941), German author, suspended pastor and Stasi IM
- Peter Franz (table tennis player) (* 1971), German table tennis player
- Philomena Franz (* 1922), German Sintizza, author, Auschwitz survivor, contemporary witness
R.
- Ralf Albert Franz (* 1969), German church musician and composer
- Raymond Victor Franz (1922-2010), American author
- Reinhard Franz (1934–2015), German soccer player
- Reinhold Franz (1863 – after 1942), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Renate Franz (* 1954), German journalist
- Robert Franz (1815-1892), German composer
- Romeo Franz (* 1966), German musician
- Rudolf von Franz (1842–1909), Austrian journalist and lawyer
- Rudolf Franz (Germanist) (1852–1917), German Germanist
- Rudolf Franz (literary critic) (1882–1956), German literary and theater critic
- Rudolf Franz (politician) (1934–1998), German politician (CDU), MdA Berlin
- Rudolf Franz (cyclist) (1937–2016), German cyclist
- Rudolph Franz (1826–1902), German physicist
- Rupert Franz (1882–1960), Austrian gynecologist
S.
- Sabine Franz (* 1980), Austrian badminton player
- Siegfried Franz (1913–1998), German film composer
- Siegfried Franz (soccer player) (* 1944), German soccer player
- Silke Franz (* 1982), German actress
- Stefan Franz (* 1966), German actor
T
- Thomas Franz (1563–1614), German legal scholar, see Thomas Franzius
- Thomas Franz (Savoyen-Carignan) (1596–1656), Prince of Carignan and Count of Soissons and Dreux
- Thomas Franz (General) (* 1953), German major general
- Thomas Franz (theologian) (* 1962), German theologian
- Thomas Franz (actor) (* 1964), German actor
- Thomas Franz (racing driver) , German motorcycle racer
- Thomas Franz (ski racer) , Austrian ski racer
- Thomas Franz (production designer) , German production designer
- Thorsten Franz (* 1967), German law scholar and university professor
- Tom Franz ( Thomas Franz ; * 1973), German TV chef
- Toni Franz (* 1983), German swimmer
U
- Uli Franz (* 1949), German journalist and author
- Ulrich Franz , German meteorologist
- Uta Franz (1935–2012), Austrian actress
V
- Veronika Franz (* 1965), Austrian screenwriter and film director
- Victor Julius Franz (1883–1950), German zoologist
- Viktor Franz (1882–1943), Austrian stage and film actor and a theater director
- Vladimír Franz (* 1959), Czech composer and painter
- Volkhard Franz (* 1954), German civil engineer and construction manager
W.
- Walter Franz (philologist) (1893–1958), German philologist and regional historian
- Walter Franz (physicist) (1911–1992), German physicist
- Walther Franz (1880–1956), German vice admiral
- Werner Franz , birth name of Werner Hollmann (actor) (1882-1933), German actor
- Werner Franz (Kapellmeister) (1903– ??), German Kapellmeister
- Werner Franz (1922–2014), German survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, see LZ 129 # Survivors
- Werner Franz (singer) (* 1930), German singer (bass)
- Werner Franz (* 1972), Austrian ski racer
- Wilhelm Franz (politician) (1804–1871), Prussian councilor, landlord and politician (FKV)
- Wilhelm Franz (architect) (1864–1948), German architect
- Wilhelm Franz (party official) (1909–1933), German businessman and party official (KPD)
- Wilhelm Franz (entrepreneur) (1913–1971), German electrical engineer and entrepreneur
- Willi Franz (SS member) (1910 - missing since 1944), SS-Obersturmführer and deputy commander of the SS training and labor camp in Trawniki
- Wolfgang Franz (theologian) (1564–1628), German Lutheran theologian
- Wolfgang Franz (mathematician) (1905–1996), German mathematician
- Wolfgang Franz (economist) (* 1944), German economist
- Wolfgang Franz (politician) (* 1945), German politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang Franz (physician) (* 1958), German surgeon and sports physician
- Wolfgang-Michael Franz (* 1959), German cardiologist