Franz


Gender:
Origin: German, Latin
5529 famous people named Franz found on Wikipedia.
2769 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 6803-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 833-th in year 1889
Used in: German

Meanings

A male given name, German form of Frank.

Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis.

Form of Francis: from France, frenchman, free man.

Famous People: 5529 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Franz Kafka 1883 Author
2 Franz Liszt 1811 Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist
3 Franz Joseph I of Austria 1830 Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
4 Franz Schubert 1797 Austrian composer
5 Franz Beckenbauer 1945 German footballer
6 Dennis Franz 1944 American actor
7 Franz Drameh 1993 British actor
8 Franz von Papen 1879 German chancellor
9 Franz Boas 1858 German-American anthropologist
10 Franz Stangl 1908 Austrian-born SS commandant
11 Franz Marc 1880 German painter
12 Frank Franz 1978 German politician
13 Franz Anton Mesmer 1734 German physician
14 Franz Halder 1884 German general
15 Franz Reichelt 1879 French parachuting pioneer
16 Franz Stahl 1962 American guitarist
17 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart 1791 Austrian composer and pianist
18 Franz Kline 1910 American painter
19 Kurt Franz 1914 SS officer
20 Franz Dinda 1983 German actor
21 Franz von Holzhausen 1968 American automobile designer
22 Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1906 Prince of Liechtenstein
23 Andreas Franz 1954 German writer (1954-2011)
24 Franz Lehár 1870 Austrian composer
25 Franz Di Cioccio 1946 Italian musician, actor and journalist
26 Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf 1852 Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
27 Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1805 German painter
28 Franz Kremer 1905
29 Franz Brentano 1838 Austrian philosopher
30 Franz Josef Strauß 1915 German politician
31 Franz Buchrieser 1937 Austrian actor
32 Franz von Hipper 1863 German Imperial Navy admiral
33 Franz Werfel 1890 Czech writer
34 Raymond Franz 1922 American Jehovah's Witness leader
35 Franz von Werra 1914 Recipient of the Knights Cross
36 Franz Sigel 1824 Union Army general; U.S. civil servant
37 Franz Josef Popp 1886 Austrian businessman
38 Franz Ziereis 1905 Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
39 Franz Joseph Gall 1758 Neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain
40 Franz Stuck 1863 German painter and sculptor
41 Franz von Suppé 1819 Austrian composer and conductor
42 Franz Xaver Schwarz 1875 Politician from Germany
43 Franz Waxman 1906 German film composer
44 Franz Burda jr. 1932 German publisher
45 Franz Rampelmann 1951 German actor
46 Elizabeth Franz 1941 American actress
47 Franz Klammer 1953 An Austrian skier, an Olympic champion
48 Franz von Bayros 1866 Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter
49 Arthur Franz 1920 American actor
50 Norman Volker Franz 1970
51 Marie-Louise von Franz 1915 Swiss psychologist and scholar
52 Franz Walter Stahlecker 1900 Holocaust perpetrator
53 Franz Jägerstätter 1907 Martyr, conscientious objector
54 Franz Six 1909 German general
55 Eduard Franz 1902
56 Franz Xaver Süßmayr 1766 Austrian conductor and composer
57 Franz Strasser 1899 German criminal
58 Franz Josef Wagner 1943 German journalist
59 Franz Xaver Gruber 1787 Austrian composer known for Silent Night
60 Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736 German sculptor
61 Franz Ritter von Epp 1868 German politician
62 Franz Schädle 1906 Schutzstaffel officer
63 Franz Schmidt 1874 Austrian composer, cellist and pianist
64 Franz Böhme 1885 World War II Nazi war criminal
65 Franz Hössler 1906 Schutzhaftlagerführer at Auschwitz
66 Franz Alt 1938 German journalist
67 Franz Schlegelberger 1876 German judge and politician
68 Franz Bardon 1909 Czech hermeticist, illusionist, occultist and writer
69 Franz Suchomel 1907 SS Officer
70 Franz Reichleitner 1906 SS officer
71 Franz Rosenzweig 1886 Jewish theologian and philosopher
72 Franz Kutschera 1904 Austrian policeman and war criminal
73 Uta Franz 1935 Austrian actress
74 Franz Bäke 1898 German general
75 Franz Welser-Möst 1960 Austrian conductor
76 Franz Berwald 1796 Swedish composer
77 Frederick William Franz 1893 American Jehovah's Witness leader
78 Franz Künstler 1900 German centenarian, Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
79 Franz Georg Strauß 1961 German jurist
80 Franz Hörmann 1960 Austrian economist
81 Franz Staudegger 1921 SS NCO
82 Franz Grillparzer 1791 Austrian dramatic and writer
83 Franz Leopold Neumann 1900 German political activist
84 Franz Humer 1946 Businessperson
85 Franz Sacher 1816 Austrian chef
86 Franz Oppenhoff 1902 German lawyer and politician
87 Franz Gockel 1925 German soldier
88 Franz Xaver Gernstl 1951 German television presenter and film producer
89 Franz Radziwill 1895 German painter
90 Franz Gürtner 1881 Government minister of Germany
91 Franz Xaver Bogner 1949 German director and screenwriter
92 Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein 1853 Prince of Liechtenstein
93 Franz Vranitzky 1937 Austrian chancellor
94 Franz Josef Huber 1902 German SS general
95 Franz Oppenheimer 1864 1864-1943, German-Jewish sociologist and political economist.
96 Franz Lechthaler 1890
97 Franz Bopp 1791 German philologist
98 Franz Mack 1921 German entrepreneur
99 Franz Wunsch 1922
100 Franz Jonas 1899 Seventh President of Austria
101 Franz Müntefering 1940 German politician (SPD)
102 Martina Franz 1986
103 Franz Rudnick 1931 German actor
104 Franz Schreker 1878 Austrian composer
105 Franz Strauss 1822 German composer and virtuoso horn player. Father of Richard Strauss
106 Franz Burgmeier 1982 Professional association football player
107 Franz Wright 1953 American poet
108 Franz Hofer 1902 Austrian politician
109 Franz Nicolay 1977 American musician
110 Franz Roubaud 1856 Russian artist
111 Franz Biebl 1906 German composer
112 Franz Konrad 1906 Nazi Holocaust perpetrator
113 Franz Seldte 1882 German politician
114 Franz Gottschalk 2000 Danish musician
115 Franz Fischlin 1962 Swiss television presenter and radio host
116 Marcus Franz 1963 Austrian politician, oncologist and internist
117 Franz von Walsegg 1763 European noble
118 Franz Mehring 1846 German publicist, politician and historian
119 Franz Pfeffer von Salomon 1888 SA officer
120 Stefan Franz 1966 German actor
121 Franz Ernst Neumann 1798 German physicist and mineralogist
122 Franz Anton Hoffmeister 1754 German composer
123 Robert Franz 1815 German composer
124 Franz Meurer 1951 German priest
125 Franz Nissl 1860 German neuroscientist
126 Franz Krommer 1759 Czech conductor and composer
127 Franz von Lenbach 1836 German painter
128 Franz Raffl 1775
129 Vladimír Franz 1959 Czech composer, painter, professor and university educator
130 Franz Danzi 1763 German composer and musician
131 Franz Delitzsch 1813 German Lutheran theologian and hebraist
132 Franz West 1947 Austrian artist
133 Franz Kurowski 1923 German author
134 Franz Konz 1926 German non-fiction writer (1926-2013)
135 Franz Suhrada 1954 Austrian actor
136 Franz König 1905 Catholic cardinal
137 Tom Franz 1973 German lawyer
138 Franz Karl von Österreich-Toskana 1893
139 Franz Tost 1956 Austrian racing driver
140 Franz Josef Simmler 1846 German sculptor
141 Franz Pumaren 1963 Filipino former professional basketball player
142 Franz Posch 1953 Austrian television presenter
143 Franz Schall 1918 German flying ace
144 John E. Franz 1929 American chemist
145 Franz Geerz 1816 Prussian military officer and cartographer
146 Franz Binder 1911 Austrian soccer player
147 Franz Doppler 1821 Austrian musician
148 Franz Schönhuber 1923 German journalist, author and politician
149 Franz Benda 1709 Bohemian violinist and composer
150 Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás 1877 Hungarian noble and academic
151 Franz Xaver von Zwack 1756 German writer (1756-1843)
152 Franz Carr 1966 English footballer
153 Alice Franz 1912 German actress and voice actress
154 Franz Blücher 1896 German politician
155 Franz Alexander 1891 Hungarian-American psychoanalyst
156 Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis 1893 German prince
157 Franz Augsberger 1905 German general
158 Franz Bürkl 1911 Gestapo officer, mass murderer, sadist
159 Franz von Waldeck 1491 Prince-bishop
160 Christoph Franz 1960 German businessman
161 Franz Josef Tripp 1915 German illustrator
162 Marcos Franz 1993
163 Franz Xaver Richter 1709 Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician
164 Franz Lucas 1911 German concentration camp doctor and SS Obersturmführer who served at Auschwitz concentration camp
165 Franz Roth 1946 German footballer
166 Franz Borkenau 1900 Austrian writer
167 Franz Harary 1962 American magician
168 Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein 1726 8th Prince of Liechtenstein, 1772–1781
169 Franz von Sickingen 1481 German knight
170 Franz Harnoncourt 1937
171 Franz Xaver Reichhart 1851 German civil servant executioner
172 Franz Fuchs 1949 Austrian serial killer
173 Franz Rademacher 1906 German diplomat
174 Franz Lidz 1951 American sportswriter
175 Franz Jacobi 1888
176 Franz Reuleaux 1829 German mechanic
177 Franz Eder 1944 German pornographic actor
178 Franz Jung 1936
179 Franz Josef Hartlauer 1944
180 Franz Bartzsch 1947 German composer and songwriter
181 Franz Hartmann 1838 Geramn occultist
182 Franz Untersteller 1957 German politician
183 Franz San Galli 1824 Invented the radiator
184 Franz John 1872 German businessman
185 Franz Haniel 1779 German entrepreneur
186 Franz Steinkühler 1937 German trade unionist
187 Franz Markus Haniel 1955
188 Franz Lachner 1803 German composer and conductor
189 Franz Xaver Kappus 1883 Military officer, journalist, editor and writer from Austria
190 Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden 1891 German prince
191 Franz Roh 1890 German art critic
192 Franz Bauer 1758 Austrian microscopist and botanical artist
193 Franz Johann Hofmann 1906
194 Franz Hanfstaengl 1804 German artist
195 Franz von Bodmann 1909 SS officer
196 Franz Xaver Kroetz 1946 German writer and actor
197 Franz Weidenreich 1873 German anatomist
198 Franz Xavier Bergman 1861 Owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze Oriental
199 Franz Dreadhunter 1965
200 Franz Xaver von Baader 1765 German philosopher and theologian