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Franz may refer to:
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- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, of the House of Habsburg, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, assassinated in 1914
- Franz Adam, 19th century, German painter, chiefly of military subjects
- Franz Alt (1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician
- Franz Bauer, (1748–1840, Austrian microscopist and botanic artist
- Franz Beckenbauer, German football (soccer) player and manager
- Franz Benda, 18th century Bohemian violinist and composer
- Franz Calustro, Bolivian football (soccer) player
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder), German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, Baroque artist and plasterer.
- Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718), German artist, one of the patriarchs of the Feuchtmayer family of artists
- Franz Grillparzer, 18th century Austrian writer and poet
- Franz Heinel (born 1994), fictional racer from the Future GPX Cyber Formula series
- Franz Hopper, character from the French-produced animated series Code Lyoko
- Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916), Austrian Emperor
- Franz Josef Jung (born 1949), German politician
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian Classical composer. He was baptized with this name but did not use it, being known in his own time as "Joseph Haydn".
- Franz Kafka, Jewish-Bohemian novelist, one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century
- Franz Kemmerich, character in the war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Franz Kline, 20th century American abstract painter
- Franz Lachner, 19th century German composer and conductor
- Franz Lehár, Austrian composer
- Franz Lidz, American journalist and memoirist
- Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso, 19th century
- Franz Machon, U-512 sole survivor
- Franz Marc, principal painter of the German Expressionist movement
- Franz Rosenzweig, early 20th-century Jewish philosopher
- Franz Schalk, Austrian composer and conductor, founder of the Salzburg Music Festival
- Franz Schubert, Austrian composer, 19th century
- Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style
- Franz Joseph Spiegler, German Baroque painter
- Franz, a German enemy character in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
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- Arthur Franz, American actor
- Dennis Franz, American actor noted for his performance as Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue and Lt. Norman Buntz in Hill Street Blues
- Eduard Franz, American actor
- Elizabeth Franz, American actress
- Frederick William Franz, Bible scholar and past president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
- Johnny Franz, UK record producer for Philips Label
- Kurt Franz, Nazi SS Commandant of Treblinka extermination camp
- Maik Franz, German football (soccer) player
- Raymond Franz, Former Jehovah's Witness
- Robert Franz, 19th-century German composer
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