Franz (surname)

This article is about people with the surname name Franz. For people with the given name Franz, see Franz (given name). For other uses, see Franz (disambiguation).

Franz

Pronunciation	/frænz/ German pronunciation: [fʁants]
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	German
Origin
Language(s)	1. Latin 2. German
Word/name	1. Franciscus 2. Franziskus
Meaning	Frankish, Frenchman, free man
Other names
Variant form(s)	Frantz (surname)
See also	Franz (given name)

Franz is a surname of German origin. Notable persons with this name include:

• Anselm Franz (1900–1994), Austrian engineer
• Arthur Franz (1920–2006), American actor
• Dennis Franz (born 1944), American actor noted for NYPD Blue
• Eduard Franz (1902–1983), American actor
• Elizabeth Franz (born 1941), American actress
• Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist and actress
• Friedrich Franz (1783–1860), Moravian physicist and mathematician
• Frederick William Franz (1893–1992), past president of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• Helmut Franz (1911–2002), German academic teacher and choral conductor
• Horst Franz (born 1940), German football manager
• John E. Franz (born 1929), American organic chemist
• Johnny Franz (1922–1977), UK record producer
• Katherine Franz (born 1972), American chemist
• Kurt Franz (1914–1998), German Nazi SS commandant of Treblinka extermination camp
• Ludwig Franz (1922–1990), German politician
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar
• Maik Franz (born 1981), German footballer
• Mike Frantz (born 1986), German footballer
• Nolan Franz, American football player
• Raymond Franz (1922–2010), former Jehovah's Witness
• Robert Franz (1815–1892), German composer
• Rod Franz (1925–1999), American football player
• Ron Franz (born 1945), American professional basketball player
• Walter Franz (1911–1992), German theoretical physicist
• Wilhelm Franz (1913–1971), German audio engineer
• Wolfgang Franz (born 1944), German economist
• Wolfgang Franz (mathematician) (1905–1996), German mathematician