Frans

Frans is a common first name, the Dutch version of Francis in English or Franz in German:

Given name

• Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman
• Frans Ackerman (1330–1387), Flemish statesman
• Frans Adelaar (b. 1960), Dutch football player and manager
• Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (b. 1933)), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat
• Frans Ananias (b. 1972), Namibian footballer
• Frans Andersson (1911–1988), Danish bass-baritone
• Frans Andriessen (b. 1929), Dutch politician
• Frans Anneessens (1660–1719), Flemish protest leader
• Frans van Anraat (b. 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal
• Frans Badens (1571-?), Flemish
• Frans-Andries Durlet (1816–1867), Belgian architect, sculptor and printmaker
• Frans Fiolet (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player
• Frans Floris (1517–1570), Flemish painter
• Frans Hals (1580–1666), Dutch painter
• Frans Alfons Janssens (1865–1924), Belgian priest and biologist
• Frans Jeppsson Wall (b. 1998), Swedish singer (also known by his first name Frans)
• Frans August Larson (1870–1957), Swedish missionary to Mongolia
• Frans Maassen (b. 1965), Dutch cyclist
• Frans Alfred Meeng (1910–1944), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
• Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect
• Frans Stafleu (1921–1997), Dutch botanist
• François Steyn (b. 1987), South African rugby player (called 'Frans')
• Frans Thijssen (b. 1952), Dutch football (soccer) player
• Frans Timmermans (b. 1961), Dutch politician
• Frans de Vreng (1898–1974), Dutch track cyclist
• Frans de Waal (b. 1948), Dutch primatologist
• Frans Wackers (b. 19?), Dutch nuclear cardiologist
• Lange Frans (b. 1980), Dutch rapper and hip hop artist

Surname

• Frédéric Frans (born 1989), Belgian football player

Places

• Frans, Ain, a commune in eastern France

See also

• all articles starting with "Frans"