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Franz may refer to: Franz (given name) Franz (surname) Franz (crater), a lunar crater Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada...

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (Francis Ferdinand, 18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne...

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely...

Franz Schmidt may refer to: Franz Schmidt (composer) (1874–1939), Austro-Hungarian composer, cellist and pianist Franz Schmidt (executioner) Franz Schmidt...

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Their original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards)...

Dennis Franz Schlachta (/frɑːnz/; born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as...

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager...

Franz Miklosich (German: Franz Ritter von Miklosich, Slovene: Franc Miklošič; 20 November 1813 – 7 March 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and rector of...

Franz Peter Schubert (/ˈʃuːbərt/; German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical...

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse...

Ludwig Franz Stigler (21 August 1915 – 22 March 2008) was a German fighter pilot and fighter ace in World War II. He is best known for his role in a December...

Franz Jägerstätter, TOSF (also spelled Jaegerstaetter in English; born Franz Huber, 20 May 1907 – 9 August 1943) was an Austrian farmer and conscientious...

William Franz, who wrote as Will Franz, Willi Franz, and Willie Franz, is an American comic-book writer and occasional penciler, best known for his Charlton...

Franz Lehár (/ˈleɪhɑːr/ LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination precipitated World War I. Franz Ferdinand may also refer to: Franz Ferdinand...

Raymond Victor Franz (May 8, 1922 – June 2, 2010) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from October 20, 1971, until his removal on...

Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by...

Joseph Franz may refer to: Archduke Joseph Franz of Austria (1799–1807), second son and seventh child of Francis II Joseph Franz, Prince of Dietrichstein...

Franz Pfeiffer may refer to: Franz Pfeiffer (literary scholar) (1815–1868), Swiss literary scholar Franz Pfeiffer (physicist) (born 1972), German physicist...

Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors:...

Franz Hermann may refer to: Hermann Franz Joseph Hubertus Maria Anschütz-Kaempfe (1872–1931), German art historian and inventor Franz Hermann von Bodmann...

Franz Wittmann may refer to: Franz Wittmann (physicist) (1860–1932), Hungarian electrician and physicist Franz Wittmann, Sr. (born 1950), Austrian rally...

Franz Paul Stangl (German: [ˈʃtaŋl̩]; 26 March 1908 – 28 June 1971) was an Austrian police officer and commandant of the Nazi extermination camps Sobibor...

Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (1 March 1804 in Baiernrain [de] near Bad Tölz – 18 April 1877 in Munich) was a Bavarian painter, lithographer, and photographer...

Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia. Franz Josef or Franz Joseph may also refer...

Franz Rogowski (German: [ˈfʁants ʁoˈɡɔfski]; born 2 February 1986) is a German actor. He has appeared in films directed by Michael Haneke, Christian Petzold...

Franz Leopold Maria Möst (born 16 August 1960), known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of...

Hubert Franz (17 January 1914 – 4 July 1998) was an SS officer and one of the commanders of the Treblinka extermination camp. Because of this, Franz was...

Walter Franz (8 April 1911, in Munich – 16 February 1992, in Münster) was a German theoretical physicist who independently discovered the Franz–Keldysh...

Franz Jacob Wagner (born 27 August 2001) is a German professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA)...

Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (German: [ˈfʁants fɔn ˈpaːpn̩] ; 29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German...

The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred when, on 20 December 1943, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown's...

Franz Kenneth Stahl (born October 30, 1961) is an American musician, best known as a guitarist of the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Scream, alongside...

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was...

Franz Fischer may refer to:- Franz Fischer (musician) [Wikidata] (1849–1918), cellist and Hofkapellmeister in München Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1947)...

Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born French tailor, inventor...

Eduard Franz Schmidt (October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1983) was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953...

Franz Mayer Traumann, better known as Franz Mayer (1882, Mannheim, Germany – 1975, Mexico) was a German-Mexican financier, photographer and collector...

Franz Xaver Süssmayr or Süßmayr (Austrian German: [frants ˈksaːvɐ ˈsyːsmaɪɐ]; 1766 – September 17, 1803), also anglicized as Suessmayr, was an Austrian...

fɛɐ̯ˈvantlʊŋ]), also translated as The Transformation, is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis...

Franz Riegler may refer to: Franz Riegler (footballer, born 1915) (known as Bobby; 1915–1989), Austrian international footballer Franz Riegler (footballer...

Lily Franz (1924–2011), born Adele Franz, married as Lily van Angeren, published as Lily van Angeren-Franz) was a Sintezza writer. She was arrested with...

Sisi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Elisabeth was...

Hans and Franz are characters in a recurring sketch called "Pumping Up with Hans & Franz" on the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, played...

Francis I (Francis Stephen; French: François Étienne; German: Franz Stefan; Italian: Francesco Stefano; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman...

Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German-born American military officer and revolutionary who immigrated to the United States where...

better known as Franz Family Bakeries, is a bread and pastry manufacturer headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. Franz Bakery was founded...

Franz Joseph (born Franz Anton Joseph Schnaubelt; June 29, 1914 – June 2, 1994) was an artist and author loosely associated with the 1960s American television...

November 4, 2025), known professionally as Elizabeth Franz, was an American stage and television actress. Franz was born Elizabeth Jean Frankovitch in Akron,...

Franz Xaver Krückl, occasionally also Franz Krückel or Franz Krükl, (10 November 1841 – 12 January 1899) was an Austrian operatic baritone, stage actor...

Franz Xaver Ziereis (13 August 1905 – 24 May 1945) was the commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp from 1939 until the camp was liberated by American...

Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology...

Franz Schuh may refer to: Franz Schuh (writer) (born 1947), Austrian novelist, literary critic and essayist Franz Schuh (physician) (1804–1865), Austrian...

leather worker. Franz teaches McCandless leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt detailing his travels. After two months with Franz, McCandless decides...

Franz Viktor Werfel (German: [fʁant͡s ˈvɛʁfl̩] ; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World...

The Trial (German: Der Prozess) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best-known...

Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger (23 October 1876 – 14 December 1970) was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice (RMJ) who served as...

Franz Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/ MEZ-mər; German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized...

Munich Airport (German: Flughafen München “Franz Josef Strauß“; IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and the surrounding...

Franz Tapper or Franz Tappers (1886–1976) was a German film producer. Paganini (1934) The Schimeck Family (1935) A Woman of No Importance (1936) Covered...

Franz Joseph Bridge (Czech: Most Františka Josefa), later renamed Štefanik Bridge (Czech: Štefánikův most), was a suspension bridge over the Vltava in...

Franz Joseph II (Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989)...

Franz Hasiba (3 August 1932 – 2 August 2026) was an Austrian politician. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served as mayor of Graz from 1983...

Franz Planer, A.S.C. (29 March 1894 – 10 January 1963) was an Austrian-American cinematographer, later naturalized in the United States. Planer was born...

Archduke Otto Franz Joseph Karl Ludwig Maria of Austria (21 April 1865 – 1 November 1906) was the second son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger...

Arthur Sofield Franz (February 29, 1920 – June 17, 2006) was an American actor whose most notable feature film role was as Lieutenant Junior Grade H....

Charles I and IV (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887...

Franz Ferdinand is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, first released on 9 February 2004 through the Domino Recording...

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German: [hœs]; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer, a war criminal, and the...

Franz Hößler, also Franz Hössler (German: [ˈfʁants ˈhœslɐ] ; 4 February 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführer and Schutzhaftlagerführer...

Franz Blücher (24 March 1896 – 26 March 1959) was a German politician and member of the German Parliament (Bundestag). Blücher was born in Essen, Kingdom...

Franz or François Joseph Toussaint was advisor and minister of finance to Empress Maria Theresa, being appointed minister of finance in Vienna on 8 June...

Franz Ritter von Stuck (February 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928), born Franz Stuck, was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best...

Franz Gürtner (26 August 1881 – 29 January 1941) was a German Minister of Justice in the governments of Franz von Papen, Kurt von Schleicher and Adolf...

lived the rest of his life in Vienna and was known in the Austrian court as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt for his adult life (from the German version of his second...

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844), also known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jr., was the youngest child of six born to composer Wolfgang...

Franz Bäke (28 February 1898 – 12 December 1978) was a German officer and tank commander during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross...

Franz Defregger (after 1883 Franz von Defregger) (30 April 1835 – 2 January 1921) was an Austrian artist known for producing genre art and history paintings...

Major General (Generalmajor) Franz Krech (23 June 1889 – 27 April 1944) was the German commander of the 41st Fortress Division of the Wehrmacht during...

Franz Naval, real name Franz Pogačnik (20 October 1865 in Ljubljana, Slovenia – 9 August 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian operatic lyric tenor. Naval (eig...

Franz Reinisch, SAC (1 February 1903 – 21 August 1942) was an Austrian Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate who refused to take the...

Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth...

Franz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German-American sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the...

Franz Asplmayr (1 April 1728 – 29 July 1786) was an Austrian composer and violinist. There are many variants of his name, including Franz Aspelmayr, Franz...

Franz Schädle (19 November 1906 – 2 May 1945) was the last commander of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard (the Führerbegleitkommando; FBK), from 5 January...

Franz Böheim (June 24, 1909 – March 24, 1963) was an Austrian film actor. Böheim appeared in more than fifty films and television series, including the...

Franz Burda (24 February 1903 – 30 September 1986) was a German publisher. He inherited his father's publishing business, which he developed into what...

Wassily Kandinsky before visiting him and other painters Gabriele Münter and Franz Marc in Murnau am Staffelsee. Clark helped Schoenberg, convinced of Vienna's...

Franz Ströher (21 February 1854 in Oberwiesenthal – 1936 in Germany) was a German hairdresser and businessman. Franz Ströher worked as a hairdresser in...

Franz Karl Reichleitner (2 December 1906 – 3 January 1944) was an Austrian member in the SS of Nazi Germany who participated in Operation Reinhard during...

Franz Alhusaine Drameh (born 5 January 1993) is an English actor. His film debut was in Clint Eastwood's fantasy drama, Hereafter (2010). He also appeared...

Franz Josef Strauss (German: Strauß [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman...

Franz Wagner (born 2001) is a German basketball player Franz Wagner may also refer to: Franz Wagner (footballer) (1911–1974), Austrian footballer Franz...

Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis. Notable people named Franz include: Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765) Francis II...

Franz Valentin Stolz (born 14 February 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Grazer AK,...

Franz Hartwig (born 1986) is a German actor. He was born in Dresden. He lives in Berlin. 2019: Der Pass (TV series) as Gregor Ansbach 2021: Enemies [de]...

Franz Barwig (19 April 1868 – 15 May 1931) was an Austrian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer...

Franz Müntefering (German: [ˈmʏntəˌfeːʁɪŋ] ; born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004...

Maik Franz (born 5 August 1981) is a German former footballer. Franz was born in Merseburg, East Germany, and grew up in Langenstein near Halberstadt...

Franz Eckert (5 April 1852 – 6 August 1916) was a German composer and musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimigayo" and the...

Robert Franz Julius Knauth (28 June 1815 – 24 October 1892) was a German composer, mainly of Lieder. Franz was born in Halle, Germany, the son of Christoph...

Franz is a 2025 biographical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and written by Marek Epstein. Starring Idan Weiss as Franz Kafka, it follows the...

Franz Seitz may refer to: Franz Seitz Sr. (1887–1952), German film director Franz Seitz Jr. (1921–2006), German film producer Franz von Seitz (1817–1883)...

Franz Schmidberger FSSPX (born 19 October 1946) is a German priest of the schismatic group Society of St. Pius X, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre...

Franz Karl may refer to: Franz Karl (general) (1888–1964), Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802–1878)...

Franz Tappeiner, Edler von Tappein (7 January 1816, Laas – 20 August 1902, Meran) was an Austrian physician and anthropologist. He was the father of pharmacologist...

Franz Wright (March 18, 1953 – May 14, 2015) was an American poet. He and his father James Wright are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer...

királyságok és országok és a Magyar Szent Korona országai Following a decision of Franz Joseph I in 1868, the realm bore internationally the official name Austro-Hungarian...

lead vocalist Brendan Yates, guitarists Pat McCrory and Meg Mills, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Daniel Fang. Originally a hardcore punk group, Turnstile's...

Franz von Leydig, also Franz Leydig (German: [ˈlaɪdɪç]; 21 May 1821 – 13 April 1908), was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist. Franz Leydig was...

Franz Bardon (1 December 1909 – 10 July 1958) was a Czech occultist and student and teacher of Hermetics. He was born in Troppau (Opava), Austrian Silesia...

Franz Mozart (3 October 1649 – 1693 or 1694) was a German mason. He was father of the bookbinder Johann Georg Mozart, the grandfather of Leopold Mozart...

Franz Kröwerath (30 June 1880 – 25 December 1945) was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was the coxswain of the German boat...

Frederick William Franz (September 12, 1893 – December 22, 1992) was a president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the legal...

Franz Gertsch (8 March 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Swiss painter and printmaker who was known for his large format photorealistic portraits and detailed...

Franz Bucher (born 15 January 1940) is a Swiss artist. Franz Bucher was born in 1940 in Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland.[failed verification] He attended...

The Franz Horr Stadium, formally known as Generali Arena for sponsorship reasons and Viola Park for international matches, is an association football...

Franz Adolph Taurinus (15 November 1794 – 13 February 1874) was a German mathematician who is known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry. Franz Taurinus...

for "emperor". Franz is a German name and cognate of "Francis". Kaiser Franz may refer to: Franz I (1708–1765), Holy Roman Emperor Franz II (1768–1835)...

Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (also Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Baron Nopcsa, Ferenc Nopcsa, báró felsőszilvási Nopcsa Ferenc, Baron Franz Nopcsa...

Franz Halder (30 June 1884 – 2 April 1972) was a German general and the chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until...

Franz Rosenzweig (/ˈroʊzən.zwaɪɡ/; German: [ˈfʁant͡s ˈʁoːzn̩ˌt͡svaɪk] ; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1929) was a German theologian, philosopher, and...

Franz Schulz (born 22 March 1897 in Prague, Austria-Hungary, died 4 May 1971, in Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland) was a playwright and screenwriter who worked...

Tobias Wilhelm Franz Seldte (29 June 1882 – 1 April 1947) was a German reactionary politician who served as the Reich Minister for Labour in Nazi Germany...

Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (/brɛnˈtɑːnoʊ/; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːno]; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was a German philosopher and psychologist...

Franz Vohwinkel (born 1964 in Munich, West Germany) is a German artist and illustrator whose artwork has been featured in role-playing games. Vohwinkel...

Carlos Franz Thorud (born March 3, 1959) is a writer from Chile, who also holds Spanish citizenship. The son of the Chilean diplomat of German descent...

Franz Ullstein (16 January 1868 – 12 November 1945) was a German Jewish publisher and art collector persecuted by the Nazis. Franz Edgar Ullstein was born...

Franz Camille Overbeck (16 November 1837 – 26 June 1905) was a Russian-born German Protestant theologian. In Anglo-American discourse, he is perhaps best...

Frank Franz (born 21 November 1978) is a German far-right politician who served as the leader of The Homeland between 2014 and 2024 when he was succeeded...

Franz Jetzinger (3 December 1882 in Ranshofen in Upper Austria – 19 March 1965 in Ottensheim in Upper Austria) was an Austrian clergyman, academic, politician...

In computer programming, Franz Lisp is a discontinued Lisp programming language system written at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley...

Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf (after 1919 Franz Conrad; 11 November 1852 – 25 August 1925), sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian...

Michael Franz is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on just-in-time compilation and optimisation and on artificial software...

Troppau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietberg. The eldest child of Prince Franz Joseph II and Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Hans-Adam was educated at Schottengymnasium...

Franz Zorn (born 30 August 1970 in Saalfelden, Austria) is an Austrian ice speedway rider. In 2000, Zorn finished runner up in the 2000 Individual Ice...

Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstraction...

Franz Dienert (1 January 1900 – 1978) was a German footballer who participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He played club football with VfB Mühlburg....

Franz Bernhard Lucas (15 September 1911, in Osnabrück – 7 December 1994, in Elmshorn) was a German concentration camp doctor. Franz Lucas was the son...

Franz Hoppé, also Franz Hoppe (1810 – 5 or 6. July 1849), was a German actor and operatic baritone. According to Joseph Kürschner, Hoppé, born in St....

Franz Seraph Tausend, "Der Goldmacher" (July 5, 1884 – July 9, 1942) was a 20th-century German alchemist, who was able to raise significant funding from...

The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, formerly known as the DFB-Supercup and DFL-Supercup and also known as the German Super Cup, is an annual football match...

Franz Schütz (6 December 1900 – 22 March 1955) was a German footballer born in Offenbach am Main. He played in defence for Eintracht Frankfurt, together...

Franz Wiegele (born 23 November 1965) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Franz Wiegele at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation v t e...

Franz August Otto Pieper (often known in English as Francis; June 27, 1852 – June 3, 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian who also served as the...

Hermann Franz (16 August 1891 – 18 February 1969) was a high-ranking commander in the police of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of the Police Regiment...

Franz Kraus (Hebrew: פרנץ קראוס; also known as Franz Krausz; 13 May 1905, Sankt Pölten, Austria – 1998, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli graphic designer...

Franz Hohler (born 1 March 1943) is a Swiss author and cabaret performer based in Zürich. Hohler is the author of one-man programs and satirical programs...

Franz Wilhelm Victor Christoph Stephan Prinz von Preussen (born 3 September 1943) is a German businessman and member of the House of Hohenzollern, the...

Franz Erdmann Mehring (27 February 1846 – 28 January 1919) was a German communist historian, literary and art critic, philosopher, and revolutionary socialist...

Franz, Freiherr von Petrasch (1746 – 17 January 1820) was an Austrian general officer serving in the Austrian Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars...

Franz Boehm (October 3, 1880 in Boleszyn – February 13, 1945 in Dachau concentration camp) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Cologne,...

Franz Ludwig Carl Friedrich Passow (20 September 1786 – 11 March 1833) was a German classical scholar and lexicographer. He was born at Ludwigslust in...

Katherine J. Franz (born 1972) is an American chemist. She is the chair of the department of chemistry at Duke University. She studies metal ion coordination...

Fanon. Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 8 July 2012. Seb Brah. "Franz Fanon à Dehilès: « Attention Boumedienne est un psychopathe". academia.edu...

Franz Bernhard Humer (born 1 July 1946, in Salzburg, Austria) is a Swiss-Austrian businessman, and the former chairman of Diageo, and of Roche. Humer...

Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (3 September 1881 – 6 May 1941) was a German banker and art collector. Koenigs was born on 3 September 1881 in Kierberg [de], Prussia...

Günther Franz (13 May 1902 – 22 July 1992) was a German historian and academic known for his work in agricultural history and the history of the German...

Franz Hartmann (22 November 1838, Donauwörth – 7 August 1912, Kempten im Allgäu) was a German medical doctor, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer...

Franz Oppenhoff (18 August 1902 – 25 March 1945) was a German lawyer who was appointed mayor of the city of Aachen after its capture by Allied forces...

Heidi Franz (born January 14, 1995) is an American professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team St. Michel–Preference...

Franz Gamboa Ontal (born 27 April 1964) is a Filipino anti-nuclear activist known for his role as head of inspector training at the Organisation for the...

Franz Vansteenkiste (25 February 1935 – 3 May 2021) was a Belgian politician and lawyer. As a student, Vansteenkiste was a member of the Catholic Flemish...

Franz Servais (1 March 1880 – 31 January 1966) was a Luxembourgish writer. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1924...

Franz Stock (21 September 1904, Neheim – 24 February 1948, Paris) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He is known for ministering to prisoners in France...

Ronald Stephen Franz (October 20, 1945 – October 3, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who was a small forward in the American Basketball...

1927. "Franz Czernicky". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 November 2021. "Franz Czernicky". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Franz Czernicky...

Franz Hruschka, Franz von Hruschka, Francesco De Hruschka, František Hruška (May 13, 1819 – May 11, 1888) was an Austrian-Italian officer and beekeeper...

Franz Eybl (1 April 1806 – 29 April 1880) was an Austrian painter. Eybl was born in the Viennese suburb of Gumpendorf at Große Steingasse 136 (today Stumpergasse...

Franz Gabl (29 December 1921 – 23 January 2014) was an Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the downhill at the 1948...

Franz Tamayo Solares (28 February 1879 in La Paz – 29 July 1956) was a Bolivian intellectual, writer, and politician. The Franz Tamayo Province is named...

The Franz–Keldysh effect is a change in optical absorption by a semiconductor when an electric field is applied. The effect is named after the German...

Franz Sacher (19 December 1816 in Vienna – 11 March 1907 in Weikersdorf) was an Austrian confectioner, best known as the inventor of the Sachertorte....

Franz Ernst Beckert (13 March 1907 – 7 September 1973) was a German gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...

The Franz Kafka Society (Czech: Společnost Franze Kafky; German: Franz-Kafka-Gesellschaft) was a non-profit organisation established in 1990 to celebrate...

Franz Hölbl (27 December 1927 – 1976) was an Austrian weightlifter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Rottensteiner (born 18 January 1942) is an Austrian publisher and critic in the fields of science fiction and speculative fiction in general. Rottensteiner...

Franz Brendle (born in 1964) is a German historian and scholar teacher. Born in Ellwangen, Brendle attended the Peutinger-Gymnasium Ellwangen [de] from...

Franz Vranitzky (German: [fʁants vʁaˈnɪtski]; born 4 October 1937) is an Austrian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)...

Franz Paulweber (6 January 1953 – 1 January 2024) was an Austrian bobsledder. He competed in the two man and the four man events at the 1980 Winter Olympics...

king of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Otto was born as Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus...

Franz Riederer (August 31, 1897 – December 31, 1963) was a Swiss weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics...

Franz Aschenbrenner (born 24 May 1986) is a German motorcycle racer. (key) "BMW Motorrad BoxerCup 2004". autosieger.de (in German). 12 June 2004. Retrieved...

Franz Johannes Gleißner (1759 – 18 September 1818) was a German lithographer and composer. In the late 18th century, he met Alois Senefelder, with whom...

Franz von Suppé, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavaliere Suppé Demelli (18 April 1819 – 21 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and...

Philomena Franz (née Köhler; 21 July 1922 – 28 December 2022) was a Sinti writer and activist from Germany, who was a survivor of the Romani Holocaust...

Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and...

Franz Nießner (born 16 March 1957) is a German bobsledder. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

Hilary S. Franz (born July 3, 1970) is an American politician and conservation attorney who previously served as the 16th Washington State Commissioner...

Marie-Louise von Franz (4 January 1915 – 17 February 1998) was a German-born Swiss Jungian analyst and scholar, known for her psychological interpretations...

Franz Aigner may refer to: Franz Aigner (footballer) (born 1967), Austrian footballer Franz Aigner (physicist) (1882–1945), Austrian physicist and winner...

Franz Joseph Haydn (/ˈhaɪdən/ HY-dən; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period...

Franz Mack (7 March 1921 – 3 October 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He is the founder of Europa-Park. Franz Mack was born in 1921 as the fourth son...

Joy Franz (born Maybelle Franz; June 13, 1941) is an American actress and singer. She’s best known for her stage work, most notably her roles in Into the...

Ellen Franz, also known as Helene, Baroness von Heldburg (30 May 1839 – 24 March 1923) was a German pianist and actress. She was born in Berlin. According...

Franz I (Franz de Paula Maria Karl August; 28 August 1853 – 25 July 1938) was Prince of Liechtenstein from 11 February 1929 until his death in 1938. Franz...

Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph (German: Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden) was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 2 December...

Franz Peydl (17 March 1907 – 30 March 1977) was an Austrian architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936...

Franz Denniz Brorsson (born 30 January 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis...

Franz Schmid (17 January 1905 – 18 September 1992) was a German mountaineer. In 1932, he won a gold medal for alpinism at the Olympic Games, along with...

Franz Strizik (born 31 December 1953) is an Austrian weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight I event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Seraphin Lauska (13 January 1764 – 18 April 1825), baptised as Franciscus Ignatius Joannes Nepomucensis Carolus Boromaeus, was a Moravian pianist...

Franz Wimmer (born 25 August 1932) is a former Austrian cyclist. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. "Franz Wimmer Olympic Results". sports-reference...

Franz Brantzky (19 January 1871 – 28 April 1945) was a German painter, architect and sculptor. Brantzky was born in Cologne, where he graduated from the...

Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the...

2021. "Franz Urban". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Franz Urban at WorldFootball.net Franz Urban at National-Football-Teams.com Franz Urban...

Franz Building is an historic building in Portland, Oregon's Yamhill Historic District. The structure was completed in 1878. Media related to Franz Building...

Franz Konwitschny (14 August 1901, Fulnek, Moravia – 28 July 1962, Belgrade) was a German conductor and violist of Moravian descent. Konwitschny came...

Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont (3 January 1868 in Aalst, Belgium – 20 August 1947 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre near Brussels) was a Belgian archaeologist and historian...

Friedrich Franz (Czech: Bedřich Franz; 1 December 1783 – 4 December 1860) was a German Bohemian physicist. He was a professor of physics and applied mathematics...

Franz Theobald Horny (23 November 1798, Weimar – 23 June 1824, Olevano Romano) was a German painter in the Romantic style. He attended the Weimar Princely...

Franz Rupp (February 24, 1901 – May 27, 1992) was a German-American pianist and accompanist. Rupp was born in the town of Schongau, Bavaria, the son of...

Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline...

Franz Bizonfy (Hungarian: Bizonfy Ferenc; originally Franz Maschitz; 12 March 1828 – 19 August 1912) was a Hungarian physician, writer, linguist, lexicographer...

Franz Marischka (1918–2009) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of the director Hubert Marischka. The Daughter of the...

Franz Schitzhofer (born 28 October 1958) is an Austrian sports shooter. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. "Franz Schitzhofer"...

Franz Anton Zell (28 February 1866 in Munich - 10 August 1961) was a German architect and folklorist. "Franz Zell", "archINFORM", accessed June 11, 2011...

Franz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 – 31 March 1885) was a German composer and choral conductor. He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in...

Franz Hermann Schultz Ramírez (born 20 July 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder or full-back for Unión Glorias Navales in the Tercera...

Franz Alexander Nissl (German: [ˈnɪsl̩]; 9 September 1860 – 11 August 1919) was a German psychiatrist and medical researcher. He was a noted neuropathologist...

Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024), known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop...

Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 August 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut, who became the first Austrian to fly in space....

Franz Hasil (born 28 July 1944 in Vienna) is a former Austrian footballer. Born in Vienna, Hasil started his career at local giants Rapid Wien, winning...

Rudolf Franz (22 October 1937 – 17 December 2016) was a German cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics. "19.12.2016 Rudolf...

Franz Josef Thiele, or František Thiele (9 March 1868, Frýdlant - 23 May 1945, Prague) was a Czech painter and university professor. His father, also...

Franz Sarnitz (14 April 1919 – 8 December 1992) was an Austrian sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Franz Sarnitz...

Franz Josef Weissmann (September 15, 1911 – July 18, 2005) was a Brazilian sculptor born in Austria, emigrating to Brazil while he was eleven years old...

Francis Johann Wilhelm "Franz" Duhne (2 July 1880 – 12 December 1945) was a German track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in...

Franz Adolf Friedrich Schober, since 1801 von Schober (born 17 May 1796, Torup Castle at Malmö, Sweden; died 13 September 1882 in Dresden), was a poet...

AS Franz Krull (German: Aktien-Gesellschaft der Maschinenfabrik "Franz Krull"; Russian: Акционерное общество машиностроительного завода "Франц Крулль")...

Max Franz (born 1 September 1989) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, he focuses on the speed events of Downhill...

Franz Happernagel (born 25 December 1929) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Hein (30 June 1892 – 26 February 1976) was a German chemist and professor. He specialized in the chemistry of organic chromium and other metal compounds...

1919 to 1922. "Franz Hansl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021. "Franz Hansl". EU Football. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Franz Hansl at WorldFootball...

Aenne Franz (21 October 1923 – 7 April 2023) was a German dialect writer active in Solingen. In 1991, Franz received the Baden Citizens' Foundation's...

Franz Dölger (Kleinwallstadt, 4 October 1891 – Munich, 5 November 1968) was a German Byzantinist. He is most notable for his crucial contributions to...

Franz Cižek (12 June 1865 – 17 December 1946) was a Czech-Austrian genre and portrait painter, and teacher. He was a reformer of art education. He began...

Karl Franz Brendel (26 November 1811 – 25 November 1868) was a German music critic, journalist and musicologist born in Stolberg, the son of a successful...

Franz + Polina is a 2006 Russian war romance film set in 1943 in occupied Belarus. It tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina...

Franz Rudolph Wilczek (3 March 1869 – 15 January 1916) was an Austrian-born American violinist, music teacher, and author. He had an active performance...

Franz Lechleitner (born 11 September 1963) is an Austrian luger. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Blei (pseudonyms: Medardus, Dr. Peregrinus Steinhövel, Amadée de la Houlette, Franciscus Amadeus, Gussie Mc-Bill, Prokop Templin, Heliogabal, Nikodemus...

raid a supermarket. Both men are betrayed by Franz's jilted lover Joanna who tips off the police. Franz is killed, and the film ends at his laconic funeral...

Franz Muhri (1924–2001) was a politician who headed the Communist Party of Austria between 1965 and 1990. Muhri was born in Steyregg, Upper Austria, on...

Franz Josef Wachter (3 December 1850 – 4 March 1923) was a farmer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as the mayor of Vaduz from 1909 to 1912...

Franz Dietl (20 March 1934 – 22 March 2024) was a German Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of...

Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (30 November 1800 in Gut Amthof near village Leutschach in Styria, Austria – 13 February 1870 in Graz) was an Austrian...

François "Fränz" Zuang (2 January 1895 – 4 August 1981) was a Luxembourgish gymnast. He competed in seven events at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

The 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup will be the 16th edition of the German super cup organised by the DFL, known as the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, an...

Franz Staudegger (12 February 1923 – 16 March 1991) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for being "panzer ace"...

Franz Töpsl (18 November 1711 – 12 March 1796) was an Augustinian Canon Regular, provost of Polling Abbey, historian and librarian. Franz Joachim Joseph...

Franz Gabriel Alexander (Austrian German: [frants ˈɡaːbri̯eːl ˈalɛksandɐ]; born Alexander Ferenc Gábor, Hungarian: [ˈɒlɛksɒndɒr ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɡaːbor]; 22...

Franz Burkhard (born 25 May 1931) is a Swiss former wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Eugen Hammernick, was a Swiss racing driver who completed mainly in Sports Car racing during the 1950s. His most notable results was a third place...

Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries...

Franz Hermann Anton Magill (August 22, 1900 – April 14, 1972) was a German riding instructor, Schutzstaffel officer and war criminal of the Nazi era....

Franz Ziehl (13 April 1857 in Wismar – 7 April 1926) was a German bacteriologist. He was a professor in Lübeck. Franz Ziehl introduced the carbol fuchsin...

Franz Collection is a Taiwanese porcelain brand. It is named after the founder's German name "Franz". The products of this company include porcelain tableware...

Franz Pavuza (19 May 1920 – 10 August 1973) was an Austrian footballer. He played in seven matches for the Austria national football team from 1946 to...

Franz Koschina (born 2 April 1939) is an Austrian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

Franz Ortner (12 November 1905 – 14 April 1973) was an Austrian speed skater. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Evans...

Retrieved 7 December 2021. "Franz Prohaska". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Franz Prohaska at WorldFootball.net Franz Prohaska at National-Football-Teams...

Franz Reitz (28 January 1929 – 10 June 2011) was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1957. "Franz Reitz". Cycling Archives...

Franz Gottschalk, also known under the nickname "Hellboss", is a Danish guitarist. He played in the death metal band Illdisposed and is a former member...

Franz Hedrich (30 July 1823 – 31 October 1895) was a German-Bohemian author and ghostwriter to Alfred Meissner. He was born on 30 July 1823 in a small...

Franz Jalics (Hungarian: Jálics Ferenc; 16 November 1927 – 13 February 2021) was a Hungarian-born Jesuit priest and author of books on Christian spirituality...

Franz Xaver Josef Maria Augsberger (10 October 1905 – 19 March 1945) was a high-ranking Austrian SS commander during World War II. He was killed in action...

Franz Josef Land (Russian: Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа, romanized: Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa) is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited only...

Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director. The Black Count (1920) The Dance of Love and Happiness (1921) The New Paradise...

Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. He established an unprecedented period of dominance in the downhill...

Franz Schafranek (6 February 1930 – 4 June 1991) was a Czech-born Austrian theatre director who, in 1963, founded Vienna's English Theatre, located in...

Franz Kälin (born 24 September 1939) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

throne in 1908, Emperor Franz Joseph I142 had architect Cajo Perisic build another mausoleum chamber and a chapel to the east of Franz II57 and Ferdinand's62...

Ignaz Franz (born 12 October 1719 in Protzan near Frankenstein; died 19 August 1790 in Breslau) was a German Catholic priest, theologian and composer...

Franz Josef Hauer was a mayor of Vienna. "List of mayors of Vienna". Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2010-10-14. v t e...

Franz Eberle (12 May 1908 – 16 January 1977) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1939 to 1945. Eberle...

The Franz Kafka Prize was an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the Jewish, Bohemian, German-language novelist. The prize...

Austria, starring Devrim Lingnau as the empress and Philip Froissant as Franz Joseph I of Austria. It was released on Netflix on 29 September 2022 and...

John Charles Franz (23 February 1922 – 29 January 1977) was an English record producer and A&R man at the Philips label. He was one of Britain's most...

Franz Pfaudler (1893–1956) was an Austrian stage and film actor. My Life for Maria Isabella (1935) What Now, Sibylle? (1938) Renate in the Quartet (1939)...

Franz Heinzer (born 11 April 1962 in Rickenbach, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former alpine ski racer, who specialized in downhill. He was World Cup champion...

Franz Weinberger is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1981 FIBT World Championships...

Franz Rausch (1792 in Pest – 17 February 1877 in Vienna) was an Austrian piano maker of the 19th century. Rausch was the son of Lorenz Rausch and Magdalena...

Franz Roggow (born 14 July 2002) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96. Roggow joined the youth academy of German side Energie...

Franz Julius Polgar (April 18, 1900 – June 19, 1979) was a psychologist, hypnotist, lecturer and entertainer. The son of Julius Polgar, and Risa Kohn...

Franz Rentsch (born 11 January 1943) is a Swiss rower. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild;...

Linda Franz is an American politician. She is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. In 2014, she and her husband Ron retired and moved...

Franz Holzweber (20 November 1904 – 31 July 1934) was an Austrian National Socialist who was an accomplice to the assassination of the Chancellor of Austria...

Dr. Franz Kalckhoff (30 November 1860 – 13 February 1955) was a German philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1934. He is noted...

Franz Lorette (15 June 1935 – 21 April 2016) was a Belgian field hockey player. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 1960 Summer Olympics and...

Franz Boluminski (12 November 1863 – 28 April 1913) was a German colonial administrator. Born in Graudenz, Kingdom of Prussia on 12 November 1863, Boluminski...

Franz Fehrenbach (born 1 July 1949) is a German engineer and manager who was the chairman of Robert Bosch GmbH. Fehrenbach studied industrial engineering...

2019 psychological horror film directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala and written by Franz, Fiala, and Sergio Casci. The film stars Riley Keough...

Franz (born 2 May 1960 in Frankfurt) is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014. Franz studied...

Franz Patay (born 1961 in Vienna) is an Austrian arts administrator, the former Rector of the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and CEO...

Franz Jelinek (19 July 1922 – 20 May 1944) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward for Wiener Sport-Club and the Germany national team. Jelinek...

Franz Paul Lachner (2 April 1803 – 20 January 1890) was a German composer and conductor. Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers...

Franz Tiefenbacher (born 16 September 1942) is an Austrian luger. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

Franz Deuticke is a Viennese scientific publishing company started by Stanislaw Töplitz and Franz Deuticke in 1878 as Töplitz & Deuticke, changing its...

Franz Murer (24 January 1912 – 5 January 1994) was an Austrian SS NCO (SS-Oberscharführer). Also known as the "Butcher of Vilnius", he created and ruled...

Franz Schreker (originally Schrecker; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator. Primarily...

Franz Suchomel (3 December 1907 – 18 December 1979) was a Czech-German Nazi war criminal. He participated in the Action T4 euthanasia program, in Operation...

Franz Josef Hinkelammert (12 January 1931 – 16 July 2023) was a German-born Costa Rican theologian and economist, an influential theorist of liberation...

Franz Christoph Kindermann or Francisco Kindermann was a German merchant active in Chile, known for his role in the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno...

Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in...

Franz Pitzinger (22 May 1858, Enzersdorf an der Fischa – 10 October 1933, Hofstetten-Grünau) was a naval architect in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century...

Baron Franciscus Eduardus Maria (Franz) Courtens (1854–1943) was a Belgian painter. He was a leading figure in the Dendermonde School, famous for his...

Franz Resch (born 4 May 1969) is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing FC Lauterach. Franz Resch at Soccerbase...

Franz Mettal (5 February 1903 – 19 December 1969) was a Bohemian German luthier. He is considered to have been one of the most important guitar makers...

Franz Peter Cibulka (23 December 1946 – 27 June 2016) was an Austrian composer. Cibulka was born in Fohnsdorf, Austria. Having completed his musical studies...

Franz Lackner (born 14 July 1956) is an Austrian prelate who has been Archbishop of Salzburg since 2013. In June 2020 he was elected the president of...

Prince Franz of Bavaria (German: Franz Maria Luitpold Prinz von Bayern; 10 October 1875 – 25 January 1957) was a member of the royal House of Wittelsbach...

Franz Sterzl (6 February 1908 – 9 February 2000) was an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Aschenwald (11 January 1913 – 31 January 1945) was an Austrian ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. "Franz...

Franz Böckli (March 15, 1858 – February 14, 1937) was a Swiss sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in Shooting at the...

Franz Zingerle (11 December 1908 – 12 June 1988) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. Zingerle became a world downhill champion in 1935. He...

Franz Xaver Hauser (12 January 1794 – 14 August 1870) was a singer, voice teacher and music manuscript collector. Franz Hauser was born in Krasovice (today...

Franz Frauenlob (born 11 August 1939) is an Austrian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Below is the record...

The discography of Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish indie rock band, consists of six studio albums, one remix album, two compilation albums, two live albums...

Franz Wende, also in Czech František Wende (3 June 1904 in Svoboda nad Úpou - 1968 in Bad Harzburg) was an ethnic German Czechoslovak ski jumper and nordic...

Franz Brozincevic & Cie (FBW) was a Swiss maker of trucks, motorbuses and trolleybuses, founded by Croatian-born engineer and constructor Franjo (Franz)...

Franz Wicki (born 28 January 1939) is a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Council of States (1995–2007). Wicki is a member of the Christian...

Count Franz Deym von Střítež (23 August 1838 at Neuschloss (now Dolní Olešnice) – 3 September 1903 at Eckersdorf, Glatz (now Bożków, Kłodzko)) was an...

Franz Oppenheim (born 13 July 1852 in Charlottenburg; died 13 February 1929 in Cairo) was a German chemist and industrialist who led the Agfa company...

Franz Heinrich Ollendorff (Hebrew: פרנץ אולנדורף or חיים אולנדורף; May 15, 1900 – December 9, 1981) was an Israeli physicist. Franz Heinrich (Haim) Ollendorf...

Franz Josef Strauss (26 February 1822 – 31 May 1905) was a German musician and composer. He was principal horn player of the Bavarian Court Opera for...

Franz is a surname of German origin. Notable persons with this name include: Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer Anselm Franz (1900–1994), Austrian...

Franz Novak (10 January 1913 – 21 October 1983) was an Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain). He was Adolf Eichmann's railway and transportation timetable...

was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914)...

Franz Kolb (fl. 1880s) was a German pharmacist and the inventor of the modeling paste Plastilin. In English-speaking countries this material is also known...

Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and...

Franz Stärfl, alias Xaver Stärfel, alias Franz Stofel, (5 October 1915 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Hauptscharführer and camp commander of...

Franz the Bear is a statue of a bear on a bench by Michele vandenHeuvel, installed in Park City, Utah, United States. Franz the Bear sits on a bench and...

Gerhard Paul Franz (26 February 1902 – 24 December 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's...

Franz Ernst (born 30 July 1938) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1965. His 1970 film Ang.: Lone was entered...

Franz Jantscher (born 7 February 1969) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented...

Franz Stauder (born 28 May 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany and current head coach at TC Rot-Weiß Worms. His first appearance...

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an indie adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. It was developed by Denis Galanin. The protagonist, K., gets...

Franz Steinfeld (26 March 1787 – 5 November 1868) was an Austrian landscape painter. He is often referred to as "The Younger", to distinguish him from...

Franz Wickhoff (7 May 1853 – 6 April 1909) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. Franz Wickhoff...

Franz Stoss (28 May 1909 – 21 June 1995) was an Austrian stage. film and television actor. He also worked as a theatre director. Following the Second...

Franz Sax (born 1895, date of death unknown) was an Austrian wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics...

became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph, reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary;...

Franz Höbling (1886 – 1965) was an Austrian actor and film director. He played the lead in the 1921 silent horror film Das grinsende Gesicht (1921). He...

Franz Santos Pumaren (born February 5, 1962) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, coach and politician who is serving as the representative...

Franz Vogt (9 October 1899 – 14 May 1940) was a German trade unionist, Social Democrat and member of the German resistance against the Nazi regime. Vogt...

Franz-Peter Weixler (31 August 1899 – 23 April 1971) was a German photographer and war correspondent. He was involved in photographing the shooting of...

Franz Koehn was a German art director. He worked designing sets for the German film industry, mainly during the Nazi era. The Private Secretary (1931)...

Franz Kamphaus (2 February 1932 – 28 October 2024) was a German Catholic prelate, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Limburg. He was bishop of the diocese...

Franz Kessler (c. 1580–1650) was a portrait painter, scholar, inventor and alchemist living in the Holy Roman Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries...

Charles II Francis of Austria (German: Karl II. Franz von Innerösterreich) (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner...

Franz Feldinger (22 August 1928 – 16 March 2009) was an Austrian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. "Franz Feldinger"...

Vladimír Franz (born 25 May 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia), is a Czech composer, painter, university scholar and occasional journalist, poet and playwright...

Franz Kurzreiter (10 December 1944 – 14 December 2022) was an Austrian politician. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the Landtag of...

Franz Kunz (born 1899, date of death unknown) was a Swiss skier. He competed in the military patrol at the 1928 Summer Olympics. "Franz Kunz". Olympedia...

Franz Hübner(18 November 1846 Drossen, near Frankfurt an der Oder – 31 December 1877) was a German entomologist Between 1875 and 1877 he collected insects...

Franz Alfred Six (12 August 1909 – 9 July 1975) was a Nazi official, promoter of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. He was appointed by Reinhard...

Franz Jakob Matthias Strachota (14 October 1918 – 14 April 2009) was an Austrian field hockey player. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the...

Franz Thomé (21 November 1807 – 22 May 1872) was an Austrian theatre director and actor. Born in Vienna, Thomé was the son of an official of the Russian...

Franz Starkl (7 July 1924 – 15 December 1991) was a Swiss rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Starkl died in Lucerne...

Franz Schuselka (15 August 1811 – 1 September 1886) was an Austrian politician and writer. Schuselka was born on 15 August 1811 in České Budějovice. His...

Franz Christian Palm (born May 15, 1948) is a Belgian economist and econometrician. He is an international authority specialised in time series econometrics...

Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a Bavarian filmmaker who along with Himansu Rai was among the first retainers of Bombay...

Franz Wöhrer (born 5 June 1939) is a former football referee from Austria. He is best known for supervising one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain...

Franz Toula (20 December 1845 in Vienna – 3 January 1920 in Vienna) was an Austrian geologist, mineralogist and paleontologist. Beginning in 1863 he studied...

Franz Mathias Wasner (December 28, 1905 – June 21, 1992) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, the director and conductor of the Trapp Family Singers...

Franz Skarbina (24 February 1849 – 18 May 1910) was a German impressionist painter, draftsman, etcher and illustrator. Born in Berlin, he was the son...

Franz Fischler (born 23 September 1946) is an Austrian politician from the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was the European Union's Commissioner for...

Franz "Bulle" Roth (born 27 April 1946 in Memmingen) is a former German footballer. He earned four caps for the Germany national football team and was...

Franz Bednar (31 March 1910 – 9 May 1987) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs...

The Head of Franz Kafka (Czech: Hlava Franze Kafky), also known as the Statue of Kafka, is an outdoor kinetic sculpture by David Černý depicting Czech...

Franz Elbern (1 November 1910 – 23 February 2002) was a German international footballer. Franz Elbern’s father worked for the German civil administration...

Franz Stocker (1 May 1933 – 17 April 2026) was an Austrian politician. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the Federal Council from...

Franz Schumann is a retired Austrian professional wrestler, who was well known for his stint in Catch Wrestling Association. Born on 27 December 1960...

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class...

Franz Torres (born July 25, 1981) is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played for Celaya on loan from UNAM of Liga MX. [1] v t e...

Franz Raschid (18 October 1954 – 22 October 2010) was a German professional football player and manager. Raschid, who played as a left midfielder, spent...

Franz Csandl (24 September 1948 – 1 August 2023) was an Austrian professional boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1972 Summer...

Franz Rautek (1902–1989) was a martial arts teacher in Vienna, Austria. He is best known as the inventor of the rescue maneuver named after him. This...

Franz Caucig, Franco Caucig or Francesco Caucig, also known in Slovene as Franc Kavčič or Frančišek Caucig (4 December 1755, Gorizia – 17 November, 1828...

Franz Baader (15 June 1959, Spalt) is a German computer scientist at Dresden University of Technology. He received his PhD in Computer Science in 1989...

Franz Olah (13 March 1910 – 4 September 2009) was an Austrian politician who served as the country's Interior Minister from 1963 until 1964 as a member...

Franz Wilhelm Dibelius (6 January 1847, in Prenzlau – 20 January 1924, in Dresden) was a German Protestant theologian. He was the father of theologian...

Franz Thürauer (born 25 September 1953) is an Austrian composer, music educator and church musician. Born in Wolfenreith [de] Nr. 9, Bergern im Dunkelsteinerwald...

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Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798)...

Franz Caspar Hugo Goedecker (c. 1840 – 15 December 1884) was a German wine merchant and artist who settled in England. Outside his business career, Goedecker...

Franz Kelch (1 November 1915 – 5 June 2013) was a German bass-baritone lied and oratorio singer. His discography includes works of Johann Sebastian Bach...

Franz Hollitzer (born 1878, date of death unknown) was an Austrian sports shooter. He competed in the team clay pigeon event at the 1924 Summer Olympics...

Franz Krüger (10 September 1797, in Großbadegast, Köthen, Anhalt – 21 January 1857, in Berlin), known as Pferde-Krüger ("Horse-Krüger"), was a German...

Sascha Franz (born 16 January 1974) is a German football manager who was last assistant manager of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Franz was born in 1974 in Germany...

Franz Joseph Molitor, or Joseph Franz Molitor (July 7, 1779 in Oberursel/Taunus – March 23, 1860 in Frankfurt/Main) was a German writer and philosopher...

Franz Herre (11 April 1926 – 3 January 2026) was a German biographer, historian and journalist. Herre grew up in Augsburg and studied history at the...

Franz Novotny (born 30 May 1949) is an Austrian film producer, director and screenwriter who was born in Vienna. His 2003 film Yu was entered into the...

Antoni Franz (26 January 1905 – 16 July 1965) was a Polish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. "Antoni...

Franz Stoppel (3 October 1930 – 10 April 2007) was an Austrian chess player who holds the FIDE title of FIDE Master (FM). He was an Austrian Chess Championship...

François Schrader (January 11, 1844 – October 18, 1924), better known as Franz Schrader, was a French mountaineer, geographer, cartographer and landscape...

Peter Franz (born 25 April 1971) is a male former international table tennis player from Germany. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000...

Franz Xaver Streitwieser (pronounced Strite-vee-zer) (16 September 1939 - 8 November 2021) was a German American trumpet player. He owned and operated...

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra (13 July 1914 – 25 October 1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain...

Franz Nölken (born 5 May 1884 – died 4 November 1918) was a German Expressionist painter; occasionally associated with Die Brücke, an artists' society...

Franz Moishe Kempf AM FRS (20 June 1926 – 8 February 2020) was an Australian artist who worked in Australia and Europe. He was a lecturer in printmaking...

Franz Adam (May 4, 1815 – September 30, 1886) was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy. Adam...

Franz Georg Wilhelm Schüßler (20 January 1911 – 28 September 1942) was an Austrian ice hockey player who competed for the Austrian national team at the...

Franz Taibosh (Frantz or Taaibosh; c. late 1860s–early 1870s – 1 September 1940), billed as "Clicko: the Wild Dancing Bushman", or simply "Clicko" or...

Franz Wilhelm Ziegler (3 February 1803 – 1 October 1876) was a lawyer, politician and writer. In 1848 he was a member of the Prussian National Assembly...

Franz Renggli (born 1 September 1952) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Franz Schilcher (born 19 August 1943) is an Austrian ice hockey and Tennis player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1968 Winter Olympics and...

Franz Kafka, a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century...

Franz Karasek (22 April 1924 in Vienna – 10 March 1986 in Vienna) was an Austrian politician. He studied international law in Paris and graduated as a...

Franz Xaver Biebl (1 September 1906 – 2 October 2001) was a German composer of classical music and an academic teacher. Most of his compositions were...

Franz Vorrath (9 July 1937 – 17 October 2022) was a German Roman Catholic prelate. Vorrath was born in Germany and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962...

Franz Kalchmair (22 December 1939 – February 2020) was an Austrian operatic bass and interpreter of Bach cantatas along with other sacred or clerical...

Franz Duncker (4 June 1822 – 18 June 1888) was a German publisher, left-liberal politician and social reformer. Franz Gustav Duncker was one of the sons...

Franz Stockhausen (January 30, 1839 – January 4, 1926) was a German choral conductor, and a member of a celebrated German musical family. Franz was born...

Franz Janowitz (28 July 1892 – 4 November 1917) was an Austrian-Jewish poet, who wrote in German. Franz Janowitz was born on 28 July 1892 in Poděbrady...

Franz Krommer (Czech: František Vincenc Kramář; 27 November 1759 – 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was one of...

Franz Ocskay von Ocskö (1775–1851) was a Hungarian entomologist. Freiherr Franz L. B. Ocskay was the son of Major-General Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko (1740–1805)...

Franz Harnoncourt, or Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (born 2 August 1937) is an Austrian jurist, CEO of the Kastner & Öhler department store in Graz, and president...

Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and...

Franz Christen (born 22 April 1907, date of death unknown) was a Swiss wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman bantamweight at the 1936 Summer...

Albert Franz Doppler (16 October 1821 – 27 July 1883) was a flute virtuoso and a composer best known for his flute music. He also wrote one German and...

Franz Alois "Pallua" Demetz (24 January 1930 – 21 May 2025) was an Italian politician. A member of the South Tyrolean People's Party, he served in the...

Franz Xaver Zinner (19 July 1902 – 16 December 1979) was a German weightlifter. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the middleweight category (under...

Franz Bosbach (born 11 January 1952) is a German historian and university professor. Bosbach was born in Bornheim, a small town situated on the left bank...

Franz Surges (11 October 1958 – 20 September 2015) was a German composer and musician. Surges was born in Remagen, Germany. He studied at the Episcopal...

Franz Haslberger (3 December 1914 – 19 September 1939) was a German ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was...

Franz Winkelmeier (27 April 1860 – 24 August 1887) was an Austrian man who was promoted as the world's tallest man at 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), however he was...

Franz Tuschek (27 March 1899 – 7 January 1967) was an Austrian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...

Ernst Franz Romeikat (7 October 1904 – ) is an SS-Unterscharführer and staff member at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted in the Auschwitz...

Franz Haupert (27 October 1907 – 30 June 1996) was a Luxembourgish gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...

Franz Bopp (German: [ˈfʁants ˈbɔp]; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on...

Franz Josef (officially Franz Josef / Waiau) is a small town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Whataroa is 32 kilometres (20 mi)...

Franz Weitlaner (German: [ˈvaɪtlaːnɐ]; 1872–1944) was an Austrian physician who is known for designing the self-retaining retractor bearing his name....

Franz Thönnes (born 16 September 1954 in Essen) is a German politician (SPD) who was member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, from 1994 to 2017...

Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 – 10 December 1919) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes...

The Emperor Franz Joseph Railway (German: Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn, KFJB) was an Austrian private railway company, named after Emperor Franz Joseph I....

Franz Merkhoffer (born 29 November 1946) is a retired German footballer. He is the record holder for most games played for Eintracht Braunschweig, where...

Franz Kutschera (22 February 1904 – 1 February 1944) was an Austrian Nazi politician, SS-Brigadefuhrer and government official. He held numerous political...

Herbert Franz Schurmann (June 21, 1926 – August 20, 2010) was an American sociologist and historian who was best known for his research and writings about...

Franz Josef Karl Edler von Matsch (16 September 1861, in Vienna – 5 October 1942, in Vienna), also known as Franz Matsch, was an Austrian painter and...

Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was an Austrian Nazi politician. He was Gauleiter (party leader) in Tyrol and Vorarlberg and, during...

Franz Ketterer (1676–1749) was an early Black Forest clockmaker from Schönwald im Schwarzwald in Germany. According to historians, he was one of several...

Franz von Holzhausen (born May 10, 1968) is an American automobile designer. He has been the chief designer at Tesla, Inc. since 2008, where he has led...

Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and...

Franz Korwan, born Sally Katzenstein (27 October 1865 – 4 September 1942) was a German-Jewish landscape painter and Kommunalpolitiker [de] (a type of...

Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (29 October 1863 – 19 November 1928) was a German naturalist, zoologist and African explorer, born in Hamburg. Stuhlmann was born...

Franz Fiedler (17 February 1885 – 5 February 1956) was a German photographer. Fiedler was born in Prostějov in Moravia, Austria-Hungary and started working...

Franz Friedrich Böhme (15 April 1885 – 29 May 1947) was a German-Austrian soldier who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Austrian...

Franz Breisig (1868–1934) was a German mathematician, chiefly known for his work on quadripoles (1921), later to be known as two-port networks. Breisig...

Franz Heck (6 February 1899 in Gilsdorf – 8 January 1977 in Cannes) was a Luxembourgish racing cyclist. He won the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships...

Franz Beer (3 July 1659 – 19 January 1726), also known as Franz Beer von Blaichten, was an architect during the Baroque period, mainly working on church...

Franz von Hartig (1789 – 1865) was an Austrian statesman. He held a number of important government posts until the appearance of his book Genesis der...

Franz Bendel (23 March 1833 – 3 July 1874) was a German Bohemian pianist, composer, and teacher. Bendel was born in Schönlinde, Bohemia, Austrian Empire...

Franz Lindt (11 September 1844 – 17 November 1901) was a Swiss politician who served as the sixth mayor of Bern. Lindt graduated from the Federal Polytechnic...

Franz Pforr (5 April 1788 – 16 June 1812) was a painter of the German Nazarene movement. He was born in Frankfurt am Main. He received his earliest training...

Das Schloss, also spelled Das Schloß [das ˈʃlɔs]) is the last novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1926. In it, a protagonist known only as "K."...

Franz Guenthner is a German linguist who is a professor of Computational Linguistics at the Center for Information and Language Processing (CIS) at LMU...

Prince Franz of Liechtenstein (Franz de Paula Maria; 24 January 1868 – 26 August 1929) was the eldest son of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess...

Franz Bourchard Ernst Adickes was a German politician. He was the mayor of Dortmund from 1873 to 1876, the mayor of Altona from 1876 to 1879, and mayor...

Franz Kohn (15 December 1857 – 24 March 1909) was a German entrepreneur, wood wholesaler, senator of Geestemünde, and patron of the arts. Franz Kohn,...

Franz Pfanner, CMM (also Francis; 25 September 1825 – 24 May 1909) was an Austrian Catholic monk and founder of what would become the Mariannhillers....

Franz Seraph Dinghofer (6 April 1873 – 12 January 1956) was an Austrian politician, lawyer and judge who served as the President of the Supreme Court...

Count Franz-Ludwig Schenk von Stauffenberg (German: Franz-Ludwig Gustav Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg; born 4 May 1938) is a German lawyer and politician...

Franz Hammerl (9 October 1919 – August 2001) was a German international footballer. Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC...

then in the United States. His birth name was František (Franz) Lederer. František (Franz) Lederer was born in Karlín, a working-class suburb of Prague...

Chotkova a Vojnína; 1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914) was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Their assassination...

Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born in Pest, Hungary (now Budapest)...

Franz Hametner (born 15 November 1900, date of death unknown) was an Austrian wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman welterweight at the 1936...

Franz Anton Christoph Hilverding (1710–1768), a.k.a Hilferding, was an Austrian choreographer and dancer. For a time Hilverding served as the director...

"Resi" Franz (27 June 1897 – 2 May 1970) was a German footballer who played as a forward, notably for SpVgg Fürth and the Germany national team. Franz was...

Franz Reuleaux (French: [ʁœlo]; German: [ʁøˈloː]; 30 September 1829 – 20 August 1905) was a German mechanical engineer and a lecturer at Technische Hochschule...

Francis II and I (German: Franz II; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor...

Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947) is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in most often in avant-garde jazz and third...

Franz M. Benteler (1 June 1925 – 12 March 2010) was an American virtuoso violinist from Chicago, Illinois. A favorite of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley...

Franz Barsicke (15 May 1908 – 1944) was a German long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action...

Ferdinand abdicated on 2 December 1848. He was succeeded by his nephew, Franz Joseph. Following his abdication, he lived in Hradčany Palace, Prague, until...

Franz Ehrle SJ (17 October 1845 – 31 March 1934) was a German Jesuit priest and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archivist of the Secret...

Franz Kramer (January 20, 1865 – April 18, 1924) was a seaman serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal...

Franz Magnis Suseno, S.J., or Maria Franz Anton Valerian Benedictus Ferdinand von Magnis (born 26 May 1936) is an Indonesian Jesuit priest and philosopher...

Franz Wilhelm Sieber (30 March 1789 – 17 December 1844) was a Czech-Austrian botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern...

Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (23 January 1813 in Cologne – 17 August 1887 in Berlin) was a German church musician and music researcher. Choir for The Frogs...

Franz Dübbers (8 April 1908 – 24 August 1987) was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Cologne. In 1924, 1927 and 1928...

Francisco "Franz" Arcellana (September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002) was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher. Francisco Arcellana...

Franz Ferdinand, Duke of Hohenberg (13 September 1927 – 16 August 1977), was an Austrian nobleman and the head of the Hohenberg family from 1962 until...

Anselm Franz (January 21, 1900—November 18, 1994) was a pioneering Austrian jet engine engineer known for the development of the Jumo 004, the world's...

Franz Fäh (born 22 November 1937) is a Swiss gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...

Franz Hamburger (14 August 1874 in Pitten – 29 August 1954 in Vöcklabruck) was an Austrian medical doctor and university lecturer. Hamburger attended...

Franz Julius Albertus Clouth (born December 18, 1838, in Cologne; died about September 7, 1910 ) was a German pioneer in rubber processing. Franz Clouth...

Franz Burri (26 October 1901 – 24 July 1987) was a Swiss political figure who, from his base in Germany, became the leading disseminator of Nazi propaganda...

Franz Müller (31 October 1840 – 14 November 1864) was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train...

Kapitänleutnant Franz Stabbert (born 13 February 1881 in Kulm – died 20 October 1917 in Lorraine) was a Kapitänleutnant of the German Kaiserliche Marine...

Franz Albert Bischoff (January 14, 1864 – February 5, 1929) was an American artist known primarily for his China painting, floral paintings and California...

Franz Vogler (born 15 August 1944 in Oberstdorf) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics. Evans...

Franz Šedivý (2 December 1864 – 20 April 1945) was a Danish illustrator, most known for his detailed bird's-eye view prospects. He worked for many of...

Franz Bley was a German botanist and illustrator best known for his two-volume book Botanisches Bilderbuch für Jung und Alt, published in 1897-8 by Adolph...

Franz Stassen (12 February 1869, Hanau – 18 April 1949, Berlin) was a German painter and illustrator. Educated at the Berlin University of the Arts, Stassen...

Franz Geiger (1921–2011) was a German screenwriter of film and television. Oh, You Dear Fridolin (dir. Peter Hamel, 1952) School for Marriage (1954) —...