List of Famous people named Frans

Often it's a shorthand for Franciscus. Similar names: Franciscus, Franz. Here are some famous Franses:

Frans Jeppsson Wall

First Name Frans
Born on December 19, 1998 (age 27)

Frans Jeppsson Wall, better known as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He won Melodifestivalen 2016 and represented the host nation, Sweden, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "If I Were Sorry" finishing in fifth place.

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Frans Timmermans

First Name Frans
Born on May 6, 1961 (age 64)

Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans is a Dutch politician and diplomat serving as First Vice President of the European Commission since 2014, and has served in the von der Leyen Commission as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action since 2019.

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Frans Mohede

Francois Henry Willem Mohede
First Name Frans
Born on February 6, 1976 (age 50)
Born in Indonesia

Francois Henry Willem Mohede, known as Frans Mohede, is an Indonesian singer, actor and Muay-thai instructor. He is the husband of the Indonesian artist Amara.

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Frans Bak

First Name Frans
Born on February 7, 1958 (age 68)

Frans Bak is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music. In 1994, he founded the composer's association Den 3. Vej. He plays saxophone, keyboards, and piano.

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Frans de Waal

Franciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal

Franciscus Bernardus Maria "Frans" de Waal is a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory, and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics (1982) and Our Inner Ape (2005). His research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Frans Wiertz

Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz
First Name Frans
Born on December 2, 1942 (age 83)

Franciscus Jozef Maria (Frans) Wiertz is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of Roermond from 1993 until 2017.

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Frans Maassen

Franciscus Albertus AntoniusJohannes Maassen
First Name Frans
Born on January 27, 1965 (age 61)

Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, including the 1990 Tour de France where he was involved in the Stage 1 breakaway that caused the rest of the race to be the most surprising Tour in over a decade. He was the only one of the four breakaway riders not to wear the Maillot Jaune, but he won the stage. He twice won the Tour of Belgium, and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.

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Frans Verbeeck

First Name Frans
Born on June 13, 1941 (age 84)

Frans Verbeeck is a Belgian former road bicycle racer.

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Frans Oort

Frans Oort is a Dutch mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry.

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Frans van Houten

First Name Frans
Born on April 26, 1960 (age 65)

François Adrianus "Frans" van Houten is the Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch company Royal Philips Electronics, taking over the position on 1 April 2011. He succeeded Gerard Kleisterlee.

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