List of Famous people named Franz

Franz Graf zu Erbach-Erbach was a German nobleman and art collector.

Franz Adam was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy.

Prince Franz Karl of Auersperg, was the third Prince of Auersperg and an Imperial General and from 1705 until his death Duke of Münsterberg.

Franz Böhm was a German politician, lawyer, and economist.

Franz Anton Xaverius Ries was a German violinist. His father Johann Ries (1723–1784) was court trumpeter to the Elector of Cologne in Bonn. Ries was born in Bonn, and studied under J.P. Salomon. He was a child prodigy, and was concertmaster of the Kurfürstlichen Hoforchester in Vienna. He spent most of his life in Bonn, though he had success in his early years in Vienna as both a solo violinist and in quartets. One of his students in Bonn was the young Beethoven. He was given an appointment by Elector Maximilian in 1779, which he kept until the court's dissolution in 1794. After this he continued teaching; he was awarded an Order of the Red Eagle and an honorary doctorate from Bonn University. He died in Godesberg.

Franz Hessel was a German writer and translator. With Walter Benjamin, he produced a German translation of three volumes of Marcel Proust's 1913-1927 work À la recherche du temps perdu in the late 1920s.

Baron Franciscus Eduardus Maria (Franz) Courtens (1854–1943) was a Belgian painter.

Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society, he was often referred to as the "Malerfürst".