List of Famous people named Franz

Franz Friedrich Nicklisch was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother Hans Nicklisch.

Franz Kaspar Hesselbach was a German surgeon and anatomist who was a native of Hammelburg.

Franz Novotny is an Austrian film producer, director and screenwriter. His 2003 film Yu was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.

Franz Joseph Strauss was a German musician. He was a composer, a virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the guitar, clarinet and viola. He was principal horn player of the Bavarian Court Opera for more than 40 years, a teacher at the Royal School of Music, Munich, and a conductor.

Franz Schnyder was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film Der 10. Mai was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

Franz Wessel was a German judge. He visited school in Königsberg and studied legal science in Königsberg, Heidelberg and Kiel. He was a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in the 1950s.