List of Famous people named Franz

Franz Beer, also known as Franz Beer von Blaichten, was an Austrian architect during the Baroque period, mainly working on church buildings at monasteries in southern Germany, chiefly in Upper Swabia, and Switzerland. His son Johann Michael Beer also was an architect.

Franz Ernst Christian Neumann was a German pathologist who was a native of Königsberg. His common name was Ernst Christian Neumann.

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner was a German educator and philologist who specialized in Homeric studies. He was born in Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt.

Franz von Vecsey was a Hungarian violinist and composer, who became a well-known virtuoso in Europe through the early 20th century.

Franz Ignaz von Streber was a German numismatist and theologian from Reisbach, Lower Bavaria.

Franz Maria Doppelbauer (1845–1908) was the Catholic bishop of Linz from 1889 to 1908.

Franz Wilhelm Sieber, was a botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Australia.

Franz Jacob Clemens was a German Catholic philosopher, a layman who defended the Catholic Church even on theological questions.

Franz Woepcke was an historian, Orientalist, and mathematician. He is remembered for publishing editions and translations of medieval Arabic mathematical manuscripts and for his research on the propagation of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in the medieval era.