Franz (surname)
# Franz (surname)

Franz is a surname of German origin. Notable persons with this name include:

* Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer
* Anselm Franz (1900–1994), Austrian engineer
* Arthur Franz (1920–2006), American actor
* Dennis Franz (born 1944), American actor noted for NYPD Blue
* Eduard Franz (1902–1983), American actor
* Elizabeth Franz (born 1941), American actress
* Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist and actress
* Friedrich Franz (1783–1860), Moravian physicist and mathematician
* Frederick William Franz (1893–1992), past president of the Jehovah's Witnesses
* Helmut Franz (1911–2002), German academic teacher and choral conductor
* Horst Franz (born 1940), German football manager
* John E. Franz (born 1929), American organic chemist
* Johnny Franz (1922–1977), UK record producer
* Katherine Franz (born 1972), American chemist
* Kurt Franz (1914–1998), German Nazi SS commandant of Treblinka extermination camp
* Ludwig Franz (1922–1990), German politician
* Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar
* Maik Franz (born 1981), German footballer
* Mike Frantz (born 1986), German footballer
* Nolan Franz, American football player
* Raymond Franz (1922–2010), former Jehovah's Witness
* Robert Franz (1815–1892), German composer
* Rod Franz (1925–1999), American football player
* Ron Franz (1945-2022), American professional basketball player
* Walter Franz (1911–1992), German theoretical physicist
* Wilhelm Franz (1913–1971), German audio engineer
* Wolfgang Franz (economist) (born 1944), German economist
* Wolfgang Franz (mathematician) (1905–1996), German mathematician
