Namesakes
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor, 1 president
(president) Franz Jonas 1965-1974 
(chancellor) Franz Vranitzky 1986-1997
Austrian Dukes and Emperors:
4 emperors, 2 archdukes
Archduke Leopold IV (middle name Franz) 1657-1705
Archduke Karl II (middle name Franz) 1711-1740
Emperor Franz I 1792-1835
Emperor Ferdinand I (middle name Franz) 1835-1848
Emperor Franz Joseph I 1848-1916
Emperor Karl I (middle name Franz) 1916-1918
Bohemian Kings:
7 kings
King Ferdinand IV (middle name Franz) 1646-1654
King Leopold I (middle name Franz) 1656-1705
King Karel II (middle name Franz) 1711-1740
King František (a.k.a. Franz) 1792-1835
King Ferdinand V (middle name Franz) 1835-1848
King František Josef I (a.k.a. Franz) 1848-1916
King Karel III (middle name Franz) 1916-1918
German Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor
(chancellor) Franz von Papen 1932
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors:
4 king-emperors
King-Emperor Leopold I (middle name Franz) 1658-1705
King-Emperor Karl VI (middle name Franz) 1711-1740
King-Emperor Franz I 1745-1765
King-Emperor Franz II 1792-1806
Hungarian Kings and Queens:
7 kings
King Ferdinánd IV (middle name Franz) 1647-1654
King Lipót I (middle name Franz) 1655-1705
King Károly III (middle name Franz) 1711-1740
King Ferenc (a.k.a. Franz) 1792-1835
King Ferdinánd V (middle name Franz) 1835-1848
King Ferenc József I (a.k.a. Franz) 1848-1916
King Károly IV (middle name Franz) 1916-1918
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 physics
(physics) Victor Francis Hess (middle name Franz) 1936
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 social activist
(social activist) Adolf Brand (middle name Franz) 1874-1945
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
3 actors
Francis Lederer (a.k.a. Franz) 1899-2000
Curd Jürgens (middle name Franz) 1915-1982
Hardy Krüger (a.k.a. Franz) 1928-2022
Notable Artists:
2 painters, 1 architect, 1 drawer/painter/printmaker
Lovis Corinth (a.k.a. Franz) 1858-1925
Franz Stuck 1863-1928
Adolf Loos (middle name Franz) 1870-1933
Franz Marc 1880-1916
Notable Athletes:
1 soccer, 1 tennis
(soccer) Franz Beckenbauer 1945-2024
(tennis) Boris Becker (middle name Franz) 1967-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Adolf Lüderitz (a.k.a. Franz) 1834-1886
Franz Josef Popp 1886-1954
Notable Musicians:
4 composers, 2 singers, 1 composer/singer
Franz Berwald 1796-1868
Franz Schubert 1797-1828
Franz Liszt 1811-1886
Franz Lehár 1870-1948
Franz Mazura 1924-2020
Rex Gildo (middle name Franz) 1936-1999
Drafi Deutscher (middle name Franz) 1946-2006
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 anthropologist, 1 physicist
Franz Boas 1858-1942
Victor Francis Hess (middle name Franz) 1883-1964
Notable Writers:
2 authors
Adolf Brand (middle name Franz) 1874-1945
Franz Kafka 1883-1924
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 1 gold
(bronze) Erland Herkenrath (middle name Franz) 1936 handball
(bronze) Franz-Peter Hofmeister 1976 4x400 m relay
(gold) Boris Becker (middle name Franz) 1992 tennis
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Josef Hoop (a.k.a. Franz) 1928-1945 Liechtenstein
Other Royalty:
15 princes, 3 archdukes
Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (middle name Franz) 1732-1748 Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein 1772-1781 Liechtenstein
Franz Karl of Austria 1802-1878 Austria-Hungary
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (middle name Franz) 1805-1836 Liechtenstein
Rudolf of Austria (middle name Franz) 1858-1889 Austria-Hungary
Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (middle name Franz) 1858-1929 Liechtenstein
Franz Ferdinand of Austria 1863-1914 Austria-Hungary
Sigismund of Prussia (a.k.a. Franz) 1864-1866 Prussia
Otto Franz Joseph of Austria 1865-1906 Austria-Hungary
Joachim of Prussia (middle name Franz) 1890-1920 Prussia
Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (a.k.a. Franz) 1895-1959 Prussia
Wilhelm of Prussia (middle name Franz) 1906-1940 Prussia
Karl Franz of Prussia 1916-1975 Prussia
Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein 1929-1938 Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1938-1989 Liechtenstein
Christian of Denmark (middle name Franz) 1942-1971 Denmark
Franz Wilhelm of Prussia 1943- Prussia
Wenzel of Liechtenstein (a.k.a. Franz) 1962-1991 Liechtenstein
Saints:
3 blessed
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (a.k.a. Franz) 1819-1867
Blessed Karl of Austria (middle name Franz) 1887-1922
Blessed Jakob Kern (a.k.a. Franz) 1897-1924