Frans

Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of François. One cognate of Frans in English is Francis.

Given name

 * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman
 * Frans Ackerman (1330–1387), Flemish statesman
 * Frans Adelaar (born 1960), Dutch football player and manager
 * Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 1933), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat
 * Frans Aerenhouts (1937–2022), Belgian cyclist
 * Frans Ananias (born 1972), Namibian footballer
 * Frans Andersson (1911–1988), Danish bass-baritone
 * Frans Andriessen (1929–2019), Dutch politician
 * Frans Anneessens (1660–1719), Flemish protest leader
 * Frans van Anraat (born 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal
 * Frans Badens (fl. 1571–1618), Flemish painter
 * Frans Bak (born 1958), Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist
 * Frans Decker (1684–1751), 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands
 * Frans-Andries Durlet (1816–1867), Belgian architect, sculptor and printmaker
 * Frans Fiolet (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player
 * Frans Floris (1517–1570), Flemish painter
 * Frans Christiaan Frederiks (born 1980), Dutch rapper and hip hop artist Lange Frans
 * Frans Geurtsen (1942–2015), Dutch footballer
 * Frans Gommers (1917–1996), Belgian footballer
 * Frans Grootjans (1922–1999), Belgian politician and minister for the PVV
 * Frans Hals (1580–1666), Dutch painter
 * Frans Helmerson (born 1945), Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor
 * Frans Hogenberg (1535–1590), Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker
 * Frans Hogenbirk (1918–1998), Dutch football midfielder
 * Frans Alfons Janssens (1865–1924), Belgian priest and biologist
 * Frans Lanting (born 1951), Dutch wildlife photographer and writer
 * Frans August Larson (1870–1957), Swedish missionary to Mongolia
 * Frans Maassen (born 1965), Dutch cyclist
 * Frans Masereel (1889–1972), Belgian woodcut artist
 * Frans Muller (born 1960/61), Dutch businessman
 * Frans Alfred Meeng (1910–1944), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
 * Frans Dhia Putros (born 1993), Danish professional football player
 * Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect
 * Frans Stafleu (1921–1997), Dutch botanist
 * François Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player (called "Frans")
 * Frans Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch football player
 * Frans Timmermans (politician) (born 1961), Dutch politician
 * Frans de Vreng (1898–1974), Dutch track cyclist
 * Frans de Waal (born 1948), Dutch primatologist
 * Frans Wackers (born 1939), Dutch nuclear cardiologist
 * Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 1998), Swedish singer (also known as Frans)

Nickname

 * Frans Bauer (born 1973), Dutch singer
 * Francois Botha (born 1968), South African boxer and kickboxer
 * Fran Escribá (born 1965), Spanish football player and manager
 * Frans Harjawiyata (1931–2016), Indonesian Roman Catholic Trappist abbot
 * Frans van Houten (born 1960), CEO of the Dutch company Philips
 * Frans Kellendonk (1951–1990), Dutch novelist and translator
 * Frans van der Lugt (1938–2014), Dutch Jesuit priest
 * Frans Seda (1926–2009), Indonesian government minister in several departments
 * Frans Xavery (1740–c. 1788), Dutch painter

Surname

 * Frédéric Frans (born 1989), Belgian footballer
 * Jeffrey Frans (born 1952), South African cricketer
 * Joe Frans (born 1975), Canadian curler
 * Joe Frans (politician) (born 1963), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

 * Frans J. Palmu, main character of the Palmu novels and film adaptations