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