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First name Franz
February 20, 2026

Franz Kafka

Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

Initials FK #2 The Metamorphosis

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)

Initials FA #8

Franz Klammer

Austrian skier | an Olympic champion

Initials FK #8

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer | politician | diplomat | nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

Initials FP #6

Franz Beckenbauer

German sports official and footballer (1945–2024)

Initials FB #10

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart

Austrian composer | teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844)

Initials FM #23

Franz Reichelt

French parachuting pioneer

Initials FR #11

Franz Stangl

Austrian-born SS commandant

Initials FS #45

Franz Halder

German general

Initials FH #24

#10

Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein

Initials FL #24

#11

Franz Rogowski

German actor and dancer

Initials FR #22

#12

Franz Boas

German-American anthropologist

Initials FB #61

#13

Franz Stigler

German fighter pilot in World War II

Initials FS #62

#14

Franz von Holzhausen

American automobile designer

Initials FH #38

#15

Franz Anton Mesmer

German physician

Initials FM #70

#16

Franz Jägerstätter

martyr | conscientious objector

Initials FJ #25

#17

Franz Marc

German painter

Initials FM #77

#18

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1852-1925)

Initials FH #44

#19

Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician

Initials FS #112

#20

Franz Drameh

British actor

Initials FD #55 Edge of Tomorrow

#21

Franz von Werra

Recipient of the Knights Cross

Initials FW #59

#22

Franz Josef Strauß

German politician

Initials FS #121

#23

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

German painter and lithographer (1805–1873)

Initials FW #62

#24

Franz Xaver Schwarz

politician from Germany

Initials FS #126

#25

Franz Ziereis

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp

Initials FZ #17

#26

Franz Böhme

World War II Nazi war criminal

Initials FB #118

#27

Franz Stahl

American guitarist

Initials FS #144

#28

Franz Hössler

Schutzhaftlagerführer at Auschwitz

Initials FH #71

#29

Franz Brentano

Austrian philosopher

Initials FB #127

#30

Franz Xaver Süssmayr

Austrian composer and conductor who completed Mozart's Requiem

Initials FS #148

#31

Franz Werfel

Austrian-Bohemian author

Initials FW #72

#32

Franz von Hipper

German Imperial Navy admiral

Initials FH #75

#33

Franz Reinisch

Austrian priest

Initials FR #70

#34

Franz Ritter von Epp

German politician

Initials FE #34

#35

Franz Sigel

Union Army general; U.S. civil servant

Initials FS #172

#36

Franz Kline

American painter

Initials FK #77

#37

Franz Reichleitner

SS officer

Initials FR #84

#38

Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein

Initials FL #74

#39

Franz Lehár

Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)

Initials FL #76

#40

Franz Strasser

German criminal

Initials FS #183

#41

Franz Seldte

German politician

Initials FS #190

#42

Franz Ceska

Ambassador of Austria

Initials FC #131

#43

Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

Hungarian noble and academic

Initials FF #161

#44

Franz Winkelmeier

Tallest human

Initials FW #92

#45

Franz Waxman

German film composer

Initials FW #100

#46

Franz Staudegger

SS NCO

Initials FS #233

#47

Franz Gürtner

Government minister of Germany

Initials FG #107

#48

Franz Walter Stahlecker

Holocaust perpetrator (1900-1942)

Initials FS #238

#49

Franz Kutschera

austrian policeman and war criminal

Initials FK #90

#50

Franz Josef Popp

Austrian businessman

Initials FP #112

#51

Franz Schädle

Schutzstaffel officer

Initials FS #245

#52

Franz Schmidberger

German priest

Initials FS #249

#53

Franz von Suppé

Austrian composer and conductor

#54

Franz Suchomel

SS Officer

#55

Franz Welser-Möst

Austrian conductor

Initials FW #121

#56

Franz Joseph Gall

neuroanatomist | physiologist | and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain

Initials FG #126

#57

Franz von Walsegg

European noble

Initials FW #122

#58

Franz Six

German general (1909–1975)

#59

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

SA officer

#60

Franz Bardon

Czech hermeticist | illusionist | occultist and writer

Initials FB #230

#61

Franz König

Catholic cardinal

Initials FK #111

#62

Franz Oppenhoff

German lawyer and politician

Initials FO #56

#63

Franz Rosenzweig

Jewish theologian and philosopher

Initials FR #121

#64

Franz Josef Huber

German SS general

Initials FH #137

#65

Franz Semper

German handball player

#66

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

German sculptor

Initials FM #248

#67

Franz Schreker

austrian composer

#68

Franz Carr

English footballer

Initials FC #220

#69

Franz Murer

SS officer

#70

Franz Strauss

German composer and virtuoso horn player. Father of Richard Strauss

#71

Franz Konrad

Nazi Holocaust perpetrator

Initials FK #142

#72

Franz von Bayros

Austrian commercial artist | illustrator | and painter

#73

Franz Mehring

German publicist | politician and historian

#74

Franz Oppenheimer

1864-1943 | German-Jewish sociologist and political economist.

Initials FO #76

#75

Franz Bäke

German general

#76

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian dramatist and poet

Initials FG #171

#77

Franz Stuck

German painter and sculptor

#78

Franz Künstler

German centenarian | Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I

Initials FK #153

#79

Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein

8th Prince of Liechtenstein | 1772–1781

Initials FL #182

#80

Franz Sedlacek

Austrian artist

#81

Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

German prince

Initials FT #144

#82

Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden

German prince

Initials FH #188

#83

Franz Xaver Gruber

Austrian composer known for Silent Night

Initials FG #196

#84

Franz Vranitzky

austrian chancellor

Initials FV #71

#85

Franz von Sickingen

German knight

#86

Franz Weidenreich

German anatomist

Initials FW #178

#87

Franz Lucas

German concentration camp doctor and SS Obersturmführer who served at Auschwitz concentration camp

Initials FL #204

#88

Franz Sacher

Austrian chef

#89

Franz Pumaren

Filipino former professional basketball player

Initials FP #190

#90

Franz Burda sr.

German publisher

#91

Franz Blücher

German politician

#92

Franz Hofer

Austrian politician

Initials FH #207

#93

Franz Fuchs

Austrian serial killer

#94

Franz Joseph de Bragança

Austro-Hungarian Army officer

#95

Franz Xaver Kappus

military officer | journalist | editor and writer from Austria

Initials FK #187

#96

Franz Binder

austrian soccer player

#97

Franz von Liszt

Austrian knight

Initials FL #214

#98

Franz Bopp

German philologist

#99

Franz Wright

American poet

Initials FW #199

#100

Franz Mozart

mason | great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

#101

Franz Leopold Neumann

German political activist

Initials FN #94

#102

Franz von Weyrother

Austrian general

Initials FW #205

#103

Franz Krommer

Czech conductor and composer

Initials FK #201

#104

Franz Roubaud

Russian artist

Initials FR #218

#105

Franz Schulz

screenwriter | playwright

#106

Franz Heinzer

Swiss alpine skier

Initials FH #233

#107

Franz Kurowski

German author

Initials FK #206

#108

Franz Berwald

Swedish composer

#109

Franz Schall

German flying ace

#110

Franz von Mercy

German general

#111

Franz Beyer

German General and Knight's Cross recipient

#112

Franz Nicolay

American musician

Initials FN #104

#113

Franz Schönhuber

German journalist | author and politician

#114

Franz Hartmann

Geramn occultist

Initials FH #247

#115

Franz Xaver Dorsch

German civil engineer

Initials FD #230

#116

Franz von Lenbach

German painter

Initials FL #242

#117

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

German composer

#118

Franz Delitzsch

German Lutheran theologian and hebraist

Initials FD #235

#119

Franz Augsberger

German general

#120

Franz Wasner

Austrian musician

Initials FW #221

#121

Franz Rademacher

German diplomat

Initials FR #246

#122

Franz Müntefering

German politician (SPD)

#123

Franz Danzi

German composer and musician

Initials FD #245

#124

Franz Breithaupt

German SS general

#125

Franz Alexander

Hungarian-American psychoanalyst

#126

Franz Roth

German footballer

#127

Franz Muller

German murderer

#128

Franz Ernst Neumann

German physicist and mineralogist

Initials FN #115

#129

Franz Xaver von Baader

German philosopher and theologian

#130

Franz Tost

Austrian racing driver

Initials FT #200

#131

Franz Hartwig

film actor and stage actor

#132

Franz Lackner

Catholic archbishop

#133

Franz Jalics

Jesuit priest and author of spiritual books.

Initials FJ #146

#134

Franz Lidz

American sportswriter

#135

Franz Osten

German film director

Initials FO #106

#136

Franz Moritz von Lacy

Austrian field marshal (1725-1801)

#137

Franz Cumont

Belgian archaeologist | historian | philologist and epigrapher

#138

Franz Viehböck

austrian astronaut

Initials FV #103

#139

Franz Jonas

seventh President of Austria

Initials FJ #151

#140

Franz Ruff

German architect

#141

Franz Rudolf Frisching

Swiss politician

#142

Franz Oppenheim

German chemist

Initials FO #115

#143

Franz Novak

German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator

Initials FN #136

#144

Franz John

German businessman

Initials FJ #159

#145

Franz Pfnür

alpine skier

#146

Franz Lachner

German composer and conductor

#147

Franz Reuleaux

German mechanic

#148

Franz Holzweber

Austrian assassination accomplice

#149

Franz von Rintelen

German spy

#150

Franz Xaver Richter

Austro-Moravian singer | violinist | composer | conductor and music theoretician

#151

Franz Borkenau

Austrian writer

#152

Franz Abromeit

German soldier

#153

Franz S. Exner

Austrian physicist

Initials FE #123

#154

Franz Doppler

Austrian musician

#155

Franz Krüger

German painter of equestrian portraits

#156

Franz Hanfstaengl

German artist

#157

Franz Gottschalk

Danish musician

#158

Franz von Bodmann

SS officer

#159

Franz Biebl

German composer

#160

Franz Bracht

German jurist and politician

#161

Franz Overbeck

German theologian

Initials FO #144

#162

Franz San Galli

Invented the radiator

#163

Franz Nissl

German neuroscientist

Initials FN #164

#164

Franz Magnis-Suseno

Indonesian Jesuit

#165

Franz Xaver Niemetschek

czech phiilosopher

Initials FN #166

#166

Franz Josef Kallmann

German-American psychiatrist

#167

Franz West

Austrian artist

#168

Franz Babinger

historian

#169

Franz Wolf

Holocaust perpetrator from Sobibor

#170

Franz Wild

Austrian singer

#171

Franz Georg Karl von Metternich

Diplomat (1746-1818)

#172

Franz Xaver Kroetz

German writer and actor

#173

Franz Wagner

Austrian footballer (1911–1974)

#174

Franz von Matsch

Austrian painter and sculptor

#175

Franz Rosenthal

German orientalist

#176

Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn

German botanist

Initials FJ #207

#177

Franz Xavier Bergman

owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze Oriental

#178

Franz von Schober

Austrian poet and Librettist

#179

Franz Mayer

Mexican financier | photographer and collector

#180

Franz Hayler

German general

#181

Franz Bürkl

Gestapo officer | mass murderer | sadist

#182

Franz Planer

German-American cinematographer

#183

Franz Humer

businessperson

#184

Franz Weber

Austrian alpine skier

#185

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer

#186

Franz Altheim

German historian

#187

Franz Miklosich

Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire) | lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)

#188

Franz Hessel

German writer and translator

#189

Franz Krienbühl

Swiss speed skater

#190

Franz Wolff-Metternich

German art historian

#191

Franz Mertens

Polish-Austrian mathematician

#192

Franz Schmidt

Austrian serial killer

#193

Franz Pfannl

Austrian watchmaker

#194

Franz Roh

German art critic

#195

Franz Dolp

American economist and poet

#196

Franz Herre

German historian and writer

#197

Franz Xavier Wernz

Superior General of the Society of Christ

#198

Franz Stampfl

British athletics coach

#199

Franz Brorsson

Swedish association football player

#200

Franz Karl Achard

German chemist

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First name Franz
February 20, 2026