Comments for the name Franz

Composer and piano virtuoso Franz Liszt bears this name.

There is now quite a famous band called Franz Ferdinand. I believe they are Scottish.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria. His assassination by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo was a trigger for World War I.
Franz Ferdinand, the indie rock band from Glasgow took the name after the Austrian Archduke.

Famous bearer is Franz Schubert, an Austrian romantic composer.

Franz Beckenbauer (aka Der Kaiser) is well-known as one of Germany's greatest footballers.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Franz here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian classical composer.

What a great name! Franz is usable in many different countries worldwide.

Franz Joseph Spiegler was a German painter born in 1691.

Franz Anton Bustelli (1723-1763) was a Swiss-born German sculptor.

Franz Čizek was an Austrian teacher and painter.

Franz (1768-1835) was one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain. He later became Emperor Franz II (known in English as Francis II), the last Holy Roman Emperor.

Franz (1802-1878) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and his wife Maria Teresa. He later became the father of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Franz (1730-1806) was the son of Augustus III of Poland and his wife Maria Josepha.

Franz (1875-1957) was the son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife Maria Theresia.

Franz (1762-1762) was the only son of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Elisabeth.

Schubert's full name was Franz Peter Schubert.