Arts and Music

• Franz Joseph Haydn (born 1732, died 1809)

  Austrian composer of symphonies and piano works. Teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Composed The London Symphonies (see list of Classical Composers)
• Franz Liszt (born 1811, died 1886)

  Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher.

  • Composed the Hungarian Rhapsodies (see list of Romantic Composers)
• Franz Marc (born 1880, died 1916)

  German painter.

  • Painted Deer in the Wood (see list of Expressionist Artists)
• Franz Schubert (born 1797, died 1828)

  Austrian composer.

  • Composer of chamber music, lieder, and orchestral works (see list of Romantic Composers)

Science and Philosophy

• Franz Boas (born 1858, died 1942)

  German-American anthropologist and ethnologist.

  • Authority on the linguistics of North American tribes (see list of Miscellaneous Social Scientists)
• Franz Mesmer (born 1734, died 1815)

  Austrian physician who gave his name to mesmerism.

  • Believed he could cure diseases with a force residing within himself (see list of Medical Practitioners)
• Franz Viehboeck
  • On Soyuz TM-13 (1991) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)

Sports

• Franz Andrysek

  Austrian athlete.

  • 1928 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 60kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
• Franz Klammer

  Austrian athlete.

  • 1976 Olympic alpine skiing gold medal winner for Downhill (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Downhill Skiing)

The Literary World

• Franz Kafka (born 1883, died 1924)

  Czech novelist and short-story writer.

  • Wrote The Trial (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)