Frans

This article is about the name. For the commune in eastern France, see Frans, Ain.

Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of François or Franciscus. 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 van Dooren (1934–2005), Dutch translator
• 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 Grönlund (born 2000), Finnish footballer
• 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 Johansson (born 2000), American writer and public speaker
• Frans Krätzig (born 2003), German footballer
• Frans Körver (1937–2024), Dutch footballer
• 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 Van Vlierberghe (1954–2026), Belgian racing cyclist
• 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 (curler) (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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Frans
• Fransen
• Franz (given name)