# Frans

Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of François. 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-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 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 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 (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