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.

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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

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See also

Frans

Broadcast History