Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia.

Franz Josef or Franz Joseph may also refer to:

People known solely by the name

  • Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726–1781), Knight of the Golden Fleece
  • Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989), Knight of the Golden Fleece
  • Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden (1891–1964), Nazi party member and SS officer
  • Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1893–1971)
  • Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1787–1841)
  • Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein (1767–1854)
  • Franz Joseph, Count Kinsky (1739–1805)
  • Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan (1753–1832)
  • Franz Joseph (artist) (1914–1994), artist and author loosely associated with Star Trek

People with the given name

  • Franz Joseph Antony (1790–1837), choral composer
  • Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), German poet, writer, musician and politician
  • Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718), sculptor and stuccoist
  • Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1947), German chemist
  • Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828), neuroanatomist and physiologist
  • Franz Joseph Otto von Habsburg (1912–2011), the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary
  • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer <!--For Haydn "Franz" was only a baptismal name, which he did not use in everyday life; modern scholarship calls him "Joseph Haydn".-->
  • Franz Joseph Molitor (1779–1860), German writer and philosopher
  • Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740–1825), Hungarian mineralogist
  • Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806–1871), Austrian dramatist, poet and short-story writer
  • Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988), German politician
  • Franz Josef Wagner (1943–2025), German journalist, editor, and author
  • Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986), West German politician and government minister

Places

  • Franz Josef / Waiau, a town in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Franz Josef Glacier, in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Franz Josef Land, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in the far north of Russia

Ships

  • , Austro-Hungarian Navy's Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser
  • , passenger liner ship

See also

  • Joseph Franz (disambiguation)
  • Francis Joseph (disambiguation)