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Famous People Named Franz
Take a look at famous people named Franz, such as Franz Boas, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Franz Kafka.
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Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist / 1811 - 1886
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian pianist and composer of enormous influence and originality. He was renowned in Europe during the Romantic movement.
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Franz Schubert
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Franz Schubert
Educator, Songwriter / 1797 - 1828
Franz Schubert is considered the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic ones. Schubert's music is notable for its melody and harmony.
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Songwriter / 1732 - 1809
Over the course of his 106 symphonies, Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn became the principal architect of the classical style of music.
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Franz Kafka
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Franz Kafka
Author / 1883 - 1924
Author Franz Kafka explored the human struggle for understanding and security in his novels such as Amerika, The Trial and The Castle.
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Franz Boas
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Franz Boas
Scientist, Academic Author / 1858 - 1942
Franz Boas was a German-born anthropologist who founded the relativistic, culture-centered school of American anthropology that dominated 20th century thought.
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Franz Ferdinand
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Franz Ferdinand
Duke / 1863 - 1914
Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.
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profile name: Franz Joseph Haydn profile occupation: Songwriter
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profile name: Franz Schubert profile occupation: Educator, Songwriter
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profile name: Franz Boas profile occupation: Scientist, Academic Author
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