Franz Liszt | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Franz Schubert | Franz Kafka | Otto von Bismarck | Baron | Alexander von Humboldt | Wernher von Braun | Carl Maria von Weber | Franz Joseph I of Austria | Herbert von Karajan | Franz Ferdinand | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | Franz Boas | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | John von Neumann | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Lars von Trier | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Ferdinand von Mueller | baron | Paul von Hindenburg | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Sacha Baron Cohen | Heinrich von Kleist | Franz Lehár | Anne Sofie von Otter | Zach Braff | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joey Baron |
It was chosen by Benjamin Valz, director of the Marseilles Observatory, in honour of the astronomical station of that name operated by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach on the mountains above the city.