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Franz Ferdinand is een in 2001 opgerichte Schotse rockband. De band werd in Glasgow gevormd door zanger-gitarist Alex Kapranos, gitarist Nick McCarthy, bassist Bob Hardy en drummer Paul Thomson.

De band kende in 2004 zijn doorbraak met het debuutalbum Franz Ferdinand, dat de Mercury Music Prize won en het album van het jaar werd bij de NME Awards. De doorbraak van Franz Ferdinand was de single "Take Me Out", dat de derde plek behaalde op de UK Singles Chart. Een jaar later verscheen het vervolgalbum You Could Have It So Much Better met als leadsingle "Do You Want To". Na een rustpauze van twee jaar volgde in 2009 het derde album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, met onder andere de single "Ulysses".

Franz Ferdinand was onderdeel van de postpunkrevival van begin 21e eeuw. Alhoewel hun muziek verder vlagen bevat van art rock en indie, heeft de band zichzelf meerdere keren gewoonweg omschreven als 'pop'.

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Their original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass guitar, percussion) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals) joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year, and Audrey Tait (drums, percussion) joined the band after Thomson left in 2021. The band were categorised as a post-punk revival band and garnered multiple UK top 20 hits. They have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards—winning one for Best British Group—as well as one NME Award.

The band's first single, "Darts of Pleasure", just missed out on the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 44. Their second single, "Take Me Out", proved their big commercial breakthrough, peaking at number three. "Take Me Out" charted in several other countries and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; it became the band's signature song. Their debut album Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Prize and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album.

In 2005, the band released their second studio album, You Could Have It So Much Better, produced by Rich Costey. It peaked within the top-ten in multiple countries and earned Grammy-nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles, "Do You Want To". The band's third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, was released in January 2009; by then the band had shifted from a post-punk-focused sound to a more dance-oriented sound. A remix album of Tonight, titled Blood, was released in July 2009.

Four years after the release of Tonight, the band released their fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, in August 2013. In 2015, Franz Ferdinand and American rock band Sparks formed the supergroup FFS and released a one-off album, FFS, in June 2015. The band underwent multiple line-up changes following FFS, beginning with McCarthy's departure in 2016. After acquiring Corrie and Bardot, the band released their fifth studio album Always Ascending in February 2018. Thomson departed in 2021 and was replaced by Tait. The band's sixth studio album, The Human Fear, was released in January 2025 to commercial success.