Father Franz Magnis-Suseno SJ, a Jesuit priest, is professor emeritus at Driyarkara School of Philosophy in Jakarta, its former rector for 11 years.

Born 1936 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, and was originally called Graf Franz Ferdinand von Magnis.

He has lived in Indonesia since 1961 and in 1977 became an Indonesian citizen, taking the name of Franz Magnis-Suseno.

For many years he lectured also at Jakarta's Universitas Indonesia and at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung.

In 2001 he received the Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.