Frank (surname)

Frank is a German surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

In art

• Alyce Frank, American artist
• Jane Frank, American artist
• Jean-Michel Frank, French furniture and interior designer
• Leonard Frank, German-Canadian photographer
• Magda Frank, Hungarian-Argentine sculptor
• Mary Frank, American artist
• Robert Frank (1924–2019), American photographer

In music

• Bob Frank, American musician, singer, and song writer
• Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician

In literature

• Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a famous diary during World War II
  • Edith Frank (1900–1945), mother of Anne Frank
  • Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of Anne Frank
  • Otto Frank (1889–1980), father of Anne Frank and posthumous editor of her works
• Bernard Frank (1929–2006), French journalist and writer
• Bruno Frank (1878–1945), German author, poet, dramatist and humanist
• Leonhard Frank (1882-1961), German writer
• Waldo David Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar

In military

• Bernhard Frank, German SS Commander
• Hans Frank (1900–1946), governor general of Nazi-occupied Poland
• Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946), Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia

In politics

• Barnett Frank, known as Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson
• James Frank, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls
• Josip Frank, Croatian lawyer and politician
• Michael Frank, Wisconsin politician
• William J. Frank, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

In science

• Adolf Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
• Albert Bernhard Frank (1839-1900), German biologist
• András Frank (1949), Hungarian mathematician
• Carl Frank (1881-1945), German orientalist
• Frederick Charles Frank (1911–1998), British physicist, crystallographer
• Johann Peter Frank (1745–1821), German physician and hygienist
• Ilya Frank (1908–1990), physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate
• Philipp Frank (1884–1966), physicist, mathematician and philosopher

In sports

• John Frank (born 1962), American NFL football player
• Tommy Frank (born 1993), British boxer
• Wolfgang Frank (1951–2013), German footballer and manager

Other

• Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German-American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory
• Bernard Frank (wilderness activist), wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society
• Eugene Maxwell Frank (1907–2009), American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches
• Harriet Frank Jr. (1923–2020), American screenwriter and film producer
• Helmar Frank (1933–2013), German mathematician and educator
• Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur
• Jacob Frank (1726–1791), Polish founder of a Jewish dissident sect
• Jerome Frank (1889–1957), American legal philosopher
• Leo Frank (1884–1915), man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Georgia
• Lisa Frank, American businesswoman
• Peter Frank (academic) (1934–2013), British professor and media commentator
• Peter Frank (art critic) (born 1950), art critic, curator, and poet
• Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographer
• Robert H. Frank, economist
• Semyon Frank, (1877–1950) Russian philosopher
• Thomas Pierson Frank, British civil engineer
• Ulrich Frank (born 1958 ), German computer scientist

See also

• Francis (given name)
• Franck (disambiguation)
• Francke
• Franke
• Frankel
• Frankl