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
- 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
This page lists people with the surname Frank.
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