Schenk
Schenk is a common German and Dutch occupational surname derived from schenken (=to pour out or serve) and referring to the medieval profession of cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper).[1] [2] People with this surname include:
- Ard Schenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: Ard Schenk Award)
- August Schenk (born 1815), German botanist and paleobotanist
- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustrator
- Bel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poet
- Bert Schenk (born 1970), German boxer
- Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor
- Christian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathlete
- Dieter Schenk (born 1937), German author and police officer
- Francis Joseph Schenk (1901–1969), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Franziska Schenk (born 1974), German speed skater
- Georg Schenk von Limpurg, (1470–1522), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
- Hanne Schenk (born 1984), Swiss bobsledder
- Hans Schenk (born 1949), Dutch footballer
- Heinz Schenk (1924-2014), German television moderator
- Henk Schenk (born 1945), Dutch-born American wrestler
- Isobel Schenk (1898–1980), Australian Christian missionary
- Johan Schenk (1660 – after 1712), Dutch musician and composer
- Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836), Austrian composer
- Josephus Schenk (born 1980), Dutch darts player
- Juliane Schenk (born 1982), German badminton player
- Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak government minister
- Karl Schenk (1823–1895), Swiss pastor and politician
- Leopold Schenk (1840–1902), Austrian embryologist
- Lynn Schenk (born 1945), American (Californian) politician
- Nick Schenk (born 1965), American screenwriter
- Otto Schenk (born 1930), Austrian actor
- Pavel Schenk (born 1941), Czech volleyball player
- Peter Schenk the Elder (1660–1712), German-born Dutch engraver and cartographer
- Peter Schenk the Younger (1693–1775), Dutch engraver and map publisher
- Rodolphe Samuel Schenk (1888–1969), Australian Christian missionary
- Xandro Schenk (born 1993), Dutch footballer
- Schenk von Stauffenberg
- Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), German army officer, aristocrat and resistance member
- For his relatives, see the Stauffenberg family
See also
This page lists people with the surname Schenk.
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