Frank (surname)

Frank is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

In science:

Adolf Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
Albert Bernhard Frank (1839-1900), German biologist
András Frank (1949), Hungarian mathematician
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 influential philosopher during the first half of the 20th century

In literature:

Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a famous diary during WWII
- 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
Waldo David Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar

In art:

In military:

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

In politics:

Barnett Frank, also known as Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson
Bernhard Frank, German SS Commander
William J. Frank, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

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
Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur
Jacob Frank (1726–1791), founder of a Jewish dissident sect
Jerome Frank (1889–1957), legal philosopher
John Frank (born 1962), American NFL football player
Leo Frank (1884–1913), man convicted of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Georgia
Robert Frank (born 1924), photographer
Robert H. Frank, economist
Thomas Pierson Frank, British civil engineer

See also