Franks (surname)
Franks is also an Anglo-American surname, derived from the given name Frank.[1] The name is on record in Virginia from the 1660s.[2]
People with the surname include:
- David Franks (loyalist) (1720 - 1794), prominent Loyalist in the American Revolution
- David Franks (aide-de-camp) (David Salisbury Franks) (1740 - 1793), aide-de-camp of Benedict Arnold
- Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826 - 1897), English antiquarian
- William Sadler Franks (1851 - 1935), British astronomer
- Wilbur R. Franks (1901 - 1986), Canadian scientist
- Oliver Shewell Franks (1905 - 1992), English philosopher
- Bobby Franks (1909 - 1924), murder victim
- Herman Franks (1914 - 2009), American Major League baseball player and coach
- Tillman Franks (1920 - 2006), American bassist and songwriter
- Dick Franks (1920 - 2008), Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (1979-1982)
- Cecil Franks (born 1935), former English Member of Parliament
- Michael Franks (musician) (born 1944), US-American jazz singer/songwriter
- Tommy Franks (born 1945), U.S. general
- Lynne Franks (born 1948), English public relations consultant
- Stephen Franks (born 1950), New Zealand lawyer
- Bob Franks (born 1951), American Republican politician
- Philip Franks (born 1956), British actor
- Trent Franks (born 1957), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
- Carl Franks (born 1960), American college football coach
- Michael Franks (athlete) (born 1963), US-American sprinter
- Tanya Franks (born 1967), American actress
- Tim Franks (born 1968), BBC journalist
- Jimmy Franks (born 1972), real name of musician Jimmy Pop
- Bubba Franks (born 1978), American footballer
- Paul Franks (born 1979), English cricketer
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press (2013); Ann Madison Franks (c. 1165–1739).
- ↑ Louise Pledge Heath Foley, Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Genealogical Publishing, 2009, p. 67.