Franke
Franke is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Bernd Franke, German soccer player
- Bette Franke, Dutch fashion model
- Bob Franke, American folk singer and song writer
- Christian Wilhelm Franke, one of the editors of early editions of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- Christopher Franke, German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream
- Donald T. Franke, American jurist and legislator
- Egon Franke (fencer) (born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer
- Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician
- Garance Franke-Ruta, American writer and editor
- Guillaume Franke, German rugby union player
- Herbert Franke (sinologist) (born 1914), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China
- Herbert W. Franke, German science fiction writer
- Jay Anthony Franke, American actor, voice actor and musician
- Jens Franke, German mathematician
- Josef Franke (1876–1944), German architect
- Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler known as Adrian Adonis
- Matthieu Franke, German rugby union player
- Nikki Franke, American fencer and fencing coach
- Stéphane Franke, German long distance runner
- Victor Franke (1865–1936), German military officer
- Werner Franke, German professor and biologist
- William B. Franke (1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959-1961
Given name:
- Franke Previte, American composer
- Franke Rupert (1888–1971), Austrian engraver
See also
- Franke (company), Swiss manufacturing company
- Franke and the Knockouts, American band in the early 1980s
- Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago
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