Franke
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Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name.
Surname[]
- Bernd Franke (born 1948), German soccer player
- Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model
- Bob Franke (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer
- , one of the editors of early editions of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- Christopher Franke (born 1953), German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream
- Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator
- Edgar Franke (born 1960), German politician
- Egon Franke (fencer) (born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer
- Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician (SPD)
- Elsa Thiemann (née Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer
- Garance Franke-Ruta (born 1972), American writer and editor
- Guillaume Franke (born 1987), German rugby union player
- Herbert Franke (sinologist) (1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China
- Herbert W. Franke (born 1927), Austrian science fiction writer
- Jay Anthony Franke (born 1972), American actor, voice actor and musician
- Jens Franke (born 1964), German mathematician
- Josef Franke (1876–1944), German architect
- Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler known as Adrian Adonis
- Marcel Franke (born 5 April 1993), German footballer
- Matthieu Franke (born 1985), German rugby union player
- Nikki Franke (born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach
- Stéphane Franke (1964–2011), German long distance runner
- Victor Franke (1865–1936), German military officer
- Werner Franke (born 1940), German professor and biologist
- William B. Franke (1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959–1961
- Yannick Franke (born 1996), Dutch basketball player
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
- Francke, surname
- Franken (disambiguation)
Categories:
- Given names
- Surnames
- German-language surnames