{{wiktionary|Franke}} '''Franke''' is both a German-language surname and a given name.
== Surname == * Alfred Franke (1918–1942), German fighter pilot * Andre Franke (born 1978), American German geneticist * Andreas Franke (born 1954), German sports shooter * Angela Franke (born 1957), German swimmer * Anselm Franke (born 1978), German curator and writer * Arthur Franke (1909–1992), East German policeman and Military Intelligence Chief * Bernd Franke (born 1948), German footballer * Bernd Franke (composer) (born 1959), German composer * Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model * Bill Franke (born 1937), American businessman * Bob Franke (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer * Chris Franke, American poet * Christoph Franke (born 1944), German footballer and coach * Christopher Franke (born 1953), German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream * Detlef Franke (1952–2007), German Egyptologist * Dominik Franke (born 1998), German footballer * Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator * Edgar Franke (born 1960), German politician * Egon Franke (fencer) (1935–2022), Polish Olympic fencer * Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician (SPD) * Elsa Thiemann (''née'' Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer * Eric Franke (born 1989), German bobsledder * Ernst Ludwig Franke (1886–1948), Austrian painter * Fabian Franke (born 1989), German footballer * Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (1862–1932), German organist * Garance Franke-Ruta (born 1972), American writer and editor * Gerhard Franke (1926–2002), German painter * Guillaume Franke (born 1987), German rugby union player * Günther Franke (1900–1976), German gallery owner, art dealer and collector * Gustav Franke (born 1937), German International motorcycle trials rider * Gustave H. Franke (1888–1953), American major general * Harry F. Franke Jr. (1922–2012), American politician * Heinz Franke (born 1928), German sports shooter * Herbert Franke (sinologist) (1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China * Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022), Austrian science fiction writer * Ivana Franke (born 1973), Croatian artist * Jay Anthony Franke (born 1972), American actor, voice actor and musician * Jens Franke (born 1964), German mathematician * Joachim Franke (1940–2024), German ice hockey player * Josef Franke (1876–1944), German architect * Katherine Franke, American legal scholar * Keith Franke (1953–1988), American professional wrestler known as Adrian Adonis * Keith Franke (politician) (born 1970), American politician * Klaus Franke (born 1948), German footballer * Marcel Franke (born 1993), German footballer * Mario Franke (born 1968), German gymnast * Matthieu Franke (born 1985), German rugby union player * Megan Loef Franke, American scholar of mathematics education * Nikki Franke (born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach * Noah Franke (born 1995), American soccer player * Otto Franke (sinologist) (1863–1946), German diplomat, sinologist, and historian * Otto Franke (politician) (1877–1953), German politician and trade unionist * Paul Franke (figure skater) (1888–1950), German figure skater * Paul Franke (tenor) (1917–2011), American operatic tenor * Richard Walter Franke (1905–1973), German archivist * Rolf Franke (born 1967), Dutch basketball player and coach * Ruby Franke (born 1982), American former family vlogger YouTuber, aggravated child abuser * Sebastian Franke (born 1963), German rower * Shari Franke (born 2003), American former vlogger, author * Stéphane Franke (1964–2011), German long distance runner * Thomas Franke (born 1988), German football manager and player * Valentin Franke (1926–2025), Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist * Victor Franke (1865–1936), German military officer * Werner Franke (1940–2022), German professor and biologist * William B. Franke (1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959–1961 * William Franke (philosopher) (born 1956), American academic and philosopher * Wolfgang Franke (1912–2007), German sinologist * Yannick Franke (born 1996), Dutch basketball player
== Given name == * Franke Onsrud (1885–1945), Norwegian sports shooter * Franke Previte (born 1946), American composer * Franke Rupert (1888–1971), Austrian engraver * Franke Sloothaak (born 1958), German equestrian * Franke Wilmer (born 1950), American academic and politician
==See also== * Franke family (Bydgoszcz), Prussian family * 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 * Franke mine, copper mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile * Francke, surname * Franken (disambiguation)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franke}} Category:German-language surnames