# Franke

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**Franke** is both a German-language surname and a given name.

## Surname

- [Alfred Franke](/source/Alfred_Franke) (1918–1942), German fighter pilot
- [Andre Franke](/source/Andre_Franke) (born 1978), American German geneticist
- [Andreas Franke](/source/Andreas_Franke) (born 1954), German sports shooter
- [Angela Franke](/source/Angela_Franke) (born 1957), German swimmer
- [Anselm Franke](/source/Anselm_Franke) (born 1978), German curator and writer
- [Arthur Franke](/source/Arthur_Franke) (1909–1992), East German policeman and Military Intelligence Chief
- [Bernd Franke](/source/Bernd_Franke) (born 1948), German footballer
- [Bernd Franke (composer)](/source/Bernd_Franke_(composer)) (born 1959), German composer
- [Bette Franke](/source/Bette_Franke) (born 1989), Dutch fashion model
- [Bill Franke](/source/Bill_Franke) (born 1937), American businessman
- [Bob Franke](/source/Bob_Franke) (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer
- [Chris Franke](/source/Chris_Franke), American poet
- [Christoph Franke](/source/Christoph_Franke) (born 1944), German footballer and coach
- [Christopher Franke](/source/Christopher_Franke) (born 1953), German musician/composer in [Tangerine Dream](/source/Tangerine_Dream)
- [Detlef Franke](/source/Detlef_Franke) (1952–2007), German Egyptologist
- [Dominik Franke](/source/Dominik_Franke) (born 1998), German footballer
- [Donald T. Franke](/source/Donald_T._Franke) (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator
- [Edgar Franke](/source/Edgar_Franke) (born 1960), German politician
- [Egon Franke (fencer)](/source/Egon_Franke_(fencer)) (1935–2022), Polish Olympic fencer
- [Egon Franke (politician)](/source/Egon_Franke_(politician)) (1913–1995), German politician (SPD)
- [Elsa Thiemann](/source/Elsa_Thiemann) (*née* Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer
- [Eric Franke](/source/Eric_Franke) (born 1989), German bobsledder
- [Ernst Ludwig Franke](/source/Ernst_Ludwig_Franke) (1886–1948), Austrian painter
- [Fabian Franke](/source/Fabian_Franke) (born 1989), German footballer
- [Friedrich Wilhelm Franke](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Franke) (1862–1932), German organist
- [Garance Franke-Ruta](/source/Garance_Franke-Ruta) (born 1972), American writer and editor
- [Gerhard Franke](/source/Gerhard_Franke) (1926–2002), German painter
- [Guillaume Franke](/source/Guillaume_Franke) (born 1987), German rugby union player
- [Günther Franke](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Franke) (1900–1976), German gallery owner, art dealer and collector
- [Gustav Franke](/source/Gustav_Franke) (born 1937), German International motorcycle trials rider
- [Gustave H. Franke](/source/Gustave_H._Franke) (1888–1953), American major general
- [Harry F. Franke Jr.](/source/Harry_F._Franke_Jr.) (1922–2012), American politician
- [Heinz Franke](/source/Heinz_Franke) (born 1928), German sports shooter
- [Herbert Franke (sinologist)](/source/Herbert_Franke_(sinologist)) (1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China
- [Herbert W. Franke](/source/Herbert_W._Franke) (1927–2022), Austrian science fiction writer
- [Ivana Franke](/source/Ivana_Franke) (born 1973), Croatian artist
- [Jay Anthony Franke](/source/Jay_Anthony_Franke) (born 1972), American actor, voice actor and musician
- [Jens Franke](/source/Jens_Franke) (born 1964), German mathematician
- [Joachim Franke](/source/Joachim_Franke) (1940–2024), German ice hockey player
- [Josef Franke](/source/Josef_Franke) (1876–1944), German architect
- [Katherine Franke](/source/Katherine_Franke), American legal scholar
- Keith Franke (1953–1988), American professional wrestler known as [Adrian Adonis](/source/Adrian_Adonis)
- [Keith Franke (politician)](/source/Keith_Franke_(politician)) (born 1970), American politician
- [Klaus Franke](/source/Klaus_Franke) (born 1948), German footballer
- [Marcel Franke](/source/Marcel_Franke) (born 1993), German footballer
- [Mario Franke](/source/Mario_Franke) (born 1968), German gymnast
- [Matthieu Franke](/source/Matthieu_Franke) (born 1985), German rugby union player
- [Megan Loef Franke](/source/Megan_Loef_Franke), American scholar of mathematics education
- [Nikki Franke](/source/Nikki_Franke) (born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach
- [Noah Franke](/source/Noah_Franke) (born 1995), American soccer player
- [Otto Franke (sinologist)](/source/Otto_Franke_(sinologist)) (1863–1946), German diplomat, sinologist, and historian
- [Otto Franke (politician)](/source/Otto_Franke_(politician)) (1877–1953), German politician and trade unionist
- [Paul Franke (figure skater)](/source/Paul_Franke_(figure_skater)) (1888–1950), German figure skater
- [Paul Franke (tenor)](/source/Paul_Franke_(tenor)) (1917–2011), American operatic tenor
- [Richard Walter Franke](/source/Richard_Walter_Franke) (1905–1973), German archivist
- [Rolf Franke](/source/Rolf_Franke) (born 1967), Dutch basketball player and coach
- [Ruby Franke](/source/Ruby_Franke) (born 1982), American former family vlogger YouTuber, aggravated child abuser
- [Sebastian Franke](/source/Sebastian_Franke) (born 1963), German rower
- [Shari Franke](/source/Shari_Franke) (born 2003), American former vlogger, author
- [Stéphane Franke](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Franke) (1964–2011), German long distance runner
- [Thomas Franke](/source/Thomas_Franke) (born 1988), German football manager and player
- [Valentin Franke](/source/Valentin_Franke) (1926–2025), Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist
- [Victor Franke](/source/Victor_Franke) (1865–1936), German military officer
- [Werner Franke](/source/Werner_Franke) (1940–2022), German professor and biologist
- [William B. Franke](/source/William_B._Franke) (1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959–1961
- [William Franke (philosopher)](/source/William_Franke_(philosopher)) (born 1956), American academic and philosopher
- [Wolfgang Franke](/source/Wolfgang_Franke) (1912–2007), German sinologist
- [Yannick Franke](/source/Yannick_Franke) (born 1996), Dutch basketball player

## Given name

- [Franke Onsrud](/source/Franke_Onsrud) (1885–1945), Norwegian sports shooter
- [Franke Previte](/source/Franke_Previte) (born 1946), American composer
- [Franke Rupert](/source/Franke_Rupert) (1888–1971), Austrian engraver
- [Franke Sloothaak](/source/Franke_Sloothaak) (born 1958), German equestrian
- [Franke Wilmer](/source/Franke_Wilmer) (born 1950), American academic and politician

## See also

- [Franke family (Bydgoszcz)](/source/Franke_family_(Bydgoszcz)), Prussian family
- [Franke (company)](/source/Franke_(company)), Swiss manufacturing company
- [Franke and the Knockouts](/source/Franke_and_the_Knockouts), American band in the early 1980s
- [Franke Institute for the Humanities](/source/Franke_Institute_for_the_Humanities) at the University of Chicago
- [Franke mine](/source/Franke_mine), copper mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile
- [Francke](/source/Francke), surname
- [Franken (disambiguation)](/source/Franken_(disambiguation))

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