# Hanke

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**Hanke** or **Hancke** is a [surname](/source/Surname) of [Silesian](/source/Silesian_languages) origin. It is most common in Silesia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, but now widely found in the United States, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Hanke is also a male first name in Bohemia and Germany.

## People

- [Brunhilde Hanke](/source/Brunhilde_Hanke) (1930–2024), German politician
- [Christopher J. Hanke](/source/Christopher_Hanke) (b. 1976) actor
- [Edith Hancke](/source/Edith_Hancke) German stage, film and television actress (1928–2015)
- [Gregor Maria Franz Hanke](/source/Gregor_Maria_Franz_Hanke) (b. 1954), German Roman catholic bishop
- [Henriette Hanke](/source/Henriette_Hanke) née Arndt (1785–1862), German writer
- [Hugon Hanke](/source/Hugon_Hanke) (1904–1964), former Polish politician
- [Jan Alois Hanke](/source/Jan_Alois_Hanke) (1751–1806), Bohemian humanist, writer in Czech and German
- [Karl Hanke](/source/Karl_Hanke) (1903–1945), Nazi Party official
- [Karol Hanke](/source/Karol_Hanke) (1903–1964), former Polish football player.
- [Lewis Hanke](/source/Lewis_Hanke) (1905–1993), American historian and professor, father of Latin American Studies
- [Mike Hanke](/source/Mike_Hanke) (b. 1983), German football player
- [Reginald Hanke](/source/Reginald_Hanke) (b. 1956), German politician
- [Sonya Hanke](/source/Sonya_Hanke) (1933–1983), Australian classical pianist
- [Stephan Hanke](/source/Stephan_Hanke) (b. 1972), German soccer player
- [Steve H. Hanke](/source/Steve_Hanke), economist
- [Piotr Hancke](/source/%C5%81atwogang) (born 2002/2003), better known as *Łatwogang*, Polish singer and social media influencer
- [Thaddäus Haenke](/source/Thadd%C3%A4us_Haenke) (1761–1816), explorer

## See also

- [Handke](/source/Handke)
- [Henke](/source/Henke)

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