Franke

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

Surname

• 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 (born 1940), 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
• 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
• Stéphane Franke (1964–2011), German long distance runner
• Thomas Franke (born 1988), German football manager and player
• Valentin Franke (born 1926), 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
• Francke, surname
• Franken (disambiguation)