Frank (surname)

Frank is a German surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

In art

 * Alyce Frank (born 1932), American artist
 * Jane Frank (1918–1986), American artist
 * Jean-Michel Frank (1895–1941), French furniture and interior designer
 * Leonard Frank (1870–1944), German-Canadian photographer
 * Magda Frank (1914–2010), Hungarian-Argentine sculptor
 * Mary Frank (born 1933), American artist
 * Robert Frank (1924–2019), American photographer

In music

 * Alan Frank (1910–1994), music publisher, clarinetist and composer
 * Bob Frank (1944–2019), American musician, singer, and song writer
 * Jackson C. Frank (1943–1999), American folk musician

In literature

 * Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a famous diary during World War II
 * Edith Frank (1900–1945), mother of Anne Frank
 * Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of Anne Frank
 * Otto Frank (1889–1980), father of Anne Frank and posthumous editor of her works
 * Bernard Frank (1929–2006), French journalist and writer
 * Bruno Frank (1878–1945), German author, poet, dramatist and humanist
 * Dan Frank (1954–2021), American editorial director at Pantheon Books
 * Leonhard Frank (1882–1961), German writer
 * Nathaniel Frank (fl. 2000s), American author and historian
 * Waldo Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar
 * Thomas Frank (born 1965), American political analyst, historian, and writer

In military

 * Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander
 * Hans Frank (1900–1946), governor general of Nazi-occupied Poland
 * Johann Frank (general) (born 1969) is an officer of the Austrian Armed Forces and political scientist
 * Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946), Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia

In politics

 * Barney Frank (born 1940), American politician, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson
 * Donald J. Frank (1937–1995), American politician from Minnesota
 * James Frank (born 1966), American politician, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls
 * Josip Frank (1844–1911), Croatian lawyer and politician of Jewish descent
 * Michael Frank (1804–1894), American politician from Wisconsin
 * William J. Frank (born 1960), American politician, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

In science

 * Adolph Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
 * Albert Bernhard Frank (1839–1900), German biologist
 * András Frank (born 1949), Hungarian mathematician
 * Dawn Frank, American biologist and academic administrator
 * Frederick Charles Frank (1911–1998), British physicist, crystallographer
 * Joachim Frank (born 1940), German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate
 * Johann Peter Frank (1745–1821), German physician and hygienist
 * Ilya Frank (1908–1990), physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate
 * Philipp Frank (1884–1966), physicist, mathematician and philosopher
 * Dr. Nicholas Frank, English-American Veterinarian and Dean of Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine

In sports

 * John Frank (tight end) (born 1962), American NFL football player
 * Thomas Frank (football manager) (born 1973), Danish football manager
 * Tommy Frank (born 1993), British boxer
 * Wolfgang Frank (1951–2013), German footballer and manager

Other

 * Amber Frank (born 1998), American actress
 * Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German-American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory
 * Bernard Frank (wilderness activist) (1902–1964), wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society
 * Donovan W. Frank (born 1951), American judge
 * Eugene Maxwell Frank (1907–2009), American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches
 * Eve Frank (1754–1816/1817), female Jewish messiah claimant
 * Harriet Frank Jr. (1923–2020), American screenwriter and film producer
 * Helmar Frank (1933–2013), German mathematician and educator
 * Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur
 * Jacob Frank (1726–1791), Polish founder of a Jewish dissident sect
 * Jason David Frank (1973–2022), American actor
 * Jerome Frank (1889–1957), American legal philosopher and judge
 * Leo Frank (1884–1915), man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Georgia
 * Lisa Frank (born 1955), American businesswoman
 * Peter Frank (academic) (1934–2013), British professor and media commentator
 * Peter Frank (art critic) (born 1950), art critic, curator, and poet
 * Ray Frank (1861–1948), female Jewish religious leader
 * Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographer
 * Robert H. Frank (born 1945), economist
 * Semyon Frank, (1877–1950) Russian philosopher
 * Peirson Frank (1881–1951), British civil engineer
 * Ulrich Frank (born 1958), German computer scientist