Harnack

Harnack is the surname of a German family of intellectuals, artists, mathematicians, scientists, theologians and those in other fields. Several family members were executed by the Nazis during the last years of the Third Reich.


 * Theodosius Harnack (1817–1889), German theologian
 * Anna Harnack (1849–?)
 * Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), German liberal theologian and historian of religion
 * Agnes von Zahn-Harnack (1884–1950), German writer and women's rights activist
 * Ernst von Harnack (1888–1945), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter
 * Gustav-Adolf von Harnack (1917-2010), German pediatrician
 * Elisabet von Harnack (1892–1976), German social worker
 * Axel von Harnack (1895–1974), German historian and philologist
 * Carl Gustav Axel Harnack (1851–1888), German mathematician
 * Erich Harnack, professor of pharmacology
 * Otto Harnack, literature historian
 * Clara Harnack, painter and wife of Otto
 * Arvid Harnack (1901–1942), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter
 * Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), American anti-Nazi resistance fighter, wife of Arvid
 * Falk Harnack (1913–1991), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, film and stage director, brother of Arvid Harnack

Other uses

 * Harnack's principle