Noack

Noack is a German surname of Sorbian origin. It is a spelling variant of the surname Noak, which is itself a variant of Nowak; nowak ("newcomer") was a nickname for a new citizen or for someone who has recently moved to a town or village. There are 8070 people surnamed Noack in Germany, mostly in the Sorbian settlement area. The surname is attested as early as 1648, with a mention of a Hans Noack in Lübben.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Angelika Noack, German rower
 * Astrid Noack, Danish sculptor
 * Axel Noack, German racewalker
 * Barbara Noack (1924–2022), German writer
 * Belinda Noack, Australian cricketer
 * Bernd Noack, German scientist
 * Claudia Noack (born 1961), German rower
 * Eddie Noack, American country-western singer
 * Erwin Noack (1940–2006), German artist and musician
 * Friedrich Noack, German cultural historian and writer
 * Günther Noack (1912–1991), German figure skater
 * Harald Noack (born 1945), German politician in Lower Saxony
 * Harald Noack (born 1949), German politician in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia
 * Hermann Noack, founder of Hermann Noack, German art foundry
 * Ingrid Noack (born 1982), Australian cricketer
 * John Noack (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
 * Karl Gustav Herbert Noack, the birth name of German composer Jim Cowler (1898–1964)
 * Kurt Noack, German composer
 * Lothar Noack (born 1953), German swimmer
 * Marianne Noack (born 1951), German gymnast
 * Neele Eckhardt-Noack (born 1992), German triple jumper
 * Rudolf Noack, German footballer
 * Rüdiger Noack, German Ice hockey player
 * Ruth Noack (born 1964), German curator and art historian
 * Sebastian Noack (born 1969), German baritone
 * Ulrich Noack, German ice hockey player
 * Ursula Noack (1918–1988), German cabaret artiste, actress, and singer
 * Ute Noack, East German cross-country skier
 * Ute Noack (swimmer) (born 1943), German butterfly swimmer