Rankine

Rankine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * William Rankine (1820–1872), Scottish engineer and physicist
 * Rankine body an elliptical shape of significance in fluid dynamics, named for Rankine
 * Rankine scale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale, named for Rankine
 * Rankine cycle, a thermodynamic heat-engine cycle, also named after Rankine
 * Rankine Lecture, a lecture delivered annually by an expert in the field of geotechnics
 * Alan Rankine (born 1958), Scottish rock musician
 * Alexander Rankine (1881–1956), British physicist
 * Andy Rankine (1895–1965), Scottish footballer
 * Camille Rankine, American poet
 * Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright
 * Dean Rankine, Australian comics artist
 * George Rankine Irwin, (1907–1998) American materials scientist
 * James Rankine (1828–1897), South Australian politician
 * Jennifer Rankine (born 1953), South Australian politician
 * John Rankine (1918–2013), British science fiction author
 * John Rankine (Australian politician) (1801–1864), South Australian physician and politician
 * John Rankine (governor) (1907–1987), British colonial administrator
 * Leila Rankine (1932–1993), Aboriginal Australian poet, co-founder of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music at the University of Adelaide
 * Mark Rankine (born 1969), English footballer
 * Michael Rankine (born 1985), English footballer
 * Scotty Rankine (1909–1995), Canadian Olympic athlete
 * Thomas Rankine (born 1978), American musician
 * William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan (1898–1975), Scottish judge and politician