Crank (surname)
Crank is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Crank, British television presenter * John Crank (1916–2006), British mathematical physicist * Marion Crank (1915-1994), Arkansas politician * Patrick Crank, American lawyer See also * Krank (other) * Cronk (surname) *Crook (surname) Crook is an Old Norse surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist * Al Crook (''Alfred John Crook''; 1897–1958), American football player * Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engi ...

Anthony Crank
Anthony Scott Crank (born 13 April 1974) is an English television presenter, journalist and actor, probably best known for his work on Channel 4's ''T4 (Channel 4), T4'', MTV and Bingo Night Live on ITV1, and BBC1's ''Holiday''. Education Crank trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop. Career Crank moved to London aged 23 and found work writing for magazines, ultimately becoming celebrity editor for ''OK!''. Manchester School Of Acting under the tuition of Mark Hudson Crank was headhunted for Channel 4 youth strand T4 for 4 years and has also presented on MTV. He was one of several presenters on BBC ''Holiday (TV series), Holiday'', Holiday Hit Squad and Departure Lounge and hosted a range of shows for the MyTV (British and Irish TV channel), Eat Cinema channel as well as working as the main presenter on ITV Network, ITV's ''Bingo Night Live''. He also works for BBC Radio Manchester as a regular cover presenter. Crank has returned to Manchester in order to pursue an acting ...
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John Crank
John Crank (6 February 1916 – 3 October 2006) was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Crank was born in Hindley, Greater Manchester, Hindley in Lancashire, England. His father was a carpenter's pattern-maker. Crank studied at Manchester University from 1934 to 1938, where he was awarded a BSc and MSc as a student of William Lawrence Bragg, Lawrence Bragg and Douglas Hartree. In 1953, Manchester University awarded him a DSc. He worked on ballistics during the Second World War, and was then a mathematical physicist at Courtaulds Fundamental Research Laboratory from 1945 to 1957. In 1957, he was appointed as the first Head of Department of Mathematics at Brunel University, Brunel College in Acton. He served two terms of office as vice-principal of Brunel before his retirement in 1981, when he was granted the title of professor emeritus. Crank's main work was on the numerical solution of partial dif ...
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Marion Crank
Marion Harland Crank (February 18, 1915 – December 19, 1994) was an American Democratic politician from Foreman in Little River County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1951 to 1968. He was the Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1964 and his party's gubernatorial nominee in 1968, but he was narrowly defeated by the incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller. Background Crank was born in Bearden outside Camden in Ouachita County in south Arkansas. He was originally engaged in the mercantile business in Foreman and was particularly active in the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church there. He was the chief of real property control for the Farmers Home Administration regional office in Dallas. He worked to establish the Foreman Industrial Development Corporation. He was sent to China as the chief agricultural officer for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. At the time of his death ...
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Patrick Crank
Patrick J. Crank (born December 30, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 33rd Wyoming Attorney General, from 2002 until 2007. He currently serves as the Wyoming Game & Fish Commissioner for District #1 and is a shareholder of Speight, McCue & Crank, PC. Prior to his appointment, he worked in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming. His successor in the office of Attorney General was Bruce Salzburg. Education * J.D., University of Wyoming Law School, 1985 *Bachelor's degree, Accounting University of Wyoming, 1982 Professional experience *Assistant United States Attorney, District of Wyoming, United States Attorney's Office, 1990-2002 *Natrona Country District Attorney's Office, 1987-1990 *Assistant Attorney General, Wyoming Attorney General's Office, 1985-1986 Personal Patrick J. Crank was born on December 30, 1959, in Pueblo, Colorado. He is married to Anna Crank. They have four children: Abbigail, Jerry, Zachary, Noah. On September ...
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Krank (other)
Krank may refer to: * "Krank" (song), a 2011 song by industrial rock band KMFDM * Krank Glacier, Antarctica *Krank Manufacturing Company building in St. Paul, Minnesota * Krank Park, Albany, New York *Krank, the villain of the 1995 film ''The City of Lost Children'' *Luther and Nora Krank, the main characters of the 2004 film ''Christmas with the Kranks'', played by Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis See also *Crank (other) Crank may refer to: Mechanisms * Crank (mechanism), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it * Crankset, the componen ...

Cronk (surname)
Cronk is a surname. List of people with the surname * Chas Cronk, English singer-songwriter and musician * Cooper Cronk (born 1983), Australian rugby league footballer * Coy Cronk (born 1998), American football player * Edwin M. Cronk (1918–2020), the third United States Ambassador to Singapore * George P. Cronk (1904–1996), Los Angeles City Councilman for the 5th district, 1945–52 * Hiram Cronk (1800–1905), the last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 at the time of his death * Kylie Cronk (born 1984), softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics * Mary Cronk MBE (1932–2018), an independent midwife from England awarded an MBE for services to midwifery * Mike Cronk, American politician * Rick Cronk (born 1942), American businessman, co-owner and president of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream * Toni Cronk (born 1980), field hockey goalkeeper from Australia * Tiger Cronk (born 2002), Fall Guys World Champion 2020-present See also * Cr ...
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