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Franke
Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name. Surname * Bernd Franke (born 1948), German soccer player * Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model * Bob Franke (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer * Christian Wilhelm Franke, one of the editors of early editions of the '' Brockhaus Enzyklopädie'' * Christopher Franke (born 1953), German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream * Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator * Edgar Franke (born 1960), German politician * Egon Franke (fencer) (born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer * Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician (SPD) * Elsa Thiemann (''née'' Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer * Garance Franke-Ruta (born 1972), American writer and editor * Guillaume Franke (born 1987), German rugby union player * Herbert Franke (sinologist) (1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China * Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022), Austrian science fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Franke
Yannick Ayrton Franke (born May 21, 1996) is a Dutch professional basketball player for PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He also represents the Netherlands national basketball team in international competition. Franke mainly plays at the shooting guard position and occasionally as a point guard. Professional career Franke started his professional career with the Dutch powerhouse ZZ Leiden in the 2013–14 season. In December he transferred to lower-ranked Challenge Sports Rotterdam, where he could get more playing time. In the 2014–15 season, Franke had a break-out year. He was the youngest scoring champion in the history of the Dutch DBL, after he recorded 19.6 points per game at age 19. He also won the DBL MVP Under 23 and DBL Most Improved Player Awards. For the 2015–16 season, Franke signed with Donar Groningen. On 15 February 2016, Franke left Donar. On February 29, 2016, he signed for the remainder of the season with Bisons Loimaa in Finland. On Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franke (company)
Franke Holding AG, based in Aarburg, Switzerland, is an industrial manufacturer with companies located around the world. Franke has about 8,100 employees working in 63 companies in Europe, South and North America, Africa, Australia and Asia. In 2021, the Franke Group had a total turnover of CHF 2,557 million. Franke History Founding years Hermann Franke founded a sheet metal business in his name in Rorschach, Switzerland, in 1911. In the late 1920s the economic upturn in the industry and construction sector led to the incorporation of a sanitary installations department. Franke began with the production of oven tops, skylights and dormer windows. In the 1930s Franke started production of the first sink units in nickeline, monel-metal and later in stainless steel. Franke built a new factory with offices and residential building, and the company's ten employees relocated to Aarburg, Switzerland. Franke initiated the first production series and the first fully welded, smooth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Franke
Werner Wilhelm Franke (31 January 1940 – 14 November 2022) was a German biologist and a professor of cell and molecular biology at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. He was an anti-doping pioneer in Germany. Life Franke was born in Paderborn on 31 January 1940. After completing high school (''Abitur'' at Gymnasium Theodorianum), he studied chemistry, biology and physics at the University of Heidelberg. Following completion of his doctorate (Heidelberg) and habilitation (Freiburg) he became a university professor in Heidelberg and, at the same time, became the head of a department at the German Cancer Research Center. In 1982, Franke became the president of the European Cell Biology Organization (ECBO), a post he held until 1990. His main research field was the molecular characterization of the cytoskeleton in normal and transformed cells. He was also a doping expert. Franke died on 14 November 2022 from an intracerebral hemorrhage, at age 82. Drug abuse in spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Franke
Josef Franke (12 March 1876 – 16 January 1944) was a German architect. He created a number of sacred and secular buildings in the Ruhrgebiet, particularly in Gelsenkirchen. He is noted for his work in the 1920s in the brick-expressionist style. Life After leaving school, Franke studied at the Höxter Baugewerkschule (English: building trade school) and then at the Technical University of Charlottenburg as a guest student. After completing his training he first was employed at the council structural engineering office in Cologne, and later in the architect's office of Max and Carl Anton Meckel in Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1904 he set up on his own in Gelsenkirchen. Frankes second own house, completed in 1909, is located in Gelsenkirchen in the Robert-Koch-Straße. In recent years, Frankes work in Gelsenkirchen has been rediscovered and re-evaluated by exhibitions and publications. His daughter is the Interior designer and Artist Margarete Franke. Architectural st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthieu Franke
Matthieu Franke (born 13 February 1985)Mathieu Franke Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 is a German player, playing for RC Orléans in the and the |
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the group was its mid-1970s trio of Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann. In 1979, Johannes Schmoelling replaced Baumann. Since Froese's death in 2015, the group has been under the leadership of Thorsten Quaeschning (Froese's chosen successor and the current longest-serving band member, having joined in 2005). He was joined by violinist Hoshiko Yamane in 2011, Ulrich Schnauss in 2014 and Paul Frick in 2020. Tangerine Dream are considered a pioneering act in electronica. Their work with the electronic music Ohr label produced albums that had a pivotal role in the development of the German musical scene known as kosmische Musik ("cosmic music"). Their "Virgin Years", so called because of their association with Virgin Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernd Franke
Bernd Franke (born 12 February 1948) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Also an outfield player in his youth, young Bernd Franke made his steps towards the professional game following his impressiveness in the ranks of Saar 05 Saarbrücken. Their manager, Otto Knefler, remembered the young goalkeeper during his spell at Fortuna Düsseldorf and took him to Düsseldorf then. It was in 1971 when Knefler had been employed by Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig and signed Franke again, this time considering decent backup's for Horst Wolter, Braunschweig's regular goalkeeper. Instantly Franke ousted the former international goalkeeper, but could not stop his club from getting relegated in 1973. Poised to join 1. FC Kaiserslautern from relegated Braunschweig that summer, Franke rejected the chance of staying a Bundesliga player in the year before the 1974 FIFA World Cup. In 1974, he was back in the Bundesliga with Braunschweig, as reliable as usual, enjoying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Franke
Marcel Franke (born 5 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Karlsruher SC. Career Franke is a product of Dynamo Dresden's youth setup, and was promoted to the first team in 2010. He made his debut in March 2011, when he replaced Sascha Pfeffer in a 3. Liga match against SV Wehen Wiesbaden. In Summer 2013 he was signed for Hallescher FC by former Dynamo Dresden coach Sven Köhler. In July 2017, he signed for Norwich City on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for them in the opening game of the 2017–18 season, a 1–1 draw with Fulham, playing at centre half along with fellow debutant Christoph Zimmermann. He played in the first seven games of the season (five in the Championship and two in the EFL Cup) but was dropped after a 4–0 defeat at Millwall, with Timm Klose having returned from injury and the club signing Grant Hanley. Although he came on as a late substitute for Klose in a 3–1 win over Brentf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franke And The Knockouts
Franke and the Knockouts was an American pop rock band, formed in New Jersey, United States, and fronted by singer/songwriter Franke Previte. History Franke and the Knockouts formed in 1980, with the original line-up including Previte as frontman, Billy Elworthy on guitar, Blake Levinsohn on keyboards, Leigh Foxx on bass, and Claude LeHenaff on drums. Signed by Millennium Records, this line-up released their self-titled debut album in 1981, scoring a top ten hit with " Sweetheart", co-written by Previte and Elworthy. This single would be the group's biggest hit, peaking at number 10 in the U.S. in June 1981. Another single, "You're My Girl", also cracked the top 30. Keyboardist Tommy Ayers, who had played a key role performing on the debut album, became an official member of the band soon thereafter, expanding the line-up to six. The group toured and appeared on shows such as '' Fridays'' and ''American Bandstand''. As they were looking ahead to record a follow-up album in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Franke
Guillaume Franke (born 27 October 1987) is a German List of Germany national rugby union players, international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Matthieu Franke, who has also played for Germany.Big opportunities in ENC rugbyrugby.com. published: 4 February 2010, accessed: 1 March 2010 Franke made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2010, replacing his brother after he had to withdraw with a knee injury. Franke's club, RC Orléans, provided, in the past, a number of players to the German team, including him, his brother, Clemens von Grumbkow and Alexander Widiker. Stats Guillaume Franke's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Franke
Bob Franke (born July 25, 1947, in Hamtramck, Michigan) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Biography He began his career in 1965, while a student at the University of Michigan, and performed at The Ark, a coffeehouse in Ann Arbor. After graduating from Michigan in 1969 with a degree in English literature, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Episcopal Theological School. He left school to pursue a musical career, and has lived in New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ... ever since, currently residing in Peabody, Massachusetts. In addition to his performing career, he teaches songwriting workshops and in 1990, wrote a set of songs for a ballet based on ''The Velveteen Rabbit''. In 1999, the young adult novel ''Hard Love'' by Ellen Wittlinger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garance Franke-Ruta
Garance Franke-Ruta is the executive editor of GEN by Medium. She has worked as Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics, Voices columnist and politics editor of ''The Atlantic'' Online, national web politics editor for the ''Washington Post'', senior editor at the '' American Prospect'' and senior writer at the ''Washington City Paper'', D.C.'s alternative weekly newspaper. Her work has also appeared in ''Medium'' magazine, ''New York'', ''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The Atlantic'', ''The New Republic'', ''Slate'', ''Salon'', ''The Washington Monthly'', ''Legal Affairs'', ''Utne Reader'' and '' National Journal''. After first attending Hunter College, she transferred to Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1997. Early life Franke-Ruta was born on July 29, 1972 in Cavaillon while her parents were staying in Lacoste, Vaucluse, and grew up in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
