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surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

In art

Alyce Frank Alyce Frank is an American landscape painter. Early life Frank was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1932. She then moved to Los Angeles and Tulsa at a young age. At the age of 15, she applied to a liberal arts program and was accepted at the Uni ...

(born 1932), American artist *

Jane Frank Jane Schenthal Frank (born Jane Babette Schenthal) (July 25, 1918 – May 31, 1986) was an American multidisciplinary artist, known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator, and textile artist. Her landscape-like, mixed-media abs ...

(1918–1986), American artist *

Jean-Michel Frank Jean-Michel Frank (28 February 1895 – 8 March 1941) was a French interior designer known for minimalist interiors decorated with plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of luxury materials, such as shagreen, mica, and intricate straw marque ...

(1895–1941), French furniture and interior designer * Leonard Frank (1870–1944), German-Canadian photographer *

Magda Frank Magda Frank Fischer (20 July 1914 – 23 June 2010) was a Hungarian Argentines, Hungarian-Argentine sculptor. Biography She was born in Cluj-Napoca, Kolozsvár, Transylvania, which at that time belonged to Hungary but in 1918, was incorporat ...

(1914–2010), Hungarian-Argentine sculptor *

Mary Frank Mary Frank (née Mary Lockspeiser; born 4 February 1933) is an English visual artist who works as a sculptor, painter, printmaker, draftswoman, and illustrator. Biography Frank was born in London, the only child of Eleanore Lockspeiser (190 ...

(born 1933), American artist *

Robert Frank Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled ''The Americans'', earned Frank comparisons to a modern-da ...

(1924–2019), American photographer

In music

Alan Frank Alan Clifford Frank (10 October 1910 – 23 June 1994), was a music publisher, clarinetist and composer, who headed the Oxford University Press Music Department between 1954 and 1975. He was married to the composer Phyllis Tate. Frank grew up in ...

(1910–1994), music publisher, clarinetist and composer *

Bob Frank Robert Landis Frank (February 26, 1944 – July 18, 2019) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and composer. His debut self-titled record was issued on Vanguard Records in 1972 to critical acclaim and is a collectors itemRuhlmann, Willia ...

(1944–2019), American musician, singer, and song writer *

Jackson C. Frank Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, ...

(1943–1999), American folk musician

In literature

Anne Frank Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...

(1929–1945), author of a famous diary during World War II **

Edith Frank Edith Frank (; 16 January 1900 – 6 January 1945) was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz- ...

(1900–1945), mother of Anne Frank **

Margot Frank Margot Betti Frank (16 February 1926 – ) was the elder daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank and the elder sister of Anne Frank. Margot's deportation order from the Gestapo hastened the Frank family into hiding. According to the diary of her ...

(1926–1945), sister of Anne Frank **

Otto Frank Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank and husband of Edith Frank, and was the sole member of ...

(1889–1980), father of Anne Frank and posthumous editor of her works *

Bernard Frank Bernard Frank (11 October 1929, in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 3 November 2006, in Paris) was a French journalist and writer. Early life Bernard Frank was raised in a comfortable family, where his father was a bank manager. After his baccalauréat ...

(1929–2006), French journalist and writer *

Bruno Frank Bruno Frank (June 13, 1887 – June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist. Biography Frank was born in Stuttgart. He studied law and philosophy in Munich, where he later worked as a dramatist and novelist ...

(1878–1945), German author, poet, dramatist and humanist * Dan Frank (1954–2021), American editorial director at

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Leonhard Frank Leonhard Frank (4 September 1882 in Würzburg – 18 August 1961 in Munich) was a German expressionist writer. He studied painting and graphic art in Munich, and gained acclaim with his first novel ''The Robber Band'' (1914, tr. 1928). When a Ber ...

(1882–1961), German writer * Nathaniel Frank, American author and historian * Waldo David Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar *

Thomas Carr Frank Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(born 1965), American political analyst, historian, and writer

In military

Bernhard Frank Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Bernhard Frank (15 July 1913 – 29 June 2011) was an SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex who arrested Hermann Göring on April 25, 1945, by order of Adolf Hitler, who had been manipulated by Reichsle ...

(1913–2011), German SS Commander *

Hans Frank Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Party ...

(1900–1946), governor general of Nazi-occupied Poland *

Johann Frank (general) Johann Frank (born 6 November 1969 in Leoben, Austria) is a Major General of the Austrian Armed Forces. He is the director cabinet of the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (since June 2022) and supports General Robert Brieger, who t ...

(born 1969) is an officer of the Austrian Armed Forces and political scientist *

Karl Hermann Frank Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of ''Obergruppenführer'', he was in command of th ...

(1898–1946), Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia

In politics

Barnett Frank Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a former American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee ...

(born 1940), known as Barney Frank, American politician, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson * Donald J. Frank (1937–1995), American politician from Minnesota *

James Frank James Boisfeuillet Frank (born November 23, 1966) is a businessman from Wichita Falls, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 69, which encompasses Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Knox, and Wichita ...

(born 1966), American politician, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls *

Josip Frank Josip Frank (16 April 1844 – 17 December 1911) was a Croatian lawyer and politician, a noted representative of the Party of Rights in the Croatian Parliament, and a vocal advocate of Croatian national independence in Austria-Hungary. Early li ...

(1844–1911), Croatian lawyer and politician *

Michael Frank Michael Frank (December 12, 1804December 26, 1894) was a German American pioneer, newspaper editor, and politician. He was the first Mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and is regarded as the father of Wisconsin public schools. Early life Michael Fran ...

(1804–1894), American politician from Wisconsin *

William J. Frank William J. Frank (born February 4, 1960), is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42. Overview William Frank is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 42, which covers a part of Baltimore County. Pr ...

(born 1960), American politician, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

In science

* Adolf Frank (1834–1916), German chemist *

Albert Bernhard Frank Albert Bernhard Frank (January 17, 1839 – September 27, 1900) was a German botanist, plant pathologist, and mycologist, born in Dresden. He is credited with coining the term ''mycorrhiza'' in his 1885 paper "Über die auf Wurzelsymbiose beruhen ...

(1839–1900), German biologist *

András Frank András Frank (born 3 June 1949) is a Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics, especially in graph theory, and combinatorial optimisation. He is director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Eötvös Lorá ...

(born 1949), Hungarian mathematician * Dawn Frank, American biologist and academic administrator *

Frederick Charles Frank Sir Frederick Charles Frank, OBE, FRS (6 March 1911 – 5 April 1998) was a British theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on crystal dislocations, including (with Thornton Read) the idea of the Frank–Read source of dislocation ...

(1911–1998), British physicist, crystallographer * Johann Peter Frank (1745–1821), German physician and hygienist *

Ilya Frank Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк; 23 October 1908 – 22 June 1990) was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the ...

(1908–1990), physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate *

Philipp Frank Philipp Frank (March 20, 1884 – July 21, 1966) was a physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. He was influenced by Mach and was one of the Machist ...

(1884–1966), physicist, mathematician and philosopher

In sports

* John Frank (born 1962), American NFL football player *

Thomas Frank (football manager) Thomas Frank (born 9 October 1973) is a Danish professional football coach and former amateur player, who is head coach of club Brentford. After 18 years in youth coaching, which included spells as manager of multiple Danish national youth ...

(born 1973), Danish football manager * Tommy Frank (born 1993), British boxer *

Wolfgang Frank Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player. Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. Fo ...

(1951–2013), German footballer and manager

Other

Andre Gunder Frank Andre Gunder Frank (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. He employed some Marxian concepts on political ...

(1929–2005), German-American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory * Bernard Frank (wilderness activist) (1902–1964), wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society * Eugene Maxwell Frank (1907–2009), American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches *

Eve Frank Eve Frank or Eva Frank (1754 – 1816 or 1817)
article by Harriet Frank Jr. Harriet Frank Jr. (born Harriet Goldstein; March 2, 1923 – January 28, 2020) was an American screenwriter and producer. Working with her husband Irving Ravetch, Frank received many awards during her career, including the New York Film Critic ...

(1923–2020), American screenwriter and film producer *

Helmar Frank Helmar Gunter Frank (19 February 1933, Waiblingen – 15 December 2013, Paderborn) was a German mathematician and pedagogist. He was among the first scientists to apply mathematical methods in teaching and psychology. He established a method to me ...

(1933–2013), German mathematician and educator * Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur *

Jacob Frank Jacob Joseph Frank ( he, יעקב פרנק; pl, Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – December 10, 1791) was a Polish Jews, Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbata ...

(1726–1791), Polish founder of a Jewish dissident sect *

Jason David Frank Jason David Frank (September 4, 1973 – November 19, 2022) was an American actor and martial artist. He was known for his role as Tommy Oliver in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and other ''Power Rangers'' series. Early life Frank was born in ...

(1973–2022), American actor *

Jerome Frank Jerome New Frank (September 10, 1889 – January 13, 1957) was an American legal philosopher and author who played a leading role in the legal realism movement. He was Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a United States circu ...

(1889–1957), American legal philosopher *

Leo Frank Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent who was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. His trial, conviction, and appeals attracted national at ...

(1884–1915), man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Georgia *

Lisa Frank Lisa Frank (born 1955) is an American businesswoman, the founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. She is known for producing whimsical commercial design for school supplies and other products that are primarily mar ...

(born 1955), American businesswoman *

Peter Frank (academic) Peter John Frank (6 May 1934 - 14 November 2013)Robert ServicObituary: Peter Frank ''The Guardian'', 10 December 2013 was a professor of Russian politics in the Department of Government at the University of Essex and a media commentator on Russian ...

(1934–2013), British professor and media commentator *

Peter Frank (art critic) Peter Solomon Frank (born 1950, New York) is an American art critic, curator, and poet who lives and works in Los Angeles. Frank is known for curating shows at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the 1970s and 1980s. He has worked curatorially f ...

(born 1950), art critic, curator, and poet *

Ray Frank Rachel ("Ray") Frank (April 10, 1861 in San Francisco – October 10, 1948) was a Jewish religious leader in the United States. Frank was an early figure in the acceptance of women rabbis and was reported as a prospective candidate for the first ...

(1861–1948), female Jewish religious leader *

(1924–2019), photographer *

Robert H. Frank Robert Harris Frank (born January 2, 1945) is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a professor of economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He contributes to the "Economic View" ...

(born 1945), economist *

Semyon Frank Semyon Lyudvigovich Frank (russian: Семён Лю́двигович Франк; 28 January 1877 – 10 December 1950) was a Russian philosopher. Born into a Jewish family, he became a Christian in 1912. Early life and studies Semyon Lyudvigov ...

, (1877–1950) Russian philosopher * Thomas Pierson Frank (1881–1951), British civil engineer *

Ulrich Frank Ulrich Frank (born 1958) is a German Business informatician and Professor of Business informatics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, known for his work on the state of the art in information systems research and the development of the Multi-Pe ...

(born 1958), German computer scientist