Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name.

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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 Sa ...

(born 1948), German soccer player *

Bette Franke Bette Franke (born 3 December 1989 in Heemskerk, North Holland) is a Dutch model. At fourteen years old, she was discovered by Dutch modeling agent Wilma Wakker in Amsterdam, while shopping with her mother. She debuted during the Spring 2006 s ...

(born 1989), Dutch fashion model *

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 ...

(born 1947), American folk singer and song writer * Christian Wilhelm Franke, one of the editors of early editions of the ''

Brockhaus Enzyklopädie The ''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie'' (German for ''Brockhaus Encyclopedia'') is a German-language encyclopedia which until 2009 was published by the F. A. Brockhaus printing house. The first edition originated in the '' Conversations-Lexikon'' p ...

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Christopher Franke Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventua ...

(born 1953), German musician/composer in

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 ...

* Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator *

Edgar Franke Edgar Franke (born 21 January 1960) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009. In addition to his parliamentary work, he has been serving as Pa ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Egon Franke (fencer) Egon Johann Franke (23 October 1935 – 30 March 2022) was a Polish fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. He won a gold medal in the individual foil at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially ...

(born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer *

Egon Franke (politician) Egon Franke (11 April 1913 – 26 April 1995) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations from 1969 to 1982 and, for the ...

(1913–1995), German politician (SPD) * Elsa Thiemann (''née'' Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer *

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 ...

(born 1972), American writer and editor * Guillaume Franke (born 1987), German rugby union player *

Herbert Franke (sinologist) Herbert Franke (27 September 1914 – 10 June 2011) was a German historian of China. He is particularly known for his works on the history of the Jurchen (Jin) and Mongol (Yuan) empires in China. After the end of World War II, Herbert Franke, ...

(1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China *

Herbert W. Franke Herbert W. Franke (14 May 1927 – 16 July 2022) was an Austrian scientist and writer. ''Die Zeit'' calls him "the most prominent German writing Science Fiction author". He is also one of the important early computer artists (and collectors), cr ...

(1927–2022), Austrian science fiction writer *

Jay Anthony Franke ''California Dreams'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on NBC. It was part of the network's Saturday morning block, TNBC, premiering on September 12, 1992. Created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon, and executive produced by P ...

(born 1972), American actor, voice actor and musician *

Jens Franke Jens Franke (born 28 June 1964) is a German mathematician. He has held a chair at the University of Bonn's Hausdorff Center for Mathematics since 1992. Franke's research has covered various problems of number theory, algebraic geometry and analys ...

(born 1964), German mathematician * Josef Franke (1876–1944), German architect * Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler known as

Adrian Adonis Keith Adonis Franke (September 15, 1953 – July 4, 1988) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adrian Adonis. He was best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Federati ...

* Marcel Franke (born 5 April 1993), German footballer *

Matthieu Franke Matthieu Franke (born 13 February 1985)Mathieu Franke
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(born 1985), German rugby union player *

Nikki Franke Nikki Franke (born March 31, 1951) is an American former fencer and fencing coach. She fenced for Brooklyn College, and was an All American. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and fenced a ...

(born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach *

Stéphane Franke Stéphane Franke (February 12, 1964 – June 23, 2011) was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships (1994 and 1998). He represented Germany twice at the Sum ...

(1964–2011), German long distance runner *

Victor Franke Erich Victor Carl August Franke (21 July 1865 – 7 August 1936) was a German military officer and last commander of the ''Schutztruppe'' in German South West Africa. Franke was born in Zuckmantel, Austrian Silesia. He was ''Bezirksamtman ...

(1865–1936), German military officer *

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 bo ...

(1940–2022), German professor and biologist *

William B. Franke William Birrell Franke (April 15, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American businessman and government official. He was best known for his service as United States Secretary of the Navy from 1959 to 1961 under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Biography Fr ...

(1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959–1961 *

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 ...

(born 1996), Dutch basketball player

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Franke Previte Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer. He was the lead singer of the 1980s pop rock band Franke and the Knockouts. Biography Born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Fr ...

, American composer * Franke Rupert (1888–1971), Austrian engraver

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