Frankel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Benjamin Frankel Benjamin Frankel (31 January 190612 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. He was also notable for writing over 100 film scores ...

(1906–1973), British composer * Bethenny Frankel (born 1970), American chef and reality television personality * Charles Frankel (1917–1975), American philosopher, known for Charles Frankel Prize * Cyril Frankel (1921–2017), British director *

Dan Frankel (American politician) Dan B. Frankel (born April 11, 1956) is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U. ...

(born 1956), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives *

Dan Frankel (British politician) Daniel Frankel (18 August 1900 – 16 May 1988) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Mile End from 1935 to 1945. Frankel worked as a tailor's cutter, and became prominent in the National Union ...

(1900–1988), MP for Mile End, 1935–1945 * Dave Frankel, American attorney, former television weatherman and news anchor * David Frankel (born 1959), American director, editor, screenwriter, executive producer * Felice Frankel, American photographer of scientific art images, or artistic science images. *

Gene Frankel Eugene V. Frankel (December 23, 1919 – April 20, 2005) was an American actor, theater director, and acting teacher especially notable in the founding of the off-Broadway scene. Frankel served in the Army during World War II in entertainment and ...

(1919–2005), American theater director *

Jacob Frankel Jacob Frankel (July 5, 1808January 12, 1887) was a German-born rabbi who became the first official Jewish military chaplain of the United States, during the American Civil War. Life and work Frankel came from a Jewish family with a long tradi ...

(1808–1887), German-born American rabbi *

Jeffrey Frankel Jeffrey Alexander "Jeff" Frankel (born November 5, 1952, in San Francisco, California) is an international macroeconomist. He works as the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard Kennedy School. Education Frankel gr ...

(born 1952), American economist *

Jerry Frankel Jerry Frankel (August 1, 1930 – November 17, 2018) was an American Tony Award-winning producer of plays and musicals for Broadway theatre, the founder of Jerrell Inc. (Dallas), a leading US manufacturer of women's apparel, and a breeder/owner of ...

(1930–2018), American musical theatre producer and thoroughbred breeder and owner *

Jonah Frankel Jonah Frankel, also spelled Yonah Frankel, Jonah Fraenkel (1928-2012) was an author, Hebrew literature professor and Israel Prize laureate. Biography Jonah Frankel was born in Munich in 1928 and emigrated to Israel in 1937 when the Nazis came to ...

(1928–2012), author, Hebrew literature professor and Israel Prize laureate *

Jonah Frankel (businessman) Joseph Jonas Fränckel (1773 in Breslau – January 27, 1846 in Breslau) was a German Jewish businessman, banker and philanthropist. He is best known for having willed the funds for the establishment of the " Jewish Theological Seminary Fraenkel' ...

(died 1846), German Jewish businessman, banker and philanthropist * Jonah Teomim-Frankel (1595–1669), author of the book ''Kikayon deYona'' *

Joseph Frankel (musician) Lieutenant Joseph Frankel (1882-1956) was an American klezmer musician, clarinetist and military band bandleader of the early 20th century. Biography Early life Frankel was born in Kyiv, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire on October 19, 1882. He ...

(1882–1956), American army band and

klezmer Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for l ...

bandleader * Justin Frankel (born 1978), American computer programmer * Lee K. Frankel (1867–1931), American social worker and insurance executive *

Leó Frankel Leó Frankel (; also ''Léo Fränkel''; 25 February 1844, – 29 March 1896, Paris) was a Hungarian socialist revolutionary and labour leader of Jewish origin. Life He was born in 1844, in (now part of Budapest, Hungary). Trained as a go ...

(1844–1896), Hungarian politician *

Lois Frankel Lois Jane Frankel (born May 16, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017 and who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2013 to 20 ...

(born 1948), member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

Martin Frankel Martin R. "Marty" Frankel (born 1954) is an American financial criminal who conducted a series of investment frauds in the late 20th century, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. He was caught in 1999, and in 2004 was sentenced to 2 ...

(born 1954), American financier * Max Frankel (born 1930), American journalist and former ''New York Times'' executive editor *

Naomi Frankel Naomi Frankel (20 November 1918 – 20 November 2009), also spelled Fraenkel and Frenkel, was a German-Israeli novelist. Born in Berlin, she was evacuated to Mandatory Palestine with other German-Jewish children in 1933. She became a member of Kib ...

(1918–2009), German-Israeli novelist * Otto Frankel (''Otto Herzberg Frankel''; 1900–1998), Australian biologist and geneticist of Austrian descent * Richard B. Frankel, American physicist * Robert "Bobby" J. Frankel (1941–2009), American thoroughbred race horse trainer *

Sandra Frankel Sandra L. Frankel is the former Supervisor of the Town of Brighton, Monroe County, New York. A former Brighton school board member (6 years) and BOCES I Monroe Board of Education (10 years), Vice President of both, Frankel served for 20 years ...

(born 1941), former supervisor of the Town of Brighton, Monroe County, New York *

Susannah Frankel Susannah Frankel is a British fashion journalist and writer who, since the 1980s, has worked with a number of newspapers and publications. She was the leading journalist chosen by the Fashion Museum, Bath, to choose the defining Dress of the Year o ...

, British fashion journalist and author *

Susy Frankel Susy Rebecca Frankel is a New Zealand law academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington. Academic career After an LL.B. at Victoria University of Wellington and an LLM at Queen Mary University of Lon ...

, New Zealand law academic * Stan Frankel (1919–1978), American physicist *

Theodore Frankel Theodore Frankel (June 17, 1929 – August 5, 2017) was a mathematician who introduced the Andreotti–Frankel theorem and the Frankel conjecture. Frankel received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955. His doctoral adv ...

(1929–2017), American mathematician *

Tomer Frankel Tomer Frankel ( he, תומר פרנקל; born 18 October 2000) is an Israeli swimmer. He competes in the 100 m butterfly, 100 m freestyle, 100 m medley, 200 m butterfly, 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x10 ...

(born 2000), Israeli swimmer, European 2018 junior champion in the 100 m freestyle *

William Frankel William Frankel (3 February 1917 – 18 April 2008) was the editor of the British weekly newspaper ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 1958 until 1977. He wrote the books ''Friday Nights'' (1973), ''Israel Observed'' (1980), ''Survey of Jewish Affairs'' ...

(1903–2008), editor of the British weekly newspaper, ''The Jewish Chronicle'', from 1958 to 1977 *

Zecharias Frankel Zecharias Frankel, also known as Zacharias Frankel (30 September 1801 – 13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. He was born in Prague and died in Breslau. He was the foun ...

(1801–1875), Bohemian-German Conservative rabbi, historian

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