''Fränkel'' (or ''Fraenkel'') is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Abraham Fraenkel Abraham Fraenkel ( he, אברהם הלוי (אדולף) פרנקל; February 17, 1891 – October 15, 1965) was a German-born Israeli mathematician. He was an early Zionist and the first Dean of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ...

(1891–1965), German-Israeli mathematician, known for

Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory In set theory, Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, named after mathematicians Ernst Zermelo and Abraham Fraenkel, is an axiomatic system that was proposed in the early twentieth century in order to formulate a theory of sets free of paradoxes such ...

* Albert Fränkel (1848–1916), German physician * Aviezri Fraenkel (born 1929), Israeli mathematician * Baruch ben David Te'omim-Fränkel (1760–1828), Rabbi, Talmudist *

David ben Naphtali Fränkel David ben Naphtali Fränkel or David Hirschel Fränkel ( he, דוד בן נפתלי הירש פרנקל; 1704 – 4 April 1762), was a German rabbi. Biography Born in Berlin, for a time he was rabbi of Dessau. He became chief rabbi of Berlin ...

(c 1704 – 1762), German rabbi *

Eduard Fraenkel Eduard David Mortier Fraenkel FBA () was a German classical scholar who served as the Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1935 until 1953. Born to a family of assimilated Jews in the German Empire, he studied C ...

(1888–1965), German-English classical scholar *

Edward Frenkel Edward Vladimirovich Frenkel (; born May 2, 1968) is a Russian-American mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. He is a professor of mathematics at University of California, Berkeley, a member ...

(1968-), Russian-American mathematician * Ernst Fränkel (physician) (1844–1921), German gynaecologist * Ernst Fraenkel (linguist) (1881–1957), German linguist * Ernst Fraenkel (political scientist) (1898–1975), German political scientist * Hermann Fränkel (1888-1977), German-American classicist *

Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat Heinz Ludwig Fraenkel-Conrat (July 29, 1910 – April 10, 1999) was a biochemist, famous for his research on viruses. Early life Fraenkel-Conrat was born in Breslau/Germany. He was the son of Lili Conrat and Professor Ludwig Fraenkel, direc ...

(1910–1999), biochemist * Iwan Fränkel (born 1941), Surinamese footballer * Jonas Fränkel (1773–1846), German banker and philanthropist * Josef Fraenkel (1903–1987), Austro-Hungarian (later British) journalist and author *

Knut Frænkel Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Frænkel (14 February 1870 – c. 10 October 1897) was a Swedish engineer and arctic explorer who perished in the Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 of S. A. Andrée in 1897. Biography Frænkel was born in Karlstad, Swede ...

(1870–1897), Swedish engineer and arctic explorer * Leó Frankel (''Léo Fränkel'') (1844–1896), Hungarian communist revolutionary * Purrel Fränkel (born 1976), Surinamese footballer * Ray Fränkel (born 1982), Dutch Surinamese footballer * Samuel Fränkel (1801-1881), German textile manufacturer *

Sándor Ferenczi Sándor Ferenczi (7 July 1873 – 22 May 1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud. Biography Born Sándor Fränkel to Baruch Fränkel and Rosa Eibenschütz, bo ...

(1873–1933), Hungarian psychoanalyst, born ''Alexander Fränkel''

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