Scherk is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Heinrich Scherk Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk (27 October 1798 – 4 October 1885) was a German mathematician notable for his work on minimal surfaces and the distribution of prime number A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that ...

(1798–1885), German mathematician * Joël Scherk (1946–1980), French physicist *

Johann Theodor Scherk Johann Theodor Scherk (8 July 1836 – 10 August 1923), generally referred to as J. T. Scherk or Theodor Scherk, was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of East Adelaide from 1886 ...

(1836–1923), politician in South Australia

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