Anke is a female given name. It may refer to the following: *

Anke Baier-Loef Anke Baier-Loef (''née'' Baier; born 22 May 1972) is a German Speed skating, speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1992, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. She was born in Eisenach and is the wife of Arie Loe ...

(born 1972), German speed skater * Anke Behmer, née Vater (born 1961), former East German athlete * Anke Borchmann (born 1954), German rower * Anke Brockmann (born 1988), German field hockey player * Anke Dannowski, German mountain bike orienteering competitor *

Anke Domscheit-Berg Anke Domscheit-Berg (; born 17 February 1968 in Premnitz) is a German politician and activist. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2017, when she was elected on the party list of The Left, without being a party member. She joined the p ...

(born 1968), German politician who was a member of the Bundestag * Anke Ehrhardt, researcher into sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults *

Anke Engelke Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early ...

(born 1965), German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada *

Anke Feller Anke Feller (born 26 September 1971 in Göttingen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and lar ...

(born 1971), retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres * Anke Fuchs (born 1937), German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany * Anke-Eve Goldmann (born 1930), German former motorcycle journalist *

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won 12 singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She fi ...

(born 1974), German retired professional tennis player * Anke Kühne née Kühn (born 1981), female field hockey player from Germany *

Anke Eißmann Anke Katrin Eißmann (born 1977 in Dillenburg) is a German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She studied visual communication at Bauhaus University in Weimar and at the Colchester Insti ...

(born 1977), German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of Tolkien's work * Anke Möhring (born 1969), former freestyle swimmer and Olympic medallist from East Germany * Anke Nothnagel (born 1966), East German-German sprint canoeist *

Anke Ohde Anke Ohde (later Wegner, born 13 April 1955 in Malchin) is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the mid-1970s. She won five gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two in the K-1 500 m (1974, 1975), one in the K-2 5 ...

, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s *

Anke Pietrangeli Anke Pietrangeli (born 16 November 1982) is a South African singer. She was the winner of the second season of popular talent search series '' Idols'' in South Africa in 2003. Like her predecessor, Heinz Winckler, Anke also had a nickname: The K ...

(born 1982), South African singer, winner of ''Idols in South Africa'' in 2003 * Anke Reschwam Schulze (born 1972), German cross country skier *

Anke Rijnders Anthonia Marie "Anke" Rijnders (born 23 August 1956) is a former Butterfly stroke, butterfly and Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Dutch ...

(born 1956), former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands *

Anke Scholz Anke Scholz (born 25 November 1978 in Berlin) is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 200m freestyle eve ...

(born 1978), retired female swimmer from Germany *

Anke Spoorendonk Anke Spoorendonk (born 21 September 1947 in Busdorf) is a German politician from the South Schleswig Voters' Association The South Schleswig Voters' AssociationOther translations include ''South Schleswig Voter Alliance'', ''South Schleswig Vote ...

(born 1947), Danish-German politician *

Anke Van dermeersch Anke Maria Flor Van dermeersch (born 27 October 1972) is a Belgian politician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1991. She has later been a politician for the Vlaams Belang party, being elected as a senator ...

(born 1972), Flemish politician and former beauty queen *

Anke Vondung Anke Vondung (born in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate in 1972) is a German mezzo-soprano. She was a member of the Semperoper, Semperoper Dresden from 2003 to 2006. Career She won third prize in the 1998 ARD International Music Competition in Munich. ...

(born 1972), German mezzo-soprano *

Anke Westendorf Anke Westendorf (later Maukel, born 26 February 1954) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Westendorf was born in Schwerin. In 1976, Westendorf was par ...

(born 1954), German former volleyball player *

Anke Wild Anke Wild (born 12 October 1967) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the north ...

(born 1967), former field hockey player from Germany *

Anke Wirsing Anke Wirsing (born 1980) is a German politician from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), previously Die Linke. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Landtag of Thuringia. Life and career After graduating from secondary school in 1997, she ...

(born 1980), Canadian politician *

Anke Wischnewski Anke Wischnewski (born 5 January 1978 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German former luger who has competed since 2001 to 2014. She won two medals in the women's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in ...

(born 1978), German luger who has competed since 2001

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