Frank (surname)

Frank is a German surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

In art

Alan Frank (1910–1994), music publisher, clarinetist, composer
Amber Frank (born 1998), American actress
Bob Frank (1944–2019), American musician, singer, songwriter
Jackson C. Frank (1943–1999), American folk musician
Jason David Frank (1973–2022), American actor
Tony Frank (1943–2000), American actor

Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a famous diary during World War II
- Edith Frank (1900–1945), mother of Anne Frank
- Margot Frank (1926–1945), sister of Anne Frank
- Otto Frank (1889–1980), father of Anne Frank and posthumous editor of her works
Bernard Frank (1929–2006), French journalist and writer
Bruno Frank (1878–1945), German author, poet, dramatist and humanist
Dan Frank (1954–2021), American editorial director at Pantheon Books
Leonhard Frank (1882–1961), German writer
Nathaniel Frank (fl. 2000s), American author and historian
Waldo Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar
Thomas Frank (born 1965), American political analyst, historian, and writer

Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander
Hans Frank (1900–1946), governor general of Nazi-occupied Poland
Johann Frank (general) (born 1969) is an officer of the Austrian Armed Forces and political scientist
Karl Hermann Frank (1898–1946), Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia

Barney Frank (born 1940), American politician, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson
Donald J. Frank (1937–1995), American politician from Minnesota
Ivo Frank (1877–1939), Croatian lawyer and politician
James Frank (born 1966), American politician, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls
Josip Frank (1844–1911), Croatian lawyer and politician of Jewish descent
Michael Frank (1804–1894), American politician from Wisconsin
William J. Frank (born 1960), American politician, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

Adolph Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
Albert Bernhard Frank (1839–1900), German biologist
András Frank (born 1949), Hungarian mathematician
Dawn Frank, American biologist and academic administrator
Frederick Charles Frank (1911–1998), British physicist, crystallographer
Joachim Frank (born 1940), German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate
Johann Peter Frank (1745–1821), German physician and hygienist
Ilya Frank (1908–1990), physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate
Philipp Frank (1884–1966), physicist, mathematician and philosopher
Dr. Nicholas Frank, English-American Veterinarian and Dean of Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German-American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory
Bernard Frank (wilderness activist) (1902–1964), wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society
Donovan W. Frank (born 1951), American judge
Eugene Maxwell Frank (1907–2009), American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches
Eve Frank (1754–1816/1817), female Jewish messiah claimant
Harriet Frank Jr. (1923–2020), American screenwriter and film producer
Helmar Frank (1933–2013), German mathematician and educator
Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur
Jacob Frank (1726–1791), Polish founder of a Jewish dissident sect
Jerome Frank (1889–1957), American legal philosopher and judge
Joe Frank (1938–2018), American writer, teacher, and radio performer
Leo Frank (1884–1915), man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Georgia
Lisa Frank (born 1955), American businesswoman
Peter Frank (academic) (1934–2013), British professor and media commentator
Peter Frank (art critic) (born 1950), art critic, curator, and poet
Ray Frank (1861–1948), female Jewish religious leader
Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographer
Robert H. Frank (born 1945), economist
Semyon Frank, (1877–1950) Russian philosopher
Peirson Frank (1881–1951), British civil engineer
Ulrich Frank (born 1958), German computer scientist