Frank ( surname ) - wikipedia Frank ( surname ) Frank is a German surname. Notable persons with the surname include : Contents 1 In art 2 In literature 3 In military 4 In politics 5 Other 6 In science 7 See also In art Jane Frank Jean - Michel Frank, French furniture and interior designer Magda Frank, sculptor Mary Frank Robert Frank, American photographer In literature 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 Leonhard Frank ( 1882 - 1961 ), German writer Waldo David Frank ( 1889 -- 1967 ), American author and scholar In military Hans Frank ( 1900 -- 1946 ), governor general of Nazi occupied Poland Karl Hermann Frank ( 1898 -- 1946 ), prominent Sudeten - German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia In politics Barnett Frank, known as Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson Bernhard Frank, German SS Commander James Frank, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls Josip Frank, Croatian lawyer and politician Michael Frank, Wisconsin politician William J. Frank, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003 Other Andre Gunder Frank ( 1929 -- 2005 ), German - American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory Bernard Frank ( wilderness activist ), wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society Eugene Maxwell Frank ( 1907 -- 2009 ), American Bishop of the Methodist and United Methodist Churches Helmar Frank ( 1933 -- 2013 ), German mathematician and pedagogist Henry Frank ( 1851 -- 1908 ), Montana entrepreneur Jacob Frank ( 1726 -- 1791 ), founder of a Jewish dissident sect Jerome Frank ( 1889 -- 1957 ), legal philosopher John Frank ( born 1962 ), American NFL football player Leo Frank ( 1884 -- 1915 ), man convicted of murdering a 13 - year - old girl in Georgia Lisa Frank, American businesswoman Peter Frank ( academic ) ( 1934 -- 2013 ), British professor and media commentator on Russian affairs Peter Frank ( art critic ) ( born 1950 ), art critic, curator, and poet Robert Frank ( born 1924 ), photographer Robert H. Frank, economist Thomas Pierson Frank, British civil engineer Ulrich Frank ( born 1958 ), German computer scientist Wolfgang Frank ( 1951 -- 2013 ), German footballer and manager In science Adolf Frank ( 1834 -- 1916 ), German chemist Albert Bernhard Frank ( 1839 - 1900 ), German biologist András Frank ( 1949 ), Hungarian mathematician Frederick Charles Frank ( 1911 -- 1998 ), British Physicist, crystallographer 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 influential philosopher during the first half of the 20th century See also Franck ( disambiguation ) Francke Franke Frankel Frankl This page lists people with the surname Frank. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_(surname)&oldid=793339552 '' Categories : Surnames German - language surnames Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Deutsch Esperanto Italiano Русский Slovenčina Slovenščina Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 1 August 2017, at 04 : 11. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name frank come from
Answer: German