# Frank (surname)

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

## In art

* Alyce Frank (born 1932), American artist
* Jane Frank (1918–1986), American artist
* Jean-Michel Frank (1895–1941), French furniture and interior designer
* Leonard Frank (1870–1944), German-Canadian photographer
* Magda Frank (1914–2010), Hungarian-Argentine sculptor
* Mary Frank (born 1933), American artist
* Robert Frank (1924–2019), American photographer

## In entertainment

* 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

## In literature

* Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a 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

## In military

* Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander
* Hans Frank (1900–1946), governor general of Nazi-occupied Poland
* Hans-Dieter Frank (1919–1943), German fighter pilot
* 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
* Rudolf Frank (1920–1944), German fighter pilot

## In politics

* 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

## In science

* Adolph Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
* Albert Bernhard Frank (1839–1900), German biologist
* András Frank (born 1949), Hungarian mathematician
* Charles Frank (1911–1998), British physicist, crystallographer
* Dawn Frank, American biologist and academic administrator
* 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

## In sports

* John Frank (tight end) (born 1962), American NFL football player
* Thomas Frank (football manager) (born 1973), Danish football manager
* Tommy Frank (born 1993), British boxer
* Wolfgang Frank (1951–2013), German footballer and manager

## Other

* Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German-American sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory
* Antoinette Frank (born 1971), American former New Orleans police officer and convicted triple murderer
* 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
* Katherine Frank (anthropologist), American anthropologist
* Katherine Frank (biographer), American biographer
* Katherine P. Frank, American literary critic
* 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