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Frank is a surname, and may refer to:

In science:

• Adolf Frank (1834–1916), German chemist
• András Frank (1949), Hungarian mathematician
• 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

In literature:

• Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of a famous diary during WWII
  • 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
• Waldo David Frank (1889–1967), American author and scholar

In art:

• Jane Frank
• Jean-Michel Frank, French furniture and interior designer
• Mary Frank

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, also known as Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democratic congressperson since 1981
• Bernhard Frank, Schutzstaffel, Germany
• William J. Frank, Maryland Republican state congressperson since 2003

Other:

• Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), sociologist known as a founder of dependency theory
• Bernard Frank, a wilderness activist and co-founder of The Wilderness Society
• Henry Frank (1851–1908), Montana entrepreneur
• Jacob Frank (1726–1791), founder of a Jewish dissident sect
• Jerome Frank (1889–1957), legal philosopher
• Leo Frank (1884–1913), man convicted of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Georgia
• Robert Frank (born 1924), photographer
• Robert H. Frank, economist
• Thomas Pierson Frank, British civil engineer

See also

• Franke
• Franck
• Francke

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