Franke is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Bernd Franke (born 1948), German soccer player
Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model
Bob Franke (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer
Christian Wilhelm Franke, one of the editors of early editions of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Christopher Franke (born 1953), German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream
Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legislator
Egon Franke (fencer) (born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer
Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician (SPD)
Elsa Thiemann (neé Franke, 1910–1981), German photographer
Garance Franke-Ruta (born 1972), American writer and editor
Guillaume Franke (born 1987), German rugby union player
Herbert Franke (sinologist) (1914–2011), German sinologist, co-author of the Cambridge History of China
Herbert W. Franke (born 1927), Austrian science fiction writer
Jay Anthony Franke (born 1972), American actor, voice actor and musician
Jens Franke (born 1964), German mathematician
Josef Franke (1876–1944), German architect
Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler known as Adrian Adonis
Matthieu Franke (born 1985), German rugby union player
Nikki Franke (born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach
Stéphane Franke (1964–2011), German long distance runner
Victor Franke (1865–1936), German military officer
Werner Franke (born 1940), German professor and biologist
William B. Franke (1894–1979), American financial manager, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1959–1961
Franke Previte, American composer
Franke Rupert (1888–1971), Austrian engraver
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