Franke

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Franke is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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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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