Schenk is a common German and Dutch occupational surname derived from schenken (=to pour out or serve) and referring to the medieval profession of cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper).[1] [2] People with this surname include:
Ard Schenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: Ard Schenk Award)August Schenk (born 1815), German botanist and paleobotanistBeatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustratorBel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poetBert Schenk (born 1970), German boxerBerthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastorChristian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathleteDieter Schenk (born 1937), German author and police officerFrancis Joseph Schenk (1901–1969), American prelate of the Roman Catholic ChurchFranziska Schenk (born 1974), German speed skaterGeorg Schenk von Limpurg, (1470–1522), Prince-Bishop of BambergHanne Schenk (born 1984), Swiss bobsledderHans Schenk (born 1949), Dutch footballerHeinz Schenk (1924-2014), German television moderatorHenk Schenk (born 1945), Dutch-born American wrestlerIsobel Schenk (1898–1980), Australian Christian missionaryJohan Schenk (1660 – after 1712), Dutch musician and composerJohann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836), Austrian composerJosephus Schenk (born 1980), Dutch darts playerJuliane Schenk (born 1982), German badminton playerJuraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak government ministerKarl Schenk (1823–1895), Swiss pastor and politicianLeopold Schenk (1840–1902), Austrian embryologistLynn Schenk (born 1945), American (Californian) politicianNick Schenk (born 1965), American screenwriterOtto Schenk (born 1930), Austrian actorPavel Schenk (born 1941), Czech volleyball playerPeter Schenk the Elder (1660–1712), German-born Dutch engraver and cartographerPeter Schenk the Younger (1693–1775), Dutch engraver and map publisherRodolphe Samuel Schenk (1888–1969), Australian Christian missionaryXandro Schenk (born 1993), Dutch footballerSchenk von Stauffenberg Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), German army officer, aristocrat and resistance memberFor his relatives, see the Stauffenberg family