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 paleobotanist
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustrator
Bel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poet
Bert Schenk (born 1970), German boxer
Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor
Christian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathlete
Dieter Schenk (born 1937), German author and police officer
Francis Joseph Schenk (1901–1969), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Franziska Schenk (born 1974), German speed skater
Georg Schenk von Limpurg, (1470–1522), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
Hanne Schenk (born 1984), Swiss bobsledder
Hans Schenk (born 1949), Dutch footballer
Heinz Schenk (1924-2014), German television moderator
Henk Schenk (born 1945), Dutch-born American wrestler
Isobel Schenk (1898–1980), Australian Christian missionary
Johan Schenk (1660 – after 1712), Dutch musician and composer
Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836), Austrian composer
Josephus Schenk (born 1980), Dutch darts player
Juliane Schenk (born 1982), German badminton player
Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak government minister
Karl Schenk (1823–1895), Swiss pastor and politician
Leopold Schenk (1840–1902), Austrian embryologist
Lynn Schenk (born 1945), American (Californian) politician
Nick Schenk (born 1965), American screenwriter
Otto Schenk (born 1930), Austrian actor
Pavel Schenk (born 1941), Czech volleyball player
Peter Schenk the Elder (1660–1712), German-born Dutch engraver and cartographer
Peter Schenk the Younger (1693–1775), Dutch engraver and map publisher
Rodolphe Samuel Schenk (1888–1969), Australian Christian missionary
Xandro Schenk (born 1993), Dutch footballer
Schenk von Stauffenberg
Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), German army officer, aristocrat and resistance member
For his relatives, see the Stauffenberg family
