Cognomen Franke (فرانك 
, Franke 
, 弗兰克 
) , globally, is a common family name. The cognomen Franke is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, and Austria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and Brazil. Likewise, Franke is the forename as well as the last name.
| johannes franke German botanist (1545-1617), DE (b. 1545) |
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| matthias franke DE (b. 1544) |
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| richard franke (1609-1707) (b. 1609) |
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| richard franke (1627-1657) (b. 1627) |
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| johann caspar franke DE (b. 1651) |
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| johann gottlieb franke DE (b. 1724) |
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| heinrich franke German painter, DE (b. 1738) |
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| johann nicolaus franke DE (b. 1731) |
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carl christian lebrecht franke German theologian (b. 1796) |
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| christian wilhelm franke German lawyer and lexicographer, DE (b. 1765) |
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| christian friedrich franke German theologian, DE (b. 1767) |
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| heinrich gottfried bernhard franke (b. 1764) |
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| leopold franke (b. 1777) |
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ivan franke Slovenian painter (1841-1927), SI (b. 1841) |
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adolf franke German officer (1852-1937), DE (b. 1852) |
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