Noack is a German surname of Sorbian origin. It is a spelling variant of the surname Noak, which is itself a variant of Nowak; ''nowak'' ("newcomer") was a nickname for a new citizen or for someone who has recently moved to a town or village. There are 8070 people surnamed Noack in Germany, mostly in the

Sorbian settlement area The Sorbian settlement area ( , , ; in Brandenburg officially ''Siedlungsgebiet der Sorben/Wenden'') commonly makes reference to the area in the east of Saxony and the South of Brandenburg in which the West Slavs, West Slavic people of the Sorbs ...

. The surname is attested as early as 1648, with a mention of a Hans Noack in Lübben. Notable people with the surname include: * Angelika Noack (born 1952), German rower *

Astrid Noack Astrid Noack (30 January 1888 – 26 December 1954) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in the human figure, creating works such as the statue of Anna Ancher in Skagen, and her '' Standing Woman'' which was included in the Danish Culture Canon ...

(1888–1954), Danish sculptor *

Axel Noack Axel Noack (born 23 September 1961 in Görlitz) is a German former race walker. On 21 June 1987 in Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of S ...

(born 1961), German former racewalker * Barbara Noack (1924–2022), German writer *

Belinda Noack Belinda Noack (born 20 March 1977) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, she is also a right-handed batter. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, she represented her home state in 43 List A matches in the Women's Nat ...

(born 1977), Australian cricketer * Bernd Noack (born 1966), German scientist * Claudia Noack (born 1961), German rower * Eddie Noack (1930–1978), American country-western singer *

Errol Noack Errol Wayne Noack (28 March 194524 May 1966) was a 21 year old Australian Army Private who was the first Australian National Service conscript to be killed in the Vietnam War, only ten days after he arrived in South Vietnam. Noack was the victim ...

(1945–1966), Australian soldier killed in the Vietnam War *

Erwin Noack Erwin Noack (4 August 1940 in Uetersen, Hamburg – 11 November 2006 in Bremen) was a German artist and musician. He was known for his murals of various buildings in Bremen and as the percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical ...

(1940–2006), German artist and musician * Friedrich Noack (1858–1930), German cultural historian and writer * Günther Noack (1912–1991), German figure skater * , German politician in Lower Saxony * , German politician in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia * Ingrid Noack (born 1982), Australian cricketer * John Noack (born 1944), Australian rules footballer * Karl Gustav Herbert Noack, the birth name of German composer (1898–1964) * Kurt Noack (1893–1945), German composer * Lothar Noack (born 1953), German swimmer * Marianne Noack (born 1951), German gymnast * Neele Eckhardt-Noack (born 1992), German triple jumper * Rudolf Noack (1913–1947), German footballer * Rüdiger Noack (born 1944), German ice hockey player * Ruth Noack (born 1964), German curator and art historian * Sebastian Noack (born 1969), German baritone * Ulrich Noack (born 1942), German ice hockey player * Ursula Noack (1918–1988), German cabaret artiste, actress, and singer * Ute Noack (born 1961), East German cross-country skier * Ute Noack (swimmer) (born 1943), German butterfly swimmer

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{{surname, Noack Germanized Slavic family names Sorbian-language surnames

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