Rankine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * William Rankine (1820–1872), Scottish engineer and physicist ** Rankine body an elliptical shape of significance in fluid dynamics, named for Rankine ** Rankine scale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale, named for Rankine **

Rankine cycle The Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle describing the process by which certain heat engines, such as steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines, allow mechanical work to be extracted from a fluid as it moves between a heat sour ...

, a thermodynamic heat-engine cycle, also named after Rankine ** Rankine Lecture, a lecture delivered annually by an expert in the field of geotechnics * Alan Rankine (born 1958), Scottish rock musician * Alexander Rankine (1881–1956), British physicist * Andy Rankine (1895–1965), Scottish footballer * Camille Rankine, American poet * Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright * Dean Rankine, Australian comics artist * George Rankine Irwin, (1907–1998) American materials scientist * James Rankine (1828–1897), South Australian politician * Jennifer Rankine (born 1953), South Australian politician * John Rankine (1918–2013), British science fiction author * John Rankine (Australian politician) (1801–1864), South Australian physician and politician * John Rankine (governor) (1907–1987), British colonial administrator * Leila Rankine (1932–1993), Aboriginal Australian poet, co-founder of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music at the University of Adelaide * Mark Rankine (born 1969), English footballer * Michael Rankine (born 1985), English footballer * Scotty Rankine (1909–1995), Canadian Olympic athlete * Thomas Rankine (born 1978), American musician *

William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, (12 December 1898 – 28 July 1975) was a Scottish judge and Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist politician. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate. Early life Milligan was educ ...

(1898–1975), Scottish judge and politician

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