Francke is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

August Hermann Francke August Hermann Francke (; 22 March 1663 – 8 June 1727) was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and ...

(1663–1727), German Protestant theologian *

Arne Francke Arne Eduard Francke (6 May 1904 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider. Francke had a military career that began in 1924 as a second lieutenant and progressed to lieutenant colonel by 1946. He served as Adjutant to the Kin ...

(1904–1973), Swedish horse rider * Gloria Niemeyer Francke (1922–2008), American pharmacist and science writer * Klaus Francke (1936–2020), German politician *

Kuno Francke Kuno Francke (27 September 1855 – 1930), was a U.S. ( Danish-born) educator and historian. Most of his career was spent at Harvard University where he eventually became a professor of history and German culture and curator of the Germanic ...

(1855–1930), educator and historian * Malcolm Francke (born 1939), Australian cricketer *

Master Francke Master Francke O.P. (or Meister Francke, Frater Francke, respectively German for "Master Francke" and Latin for "Brother Francke") was a North German Gothic painter and Dominican friar, born ca. 1380 in the Lower Rhine region or possibly Zutphe ...

(c.1380–1440), German painter *

Michael Francke James Michael Francke (; October 2, 1946 – January 17, 1989) was an American judge from New Mexico and director of the state's Corrections Department, the governmental bureau which manages prisons, inmates, and parolees. He was later appointe ...

(1946–1989), Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections *

Paul Francke (architect) Paul Francke (c. 1537, Weimar - 10 November 1615, Wolfenbüttel) was a German Renaissance architect, most notable as director of works for the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1564 until his death in 1615. His works include the Juleum Novum in Hel ...

(c.1537–1615), German architect and master builder * Paul Francke (footballer) (died in World War I), German football player and founder member of Bayern Munich * Paul Francke (geologist) (1897–1957), German geologist * Paul Francke (musician) (born 1979), American musician * Rend al-Rahim Francke (born 1949), Iraqi political activist and ambassador to the United States *

Rudolf Francke Leutnant Rudolf Francke was a German World War I flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact nu ...

, German First World War flying ace * Stewart Francke (1958–2025), American singer-songwriter

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