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 () is a Polish surname derived from the nickname literally meaning "novice", "newcomer", "rookie". Early records of the surname are dated by the 14th century.It is a gender-neutral surname, with archaic feminine forms Nowakowa (by husband) an ...

; ''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 Angelika Noack (born 20 October 1952) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Angermünde Angermünde () is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state ...

(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 Bernd Rainer Noack (born 17 February 1966, Korbach, West Germany) is a German physicist. His research and teaching area is Control theory, closed-loop Fluid dynamics, flow control for transport systems. Focus is placed on machine learning contro ...

(born 1966), German scientist *

Claudia Noack Claudia Noack (born 27 September 1961) is a German rower who competed for East Germany. Noack grew up in East Berlin. As a 12-year-old, she got a mention in the ''Berliner Zeitung'' for having kept an alleyway with steps in Altglienicke free of ...

(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 Friedrich Noack, who wrote under the pseudonym ''F. Idus'', (20 April 1858, Gießen – 1 February 1930, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German cultural historian and author, who wrote several articles for the Künstlerlexikon (arts dictionary) Thieme ...

(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 Ingrid Noack (born 10 April 1982) is an Australian former cricketer. A right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler, she played five List A matches for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League The Women's National Cricket Lea ...

(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 Lothar Noack (born 31 January 1953) is a German former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially bra ...

(born 1953), German swimmer * Marianne Noack (born 1951), German gymnast *

Neele Eckhardt-Noack Neele Eckhardt-Noack (born 2 July 1992) is a German triple jumper. She competed in the women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championship ...

(born 1992), German triple jumper *

Rudolf Noack Rudolf "Rudi" Noack (30 March 1913 – c. 30 June 1947) was a German footballer. A forward, he played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal in the tournament against Czechoslovakia in the semi-finals. World War II During World War ...

(1913–1947), German footballer *

Rüdiger Noack Rüdiger Noack (born 30 November 1944) is a German ice hockey player, who competed for Lausitzer Füchse, SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal with the East Germany national ice hockey team at the 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships, ...

(born 1944), German ice hockey player *

Ruth Noack Ruth Noack (born 12 January 1964) is a German curator and art historian. Noack and Roger M. Buergel, co-curated documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany (16 June - 23 September 2007). In 2019, it was announced that Noack would become the founding execu ...

(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 Ute Noack (born 27 December 1961) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. Noack was born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1985 FIS Nord ...

(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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