Rankine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

William Rankine William John Macquorn Rankine (; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), to the science of thermodynamics, particularly ...

(1820–1872), Scottish engineer and physicist ** Rankine body an elliptical shape of significance in fluid dynamics, named for Rankine **

Rankine scale The Rankine scale ( ) is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859. History Similar to the Kelvin scale, which was first proposed in ...

, 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 The Rankine lecture is an annual lecture organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after William John Macquorn Rankine, an early contributor to the theory of soil mechanics. This should not be confused with the biennial BGA Géotech ...

, a lecture delivered annually by an expert in the field of geotechnics *

Alan Rankine Alan Rankine (17 May 1958 – 2 January 2023) was a Scottish musician and record producer best known as keyboardist and guitarist for rock band the Associates, which he co-founded with lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie in the late 1970s. Early l ...

(born 1958), Scottish rock musician * Alexander Rankine (1881–1956), British physicist * Andy Rankine (1895–1965), Scottish footballer *

Camille Rankine Camille Rankine is an American poet. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, earned a BA at Harvard University and an MFA at Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University ...

, American poet *

Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, '' Citizen: An A ...

(born 1963), American poet and playwright *

Dean Rankine Dean Rankine is an Australian comics artist, writer and illustrator. Rankine's work has appeared in many comics, books and magazines. Career His early comics appeared in many children's magazines - Mania, Explore, Krash, KidZone and Challenge. ...

, Australian comics artist *

George Rankine Irwin George Rankin Irwin , or possibly George Rankine Irwin, (February 26, 1907 – October 9, 1998) was an American scientist in the field of fracture mechanics and strength of materials. He is known for defining the stress intensity factor, K, ...

, (1907–1998) American materials scientist * James Rankine (1828–1897), South Australian politician *

Jennifer Rankine Jennifer Mary Rankine (born 22 September 1953) is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wright for the Australian Labor Party from the 1997 election until her retirement in 2018. Prior ...

(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 Robert Scade "Scotty" Rankine (January 6, 1909 – January 10, 1995) was a Canadian Track and field athletics, athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshir ...

(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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