Frank (given name)
Frank is a masculine given name.
While Frank has been a European name in its own right, the given name in the English-speaking United States arose in the 20th century as a short form of the traditional common English variant Francis. It was popularized particularly by Frank Sinatra.
The continental variant of Frank dates back to the Carolingian period in France and Germany. The Old High German form Francho, Franko is on record from the 8th century. Hence also the English adjective frank.
People with the given name
In architecture
- Frank Miles Day, American architect
- Frank Furness, American architect
- Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer
- Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designer, writer, and educator
In the arts
- Frank Björklund, Swedish surrealist painter and printmaker
- Frank Frazetta, American fantasy and science fiction artist
- Frank Hunter (photographer), American photographer
- Frank Lynn Jenkins, British sculptor
- Frank Jump, American urban photographer and author
- Frank Marshall (photographer), South African photographer
- Frank Miles, British artist
- Frank Moher, Canadian playwright
- Frank O'Hara, American writer, poet, and art critic
- Frank Stella, American painter and printmaker
- Frank Thomas (animator), one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men
In comics
- Frank Bellamy, British comics artist
- Frank Brunner, American comics artist
- Frank Cirocco, American comics artist
- Frank Giacoia, American comics artist
- Frank Le Gall, French comics author
- Frank Madsen, Danish comics artist
- Frank Margerin, French comics author
- Frank Miller, American comics author
- Frank Pé, Belgian comics author
- Frank Springer, American comics artist
- Frank Thomas (comics), American cartoonist; creator of The Eye
- Frank Tieri, American comics writer
In film and television
- Frank Borzage, American film director and actor
- Frank Caliendo, American comedy actor, impressionist and comedian, host of the television show Frank TV
- Frank Capra, American film director
- Frank Delfino, American actor
- Frank Elstner, German television presenter
- Franky G, American film and television actor
- Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Frank Langella, American actor
- Frank Marshall (producer) American film producer
- Frank Morgan, American character actor
- Frank Muller, Dutch audio book narrator and actor
- Frank Oz, American actor and puppeteer
- Frank Skinner, British comedian
- Frank Somerville, American news anchor
- Frank M. Thomas, American actor
- Frank Twomey, the man from Irish children's television programme Bosco
- Frank Vincent, American actor
- Frank Welker, American voice actor
- Frank Whaley, American actor
In literature
- Frank Bettger, American self-help book author
- Frank Chin, Chinese-American author
- Frank Conniff, American actor and writer who portrayed TV's Frank
- Frank Harris, Irish American journalist and autobiographer
- Frank Herbert, science fiction writer, author of the Dune series
- Frank Lebby Stanton, American lyricist
- Frank McCourt, Irish-American writer
In music
- Frank Beard (musician), drummer for ZZ Top
- Frank Bello, American bassist of thrash metal band Anthrax
- Frank Michael Beyer, German composer
- Frank Black, American musician
- Frank Bridge, English composer
- Frank Corcoran, Irish composer
- Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer
- Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr, American musician, aka Nikki Sixx
- Frank Ferko, American composer
- Frank Gambale, Australian jazz fusion guitarist
- Frank Iero, rhythm guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance and lead singer for the band Leathermouth
- Frank Klepacki, American video game music composer
- Frank La Rocca, American composer
- Frank Lewin, American composer
- Frank Loesser, American songwriter
- Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and hard rock band leader
- Frank Marshall (pianist), Spanish pianist and pedagogue
- Frank Martin, Swiss composer
- Frank Mullen, Former vocalist for the band Suffocation
- Frank Ocean, American musician
- Frank Proto, American composer and bassist
- Frank Ricotti, English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist
- Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor
- Frank Slay, American songwriter, record producer
- Frank Ticheli, American composer
- Frank Turner, British folk/punk singer songwriter
- Frank Edwin Wright III, drummer of the band Green Day
- Frank Zander, German singer and actor
- Frank Zappa, American musician and composer
In radio
- Frank Sontag, talk radio host
Criminals
- Frank Abagnale, former confidence trickster, skilled impostor and escape artist
- Frank Amato, Sicilian-American mafioso
- Frank Bossard, Secret Intelligence Service agent convicted of spying for the USSR
- Frank Cali, American crime boss
- Frank DeSimone, Italian American mobster
- Frank James, 19th-century outlaw and member of the James-Younger Gang
- Frank Spisak American neo-Nazi serial killer
- Frank Vitkovic, murderer in the Queen Street massacre in Melbourne in 1987
In politics and government
- Frank Bainimarama, commander of the Fijian Military Forces, former prime minister
- Frank Barnett, 49th Governor of American Samoa
- Frank Baude, Swedish politician
- Frank Biegelmeier, chief justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- Frank T. Caprio, American politician
- Frank Arthur Cooper, Australian politician
- Frank Dobson, British politician
- Frank B. Goudy, associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
- Frank Hollingsworth, justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
- Frank E. Kane, Canadian politician
- Frank Kostron, American politician from Missouri
- Frank Lively, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall of Leeds, British lawyer and politician
- Frank Mockler, 47th Governor of American Samoa
- Frank Oberle Jr., Canadian politician
- Frank Oberle Sr., Canadian politician
- Frank Rijkaart, Dutch politician
- Frank Valeriote, Canadian politician
- Frank van Kappen, Dutch soldier and politician
- Frank Wassenberg, Dutch politician
- Frank Elbridge Webb, American engineer and presidential candidate in 1928 and 1932
- Frank E. Wheelock, a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas
- Frank Wolf, American politician
In science and technology
- Frank Adams, British mathematician
- Frank Borman, former NASA astronaut
- Frank C. Calkins, American geologist
- Frank Hastings Griffin, American chemist who invented Rayon
- Frank Heart, American computer engineer and Internet pioneer
- Frank J. Low, American physicist
- Frank Talbot, South-African born Australian ichthyologist; former director of the Australian Museum
- Frank T. M. White, Australian mining and metallurgical engineer and mineral science educator
In sports
- Frank Abercrombie, American baseball player
- Frank Abruzzino, American football player
- Frank Albrechtsen, New Zealand association football player
- Frank Bahret, American baseball player
- Frank Bartley, American basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Frank Beltre, American football player
- Frank Broers, Dutch football player
- Frank Bruno, British WBC heavyweight boxing champion
- Frank Buttery, American baseball player
- Frank Bykowski, American football player
- Frank Crum, American football player
- Frank Darby, American football player
- Frank Dehne, German volleyball player
- Frank Del Duca, American bobsledder
- Frank Dueckerhoff, German ice hockey defenceman
- Frank Fleet, American baseball player
- Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
- Frank David Gaviria, Colombian footballer
- Frank Gifford, American football player
- Frank Ginda, American football player
- Frank Giorgi, Australian kickboxer
- Frank Greenleaf, Canadian sports administrator
- Frank Hassell, American basketball player
- Frank Henry (cricketer), English cricketer
- Frank Herron, American football player
- Frank Hood, American football player
- Frank Howard, American baseball player
- Frank Jacobsson, Swedish football player
- Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player
- Frank Kooiman, Dutch football player
- Frank Lampard, English football player
- Frank Leatherwood, American football player
- Frank Simmons Leavitt, professional wrestler, stuntman, and actor, known by his ring name Man Mountain Dean
- Frank Liivak, Estonian football player
- Frank Mahoney, American football player
- Frank Manumaleuga, American football player
- Frank Marshall (footballer, born 1904), Scottish association football player
- Frank Marshall (footballer, born 1929), English association football player and coach
- Frank Marshall (umpire), American professional baseball umpire
- Frank Marshall (referee), 19th century
- Frank Matteo, American football player
- Frank McConnell, Canadian athlete
- Frank McPhee (American football), American football player
- Frank Mill, German football player
- Frank Minini, American football player
- Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist
- Frank Moreno, Cuban judoka
- Frank Mozzicato, American baseball player
- Frank Müller, German decathlete
- Frank Mundy, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Frank Nasworthy, American surfing and skateboarding enthusiast, introduced the urethane skateboard wheel and founded Cadillac Wheels Company
- Frank Ofori, Ghanaian tennis player
- Frank Patrick (running back), American football player
- Frank Patrick (quarterback), American football player
- Frank Patrick (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Frank-Paul Nu'uausala, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Frank Pritchard, Australian-New Zealand Rugby League player
- Frank Ragnow, American football player
- Frank Reich, American football player and coach
- Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
- Frank Roberts (boxer), one of the first three Indigenous Australian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, in Tokyo 1964
- Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame North American baseball player and manager
- Frank Sandercock, a Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Frank Sargent (sports executive), a Canadian sports executive in ice hockey and curling
- Frank Sinclair, English-born Jamaican football player
- Frank Spellacy, American football player
- Frank Spellman, Olympic champion weightlifter
- Frank Tanana, American baseball pitcher
- Frank Thomas (American football)
- Frank Thomas, Major League Baseball player in the American League from 1990 to 2008
- Frank Thomas (outfielder), Major League Baseball player in the National League from 1951 to 1966
- Frank Trigilio, American football player
- Frank van Hattum, New Zealand association football player
- Frank Vogel, American basketball coach
- Frank Williams (Formula One), British racing car driver and founder of the Williams Formula One team
Others
- Frank Buchman, American evangelist
- Frank Buckles, United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I
- Frank Caprio, American jurist
- Frank Cooper III, business executive, branded entertainment leader
- Frank de Silva, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1993-1995
- Frank Di Mauro, co-founder of Bookitbee
- Frank Marcus Fernando, 3rd Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw
- Frank Graves, Canadian pollster
- Frank Grevil, Danish whistleblower
- Frank Avery Hutchins, American educator and librarian
- Frank Ebenezer Hill, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Frank K. Houston, president and chairman of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in the 1940s.
- Frank Clifford Ingriselli, American energy industry executive
- Frank Jenner, English Australian evangelist
- Frank Larkin, disability rights activist
- Frank Charles Laubach, Congregational Christian missionary and mystic
- Frank Laukien, American billionaire businessman
- Franz Lenck, German murder victim
- Frank Lowy, Australian businessman
- Frank Marshall (chess player), American chess master
- Frank J. Marshall (engineer), investment banker and former engineer V.P. of Cisco
- Frank Marshall (priest), Dean of Barbados
- Frank Pearson, British drag queen known as Foo Foo Lammar
- Frank Russek, Polish-born American co-founder of the Russeks department store chain
- Frank Schilling, domain name and Internet investor
- Frank Smith (psycholinguist), British psycholinguist
Fictional characters
- Frank, title character of Frank and Ernest (comic strip)
- Frank, from the 1993 American comedy-drama film Mrs. Doubtfire
- Frank, a character in the 2001 American made-for-television drama movie A Girl Thing
- Frank, a monstrous rabbit character in Donnie Darko
- Frank, Kevin's uncle in the Home Alone movies
- Frank, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Frank Angelino, on the American television sitcom Three's Company
- Frank Armitage, in the 1988 American science-fiction action thriller movie They Live
- Frank Barone, from the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
- Frank Bean, a main antagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Frank Bennett, in the 1991 American comedy-drama movie Fried Green Tomatoes
- Frank Bullitt, the titular character from the 1968 film Bullitt
- Frank Burns (M*A*S*H), in the film and TV series M*A*S*H
- Frank Castle, a Marvel Comics vigilante also called the Punisher
- Frank Costanza, from the American sitcom Seinfeld
- Frank Craft, in the 1996 American action thriller disaster movie Daylight
- Frank Dawson, in the 1959–1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson
- Frank Dawson, a character in the 1981 American made-for-television movie Fallen Angel
- Frank Dawson, in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime
- Frank Drebin, main character of the action comedy film series The Naked Gun
- Frank/Franky, Chad's uncle in Double Impact
- Frank, Hank's twin brother and one of the two beavers in the Jim Henson show Pajanimals
- Frank Huddy, a character in the 1992 American sports comedy-drama movie The Mighty Ducks
- Frank Gallagher (Shameless), from the series Shameless
- Frank Godsell a character that works as a Producer for the BTV company from the television film Heart to Heart played by Peter Sallis.
- Frank Grimes (The Simpsons), in the animated sitcom The Simpsons
- Frank Heffley, in the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Frank Honey, a character in the video game Lego City Undercover
- Frank Horrigan, the main antagonist of the video game Fallout 2
- Frank Lambert, a character in the TV sitcom Step by Step
- Frank Langdon, a character in the TV medical drama The Pitt
- Frank Mercer, the main antagonist from Need for Speed Heat
- Frank Milo, in the 1993 American crime comedy-drama movie Mad Dog and Glory, played by Bill Murray
- Frank Mitchell, father of the title character in Moesha
- Frank Murphy, in the 1983 film Blue Thunder
- Frank N. Furter, the main antagonist in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Frank the Pug, from the Men in Black franchise
- Frank Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), from the FX TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, portrayed by Danny DeVito
- Frank Rock, DC comics character also known as Sgt. Rock
- Frank Rossitano, a character from the NBC satire sitcom 30 Rock
- Frank Rowan, in the 1951 novel Camilla Dickinson
- Frank Ryan, a character in the 1934 film The Man Who Changed His Name
- Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford), the main character of the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do Ave Em
- Frank Tenpenny, the main antagonist from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Frank, a taxi driver from 28 Days Later
- Frank Veliano, main antagonist of the video game Gangstar Vegas
- Frank West (Dead Rising), in the Dead Rising video game series
- Frank White, lead character in the 1990 film King of New York
- Frank Woods, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Frank Zhang, one of the seven from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus
- TV's Frank, from the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, named for Frank Lanham