Frank (given name)
Frank is a masculine given name.
Ultimately from the Germanic tribal name of the Franks, in the early medieval Frankish Empire, the status of being "a Frank" became synonymous with that of a free man; hence also the English adjective :wikt:frank|frank.
Use as a given name seems to arise already in the Carolingian period; the Old High German form Francho, Franko is on record from the 8th century. While Frank is a given name in its own right, in fact reflecting the Old Frankish form *Frank, the given name in the United States arose again in the 20th century as a short form of Francis, as popularized by Frank Sinatra.
People with the given name
In arts
Also see Frank in fictional characters- Frank Marshall , South African photographer
- Frank Miles, British artist
- Frank Thomas , one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men
- Frank Frazetta, American fantasy and science fiction artist
- Frank Stella, American painter and printmaker
- Frank O'Hara, American writer, poet, and art critic
In architecture
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Frank Gehry
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 , 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
- Franky G, American film and television actor
- Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Frank Marshall American film producer
- Frank Morgan, American character actor
- Frank Muller, Dutch audio book narrator and actor
- Frank Oz, American actor and puppeteer
- Frank Somerville, news anchor
- Frank M. Thomas, American actor
- Frank Twomey, the man from children's television programme Bosco
- Frank Vincent, American actor
- Frank Welker, American voice actor
In literature
- 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 Bello, American bassist of thrash metal band Anthrax
- Frank Black, American musician
- 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 best known for his work on the Command & Conquer series
- Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and hard rock band leader
- Frank Marshall , Spanish pianist and pedagogue
- Frank Ocean, American musician
- Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor and dancer
- Frank Slay, American songwriter, record producer
- Frank Turner, British folk/punk singer songwriter
- Frank Edwin Wright III, drummer of the band Green Day
- Frank Zappa, American musician and composer
In radio
- Frank Sontag, talk radio host
In sports
- Frank Abruzzino, American football player
- Frank Albrechtsen New Zealand association football player
- Frank Beltre, American football player
- Frank Broers, Dutch football player
- Frank Bruno, British WBC heavyweight boxing champion
- Frank Bykowski, American football player
- Frank Dehne, German volleyball player
- Frank Dueckerhoff, German ice hockey defenceman
- Frank Ginda, American football player
- Frank Giorgi, Australian kickboxer
- Frank Henry , English cricketer
- Frank Herron, American football player
- Frank Hood, American football player
- Frank Jacobsson, Swedish football 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 , Scottish association football player
- Frank Marshall, English association football player and coach
- Frank Marshall , American professional baseball umpire
- Frank Marshall, 19th century
- Frank Matteo, American football player
- Frank McConnell, Canadian athlete
- Frank McPhee , American football player
- Frank Minini, American football player
- Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist
- Frank Moreno, Cuban judoka
- 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 Patrick , American football player
- Frank Patrick , American football player
- Frank Patrick , Canadian ice hockey player
- Frank-Paul Nu'uausala, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Frank Ragnow, American football player
- Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
- Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame North American baseball player and manager
- Frank Pritchard, Australian-New Zealand Rugby League player
- Frank Sandercock, a Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Frank Sargent , a Canadian sports executive in ice hockey and curling
- Frank Sinclair, English-born Jamaican football player
- Frank Spellacy, American football player
- Frank Thomas
- Frank Thomas , Major League Baseball player in the American League from 1990 to 2008
- Frank Thomas, 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
Other
- Frank Abagnale, former confidence trickster, check forger, skilled impostor and escape artist
- Frank Adams, British mathematician
- Frank Bainimarama, Commander of the Fijian Military Forces and Interim Prime Minister
- Frank Barnett, 49th Governor of American Samoa
- Frank Bossard, Secret Intelligence Service agent convicted of spying for the USSR
- Frank Buchman, American evangelist
- Frank Cali, American crime boss
- Frank Cooper , Australian politician
- Frank Cooper III, business executive, branded entertainment leader
- Frank Dobson, British politician
- Frank DeSimone, Italian American mobster
- Frank Di Mauro Co-founder of Bookitbee
- Frank Marcus Fernando, 3rd Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw
- Frank Grevil, Danish whistleblower
- Frank Heart, American computer engineer and Internet pioneer
- Frank Ebenezer Hill, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Frank K. Houston, president and chairman of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in the 1940s.
- Frank James, 19th-century outlaw and member of the James-Younger Gang
- Frank Jenner, English Australian evangelist
- Frank Larkin, disability rights activist
- Frank Charles Laubach, Congregational Christian missionary and mystic
- Frank Laukien, American billionaire businessman
- Frank J. Low, American physicist
- Frank Lowy, Australian businessman
- Frank Marshall , American chess master
- Frank J. Marshall, investment banker and former engineer V.P. of Cisco
- Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall of Leeds, British lawyer and politician
- Frank Marshall, Dean of Barbados
- Frank Mockler, 47th Governor of American Samoa
- Frank Schilling, domain name and Internet investor
- Frank Smith, British psycholinguist
- Frank van Kappen, Dutch soldier and politician
- Frank Vitkovic, murderer in the Queen Street massacre in Melbourne in 1987
- Frank Wassenberg, Dutch politician
- Frank E. Wheelock, a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, Texas
- Frank T. M. White, Australian mining and metallurgical engineer and mineral science educator.