Frank (given name)

Frank

Gender	generally male
Origin
Meaning	free man, javelin, truthful
Other names
Related names	Francis, François, Franklin, Franco, Franz

Frank is a given name meaning "free Man" in Latin. It may have been derived from German for "javelin". In English, 'frank' also has the meaning of sincere or truthful. People with the name Frank include:

In arts and entertainment

In literature:

• Frank Chin (born 1940), Chinese-American author
• Frank Conniff (born 1958), American actor and writer who portrayed TV's Frank
• Frank Herbert (1920-1986), science fiction writer, author of the Dune series
• Frank McCourt (1930-2009), Irish-American writer
• Frank Stella (born 1936), American painter and printmaker

In radio:

• Frank Sontag (born 1955), talk radio host

In architecture:

• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Frank Gehry

In music:

• Frank Black (born 1965), American musician
• Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), American singer and actor
• Frank Zappa (1940-1993), American musician
• 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

In television:

• Frank Caliendo, impressionist and comedian, host of the television show Frank TV

In film:

• Frank Borzage, American film director and actor
• Frank Capra (1897-1991), American film director
• Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In comics:

• Frank Bellamy, British comics artist
• Frank Brunner, 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 comics artist
• Frank Tieri, American comics writer

Other people

• Frank Broers, Dutch football (soccer) player
• Frank Bruno, British WBC heavyweight boxing champion
• Frank Bainimarama (born 1954), Commander of the Fijian Military Forces and Interim Prime Minister of Fiji
• Frank Cooper, British Oxford-based shopkeeper and marmalade manufacturer
• Frank Cooper, Australian politician
• Frank Dehne (born 1976), German volleyball player
• Frank Dobson, British politician
• Frank James, notorious 19th century outlaw and member of the James-Younger gang
• Frank Kooiman (born 1970), Dutch football (soccer) player
• Frank Lampard, English football (soccer) player
• Frank J. Low, American physicist
• Frank Mir, MMA fighter (UFC)
• Frank Moreno (born 1965), Cuban judoka
• Frank Muller (1951-2008), Dutch audio book narrator and actor
• Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football (soccer) player and manager
• Frank Schilling, Domain Name and Internet investor
• Frank Thomas, North American baseball player

Fictional characters

• Frank Booth, villain in the movie Blue Velvet, played by Dennis Hopper
• Frank Burns nicknamed "Ferret Face", character in the M*A*S*H film and television series
• Frank Butcher, fictional English soap car dealer from EastEnders
• Frank Costanza, George Costanza's father on the television series Seinfeld
• Frank Cooper, fictional US television character
• Frank Drebin, a character from 1980s Police Squad! and The Naked Gun series of films
• Frank Gallagher, main character of British television drama Shameless
• Frank Longbottom, father of Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter series
• Frank Martin, fictional character portrayed by Jason Statham in the Transporter movie series.
• Frank Pike, member of the fictional Walmington-on-sea home guard in Dad's Army, played by Ian Lavender
• Frank Spencer, character played by Michael Crawford in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• Frank Tenpenny, fictional crooked police officer in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
• Frank West, fictional photojournalist in the video game "Dead Rising"

See also

• Franc (disambiguation)
• Franck
• Franks (disambiguation)
• Frank Cooper, British Oxford-based marmalade manufacturer