Franks (surname)
Franks is an Anglo-American surname, derived from the given name Frank and originally came from England and Germany. The name was in the early records, of the Virginia Colony, starting in the 1660s. The Jewish surname, Franks has also been found as early as the 17th century, in New York City.
People with the surname include:
- Abigail Franks, American colonist
- Dick Franks, American civil servant
- Augustus Wollaston Franks, English antiquarian
- Bobby Franks, murder victim
- Bubba Franks, American footballer
- Camilla Franks, Australian fashion designer
- Carl Franks, American college football coach
- Cecil Franks, English politician
- David Franks (loyalist), English colonist
- David Franks (aide-de-camp), aide-de-camp of Benedict Arnold
- Feleipe Franks, American football player
- Herman Franks, American baseball player
- Hermina Franks, American baseball player
- Jordan Franks, American football player
- Lawrence Franks Jr., American rapper known professionally as Huey
- Lynne Franks, English public relations consultant
- Mary Anne Franks, American academic
- Michael Franks (musician), American singer-songwriter
- Michael Franks (athlete), American sprinter
- Mike Franks (tennis), American tennis player
- Oliver Shewell Franks, English philosopher
- Paul Franks, English cricketer
- Philip Franks, British actor
- Robert Franks, Disambiguation
- Bob Franks, American politician
- Stephen Franks, New Zealand lawyer
- Tanya Franks, English actress
- Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter
- Tim Franks, British journalist
- Tommy Franks, American general
- Trent Franks, American politician
- Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist
- William Sadler Franks, British astronomer
- Feleipe Franks, American Sportsman