Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Frank Forde 1945 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters, 1 hero
Frank Churchill 1815 Emma
Frank Hardy 1927 The Tower Treasure
Frank Kennedy 1936 Gone With the Wind
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero, 1 villain
Frank Booth 1986 Blue Velvet
Frank Drebin 1988 The Naked Gun
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
3 characters
(character) Frank 1991 Dirty Frank
(character) Frank 2009 He's Frank (Slight Return)
(character) Frank 2012 Frank D. Fixer
Fictional Characters from Television:
11 characters, 1 hero
Frank Pike 1968 Dad's Army
Columbo (a.k.a. Frank) 1971 Columbo
Frank Lemmer 1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Frank Lambert 1991 Step by Step
Frank Buffay Jr. 1994 Friends
Frank Martin 1994 ER
Frank Barone 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Frank Mitchell 1996 Moesha
Frank Tripp 2002 CSI: Miami
Frank Lapidus 2004 Lost
Frank Reynolds 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Frank Harlow 2006 Big Love
German Chancellors and Presidents:
1 president
(president) Frank-Walter Steinmeier 2017-
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Frank Sinatra 1960; 1966; 1967 Come Dance with Me!; September of My Years; A Man and His Music; Strangers in the Night
Hall-of-Famers:
9 ice hockey, 5 baseball, 3 football, 1 basketball
(ice hockey) Frank McGee 1945
(baseball) Frank Chance 1946
(ice hockey) Frank Nighbor 1947
(baseball) Frankie Frisch 1947
(ice hockey) Frank "Moose" Goheen 1952
(ice hockey) Frank Foyston 1958
(ice hockey) Frank Fredrickson 1958
(ice hockey) Frank Boucher 1958
(ice hockey) Frank Rankin 1961
(ice hockey) Frank Brimsek 1966
(football) Frank "Bruiser" Kinard 1971
(football) Frank Gifford 1977
(basketball) Frank Ramsey 1981
(ice hockey) Frank Mahovlich 1981
(baseball) Frank Robinson 1982
(football) Frank Gatski 1985
(baseball) Frank Grant 2006
(baseball) Frank Thomas 2014
Harry Potter Characters:
2 characters
Frank Bryce
Frank Longbottom
Most Valuable Players:
5 winners
Frank Nighbor 1924 ice hockey
Frankie Frisch 1931 baseball
Frank McCormick 1940 baseball
Frank Robinson 1961; 1966 baseball
Frank Thomas 1993; 1994 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 chemistry, 2 physics, 1 medicine, 1 peace
(peace) Frank B. Kellogg 1929
(physics) Cecil Frank Powell 1950
(medicine) Frank Macfarlane Burnet 1960
(chemistry) Willard Libby (middle name Frank) 1960
(chemistry) F. Sherwood Rowland (a.k.a. Frank) 1995
(physics) Frank Wilczek 2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
17 actors, 1 actor/comedian
Frank Morgan 1890-1949
Buster Keaton (middle name Frank) 1895-1966
Gary Cooper (a.k.a. Frank) 1901-1961
Buddy Ebsen (a.k.a. Frank) 1908-2003
Frank Sinatra 1915-1998
Frankie Darro (a.k.a. Frank) 1917-1976
Christopher Lee (middle name Frank) 1922-2015
Frank Finlay 1926-2016
Frank Gorshin 1933-2005
Frank Vincent 1937-2017
Frank Langella 1938-
Joe Pesci (middle name Frank) 1943-
Frank Stallone 1950-
Frank Whaley 1963-
Frank Grillo 1965-
Frank Lammers 1972-
Thure Lindhardt (middle name Frank) 1974-
Frank Dillane 1991-
Notable Artists:
2 architects
Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959
Frank Gehry 1929-
Notable Athletes:
5 ice hockey, 5 soccer, 3 baseball, 2 football, 1 basketball, 1 skateboarding
(ice hockey) Frank Nighbor 1893-1966
(ice hockey) Frank Fredrickson 1895-1979
(baseball) Frankie Frisch 1897-1973
(ice hockey) Frank Boucher 1901-1977
(ice hockey) Frank Brimsek 1913-1998
(football) Frank Gifford 1930-2015
(basketball) Frank Ramsey 1931-2018
(baseball) Frank Robinson 1935-2019
(ice hockey) Frank Mahovlich 1938-
(soccer) Frank Rijkaard 1962-
(skateboarding) Tony Hawk (middle name Frank) 1968-
(baseball) Frank Thomas 1968-
(soccer) Frank de Boer 1970-
(soccer) Frank Lampard 1978-
(football) Frank Gore 1983-
(soccer) Gareth Bale (middle name Frank) 1989-
(soccer) Frank Bagnack 1995-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Franklin Clarence Mars (a.k.a. Frank) 1883-1934
Frank Williams 1942-2021
Notable Evildoers:
1 criminal
Frank Abagnale 1948-
Notable Filmmakers:
5 directors
Frank Lloyd 1886-1960
Frank Borzage 1894-1962
Frank Capra 1897-1991
Frank Oz 1944-
Frank Darabont 1959-
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 3 singers
Frank Sinatra 1915-1998
Frank Zappa 1940-1993
Boudewijn de Groot (a.k.a. Frank) 1944-
Frank Beard 1949-
Frank Stallone 1950-
Frank Iero 1981-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists, 1 chemist, 1 inventor
Frank Shuman 1862-1918
Cecil Frank Powell 1903-1969
Willard Libby (middle name Frank) 1908-1980
Frank Wilczek 1951-
Notable Writers:
6 authors
L. Frank Baum 1856-1919
Frank Yerby 1916-1991
Mickey Spillane (a.k.a. Frank) 1918-2006
Frank Kermode 1919-2010
Frank Herbert 1920-1986
Frank McCourt 1930-2009
Olympic Medalists:
15 silver, 10 bronze, 9 gold, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 bronze/silver/gold, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Frank Jarvis 1900 100 m
(silver) Frank Castleman 1904 200 m hurdles
(bronze) Frank Kehoe 1904 diving - platform
(silver) Frank Verner 1904 1500 m; 4 mile team
(silver) Frank Waller 1904 400 m; 400 m hurdles
(bronze/gold) Reginald Doherty (middle name Frank) 1900; 1908 tennis
(gold) Frank Irons 1908 long jump
(bronze) Frank Lukeman 1912 pentathlon
(silver) Frank Nelson 1912 pole vault
(bronze) Frank Murphy 1912 pole vault
(silver/bronze) Frank Beaurepaire 1908; 1920; 1924 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Frank "Moose" Goheen 1920 ice hockey
(gold) Frank Foss 1920 pole vault
(gold) Frank Loomis Jr 1920 400 m hurdles
(gold) Frank Hussey 1924 4x100 m relay
(silver) Frank Cuhel 1928 400 m hurdles
(silver) Frank Booth 1932 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Frank Kurtz 1932 diving - platform
(gold) Frank Wykoff 1928; 1932; 1936 4x100 m relay
(gold) Frank Lubin 1936 basketball
(gold) Frank McCabe 1952 basketball
(bronze) Stan Vickers (middle name Frank) 1960 20 km walk
(bronze/silver/gold) Frank McKinney Jr. 1956; 1960 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Frank Gorman 1964 diving - springboard
(silver) Frank Wiegand 1964; 1968 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Win Young (middle name Frank) 1968 diving - platform
(gold/silver) Frank Shorter 1972; 1976 marathon
(bronze) Frank Baumgartl 1976 3000 m steeplechase
(bronze) Frank Wartenberg 1976 long jump
(silver/gold) Millard Hampton Jr. (middle name Frank) 1976 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Frank Paschek 1980 long jump
(bronze/silver) Frank Schaffer 1980 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Frank Pfütze 1980 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Frank Otto 1984 water polo
(silver) Frank Baltrusch 1988 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(bronze) Frank Rutherford Jr 1992 triple jump
(silver) Frankie Fredericks 1992; 1996 100 m; 200 m
(silver) Frank Busemann 1996 decathlon
(gold) Frank Montieth 2004 baseball
(silver) Frank Ntilikina 2020; 2024 basketball
Oscar Award Winners:
3 actors, 3 directors
(director) Frank Borzage 1929; 1933 Seventh Heaven; Bad Girl
(director) Frank Lloyd 1930; 1934 The Divine Lady; Cavalcade
(director) Frank Capra 1935; 1937; 1939 It Happened One Night; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; You Can't Take It with You
(actor) Gary Cooper (a.k.a. Frank) 1942; 1953 Sergeant York; High Noon
(actor) Frank Sinatra 1954 From Here to Eternity
(actor) Joe Pesci (middle name Frank) 1991 GoodFellas
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
4 musicians
Frank Zappa 1995
Frank Beard 2004 ZZ Top
Frank Infante 2006 Blondie
Frank "Tré Cool" Wright III 2015 Green Day
Shakespearian Characters:
1 character
Master Frank Ford The Merry Wives of Windsor