Famous People with Name Frank

Frank Hyneman Knight            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Hyneman Knight: was an important economist of the twentieth century. He was born in McLean County, Illinois in a devoutly Christian family of farmers. He never completed high school but was admitted in 1905 to the American University in Tennessee. He graduated in 1911 from Milligan College. At the University of Tennessee he obtained a B.S. and an M.A. (the latter in German) in 1913. He then moved to Cornell University for doctoral studies. His initial main subject was philosophy, but he soon switched to economics. He studied with Alvin Johnson and Allyn Young, who both supervised the work on his dissertation, that was completed in 1916 under the title Cost, Value and Profit. Knight would subsequently revise it for publication under its more familiar name Risk, Uncertainty and Profit (1921).

Frank Edwin Egler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Edwin Egler: was an American plant ecologist and pioneer in the study of vegetation science.he studied forestry at the New York State College of Forestry and botany the University of Chicago, graduating in 1932. Egler went on to obtain his M.S. in plant ecology from the University of Minnesota, where he studied with William Skinner Cooper, in 1934, and his Ph.D. in plant ecology at Yale University, where his advisor was G. E. Nichols, in 1936.

Frank Alois Pitelka            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Alois Pitelka: was an American ornithologist. He was the 2001 recipient of the Cooper Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, which is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in ornithological research.[1] In 1992, Dr. Pitelka received the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America.

Frank Christopher Hawthorne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Christopher Hawthorne: a Canadian mineralogist and crystallographer.From 1973 to 1975, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Geological Science at the University of Manitoba. He was a research associate from 1975 to 1980 and University Research Fellow from 1980 to 1985.In 1985, he was appointed an Associate Professor and in 1986 he was appointed a Professor of Crystallography and Mineralogy. He currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Crystallography and Mineralogy.

Frank Clarke Fraser            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Clarke Fraser: a Canadian medical geneticist. He was Canada's first medical geneticist.In 1950, he joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor of Genetics. In 1955, he was appointed an Associate and in 1960 was made a full professor. From 1970 to 1982, he was the Molson Professor of Genetics in the Department of Biology. From 1973 to 1982, he was also a Professor of Paediatrics. From 1979 to 1982, he was a Professor in the McGill Centre for Human Genetics. From 1952 to 1982, he was the founder and Director of the Department of Medical Genetics at the Montreal Children's Hospital, the first Canadian medical genetics department in a pediatric hospital. From 1982 to 1985, he was a Professor of Clinical Genetics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. From 1990 to 1993, he was the Director of the Genetics Working Group of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.

Jane Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jane Frank: the American artist,She is known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, and textile artist. A pupil of Hans Hofmann, she can in much of her work be categorized stylistically as an abstract expressionist, but one who draws primary inspiration from the natural world, particularly landscape — landscape "as metaphor", she once explained. Her later painting refers more explicitly to aerial landscapes, while her sculpture tends toward minimalism. Chronologically and stylistically, Jane Frank's work in totality straddles both the modern and the contemporary (even postmodern) periods. She referred to her works generally as "inscapes".

Robert Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Frank: an important figure in American photography and film. His most notable work, the 1958 photographic book titled simply The Americans, was heavily influential in the post-war period, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American society. Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with compositing and manipulating photographs.

John E. Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John E. Frank: was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.

Joe S. Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe S. Frank: is the current mayor of Newport News, Virginia.He was re-elected in May 1998, 2002, and 2006. He is the first directly-elected mayor in the history of the City. Mayor Frank is an Eagle Scout and was recently awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. In

William J. Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William J. Frank: is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.He served as a volunteer cook for the Christopher Place Employment Academy from 1988 until 1994. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors for Action for the Homeless from 1992 until 199