Frank
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See:
- The Germanic tribe known as the Franks;
- One of various currencies known as Francs;
- Franking as a postal device;
- Frankfurter;
- Frank, the LiveJournal.com mascot
Geographical names:
People whose surname was 'Frank' or similar:
- Andre Gunder Frank, sociologist, known as a founder of dependency theory
- Anne Frank
- César Franck, composer
- Ilya Frank, physicist (1958 Nobel laureate)
- James Franck, physicist (1925 Nobel laureate)
- Robert Frank, photographer
Pop-cultural entities:
- Frank is also an album by the New Wave group Squeeze.
- Frank and Ernest is a long-running syndicated cartoon
- Frank, is a character in Sesamstraat
- Frank Magazine is a Canadian scandal sheet.
- Frank is also a character in the Movie Donnie Darko.
- TV's Frank from Mystery Science Theatre 3000
- Frank Burns from M*A*S*H
- Frank N. Furthr from The Rocky Horror Show
Also, frank means free in the original Germanic language, and still has that meaning (free) in Dutch, German and English, albeit a bit archaic.