Blank (family name)
Blank is the family name of the following people:
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Blank (chemist) (1863–1936), German chemist and local researcher
- Albert Blank (manager) (1885–1963), German manager
- Alexander Solomonowitsch Blank (1921–1985), Soviet historian
- André Blank (1914–1987), Belgian painter
- Andreas Blank (Romanist) (1961–2001), German linguist
- Andreas Blank (politician) (* 1962), Swiss politician (SVP)
- Andreas Blank (handball player) (* 1980), German handball player
- Anton Blank (also Jan Antoni Blank-Białecki ; 1785–1844), German painter
- Arthur Blank (* 1942), American entrepreneur
- August Blank (1902–1995), German composer
B.
- Barbara Jean Blank aka Kelly Kelly (* 1987), American wrestler and model
- Bernd Wilhelm Blank (* 1935), German sculptor
- Bernhard M. Blank (* 1950), German painter and artist
- Bertram Blank (politician) (1930–1978), German SPD politician
- Bertram Blank (physicist) , German nuclear physicist
- Bettina Blank (* 1956), German political scientist and intelligence officer
- Bonavita Blank (1740–1827), professor of natural history in Würzburg
- Boris Blank (musician) (* 1952), Swiss artist
- Boris Blank (ice hockey player) (* 1978), German-Kazakh ice hockey player
C.
- Carolyn Blank (* 1988), American soccer player
- Christian Blank (1879–1967), German civil servant and politician
E.
- Ernst Georg Blank (1892–1957), German doctor
F.
- François Blank (* 1930), Swiss ice hockey player
- Franz J. Blank (* 1932), German painter
- Fritz Blank (1914–1977), German agricultural engineer and university professor for medical mycology
G
- Georg Blank (lawyer) (1887–1966), German lawyer and politician (DPS)
- Georg Blank (resistance fighter) (1888–1944), German politician and resistance fighter
- Gertrud Blank (1892–1981), German social worker
H
- Hannes Blank (* 1983), German racing cyclist
- Hans Blank (local researcher) (1850–1908), Austrian lawyer and local history researcher
- Hans Blank (musician) (1919–2006), German musician and composer
- Hans Blank (artist) (* 1952), Dutch painter and sculptor
- Hans-Walter Blank (1918–1968), German politician (KPD)
- Harriet Blank (* 1944), German swimmer
- Harry Blank (* 1968), German actor
- Heinrich Blank (entrepreneur) (1836–1906), German entrepreneur, see Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co.
- Heinrich Blank (painter) (1862–1929), German painter
- Heinrich Blank (rower) (* 20th century), German rower
- Helmut Blank (* 1938), German soccer player
- Herbert B. Blank (1947–1998), German politician (CDU)
- Hermann Blank (1910–?), German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Hugo Blank (1843–1924), German engineer and manufacturer
I.
- Ingrid Haasis-Blank (* 1954), German politician
- Irma Blank (* 1934), German-Italian painter and graphic artist
J
- Jakob Blank-Arbenz (1810–1893), Swiss entrepreneur
- Jamie Lee Blank (* 1994), German voice actress
- Jan Pieter Blank (* 1971), German musician, member of Blank & Jones
- Joachim Blank (* 1963), German net artist
- Jodie Blank (* 1992), German voice actress
- Johann Carl Schmitt-Blank (1824–1880), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Johann Conrad Blank (1757–1827), Austrian clergyman and mathematician
- Johann Friedrich Blank (1708–1745), Russian architect of German descent
- Johann Peter Blank (1925–2014), German railway engineer
- Johannes Blank (pastor) (1865–1940), German Protestant pastor, local researcher (pseudonym: Jhs. Buchwald) and chronicler
- Johannes Blank (1904–1983), German water polo player
- Joost de Blank (1908–1968), British Anglican theologian and Archbishop of Cape Town
- Josef Blank (theologian) (1926–1989), German theologian and university professor
- Josef Bonavita Blank (1740–1827), German priest, mineralogist and zoologist
- Joseph Blank (politician) (1913–1994), German politician (CDU)
- Joseph-Theodor Blank (* 1947), German politician (CDU)
- Julius Blank (businessman) (1803–1865), German businessman and company owner, see Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co.
- Julius Blank (1925–2011), American mechanical engineer
K
- Karl Blank (architect) ( Karl Iwanowitsch Blank ; 1728–1793), Russian architect
- Karl Emil Blank (1817–1893), German businessman
- Klaus Blank (* 1935), German soccer player
- Konrad Blank (* 1931), Austrian politician
L.
- Lars Mathias Blank (* 1969), German engineer and biologist
- Les Blank (1935–2013), American documentary filmmaker
- Lorenz Blank (1862–1922), German politician
- Ludwig Blank (* 1949), German soccer player
M.
- Margarete Blank (1901–1945), German doctor
- Marija Alexandrowna Blank , maiden name of Marija Alexandrowna Ulyanova (1835-1916), mother of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Martin Blank (1897–1972), German politician
- Martin H. Blank (1908–1989), American agricultural scientist
- Matthias Blank (1881–1928), German writer
- Max Blank , German National Socialist functionary
- Michael Blank (Designer) , German designer, department head in the Office for Industrial Design of the GDR
- Michael Blank (lawyer) (* 1948), German lawyer
- Michael Blank (artist) (* 1959), Austrian painter, sculptor and cutler
- Michael Blank (politician) (* 1961), German politician (SPD)
O
- Otto Blank (1917–2006), German industrialist
P
- Pankraz Blank (1882–1961), German politician (center)
- Paula Blank (1887–1967), German librarian
- Peter Blank (* 1962), German javelin thrower
R.
- Radha Blank (* 1976), American screenwriter and film director
- Ralf Blank (* 1962), German historian
- Rebecca Blank (* 1955), American economist and politician
- Renate Blank (* 1941), German politician (CSU)
- Richard Blank (* 1939), German director and producer
- Robert Carl Blank (* 1975), German guitarist and singer
- Roger Blank (* 1938), American drummer
- Rudolf Blank (* 1955), German soccer player
S.
- Sabine Blank (* 1984), German soccer player
- Sachar Blank (* 1985), German ice hockey player
- Stefan Blank (* 1977), German soccer player
- Stephen J. Blank (* 1950), American military historian
- Steve Blank (* 1953), American entrepreneur, lecturer and author
T
- Theodor Blank (1905–1972), German politician (CDU)
- Thomas Blank (1933–2013), Swiss draftsman and sculptor
U
- Ulrich Blank (abbot) (1673–1748), German clergyman, imperial prelate and abbot of Marchtal (today Obermarchtal, Alb-Donau district)
- Ulrich Blank (engineer) (* 1948), German engineer and manager
- Ulrike Blank-Peters (* 1967), German triathlete
- Urban Blank (* 1922), Swiss sculptor, painter, drawing and craft teacher and pedagogue
V
- Viktoria Blank (1859–1928), German singer (alto)
- Vitalij Blank (* 1982), German ice hockey player
W.
- Walter Blank (1894–1943), German radiologist (deported to Auschwitz )
- Walter Ferdinand Blank (1934–2015), German entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Blank (1899–1945), German resistance fighter and Nazi victim
- Willi Blank (* 1920), German accordion player