Finke (family name)
The family name Finke has different origins: It comes from the Middle High German word vinke = Finke (bird) or from the Frisian-North High German word vinke = loser Gesell, which was a common name for a funny, happy, singing person.
Possible modifications
Possible modifications are Fink, Fincke, Vinke, Finkenzeller, Finkenstädt.
Name bearer
- Alfred Finke (1888–1971), German politician
- August Finke (1906–1995), German politician (NSDAP, SRP)
- Bernd Finke (* 1963), German diplomat
- Christian Finke (* 1958), German church musician
- Christian Finke-Tange (* 1972), German church musician and music teacher
- Christine Finke (* 1966), German English scholar, blogger, journalist and children's book author
- Dieter Finke (sculptor) (1939–2011), German sculptor
- Dieter Finke (soccer player) (* 1960), German soccer player
- Eberhard Finke (1920–2016), German cellist and university professor
- Erich Finke (1905–1945), German internist
- Fidelio F. Finke (1891–1968), German composer
- Gerhard Finke (* 1917), German painter
- Heinrich Finke (1855–1938), German historian
- Heinz Finke (1915–2007), German photographer and picture reporter
- Helmut Finke (1923–2009), German musician, instrument maker and entrepreneur
- Hermann Finke (1877–1947), German librarian and epigraphist
- Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund (1919–2012), German pianist and piano teacher
- Jochen Finke (* 1941), German set designer
- Johann Paul Finke († 1756), German lawyer and writer
- Johannes Finke (* 1974), German author, publisher and musician
- Julius Finke (1880–1947), German politician (SPD), MdR
- Karl Finke (tattoo artist) (1866–1935), German tattoo artist, wrestler and showman
- Karl Finke (administrative employee) (* 1947), German disability officer and sports functionary
- Karl Konrad Finke (* 1935), German librarian
- Leonhard Ludwig Finke (1747–1837), German physician and university professor
- Lieselotte Finke-Poser (* 1925), German painter and graphic artist
- Luise Finke (1917–2002), German educator and athlete
- Margarete Finke (* in the 19th century), German politician (DVP, DNVP)
- Meinolf Finke (* 1963), German poet
- Patrick Finke (* 1983), German American football player
- Peter Finke (science theorist) (* 1942), German science theorist and university professor
- Peter Finke (physicist) (* 1944), German physicist
- Peter Finke (ethnologist) (* 1963), German ethnologist and university professor
- Petra Finke (* 1958), German rower
- Ralf Finke (* 1960), German journalist and author
- Renate Finke-Osiander (* 1926), German diplomat
- Richard Finke (1908–2007), German painter, hunter and behaviorist
- Stefan Finke (* 1963), German writer
- Tommy Finke (* 1981), German singer-songwriter and composer
- Volker Finke (* 1948), German soccer player and coach
- Wilfried Finke (1951–2019), German entrepreneur, football official
- Wilhelm Finke ( Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Finke ; 1884–1950), German pedagogue, physicist and astronomer