Danks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Danks (born 1985), English football coach Clayton Danks (1879–1970), Wyoming rodeo champion Dale Danks (1939–2021), American politician and lawyer David Miles Danks (1931–2003), Australian medical geneticist John Danks (born 1985), American baseball pitcher John Danks & Son, manufacturer and hardware merchant family of Melbourne, Australia Joseph Danks (born 1962), American spree killer Mark Danks (born 1984), English football striker Sharon Gamson Danks, American landscape architect