Francken is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Frank".Francken at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.Francken name distribution in Belgium People with this name include:
Christian Francken (c.1550–c.1611), German Jesuit writer Christoph Bernhard Francken or Francke (1670–1729), German military officer and painter Frank Francken (born 1964), Belgian racing cyclist (c.1720–1791), Dutch-born merchant and freemason in the West Indies Jacques Francken (1891–1949), Dutch footballer, brother of Mannes Mannes Francken (1888–1948), Dutch footballer, brother of Jacques Ruth Francken (1924–2006), Czech-American sculptor, painter, and furniture designer Theo Francken (born 1978), Belgian New Flemish Alliance politician The Francken family of Flemish painters: Frans Francken the Elder (or Frans Francken I 1542–1616), his two sons: Hieronymus Francken II, son of Frans I, brother of Frans II, Antwerp 1578–1623 Frans Francken the Younger (or Frans II, Antwerp, 1581–1642) Frans Francken III, son of Frans II, 1607–1667 Hieronymus Francken III, son of Frans II, 1611–1671 Constantijn Francken, son of Hieronymus III, 1661–1717 Ambrosius Francken I, brother of Frans I, 1544–1618 Hieronymus Francken I, brother of Frans I, c. 1540–1610, mostly worked in France Isabella Francken, probable daughter of Hieronymus I, active c.1600–1625 Fictitious Fritz Francken, pseudonym of Flemish writer Frederik Edward Clijmans (1893–1969) Jan Baptist Francken, non-existing member of the Flemish family of painters Sebastiaen Francken, name never used by the unrelated Flemish painter Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573–1647)
See also Franken (surname), variant spelling of the same surname Franken (disambiguation), for other meanings Francke, German surname
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