Funk (surname)
Funk is a German surname.
Origin
The ancient and distinguished surname Funk is of German origin. It is derived from the Middle High German “Funke,” meaning “spark,” and was most likely originally used to denote a blacksmith. Alternatively, it may have originally been bestowed as a nickname to indicate a very lively person.[1]
People with the surname
- Aaron Funk, Canadian electronic musician
- Allan Funk, American professional wrestler
- Annie Clemmer Funk (1874–1912), Mennonite missionary in India, perished with the Titanic
- Casimir Funk (1884–1967), Polish biochemist
- Dory Funk (1919–1973), American professional wrestler and father of Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Jr.
- Dory Funk, Jr. (born 1942), American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer
- Eric Funk (born 1949), American contemporary classical composer
- Franz Xaver von Funk (1840–1907), German church historian
- Fred Funk (born 1956), American professional golfer
- Håkan Funk (born 1962), Swedish curler
- Heinrich Funk (1807-1877), German landscape painter
- Isaac Funk (1797-1865), American politician, pioneer and rancher
- Isaac Kaufmann Funk (1839–1912), American editor, lexicographer, publisher and spelling reformer
- Jake Funk (born 1998), American football player
- Joe Funk (c.1914–1981), American lithography printmaker and muralist.
- Joseph Funk (1778–1862), American music teacher and publisher
- Michael Funk, Canadian ice hockey player
- Neil Funk (born 1946), American basketball announcer Chicago Bulls (1991-2020)
- Nolan Gerard Funk (born 1986), American actor
- Paul Funk (1886–1969), Austrian mathematician
- Paul E. Funk II (born 1962), American general
- Rydel Funk (née Lynch) (born 1993), American singer, musician and television actress, member of pop rock band R5
- Robert W. Funk (1926–2005), American religious scholar
- Terry Funk (born 1944), American professional wrestler, also known as "The Funker"
- Tom Funk, American Major League baseball player
- Vicki Funk (born 1947), American botanist
- Wally Funk (born 1939), American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador
- Walther Funk (1890–1960), Nazi official
- Wes Funk (1969-2015), Canadian writer
- Wilfred John Funk (1883–1965), American author and publisher, son of Isaac Kaufmann Funk
- Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (1866–1949), German-American portrait painter
- Wolf-Peter Funk (1943–2021), German-Canadian religious scholar and Coptologist
See also
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