Noack is a German surname of Sorbian origin. It is a spelling variant of the surname Noak, which is itself a variant of Nowak; nowak ("newcomer") was a nickname for a new citizen or for someone who has recently moved to a town or village. There are 8070 people surnamed Noack in Germany, mostly in the Sorbian settlement area. The surname is attested as early as 1648, with a mention of a Hans Noack in Lübben.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Angelika Noack, German rower
- Astrid Noack, Danish sculptor
- Axel Noack, German racewalker
- Barbara Noack (1924–2022), German writer
- Belinda Noack, Australian cricketer
- Bernd Noack, German scientist
- Claudia Noack (born 1961), German rower
- Eddie Noack, American country-western singer
- Erwin Noack (1940–2006), German artist and musician
- Friedrich Noack, German cultural historian and writer
- Günther Noack (1912–1991), German figure skater
- Harald Noack (born 1945) [de], German politician in Lower Saxony
- Harald Noack (born 1949) [de], German politician in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia
- Hermann Noack, founder of Hermann Noack, German art foundry
- Ingrid Noack (born 1982), Australian cricketer
- John Noack (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
- Karl Gustav Herbert Noack, the birth name of German composer Jim Cowler [de] (1898–1964)
- Kurt Noack, German composer
- Lothar Noack (born 1953), German swimmer
- Marianne Noack (born 1951), German gymnast
- Neele Eckhardt-Noack (born 1992), German triple jumper
- Rudolf Noack, German footballer
- Rüdiger Noack, German Ice hockey player
- Ruth Noack (born 1964), German curator and art historian
- Sebastian Noack (born 1969), German baritone
- Ulrich Noack, German ice hockey player
- Ursula Noack (1918–1988), German cabaret artiste, actress, and singer
- Ute Noack, East German cross-country skier
- Ute Noack (swimmer) (born 1943), German butterfly swimmer
See also
References
- Bichlmeier, Harald; Schiller, Christiane. "Noack". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- Bichlmeier, Harald; Schiller, Christiane. "Nowak". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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