Anke

Anke is a female given name. It may refer to the following:

  • Anke Baier-Loef (born 1972), German speed skater
  • Anke Behmer, née Vater (born 1961), former East German athlete
  • Anke Borchmann (born 1954), German rower
  • Anke Brockmann (born 1988), German field hockey player
  • Anke Dannowski, German mountain bike orienteering competitor
  • Anke Ehrhardt, researcher into sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults
  • Anke Engelke (born 1965), German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
  • Anke Feller (born 1971), retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
  • Anke Fuchs (born 1937), German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
  • Anke-Eve Goldmann (born 1930), German former motorcycle journalist
  • Anke Huber (born 1974), German retired professional tennis player
  • Anke Kühne née Kühn (born 1981), female field hockey player from Germany
  • Anke Eißmann (born 1977), German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of Tolkien's work
  • Anke Möhring (born 1969), former freestyle swimmer and Olympic medallist from East Germany
  • Anke Nothnagel (born 1966), East German-German sprint canoeist
  • Anke Ohde, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
  • Anke Pietrangeli (born 1982), South African singer, winner of Idols in South Africa in 2003
  • Anke Reschwam Schulze (born 1972), German cross country skier
  • Anke Rijnders (born 1956), former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands
  • Anke Scholz (born 1978), retired female swimmer from Germany
  • Anke Spoorendonk (born 1947), Danish-German politician
  • Anke Van dermeersch (born 1972), Flemish politician and former beauty queen
  • Anke Vondung (born 1972), German mezzo-soprano
  • Anke Westendorf (born 1954), German former volleyball player
  • Anke Wild (born 1967), former field hockey player from Germany
  • Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), German luger who has competed since 2001

See also

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  • Hannelore Anke (born 1957), German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s
  • Anke (TV series), a German television series starring Anke Engelke
  • Aunk (originally Anke), hamlet in East Devon, England
  • Ankh, an ancient hieroglyph