Volk (surname)

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Volk is a surname. It means "wolf" in several Slavic languages, and "people" in German. German Volk is the cognate of English folk and related to Fulk, French Foulques, Italian Fulco and Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco and Folquet. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Amy Volk (born 1969), American politician from Maine
  • Austin Volk (1918–2010), US politician
  • Douglas Volk (1856–1935), American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator
  • Emily Volk, American pathologist and hospital administrator
  • Ernest Volk (1845–1919), German-born US archaeologist
  • George Herbert Volk (1881–?), British automobile engineer noted as a pioneer builder of seaplanes.
  • Helen Volk (born 1954), Zimbabwean hockey player
  • Hermann Volk (1903–88), German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Igor Volk (1937–2017), USSR cosmonaut and merited test pilot
  • Jan Volk, Basketball executive
  • Joe Volk, English musician and songwriter
  • John Volk (1915–2008), American politician
  • Karl Volk (1896–1961), Communist politician, journalist and German Resistance fighter
  • Klaus Volk (born 1944), German criminal lawyer
  • Leonard Volk (1828–95), US sculptor
  • Lester D. Volk (1884–1962), American physician, lawyer and politician
  • Magnus Volk (1851–1937), British electrical engineer
  • Phil Volk (born 1945), American musician
  • Rick Volk (born 1945), American footballer
  • Rita Volk (born 1990), Uzbekistani-American actress and model
  • Robert Volk (born 1965), Slovenian soccer player
  • Rodolfo Volk (1906–83), Italian soccer player
  • Sandra Volk (born 1985), Slovenian tennis player
  • Stephen Volk (born 1954), British screenwriter
  • Tyler Volk, professor at NYU
  • Wilhelm Volk (1804–69), German author who used the pseudonym Ludwig Clarus

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