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 (born 1952), German rower Astrid Noack (1888–1954), Danish sculptor Axel Noack (born 1961), German former racewalker Barbara Noack (1924–2022), German writer Belinda Noack (born 1977), Australian cricketer Bernd Noack (born 1966), German scientist Claudia Noack (born 1961), German rower Eddie Noack (1930–1978), American country-western singer Errol Noack (1945–1966), Australian soldier killed in the Vietnam War Erwin Noack (1940–2006), German artist and musician Friedrich Noack (1858–1930), German cultural historian and writer Günther Noack (1912–1991), German figure skater , German politician in Lower Saxony , German politician in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia Ingrid Noack (born 1982), Australian cricketer John Noack (born 1944), Australian rules footballer Karl Gustav Herbert Noack, the birth name of German composer (1898–1964) Kurt Noack (1893–1945), German composer Lothar Noack (born 1953), German swimmer Marianne Noack (born 1951), German gymnast Neele Eckhardt-Noack (born 1992), German triple jumper Rudolf Noack (1913–1947), German footballer Rüdiger Noack (born 1944), German ice hockey player Ruth Noack (born 1964), German curator and art historian Sebastian Noack (born 1969), German baritone Ulrich Noack (born 1942), German ice hockey player Ursula Noack (1918–1988), German cabaret artiste, actress, and singer Ute Noack (born 1961), East German cross-country skier Ute Noack (swimmer) (born 1943), German butterfly swimmer
See also
Hermann Noack, German art foundry Noack Organ Company, American pipe organ manufacturer Noack volatility test
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