Schenk

Schenk is a common German and Dutch occupational surname derived from schenken (=to pour out or serve) and referring to the medieval profession of cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper). People with this surname include:

• Ard Schenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: Ard Schenk Award)
• August Schenk (born 1815), German botanist and paleobotanist
• Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustrator
• Bel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poet
• Bert Schenk (born 1970), German boxer
• Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor
• Christian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathlete
• Dieter Schenk (born 1937), German author and police officer
• Francis Joseph Schenk (1901–1969), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Franziska Schenk (born 1974), German speed skater
• Georg Schenk von Limpurg, (1470–1522), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
• [[Gretchen Knief Schenk (1901–1989), American librarian
• Hanne Schenk (born 1984), Swiss bobsledder
• Hans Schenk (born 1949), Dutch footballer
• Heinz Schenk (1924-2014), German television moderator
• Henk Schenk (born 1945), Dutch-born American wrestler
• Isobel Schenk (1898–1980), Australian Christian missionary
• Johan Schenk (1660 – after 1712), Dutch musician and composer
• Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836), Austrian composer
• Josephus Schenk (born 1980), Dutch darts player
• Juliane Schenk (born 1982), German badminton player
• Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak government minister
• Karl Schenk (1823–1895), Swiss pastor and politician
• Leopold Schenk (1840–1902), Austrian embryologist
• Lynn Schenk (born 1945), American (Californian) politician
• Nick Schenk (born 1965), American screenwriter
• Otto Schenk (born 1930), Austrian actor
• Pavel Schenk (born 1941), Czech volleyball player
• Peter Schenk the Elder (1660–1712), German-born Dutch engraver and cartographer
• Peter Schenk the Younger (1693–1775), Dutch engraver and map publisher
• Rodolphe Samuel Schenk (1888–1969), Australian Christian missionary
• Xandro Schenk (born 1993), Dutch footballer

Schenk von Stauffenberg 

• Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), German army officer, aristocrat and resistance member
• For his relatives, see the Stauffenberg family