Noack

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), German politician in Lower Saxony
• Harald Noack (born 1949), 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 Jim Cowler (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

• Hermann Noack or Noack Foundry, German art foundry in Berlin
• Noack Organ Company
• Noack's roundleaf bat
• Noack volatility test