Harnack

Harnack is the surname of a German family of intellectuals, artists, mathematicians, scientists, theologians and those in other fields. Several family members were executed by the Nazis during the last years of the Third Reich.

• Theodosius Harnack (1817–1889), German theologian

*Anna Harnack (1849–?)

* Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), German liberal theologian and historian of religion

:*Agnes von Zahn-Harnack (1884–1950), German writer and women's rights activist

:* Ernst von Harnack (1888–1945), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter

::* Gustav-Adolf von Harnack (1917–2010), German pediatrician

:* Elisabet von Harnack (1892–1976), German social worker

:* Axel von Harnack (1895–1974), German historian and philologist

* Carl Gustav Axel Harnack (1851–1888), German mathematician

* Erich Harnack, professor of pharmacology

* Otto Harnack, literature historian

:* Clara Harnack, painter and wife of Otto

::* Arvid Harnack (1901–1942), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter

:::* Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), American anti-Nazi resistance fighter, wife of Arvid

::* Falk Harnack (1913–1991), German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, film and stage director, brother of Arvid Harnack

Other uses

• Harnack's principle