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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

• Surnames