Rankine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- William Rankine (1820–1872), Scottish engineer and physicist
- Rankine body an elliptical shape of significance in fluid dynamics, named for Rankine
- Rankine scale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale, named for Rankine
- Rankine cycle, a thermodynamic heat-engine cycle, also named after Rankine
- Rankine Lecture, a lecture delivered annually by an expert in the field of geotechnics
- Alan Rankine (born 1958), Scottish rock musician
- Alexander Rankine (1881–1956), British physicist
- Andy Rankine (1895–1965), Scottish footballer
- Camille Rankine, American poet
- Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright
- Dean Rankine, Australian comics artist
- George Rankine Irwin, (1907–1998) American materials scientist
- James Rankine (1828–1897), South Australian politician
- Jennifer Rankine (born 1953), South Australian politician
- John Rankine (1918–2013), British science fiction author
- John Rankine (Australian politician) (1801–1864), South Australian physician and politician
- John Rankine (governor) (1907–1987), British colonial administrator
- Leila Rankine (1932–1993), Aboriginal Australian poet, co-founder of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music at the University of Adelaide
- Mark Rankine (born 1969), English footballer
- Michael Rankine (born 1985), English footballer
- Scotty Rankine (1909–1995), Canadian Olympic athlete
- Thomas Rankine (born 1978), American musician
- William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan (1898–1975), Scottish judge and politician
See also
- Organic Rankine cycle
- Rankin (disambiguation)
- Rankine (crater)
- Rankine power station
- Rankine theory
- Rankine vortex
- Rankine's method
- Rankine–Hugoniot equation
- Trouton–Rankine experiment
References
- Kovacic, Leonarda; Lemon, Barbara (2019). "Rankine, Dorothy Leila - Woman". The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women & University of Melbourne. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
Created: 25 May 2005, Last modified: 12 February 2019
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