rankine

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{{cite web | first1=Leonarda |last1=Kovacic |first2=Barbara |last2=Lemon| date=2019| quote= Created: 25 May 2005, Last modified: 12 February 2019 | title=Rankine, Dorothy Leila - Woman |website= The Australian Women's Register| publisher=National Foundation for Australian Women & University of Melbourne | url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1188b.htm | access-date=9 April 2023}}
• 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