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 (politician) (1801–1864), South Australian physician and politician John Rankine (governor) (1907–1987), British colonial administrator Mark Rankine (born 1969), English footballer Michael Rankine (born 1985), English footballer Scotty Rankine (1909–1995), Canadian Olympic athlete 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