| Samuel Fränkel | |
| Native Name: | שמואל פרנקל |
| Native Name Lang: | he |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1801 |
| Birth Place: | Zülz |
| Death Date: | 28 July 1881 (age 79) |
| Death Place: | Neustadt O.S. |
| Resting Place: | Jewish cemetery in Prudnik |
| Citizenship: | German |
| Spouse: | Ester Polke |
| Children: | Zwi, Menachem, Jehuda, Akiba, Dorothea, Cäcilie, Josef, Jenny, Abraham, Albert, Auguste, Rosalie, Emanuel, Hermann |
| Mother: | Chandel Fränkel |
| Father: | Abraham Isaak Fränkel |
| Relatives: | Max Pinkus |
Samuel Fränkel (; 22 November 1801 – 28 July 1881[1]) was a German industrialist.
Samuel Fränkel was born 22 November 1801 in Zülz (currently Biała, Poland). In 1827 he moved to Neustadt O.S. (currently Prudnik). He founded a linen and terrycloth factory in 1845, at the shore of Prudnik river.[2] It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg.[3] The company was confiscated from the Fränkel family by Nazis in 1938, under the Nuremberg Laws that prohibited German Jews from owning property. Post-war, the company reopened under the name Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex".
He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.
Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S.