Polk (name)
Polk may refer to the following people:
;Given name
- Polk, a Paiute chief
- Polk Laffoon, American lawyer and U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Polk Miller, American pharmacist, musician, and Confederate soldier
- Polk Robison, American collegiate basketball and football coach and athletics administrator
;Surname
- Albert Fawcett Polk, American lawyer and United States representative from Delaware
- Antoinette Polk, Baroness de Charette, American Southern belle and French aristocrat by marriage
- Aysia Polk, American actress
- Benjamin Polk, American designer and architect
- Carlos Polk, American retired National Football League player
- Charles Polk, Jr., American farmer and politician
- Chris Polk, American football running back
- DaShon Polk, American football player
- Doug Polk, American professional poker player
- Elias Polk, American slave and political activist
- Ezekiel Polk, American surveyor, soldier, pioneer and grandfather to United States president James K. Polk
- Frank Polk, American lawyer
- George Polk, American journalist murdered in Greece
- Hiram Polk, American surgeon and thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast
- James G. Polk, United States representative from Ohio
- James H. Polk, American four-star general
- James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States of America
- Leonidas Polk, American bishop, Confederate general, planter, related to U.S. president James K. Polk
- Leonidas Lafayette Polk, American farmer, journalist and political figure
- Lucius Junius Polk, American politician and planter from Tennessee.
- Lucy Ann Polk, American jazz singer
- Oscar Polk, American actor
- Ron Polk, American college baseball coach
- Rufus King Polk, United States representative from Pennsylvania
- Sarah Childress Polk, wife of James K. Polk
- Shawntinice Polk, American basketball player
- Susan Polk, American murderer
- Tori Polk, American long jumper
- Trusten Polk, American governor, Confederate Army officer, and United States senator
- Vanleer Polk, American politician from Tennessee
- William Benjamin Polk, Illinois state representative
- William Hawkins Polk, Tennessee congressman
- William R. Polk, foreign policy consultant, author
- William Polk , American Revolutionary War officer and bank president
- Willis Polk, American architect best known for his work in San Francisco, California
