Frank Joseph Hecker (July 6, 1846 – June 26, 1927) was an American businessman in the railroad-car manufacturing business.

[1] In the 1870s, a group of investors from Detroit decided to build a rail line near Logansport, Indiana; they hired Hecker to manage their project.

[2] This service brought him to the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1904 appointed Hecker to the Panama Canal Commission.

[2] The couple had five children: Frank Clarence, Anna Cynthia, Louise May, Christian Henry, and Grace Clara.

[2] Frank Hecker died from heart failure at his home in Detroit on June 26, 1927, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.