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Franklin (surname)

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Franklin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Franklin (baseball), baseball player in 1884

A. B. Franklin (born 1948), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

Alex Franklin (born 1988), Puerto Rican basketball player

Allan Franklin (born 1938), American physicist, historian, and philosopher

Aretha Franklin (1942–2018), American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), a Founding Father of the United States

Benjamin Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), American actress

Bruce Franklin (guitarist), American musician

Buck Colbert Franklin (1879–1960), American lawyer

Carl Franklin (born 1949), American filmmaker

Cheryl J. Franklin, American writer

C. L. Franklin (1915–1984), Detroit, Michigan-based Baptist minister and civil rights activist

Charles Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

Charles Samuel Franklin (1879–1964), British radio pioneer

Deborah Morris Franklin (1736–1787), Quaker patriot who cared for prisoners of war

Diane Franklin (born 1962), American actress and model

Dwight Franklin (1888–1971), American artist, taxidermist and set designer

Edward C. Franklin (1928–1982), American pioneering immunologist and physician

Eric Franklin (born 1957), Swiss dancer

Farrah Franklin (born 1981), American R&B singer and actress

Frederic Franklin (1914–2013), British-American ballet dancer and director

Frederick Franklin (1840–1873), United States Navy sailor

Gertrude Franklin (1858–1913), American singer and music educator

Gilbert Franklin (1919–2004), American sculptor, educator

Gretchen Franklin (1911–2005), English actress

Guitar Pete Franklin (1928–1975), American blues singer, musician and songwriter

H. Bruce Franklin (born 1934), American cultural historian

Hugh Franklin (actor) (1916–1986), American actor

Hugh Franklin (suffragist) (1889–1962), British political activist

Isaac Franklin (1789–1846), American slave trader and plantation owner

James Franklin (naturalist) (c. 1783–1834), British soldier and brother of Sir John Franklin.

James Franklin (American football coach) (born 1972), head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Jane Franklin (1791–1875), wife of John Franklin, British Royal Navy officer, Governor of Van Diemen's Land and Arctic explorer

Janet Franklin (1959-present), American geographer and landscape ecologist

Jentezen Franklin (born 1962), American evangelical pastor, author, and televangelist

Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer.

Joe Franklin (1926–2015), American radio and television host personality, author and actor

Joe L. Franklin (1906–1982), American scientist

John Franklin (disambiguation)

Joseph Paul Franklin (1950–2013), American serial killer

Josiah Franklin (1657–1745), English businessman and father of Benjamin Franklin

Kenneth Franklin (1923–2007), American astronomer

Kirk Franklin (born 1970), American choir director and singer-songwriter

Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born 1987), Australian Rules Football player, Hawthorn Football Club

Larry Franklin, U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel involved in AIPAC espionage scandal

Lawson D. Franklin (1804–1861), American planter, slave trader and businessman

Lehman Franklin, American politician

Lonnie Franklin (1952–2020), prolific American serial killer and rapist

Marc A. Franklin (1932–2020), American lawyer

Melissa Franklin (born 1956), Canadian experimental particle physicist

Melvin Franklin (1942–1995), American bass singer

Michael Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

Miles Franklin (1879–1954), Australian writer and feminist

Missy Franklin (born 1995), American competitive swimmer and Olympian

Morris Franklin (1801–1885), New York politician and President of New York Life Insurance Co.

Nobia A. Franklin (1892–1934), American entrepreneur

Pamela Franklin (born 1950), British actress

Patricia Franklin, British actress

Philip Albright Small Franklin (1871–1939), American shipping executive, in charge of the White Star Line office and terminus in New York at the time of the Titanic disaster

Rich Franklin (born 1974), American mixed martial arts fighter

Rick Franklin (born 1952), American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), English physical chemist and crystallographer

Sam Franklin (American football) (born 1996), American football player

Sam Franklin (soccer), American soccer player in the 1990s and 2000s

Scott Franklin (born 1980), Canadian rugby player

Selim Franklin (1814–1885), American pioneer, auctioneer, real estate agent, chess master, and Canadian legislator

Shirley Franklin (born 1945), American politician

Stan Franklin (1931–2023), American mathematician, computer scientist and cognitive scientist

Tori Franklin (born 1992), American triple jumper

Ursula Franklin (1921–2016), Canadian metallurgist, physicist, author, and educator

Walter Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

William Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

Zaire Franklin (born 1996), American football player

Fictional characters

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Abi Franklin, fictional character in the British television soap opera, Coronation Street
Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin), superhero in Marvel Comics
Reggie Franklin / A-Train, superhero in the television franchise The Boys