Franklin (surname)

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
• 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
• Cheryl J. Franklin, American writer
• C. L. Franklin (1915–1984), Detroit, Michigan-based Baptist minister and civil rights activist
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer.
• John Franklin (disambiguation)
• Joseph Paul Franklin (1950–2013), American serial killer
• 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
• Michael Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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
• Stan Franklin (1931–2023), American mathematician, computer scientist and cognitive scientist
• Walter Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Zaire Franklin (born 1996), American football player