Franklin (surname)

Franklin is a surname, which may indicate that the ancestors of people so named may have belonged to the social class of that name in Medieval England. First record of the name is in Buckinghamshire. Notable people with the surname include:

• Franklin (baseball), baseball player
• A. B. Franklin (born 1948), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Alex Franklin (born 1988), Puerto Rican basketball player
• Aretha Franklin (1942–2018), soul and R&B singer
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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 (1786–1847), British Royal Navy officer, Governor of Van Diemens Land and Arctic explorer
• Joseph Paul Franklin (1950–2013), American serial killer
• Kenneth Franklin (1923–2007), American astronomer
• Kirk Franklin (born 1970), gospel/R&B singer
• Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born 1987), Australian Rules Football superstar, 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
• Lonnie Franklin (1952-2020), prolific American serial killer and rapist
• Marc A. Franklin (born 1932), 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), 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
• Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), English physical chemist and crystallographer
• Scott Franklin (born 1980), Canadian rugby player
• Selim Franklin, British/American/Canadian person
• Stan Franklin (born 1931), American mathematician, computer scientist and cognitive scientist
• Walter Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Zaire Franklin (born 1996), American football player