# 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
* 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
* Philip Franklin (1898-1965), American mathematician and professor primarily focused on analysis
* 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
* Susan Braley Franklin (1868–1955), American classical scholar and educator
* 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

* 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