Franklin

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Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 See also

Franklin can refer to:

• The historic social class or rank of franklin
• People named Franklin
• Any of numerous places called Franklin
• Franklin (TV series), children's television series
• Franklin (automobile), American automobile
• Franklin stove, circulating stove
• Franklin, or statcoulomb, unit of electrical charge
• Any of the ships called USS Franklin
• The Franklin Engine Company, manufacturer of engines for aircraft

[edit] People

Perhaps the most notable people with this name are:

• Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States
• Rosalind Franklin, English physical chemist and crystallographer known for her work on the X-ray Diffraction images of DNA which formed a basis of Watson and Crick's hypothesis on the double helical structure of DNA.
• Franklin (Peanuts), character in the comic strip Peanuts

See also list of people named Franklin

[edit] Places

• District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories
• State of Franklin (1784–1789), an autonomous territory that was never admitted into the U.S.
• Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania
• Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania
• Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a planned suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
• Franklin District, a municipality in New Zealand
• Franklin River, river of Tasmania
• Franklin Delano Bluth, From the televison series, Arrested Development, G.O.B.'s African American puppet.

In America:

Franklin, Alabama Franklin, Arkansas Franklin, Connecticut Franklin, Georgia Franklin, Idaho Franklin, Illinois Franklin, Indiana Franklin, Iowa Franklin, Kentucky Franklin, Louisiana Franklin, Maine Franklin, Massachusetts Franklin, Michigan Franklin, Minnesota Franklin, Missouri Franklin, Nebraska Franklin, New Hampshire Franklin, New Jersey

Franklin (town), New York Franklin (village), New York Franklin, Franklin County, New York Franklin, North Carolina Franklin, Ohio Franklin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania Franklin, Tennessee Franklin, Texas Franklin, Vermont Franklin, Virginia Franklin, West Virginia Franklin, Jackson County, Wisconsin Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Franklin, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Franklin, Sauk County, Wisconsin Franklin, Vernon County, Wisconsin

[edit] See also

• List of people named Franklin
• Franklin County (disambiguation)
• Franklin Township (disambiguation)
• Franklin College
• The Franklin's Prologue and Tale
• Gentleman