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. 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 (born 1942), 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
• Charles Samuel Franklin (1879–1964), British radio pioneer
• 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
• Hugh Franklin (1916–1986), American actor
• Hugh Franklin (suffragist)
• Jane Franklin (1791-1875), wife of John Franklin, British Royal Navy officer, Governor of Van Diemen's Land and Arctic explorer
• 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
• Morris Franklin (1801–1885), New York politician and President of New York Life Insurance Co.
• Pamela Franklin (born 1950), British actress
• Patricia Franklin, British actress
• 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