Franklin (given name)

Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English Frankeleyn, coming from the Anglo-Norman fraunclein. Its meaning is landowner of free but not noble origin.

People with the given name

• Franklin O. Adams (1881–1967), American architect
• Franklin P. Adams (1881–1960), American columnist
• Franklin Adreon (1902–1979), American actor
• Franklin A. Alberger (1825–1877), American businessman and politician
• Franklin Anangonó (1974–2022), Ecuadorian footballer
• Franklin Anzité (born 1985), Central African footballer
• Franklin Bache (1792–1864), American physician
• Franklin P. Backus (1913–2007), American judge
• Franklin Thomas Backus (1813–1870), American lawyer and politician
• Franklin Barreto (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player
• Franklin Bautista (born 1952), Filipino politician and governor
• Franklin Bett (born 1953), Kenyan politician
• Franklin Bittencourt (born 1969), Brazilian football scout, coach, and player
• Franklin Booth (1874–1948), American artist
• Franklin Boukaka (1940–1972), Congolese musician
• Franklin W. Bowdon (1817–1857), American politician and slave owner
• Franklin Brito (1960–2010), Venezuelan biologist and political activist
• Franklin Brownell (1857–1946), American-Canadian artist and teacher
• Franklin Bruno (born 1968), American singer-songwriter, academic and writer
• Franklin Buchanan (1812–1851), American politician
• Franklin Burghardt (1912–1981), American football and basketball coach and athlete
• Franklin Burroughs (1834–1897), American entrepreneur
• Franklin Burroughs, American author
• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), Canadian artist
• Franklin B. Carpenter (1818–1862), American lumber merchant and politician
• Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter (1847–1907), Canadian politician
• Franklin R. Carpenter (1848–1910), American mining specialist
• Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), Costa Rican-American astronaut and entrepreneur
• Franklin Cohen (born 1946), American clarinetist
• Franklin A. Coles (1861–1943), American lawyer and politician
• Franklin R. Collbohm (1907–1990), American engineer
• Franklin S. Cooper (1908–1999), American physicist and inventor
• Franklin Cover (1928–2006), American actor
• Franklin Cudjoe (born 1976), Ghanaian writer and social commentator
• Franklin A. Davis (born 1939), American chemist
• Franklin M. Davis Jr. (1918–1980), American author and major general
• Franklin Archibald Dick (1823–1885), American lawyer
• Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), American merchant, diplomat and society man
• Franklin Dodge (1891–1968), American FBI agent
• Franklin Pierce Doremus (1852–1944), American vegetarianism activist
• Franklin D'Olier (1877–1953), American businessman
• Franklin Drilon (born 1945), Filipino politician
• Franklin Dyall (1870–1950), English actor
• Franklin Edson (1832–1904), American politician
• Franklin Edwards (born 1959), American basketball player
• Franklin Engelmann (1908–1972), British radio personality
• Franklin B. Evans (1807–1874), American murderer and suspected serial killer
• Franklin Florence (1934–2023), American civil rights activist
• Franklin Delano Floyd (1943–2023), American murderer
• Franklin Ford (1920–2003), American historian
• Franklin Franco (1936–2013), Dominican historian, sociologist, and politician
• Franklin Clark Fry (1900–1968), American Lutheran clergyman
• Franklin Foster Fry (1864–1933), American Lutheran minister
• Franklin I. Gamwell (1937–2023), American philosopher
• Franklin Garcia (born 1969), American politician
• Franklin Gómez (born 1986), Puerto Rican wrestler
• Franklin B. Gowen (1836–1889), American president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
• Franklin Graham (born 1952), American Christian evangelist, missionary, and son of Billy Graham
• Franklin Gutiérrez (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player
• Franklin L. Hagenbeck (born 1949), American Army general
• Franklin Hansen (1897–1982), American sound engineer
• Franklin S. Harris (1884–1960), American university president
• Franklin A. Hart (1894–1967), American general in the United States Marine Corps
• Franklin Hobbs (born 1947), American rower
• Franklin Pierce Holland (1852–1928), American publisher and the mayor of Dallas
• Franklin B. Hough (1822–1885), American Civil War surgeon and civil servant
• Franklin Huddle (born 1943), American diplomat
• Franklin D. Israel (1945–1996), American architect
• Franklin Jacobs (born 1957), American high jumper
• Franklin Johnson (disambiguation), several people
• Franklin Khan (died 2021), Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Franklin J. Knoll (born 1940), American politician, lawyer, and judge
• Franklin Lacey (1917–1988), American playwright and screenwriter
• Franklin R. Levy (1948–1992), American film producer
• Franklin Lindsay (1916–2011), American spy and business executive
• Franklin Lobos (born 1957), Chilean footballer and miner
• Franklin A. Long (1910–1999), American chemist
• Franklin MacVeagh (1837–1934), American politician
• Franklin Main (1918–2008), American politician
• Franklin B. Mann (1941–2022), American politician
• Franklin Ware Mann (1856–1916), American physician and inventor
• Franklin Clarence Mars (1883–1934), American businessman
• Franklin Mascote (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
• Franklin Matthias (1908–1993), American nuclear engineer
• Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), American philosopher and mystic
• Franklin Milton (1907–1985), American sound engineer
• Franklin Molina (born 1984), Venezuelan cyclist
• Franklin Morales (born 1986), Venezuelan baseball player
• Franklin Murphy (1846–1920), American politician
• Franklin David Murphy (1916–1994), American academic administrator
• Franklin Nelson (1933–2019), American ice dancer
• Franklin A. Neva (1922–2011), American physician
• Franklin W. Olin (1860–1951), American baseball player and civil engineer
• Franklin Pangborn (1889–1958), American actor
• Franklin Peale (1795–1870), American mint official
• Franklin Pele (born 2000), New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer
• Franklin Pérez (born 1997), Venezuelan baseball pitcher
• Franklin P. Peterson (1930–2000), American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology
• Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th President of the United States of America
• Franklin Quitugua (1933–2015), Guamanian politician
• Franklin Raines (born 1949), American businessman and federal executive
• Franklin Rawson (1819/1820–1871), Argentine painter
• Franklin Reytor (born 1982), Cuban guitarist, composer and producer
• Franklin D. Richards (1821–1899), American apostle of the LDS Church
• Franklin S. Richards (1849–1934), American politician and general counsel for the LDS Church
• Franklin D. Richards (1900–1987), American lawyer and a general authority of the LDS Church
• Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (1868–1929), American historian
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States of America
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (1914–1988), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
• Franklin D. Roosevelt III (born 1938), American educator
• Franklin Rumbiak (born 1989), Indonesian footballer
• Franklin Salas (born 1981), Ecuadorian footballer
• Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917), American journalist, teacher, reformer, and abolitionist
• Franklin Sands (born 1940), American politician
• Franklin Sasere (born 1988), Swiss footballer
• Franklin J. Schaffner (1920–1989), American director
• Franklin Sellers (1926–2016), American Reformed Episcopalian bishop
• Franklin Session (born 1989), American basketball player
• Franklin Simmons (1839–1913), American sculptor
• Franklin Sirmans, American art critic, editor, writer, and curator
• Franklin Song, American entrepreneur and private equity investor
• Franklin Sonn (born 1939), South African diplomat, businessman and activist
• Franklin Sousley (1925–1945), American Marine
• Franklin Southworth (born 1929), American linguist
• Franklin B. Sprague (1825–1895), American military officer, businessman and judge
• Franklin Stahl (1929–2025), American molecular biologist and geneticist
• Franklin Stanwood (1852–1888), American painter
• Franklin Steele (c. 1813–1880), American settler
• Franklin Stubbs (born 1960), American baseball player
• Franklin Taylor (1843–1919), English pianist, organist, music educator, and writer
• Franklin A. Thomas (1934–2021), American businessman and philanthropist
• Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas (1912–2004), American animator and pianist
• Franklin D. Turner (1933–2013), American prelate
• Franklin P. Turner (1827–1889), American lawyer and delegate
• Franklin U. Valderrama (born 1962), American judge
• Franklin Van Valkenburgh (1888–1941), American Navy Medal of Honor recipient
• Franklin Virgüez (born 1953), Venezuelan actor
• Franklin Webster (c.1862−1933), American publisher
• Franklin Webster (born 1978), Honduran footballer
• Franklin H. Westervelt (1930–2015), American computer scientist
• Franklin Wharton (1767–1818), American Marine Corps general
• Franklin Delano Williams (1947–1993), American singer
• Franklin Zielski (1941–2021), Canadian rower
• Franklin B. Zimmerman (born 1923), American musicologist and conductor
• Franklin Zimring (born 1942), American criminologist

Fictional characters

• Franklin the Turtle, the protagonist of the book series and television adaptations by the same name
• Franklin, a character in the Peanuts comic strip
• Franklin Richards, fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
• Franklin Rock, a character from DC Comics, also known as Sgt. Rock
• Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, one of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
• Franklin Delano Bluth, a puppet on Arrested Development
• Franklin Stern, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe
• Franklin Bordeau, a member of the phantom troupe from the manga Hunter x Hunter
• Franklin Clarke, fictional murderer in Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders
• Franklin Clinton, a playable character in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
• Franklin Nelson, known as Foggy Nelson, a character from the Daredevil comics
• Franklin Bean, a main antagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Franklin Saint, a character from the TV series Snowfall

Related names

• Frank (given name), a short name for Franklin
• Franklin (surname)

See also