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
 * 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
 * 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