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 Bishop (1932–2016), American 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 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 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 Clinton, one of the three main protagonists in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V 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
Related names Frank (given name), a short name for Franklin Franklin (surname)
See also