Franklin (surname)
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Franklin is a surname, and may refer to:
- Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
(born 1942), soul and R&B singer - Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
(1706–1790), a Founding Father of the United States - Charles Samuel FranklinCharles Samuel FranklinCharles Samuel Franklin , who published as C. S. Franklin, was a noted British radio pioneer.Franklin was born in London, the youngest of a family of 13, and educated at Finsbury Technical College in Finsbury, England, under Silvanus P. Thompson. After graduation in 1899 he joined the Marconi...
(1879–1964), British radio pioneer - Jane Franklin (1791-1875), wife of John Franklin, British Royal Navy officer, Governor of Van Diemens Land and Arctic explorer
- John FranklinJohn FranklinRear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...
(1786–1847), British Royal Navy officer, Governor of Van Diemens Land and Arctic explorer - Kenneth FranklinKenneth FranklinKenneth Linn Franklin was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet...
(1923–2007), American astronomer - Kirk FranklinKirk FranklinKirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music musician, choir director, and author, and is most notably known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew .- Early years :...
(born 1970), gospel/R&B singer - Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born 1987), Australian Rules Football superstar, Hawthorn Football Club
- Larry FranklinLarry FranklinLawrence Anthony Franklin is a former U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel who has pleaded guilty to passing information about U.S. policy towards Iran to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee , the foremost pro-Israel lobbying organization in the U.S, while he was working for the Defense...
, U.S. Air Force Reserve colonel involved in AIPAC espionage scandal - Pamela FranklinPamela FranklinPamela Franklin is a British actress who appeared in feature films from 1961 until 1976, and on American television throughout the 1970s.-Early life and career as a child actress:...
(born 1950), British actress - Patricia FranklinPatricia FranklinPatricia Franklin is an English actress. Her television credits include Black Books, The Bill, Silent Witness, The Sweeney and Play for Today....
, British actress - Rich FranklinRich FranklinRich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...
(born 1974), American mixed martial arts fighter - Rosalind FranklinRosalind FranklinRosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite...
(1920–1958), English physical chemist and crystallographer - Scott FranklinScott FranklinScott Franklin , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop.- Career :...
(born 1980), Canadian rugby player - Stan FranklinStan FranklinStan Franklin is an American scientist and W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor at the and co-director of the Institute of Intelligent Systems. He is the author of Artificial Minds and mental father of IDA and its successor LIDA, both computational implementations of...
(born 1931), American mathematician, computer scientist and cognitive scientist - Walter FranklinWalter FranklinWalter Bell Franklin was an English cricketer. Franklin was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was considered the best amateur wicket-keeper of his time.-Early career:...
(1891-1968), English cricketer - William FranklinWilliam FranklinWilliam Franklin was an American soldier and colonial administrator. He served as the last Colonial Governor of New Jersey. Franklin was a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American War of Independence, despite his father Benjamin Franklin's role as one of the most prominent Patriots during the...
(1731–1813), the last colonial Governor of New Jersey and son of Benjamin Franklin - William Edwin FranklinWilliam Edwin FranklinWilliam Edwin Franklin is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Dubuque in the state of Iowa from 1987–1993, and as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, also in Iowa, from 1993-2006.-Early Life & Ministry:Born in Parnell,...
(born 1930), Catholic bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA