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.

Franklin

Gender	Male
Origin
Language	English
Meaning	Free Landowner
Other names
Related names	Frank, Frankie, Francis, Francesca, Francine, Frans, Franz

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 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 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

• All pages with titles beginning with Franklin