Famous People with Name Franklin

Franklin Story Musgrave            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Story Musgrave: is an American doctor and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.

Franklin M. "Frank" Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin M. "Frank" Thomas: was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanfor

Franklin Leal Sullivan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Leal Sullivan: is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eleven seasons (1953-1963) with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins. He tied for the American League lead in wins in 1955 with Boston. For his career, he compiled a 97-100 record in 351 appearances, with a 4.15 ERA and 959 strikeouts.

Franklin Roberto Matthew "Bobby" Lashley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Roberto Matthew "Bobby" Lashley: is an American mixed martial artist, former professional wrestler, and a former collegiate amateur wrestler. Lashley is currently signed with Strikeforce. During his professional wrestling career, he worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wre

Franklin William Fort            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin William Fort: was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Fort was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931). He was not a candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nominatio

Erma Vernice Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erma Vernice Franklin: was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. Her best known record is the original version of "Piece of My Heart," written and produced by Bert Berns.

Selim Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Selim Franklin: was an American pioneer, chess master, and Canadian legislator.Born into an English-Jewish family, he was a son of Lewis Franklin, a Liverpool banker, and Miriam Abraham. He emigrated from England in 1849 to San Francisco for the California Gold Rush. He is listed in the Pioneer Club of San Francisco. Franklin was a President of the California Chess Congress began on March 22, 1858, at the Hall in Hunt's Building, San Francisco (three San Francisco chess clubs joined together to host the Congress: the Mechanic's Institute, the German Chess Club of San Francisco, and the Pioneer Chess Club).

Benjamin Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Franklin: was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation[1] and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence possible.

Barbara Vernice Siggers Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barbara Vernice Siggers Franklin: was the mother of the legendary soul and gospel singer Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the famous Black Baptist preacher. She married C. L. on June 3, 1936, and the marriage produced four children: Erma, Cecil, Aretha, and Carolyn. Prior to th

Carolyn Ann Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carolyn Ann Franklin: was an American Gospel and Rhythm & Blues singer and songwriter.She was the youngest sister of legendary Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin, and daughter of the Rev. C. L. Franklin, the famous Detroit-based preacher, and Barbara Siggers Franklin, a pianist and