Famous People with Name Franklin

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

Franklin Swift Billings            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Swift Billings: was an American politician from Woodstock, Vermont. He served as the 60th Governor of Vermont from 1925 to 1927 and as the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1923–1925. His parents were Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy Swift Billings. His son, Fran

Franklin Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Fairbanks: was an American businessman, political figure, and one of the founders and first trustees of Rollins College. The president of Fairbanks Scales, he was also a philanthropist and a co-founder of the city of Winter Park, Florida.Fairbanks was also an office

Diane Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Diane Franklin: Before she got into acting, Franklin appeared in some TV commercials like Coca-Cola, Trident, Jell-O, and Maxwell House coffee, and also did some modeling work. She has worn a distinctive curly hairstyle throughout her career. Her first film role was in t

Ryan Ray Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Ray Franklin: Franklin is a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.On August 2, 2005, Franklin became the eighth Major League player, and second Mariner, to test positive for steroid use. He received a ten day suspension.[1] On December 13, 2007, he was named in the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation Into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball.Franklin was a member of the gold medal winning US baseball team at the 2000 Olympics, where he had a 3-0 pitching record in 4 appearances.

Farrah Destiny Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Farrah Destiny Franklin: she used a stage name Lee Hye-Ryeon (hangul: ???; hanja: ???), which was believed to be her birth name until her death.Heo was known for her sexually provocative image throughout her short music career. Early in her music career, she attempted to create a sexier appearance through plastic surgery, in order to appeal to a larger fan base. Although successful in achieving a sexy image, the changes were quite drastic in comparison to her previous appearance, and did not contribute to increased album sales. Instead of being known as a talented singer, she became more famous for her unusually large chest, as a result of breast implants. Due to declining music industry in Korea, her record label decided that album sales alone was not enough to produce profit, and chose to market her as a sexy singer. Fans of her music decreased while fans of her new sexy look increased, who often urged the singer to reveal herself in Korean edition of Playboy as well as other adult entertainment publications. Heo, who was soft-spoken and reserved in real life, found this difficult to bear

Bonnie Gail Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bonnie Gail Franklin: is an American actress

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.