Famous People with Name Franklin

Franklin Hiram King            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Hiram King: American agricultural scientist who was born on a farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, attended country schools, and received his professional training first at Whitewater State Normal School and then at Cornell University.

Franklin William Stahl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin William Stahl: an American molecular biologist. With Matthew Meselson, Stahl conducted the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment showing that DNA is replicated by a semiconservative mechanism, meaning that each strand of the DNA serves as a template for the "replicated" strand.He is Emeritus Professor of Biology[1] at the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology in Eugene, Oregon.

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz: is a Costa Rican-American physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Jerry L. Ross). He was one of the first Hispanic or Latino American

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

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.