Franklin

Franklin is a term for a historic social class which has come to be used as a given name and surname. It often refers to Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. See also Benjamin Franklin for other uses of this name.

It may also refer to:

Entertainment

• Franklin (Peanuts), character in the comic strip Peanuts
• Franklin (TV series), children's television series about a turtle named Franklin
• Franklin the Turtle (books), the book series on which the TV series was based
• Franklin Delano Bluth, a puppet from the TV show Arrested Development
• Roosevelt Franklin, a former character on Sesame Street
• Franklyn, a 2008 science fiction movie
• Franklin & Bash, a TV series that began in 2011 about lawyers Jared Franklin and Peter Bash

Places

Australia

• Franklin, Tasmania
• Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania
• Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania
• Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
• Franklin River, river of Tasmania
• Franklin Sound, waterway of Tasmania

Canada

• District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories
• Franklin, Quebec
• Franklin Glacier Volcano, a volcano in southwestern British Columbia
• Franklin Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Franklin River (Vancouver Island)
• Franklin Strait, Nunavut

Cayman Islands

• Franklin's Forest

New Zealand

• Franklin District, a municipality.

Poland

• Franklin, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)

United States

• State of Franklin (1784–1789), an autonomous territory that later became part of Tennessee
• Franklin, Alabama, a community in Macon County, Alabama
• Franklin, Monroe County, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama
• Franklin, Arkansas
• Franklin, California
• Franklin, Connecticut
• Franklin, Georgia
• Franklin, Idaho
• Franklin, Illinois
• Franklin, Indiana, in Johnson County
• Franklin, Wayne County, Indiana
• Franklin, Iowa
• Franklin, Kansas, in Crawford County
• Franklin (Douglas County), Kansas, a ghost town in Douglas County
• Franklin, Kentucky
• Franklin, Louisiana
• Franklin, Maine
• Franklin, Massachusetts
• Franklin, Michigan
• Franklin, Minnesota
• Franklin, Missouri
• Franklin, Nebraska
• Franklin, New Hampshire
• Franklin, New Jersey
• Franklin, New York
• Franklin, North Carolina
• Franklin, Ohio
• Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Franklin, Tennessee
• Franklin, Texas
• Franklin, Vermont
• Franklin, Virginia
• Franklin, West Virginia
• Franklin, Wisconsin
• Franklin Mountains (Alaska), a mountain range in northern Alaska
• Mount Franklin (New Hampshire), in the White Mountains
• Franklin County
• Franklin Township

Ships

• Any of the ships called USS Franklin
• HMAS Franklin, a steel screw steamer in the Australian Navy also known as Adele and HMAS Adele
• French ship Franklin (1797)
• RV Franklin, Australian marine research vessel 1985-2002
• Foundation Franklin, a seagoing rescue tug

Other uses

• Battle of Franklin (1864), American Civil War battle fought near Franklin, Tennessee
• Franklin's disease, a form of paraproteinemia
• Franklin (unit), unit of electrical charge
• Franklin (automobile), American automobile
• Franklin child prostitution ring allegations linking the Franklin Credit Union to a child prostitution ring
• Franklin Electronic Publishers, electronic reference company and former manufacturer of Franklin computers
• Franklin Engine Company, manufacturer of aircraft engines
• Franklin Gothic typeface
• Franklin Institute, a museum in Philadelphia
• Franklin Mint, producer of collectibles
• Franklin Mint Precision Models, Franklin Mint's line of diecast vehicles
• Franklin Planner, a time management system
• Franklin stove, circulating stove
• Franklin's lost expedition, an 1845 Arctic voyage of exploration

See also

• Franklin College
• Franklin High School
• The Franklin's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales