List of Famous people named Franklin

Similar names: Franklyn. Here are some famous Franklins:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

First Name Franklin
Last Name Roosevelt
Born on January 30, 1882
Died on April 12, 1945 (aged 63)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

First Name Franklin
Last Name Jr.
Born on August 17, 1914
Died on August 17, 1988 (aged 74)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States Congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy. He was appointed as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1965 to 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Roosevelt also ran for Governor of New York twice. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Franklin D'Olier

First Name Franklin
Last Name D'Olier
Born on April 28, 1877
Died on December 10, 1953 (aged 76)

Franklin D'Olier was an American businessman who served as the first national commander of The American Legion, from 1919 to 1920, and was the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.

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Franklin Graham

First Name Franklin
Last Name Graham
Born on July 14, 1952
Died on February 21, 2018 (aged 65)

William Franklin Graham III is an American Protestant evangelist and missionary. Graham frequently engages in Christian revival tours and political commentary. He is currently president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization. Graham became a "committed Christian" in 1974 and was ordained in 1982, and has since become a public speaker and author. He is a son of the American evangelist Billy Graham.

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Franklin Pierce

First Name Franklin
Last Name Pierce
Born on November 23, 1804
Died on October 8, 1869 (aged 64)

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation, he alienated anti-slavery groups by supporting and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, yet these efforts failed to stem conflict between North and South. The South eventually seceded and the American Civil War began in 1861.

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Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz
First Name Franklin
Last Name Díaz
Born on April 5, 1950 (age 73)

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican-born American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977.

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Franklin Cover

First Name Franklin
Last Name Cover
Born on November 20, 1928
Died on February 5, 2006 (aged 77)

Franklin Edward Cover was an American actor best known for starring in the sitcom The Jeffersons. His character, Tom Willis, was half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television.

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Franklin Clarence Mars

First Name Franklin
Last Name Mars
Born on September 24, 1883
Died on April 8, 1934 (aged 50)

Franklin Clarence Mars, sometimes known as Frank C. Mars, was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.

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Franklin McCain

First Name Franklin
Last Name McCain
Born on January 3, 1941
Died on January 9, 2014 (aged 73)

Franklin Eugene McCain was an American civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four. McCain, along with fellow North Carolina A&T State University students Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, staged a sit-in protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960 after they were refused service due to the color of their skin. Their actions were credited with launching the Greensboro sit-ins, a massive protest across state lines involving mostly students who took a stand against discrimination in restaurants and stores by refusing to leave when service was denied to them. The sit-ins successfully brought about the reversal of Woolworth's policy of racial segregation in their southern stores, and increased national sentiment to the fight of African-Americans in the south.

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Franklin Cleckley

First Name Franklin
Last Name Cleckley
Born on August 1, 1940
Died on August 14, 2017 (aged 77)

Franklin Dorrah Cleckley was an American law professor and judge. He was Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus.

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