John Franklin (disambiguation)

• John Franklin (Sir) (1786–1847), British naval officer, Arctic explorer, and colonial lieutenant-governor
• John Rankin Franklin (1820–1878), American Whig politician who represented Maryland's 1st congressional district in 1853–55
• John Hope Franklin (born 1915), American historian best known for his continually updated 1947 book From Slavery to Freedom
• John Franklin (actor) (born 1967), American actor who, as a result of growth hormone deficiency has played diminutive characters

As given names

• John Franklyn Norris (1877–1952), American Baptist fundamentalist preacher, known as "J. Frank Norris"; nicknamed "Texas Tornado"
• John Franklin Enders (1897–1985), American medical scientist who was a co-winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology
• John Franklin Alexander Strong, U.S. Democratic politician
• John Franklin Bardin, U.S. crime writer
• John Franklin Bobbitt, academic
• John Franklin Carter, U.S. journalist

See also

• Jack Franklin, baseball player
• Franklin (surname)