Franklin
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Origin of the name Franklin:
Transferred use of the surname, which is from the Middle English frankeleyn (a freeman, a landowner of free but not noble birth). The word is derived from the French franc (free).
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Franklin Pierce, 14th U.S. President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President
Franklin Ramón Chang-Diaz, Costa Rican-American AstronautBenjamin Franklin, founding father, inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Aretha Franklin, soul singer
Lord Franklin, British explorer lost at sea trying to discover the Northwest Passage, whose story is told in a ballad- Franklin in song, story & screen: | Edit
Franklin the turtle is a character in a the series of children's books by Paulette Bourgeois; Franklin-Covey Day Planners
Franklin - character in Charles Schultz' "Peanuts" cartoons
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