- Franklin, John Hope Franklin - United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
--1 is a kind of historian, historiographer
- Franklin, Benjamin Franklin - printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
--2 is a kind of printer, pressman; writer, author; American Revolutionary leader; scientist, man of science
- franklin - a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
--3 is a kind of landowner, landholder, property owner