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Franklin

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Franklin may refer to:

People

  • Franklin (given name)
  • Franklin (surname)
  • Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class

Places

Australia

Canada

  • District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories
  • Franklin, Quebec, a municipality in the Montérégie region
  • Rural Municipality of Franklin, Manitoba
  • Franklin, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba
  • Franklin Glacier Complex, a volcano in southwestern British Columbia
  • Franklin Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
  • Franklin River (Vancouver Island), British Columbia
  • Franklin Strait, Nunavut

Cayman Islands

  • Franklin's Forest, Grand Cayman

New Zealand

  • Franklin District, a former territorial authority
  • Franklin (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate

Poland

  • Franklin, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland), a village

United States

Arts and entertainment

  • Franklin (Peanuts), a character in the comic strip Peanuts
  • Franklin (TV series), children's television series about a turtle named Franklin
  • The title character of 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
  • Franklin Bordeau, a character in the manga series Hunter × Hunter
  • The title character of Franklin & Bash, a TV series that began in 2011
  • Franklin, character in the comic book Monica and Friends
  • Franklin, the mascot of the Philadelphia 76ers

Businesses

Schools

  • Franklin University Switzerland, an American university in Lugano, Switzerland
  • Franklin College (disambiguation)
  • Franklin High School (disambiguation)

Ships

  • USS Franklin
  • HMAS Franklin, an Australian Navy steel screw steamer
  • RV Franklin, an Australian marine research vessel 1985–2002
  • SS Foundation Franklin, a seagoing rescue tug
  • Franklin (sidewheeler), an 1850s American steamboat
  • French ship Franklin (1797), captured by the British and sailed as HMS Canopus

Transportation

  • Franklin (automobile), an American automobile
  • Franklin (CTrain), a train station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Franklin station (Sacramento), a light rail station in Sacramento, California, US
  • Franklin metro station, a metro station in Santiago, Chile

Other uses

  • Battle of Franklin (disambiguation)
  • Franklin (crater), a lunar impact crater
  • Franklin (tree), a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park, California, US
  • Franklin (unit), a unit of electrical charge
  • Franklin Institute, a museum in Philadelphia

See also

  • The Franklin's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales
  • Franklyn (name)
  • Franquelin (disambiguation)
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