Famous People with Name Franklin

Franklin Rafael Gutiérrez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Rafael Gutiérrez: (born February 21, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians.

Franklin James Kreutzer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin James Kreutzer: Kreutzer was signed as an amateur free agent in 1961 by the Boston Red Sox. In November he was drafted away from the Red Sox by the Chicago White Sox. Frank made his debut on September 20, 1962 and would play his final MLB game on May 12, 1969.

Franklin Núñez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Núñez: (born January 18, 1977 in Nagua, Dominican Republic) is a free agent pitcher in professional baseball

Franklin Delano Edwards            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Delano Edwards: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 6'1" point guard from Cleveland State University, Edwards played in 7 NBA seasons from 1981 to 1988. He played for the 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings.

Franklin Lenard Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Lenard Johnson: is a retired American professional basketball player and coach.Johnson coached the Phoenix Suns for almost two seasons beginning February 17, 2002, before he was fired on December 10, 2003 and replaced by assistant Mike D'Antoni. The official reason for the firing was routine--the team had performed poorly in 2003-04--but at least one local news source reported that some of Johnson's personal behavior caused a minor scandal for the Suns ownership. He has worked as an assistant coach with the Suns beginning late in the 1996-97 season under Danny Ainge and Scott Skiles before being promoted.

Ryan Ray Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Ray Franklin: Franklin is a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.On August 2, 2005, Franklin became the eighth Major League player, and second Mariner, to test positive for steroid use. He received a ten day suspension.[1] On December 13, 2007, he was named in the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation Into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball.Franklin was a member of the gold medal winning US baseball team at the 2000 Olympics, where he had a 3-0 pitching record in 4 appearances.

Farrah Destiny Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Farrah Destiny Franklin: she used a stage name Lee Hye-Ryeon (hangul: ???; hanja: ???), which was believed to be her birth name until her death.Heo was known for her sexually provocative image throughout her short music career. Early in her music career, she attempted to create a sexier appearance through plastic surgery, in order to appeal to a larger fan base. Although successful in achieving a sexy image, the changes were quite drastic in comparison to her previous appearance, and did not contribute to increased album sales. Instead of being known as a talented singer, she became more famous for her unusually large chest, as a result of breast implants. Due to declining music industry in Korea, her record label decided that album sales alone was not enough to produce profit, and chose to market her as a sexy singer. Fans of her music decreased while fans of her new sexy look increased, who often urged the singer to reveal herself in Korean edition of Playboy as well as other adult entertainment publications. Heo, who was soft-spoken and reserved in real life, found this difficult to bear

Bonnie Gail Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bonnie Gail Franklin: is an American actress

Erma Vernice Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erma Vernice Franklin: was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. Her best known record is the original version of "Piece of My Heart," written and produced by Bert Berns.

Selim Franklin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Selim Franklin: was an American pioneer, chess master, and Canadian legislator.Born into an English-Jewish family, he was a son of Lewis Franklin, a Liverpool banker, and Miriam Abraham. He emigrated from England in 1849 to San Francisco for the California Gold Rush. He is listed in the Pioneer Club of San Francisco. Franklin was a President of the California Chess Congress began on March 22, 1858, at the Hall in Hunt's Building, San Francisco (three San Francisco chess clubs joined together to host the Congress: the Mechanic's Institute, the German Chess Club of San Francisco, and the Pioneer Chess Club).