Editing Franklin, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|Category:People from Franklin, Louisiana}}

=== Actors ===

* [[Ned Romero]], actor<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Berumen|first=Frank Javier Garcia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkK9DwAAQBAJ|title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood|date=2019-11-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7813-9|pages=169|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jerome Bonaparte "Black Jack" Ward]], actor who appeared in over 140 cowboy movies from 1927 to 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-07|title=A real shoot 'em up|url=https://archive.eunicetoday.com/columns/real-shoot-%E2%80%99em|access-date=2020-10-21|website=EuniceToday Archive, The Eunice News|language=en}}</ref>

=== Politicians and civil service ===

* [[C. C. Aycock]], the only three-term [[Lieutenant governor]] in modern Louisiana history; former [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana House of Representatives]]
* [[Joshua Baker]], [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Governor of Louisiana]] 1868
*[[Carl W. Bauer]], Member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1967 to 1972 and of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senate]] from 1972 to 1976
* [[Ralph Norman Bauer]], [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1940 to 1948; leader of the [[Impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] forces in 1929 against [[Governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
* [[Donelson Caffery]], [[Louisiana State Senator]], [[United States Senator]], lieutenant in the Confederate Army
* [[Patrick T. Caffery]], Louisiana State Representative and United States Representative grandson of Donelson Caffery
* [[Murphy J. Foster]], [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Governor of Louisiana]] from 1892 to 1900, also a U.S. Senator
*[[Murphy J. Foster, Jr.]], [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Governor of Louisiana]] from 1996 to 2004; former member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senate]]
* [[Henry Johnson (Louisiana)|Henry Johnson]], [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Governor of Louisiana]] from 1824 to 1828, also District Judge for St. Mary Parish 1811
* [[Alexander Porter]] (June 24, 1785 – January 13, 1844) was an attorney, politician, and planter in St. Mary Parish who served as U.S. Senator from 1833 to 1837. He had served a term in the Louisiana House from 1816 to 1818, and on the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1821 to 1833. He built [[Oaklawn Manor]].
*[[Gaston J. Sigur, Jr.]], [[Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs]] under the Reagan Administration
*[[Jeohn Favors]], [[DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans|Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Counterterrorism, Threat Prevention, and Law Enforcement Policy]] under the Biden Administration.

=== Sports ===
*[[Wallace Francis]], football player, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons
*[[Ernie Ladd]], football player for Grambling University under Eddie Robinson, professional career San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers and Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs (1970); professional wrestler known as "The Big Cat"
*[[Leonard Marshall]], football player for the New York Giants
*[[Warren Wells]], Pro football player for the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders
*John Porche, athletic trainer for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, inducted into the UL Athletics Hall of Fame for Administration in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Porche - Sports Medicine |url=https://ragincajuns.com/sports/sports-medicine/roster/john-porche/2034 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-26 |title=Athletics Hall of Fame |url=https://alumni.louisiana.edu/news-pride/awards-recognition/athletics-hall-fame |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Alumni Association |language=en}}</ref>