Editing Franklin, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Charles Partridge Adams]], born in Franklin, 1858; landscape painter, Gold Medal of National Mining and Industrial Exposition, Denver, for landscape
* [[Asa Aldis]], Chief Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Lewis Cass |date=1891 |title=History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont |url=https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfranklin00aldrgoog/page/n233 223] |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=D. Mason & Co. |ref={{sfnRef|''History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont''}}}}</ref>
* [[Maria Barrett]], [[US Army]] [[Major General]]; elder sister of US Army General [[Paula Lodi]]<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/sisters-make-us-army-history-1st-pair-attain/story?id=65431718 "2 sisters make Army history as first pair to attain general rank: Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and her younger sister Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi"], abcnews.go.com. September 6, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9726/mariab-barrett Major General Maria B. Barrett (USA)], gomo.army.mil. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref> 
* [[Edward Reed Blake]], born in Franklin; Wisconsin state legislator and businessman<ref>Wisconsin Blue Book 1885 Biographical Sketch: Edward Reed Blake, pg. 425.</ref>
* [[Bernard Davis (biologist)|Bernard Davis]] (1916–1994), biologist, was born in Franklin
* [[Oliver Dean]], MD, born in Franklin, 1783; physician and educator, benefactor and founder of [[Dean College|Dean Academy]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Mortimer|editor1-last=Blake|date= 1879|title= A History of the Town of Franklin, Mass: From Its Settlement to the Completion of its First Century|url= https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff79blak |location= Providence, RI|publisher= J.A & R.A Reid |page= [https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff79blak/page/150 150]|isbn= 978-1-178-85357-5 }}</ref>
* [[Nathanael Emmons]], (1745–1840) [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregational]] minister, theologian
* [[George Warren Fuller]], born in Franklin, 1868; responsible for important innovations in water and wastewater treatment
* [[Eddie Grant (baseball)|Eddie Grant]], born in 1883; baseball player, killed in [[WWI]]
* [[Richard Grieco]], Class of 1983, actor and former fashion model
* [[Murray Hill (performer)|Murray Hill]], comedian, drag king
* [[Kristi Kirshe]], American rugby sevens player
* [[Peter Laviolette]], born in 1964 and grew up in Franklin; professional ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20100501/News/305019964|title= Franklin's favorite son Peter Laviolette on wrong side of rink|publisher = The Milford Daily News|access-date= April 21, 2014}}</ref> – NHL hockey coach
* [[Paula Lodi]], [[US Army]] [[Brigadier General]]; younger sister of [[US Army]] General [[Maria Barrett]]<ref>[https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-10850/paulac-lodi Brigadier General Paula C. Lodi], gomo.army.mil. Accessed November 17, 2022.</ref> 
* [[Horace Mann]], born in Franklin, 1796; educator
* [[Theron Metcalf]], born in Franklin, 1784; Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* [[Robbie O'Connell]], folk singer, former resident of Franklin
* [[Jen O'Malley Dillon]], political strategist and campaign manager<ref>{{cite news|title=On the Obama trail|url=http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20081218/NEWS/312189834|newspaper=[[The Milford Daily News]]|last=Kelly|first=Joyce|date=December 18, 2008|access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Albert D. Richardson]], born in Franklin, 1833; journalist, spy, and author
* [[Jermaine Samuels]], basketball player, grew up in Franklin
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* [[Bobby Santos III]], born in Franklin, 1985; NASCAR driver
* [[Ilario Zannino]], mobster, former resident of Franklin