Franklin Henry Martin (July 13, 1857 – March 7, 1935) was an American physician.

He was a member of the National Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense during World War I. Franklin Henry Martin was born on July 13, 1857, in Ixonia, Wisconsin, to Edmond Martin.

[1] He worked as a farmhand, brickmaker and school teacher before being encouraged by an aunt to study medicine.

[4] In 1883, Martin founded the Chicago South-Side Medico-Social Society where medical papers could be presented.

[2][3] After the outbreak of World War I, Martin worked with college fellows to approach the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army to aid in reorganizing and enlarging the Medical Reserve Corps.