Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist known for his work in social networks.

He was an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

[1] Freeman developed the first measure of betweenness centrality.

He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks[2] which began publishing in 1979.

The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science.