Who was Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin born in Boston, United States on 17 january 1706 and died in Filadelfia, United States on 17 april 1790. He was an American politician, polymath, scientist and inventor. He is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States, he was from a large family and was considered a fndamental piece of the ethos of the united states. Why is he famous? Benjamin Franklin is famous for his many achivements. He excelled as a writer and with his experiments with electricity, especially the experiment with the comet, the advanced scientific . His fundamental role in the independence of the United States, his participation in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and also his inventions as the lightning rod. Why did I choose him? Why do you admire him? And why should we know about him? I chose it because I seemed an important personage as a scientist with his discovery of the comet and as a politician with the subject of the declaration of independence, I do not admire it is simply someone we should know since I help with the development of electricity. Thank you