Franklin Kiermyer, born July 21, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec, is a Canadian jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, whose music is inspired by a variety of spiritual musics including the late period of John Coltrane.

As a bandleader, his albums include Break Down the Walls (1992, Konnex), In the House of My Fathers(1993, Konnex), Solomon’s Daughter (1994, Evidence), Kairos (1995, Evidence), Auspicious Blazing Sun (1999, Sunship), Sanctification (1999, Sunship), Great Drum of the Secret Mirror (2002, Sunship), Home Is Where The Heart Is (2012, Mobility Music) and Further (2014, Mobility Music).