Folger
Folger is both a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Abigail Folger (1943-1969), American civil rights activist
- Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941), Member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
- Charles J. Folger (1818-1884), American politician
- Dan Folger (1943-2006), American singer and songwriter
- Emily Jordan Folger (1858-1936), Shakespeare scholar
- Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930), founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
- J. A. Folger (1835-1889), founder of the Folgers Coffee Company
- John Clifford Folger (1893-1981), United States Ambassador to Belgium (1957-59)
- John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), American lawyer
- Jonas Folger (born 1993), German motorbike racer
- Joseph P. Folger (21st century), American academic
- Mayhew Folger (1774-1828), American whaler and grandfather of William M. Folger
- Peter Folger (1905-1980), American businessperson
- Peter Folger (1617-1690), Baptist missionary, teacher, and surveyor
- Thomas Eugene Folger, Jr. (1954-1998), American Photographer, Paramedic, Firefighter.
- Thomas Eugene Folger, Sr. (1926-1971), Gunner APA 150 on board USS Bergen US United States Navy. Service number 9874247.
- Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- William M. Folger (1844-1928), United States Navy rear admiral and grandson of Mayhew Folger
Given name:
- Walter Folger Brown (1869-1961), American politician
- William Folger Nickle (1869-1957), Canadian politician
See also
- Peter Foulger, settler of Nantucket and sire of the Folger family in America
- Mary Morrill Foulger, wife of Peter Foulger
- Cape Folger, headland of Antarctica
- Folger Shakespeare Library, independent research library
- Folgers
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