Fulk

Fulk is an old European personal name, probably deriving from the Germanic folk ("people" or "chieftain"). It is cognate with the French Foulques, the Italian Fulco and the Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco, Folquet, and so on.

However, the above variants are often confused with names derived from the Latin Falco ("falcon"), such as Fawkes, Falko, Falkes, and Faulques.

Counts of Anjou

• Fulk I, Count of Anjou (about 870–942), "the Red"
• Fulk II, Count of Anjou (died 958), "the Good"
• Fulk III, Count of Anjou (972–1040), "the Black"
• Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043–1109), "le Réchin"
• Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1089/1092–1143), "the Younger", also Count of Anjou

Christian saints and clergymen

• Saint Foulques de Fontenelle (died 845), French saint and 21st abbot of Fontenelle
• Guy Foulques, later known as Clement IV, Pope 1265–1268
• Fulk (archbishop of Reims) (died 900), "the Venerable"
• Fulcher of Chartres (born around 1059, died in or after 1127)
• Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem (died 1157), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Fulco, first Bishop of Estonia, appointed 1165
• Saint Fulk (lived in the 12th century), English saint
• Fulk of Neuilly (died 1201), French preacher of the Fourth Crusade
• Fulk of Pavia (1164–1229), Italian saint and Bishop of Piacenza, also known as Folco Scotti
• Folquet de Marselha (c.1150–1231), also known as Fulk of Toulouse, Provençal troubadour and Bishop of Toulouse
• Fulk Basset (died 1271), Bishop of London
• Folke Johansson Ängel (died 1277), Archbishop of Uppsala
• Fulke Lovell (died 1285), Bishop of London-elect
• Foulques de Chanac (died 1349), Bishop of Paris

Medieval noblemen

• Fulco of Ireland (8th–9th century), Irish soldier serving Charlemagne
• Fulk Bertrand of Provence (died 1051), Count of Provence
• Fulk of Vendôme (died 1066), Count of Vendôme, also known as Foulques l'Oison
• Fulk of Angoulême (died 1087 or 1089), Count of Angoulême
• Fulco of Basacers (died after 1120), Italo-Norman knight
• Fulk of Guînes (died 1125), Lord of Beirut
• Fulk FitzRoy (1092–c. 1132), illegitimate son of Henry I of England
• Fulco I, Margrave of Milan (1070–1128), ancestor of the Italian branch of the House of Este
• Falkes de Breauté (died 1226), Anglo–Norman soldier and nobleman
• Fulk Baynard (died after 1226), English landholder and justice
• Fulk FitzWarin (died 1258), English nobleman and outlaw
• Foulques de Villaret (died 1327), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
• Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (1445–1479), English baron of the House FitzWarin

Other people

• Falquet de Romans (died after 1233), Provençal troubadour
• Bertran Folcon d'Avignon (died after 1233), Provençal troubadour
• Folco Portinari (died 1289), Italian banker
• Folquet de Lunel (1244–c. 1300), Occitan troubadour
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), English writer and statesman
• Fulke Greville (1717–1806), youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
• Robert Fulke Greville (1751–1824), British Member of Parliament and courtier
• Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) (1800–1867), politician, soldier and landowner
• Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician
• Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (1840–1895), Italian cardinal
• Folco de Baroncelli-Javon (1869–1943), French writer and cattle farmer
• Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (1884–1946), Italian World War I flying ace
• Fulco di Verdura (1898–1978), Italian jeweller.
• Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and horse trainer
• Folco Lulli (1912–1970), Italian actor
• Folco Quilici (1930–2018), Italian film director and screenwriter

As surname

• William Fulke (1538–1589), English Puritan divine
• Giovanni Fulco (1615–c. 1680), Italian baroque painter
• Philip B. Fouke (1818–1876), American politician
• George Clayton Foulk (1856–1893), American diplomat
• William Foulke (footballer) (1874–1916), English footballer and cricketer
• Clay Fulks (1880–1964), American writer and politician
• Robert Foulk (1908–1989), American actor
• Frank Fulco (1908–1999), American politician
• Harry Fouke (1913–1992), American athletic director
• Joe Fulks (1921–1976), American baseball player
• Jack Fulk (1932–2011), American businessman
• Bill Foulkes (1932–2013), English footballer
• Thomas Eugene Foulks (1935–2004), American journalist
• William Fulco (1936–), American Jesuit priest
• Raymonde Folco (1940–), Canadian politician
• Michel Folco (1943–), French writer
• Peter Folco (1953–), Canadian ice hockey player
• Robbie Fulks (1963–), American country musician
• Philippe Di Folco (1964–), French author and teacher
• Bettina Fulco (1968–), Argentine tennis player
• Pierre Fulke (1971–), Swedish golfer
• Alice Fulks (1982–), American actress

Miscellaneous

• 7006 Folco, asteroid
• Portrait of Folco Portinari (c. 1490), painting by Hans Memling
• Fouke, Arkansas
• Fouke Monster, the "Southern Sasquatch"
• Lawrence & Foulks, American shipbuilding company

See also

• Falco (disambiguation)
• Fawkes
• Folco
• Folke (name)
• Fulke