Fuller (surname)

Fuller is a surname referring to someone who treats woolen cloth with the process called fulling (a process also known as walking—or waulking in Scotland—and tucking, hence the names Walker and Tucker).[1]

Notable people sharing the surname "Fuller"

• Alexandra Fuller, British writer
• Alfred Fuller (1885–1973), Canadian businessman
• Alison Fuller, British educational researcher
• Allen Curtis Fuller (1822–1901), Attorney General of Illinois during the American Civil War
• Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878–1958), U.S. politician from Massachusetts
• Andrew Fuller, British Baptist minister
• Barry Fuller, English footballer
• Ben Fuller (producer) Sir Benjamin John Fuller (1875–1952), English theatre entrepreneur in Australia
• Ben Hebard Fuller (1870–1937), U.S. Marine Corps general
• Blind Boy Fuller, stage name of U.S. blues singer and guitarist Fulton Allen
• Bobby Fuller (1942–1966), U.S. rock singer and guitarist
• Brad Fuller (disambiguation), several people
• Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter
• Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), U.S. architect
• Calvin Fuller (1902–1994), U.S. physical chemist, inventor of the solar cell
• Charles Fuller (born 1939), U.S. playwright
• Charles Edward Fuller (1887–1968), U.S. preacher and founder of Fuller Theological Seminary
• Charles Eugene Fuller (1849–1926), U.S. congressman
• Chris Fuller (1982–present), Filmmaker
• Claude A. Fuller (1876–1968), member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Arkansas
• Claude Fuller (entomologist) (1872–1928), entomologist
• Courtis Fuller, American broadcaster
• Curtis Fuller, American jazz trombonist
• Danny Fuller (surfer) (born 1982), American surfer, photographer, artist and model
• Dave Fuller (1915–2009), American college baseball coach
• Debbie Fuller (born 1966), Canadian diver
• Devin Fuller (born 1994), American football player
• Dickie Fuller (1913–1987), Jamaican cricketer
• Dolores Fuller (1923–2011), U.S. actress and composer, Ed Wood's companion
• Donald Fuller (1869–1936), New Zealand cricketer
• Doris Fuller, American bridge player
• Drew Fuller (born 1980), American actor
• DuFay A. Fuller (1852–1924), American businessman and politician
• Edward Fuller (disambiguation), one of several people
• Eddie Fuller (1931–2008), South African cricketer
• Edwin Fuller (1850–1917), New Zealand cricketer
• Dame Elizabeth Fuller (1644–1709), British benefactress
• Errol Fuller, English author of several books on extinction
• Frances Fuller (1907–1980), American actress
• Frank Fuller (baseball) (1893–1965), Major League Baseball player
• Freddy Stephen Fuller, Canadian Boxer
• George Fuller (Australian politician) (1861–1940), twice Premier of New South Wales, Australia
• George Fuller (painter) (1822–1884), American figure and portrait painter
• George Fuller (congressman) (1802–1888), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• George A. Fuller (1851–1900), architect and general contractor, "inventor" of modern skyscrapers
• George C. Fuller, American theologian and seminary president
• George Fuller (British politician) (1833–1927), British Liberal politician
• George F. Fuller (1869–1962), industrialist in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• George W. Fuller (1868–1934), sanitary engineer
• George Fuller (architect), Chicago architect, colleague of Floyd Naramore
• Gerald Fuller, American chemical engineer
• Henry B. Fuller (born 1857), writer
• H. E. Fuller (1867–1962), South Australian architect, artist and art critic
• Hoffman L. Fuller (1899–1983), American politician
• Horace H. Fuller, American soldier
• Ida Fuller, co-founder of Sigma Kappa sorority
• Ida May Fuller (1874–1975), centenarian and first U.S. recipient of Social Security
• Isaac Fuller (1606(?)–1672), English painter
• J. Fuller, editor in 18th century England
• J. F. C. Fuller (1878–1966), British general and military historian
• Jean Overton Fuller, British biographer
• Jeff Fuller (racing driver), American racing driver
• Jeff Fuller (safety), American football player
• Jesse Fuller (1896–1976), American one-man-band musician
• Jim Fuller (musician), American guitarist with The Surfaris
• John Fuller (college head), Master of Jesus College, Cambridge (1557–1558)
• John Fuller (bushranger), Australian bushranger
• John Fuller (poet) (born 1937), English poet
• John G. Fuller, (1913–1990), American author
• John 'Mad Jack' Fuller (1757–1834), English politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts
• John W. Fuller (1827–1891), Union general (American Civil War)
• Joni Fuller, British musician
• Jordan Fuller (born 1998), American football player
• Kathryn S. Fuller, Alcoa director
• Kurt Fuller, American actor
• Kyle Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people
• Loie Fuller (1862–1928), American modern dance pioneer Marie Louise Fuller
• Lon L. Fuller, legal philosopher
• Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), American journalist and women's rights activist
• Mary Fuller, American actress
• Maud A. B. Fuller (1868–1972), American educator and missionary
• Maxwell Fuller (1945–2013), Australian chess player
• Melville Fuller (1833–1910), Chief Justice of the United States of America
• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1867–1968), African-American artist
• Michael Fuller, British chief constable
• Millard Fuller, American humanitarian
• Nikki Fuller, American professional female bodybuilder and actress
• Penny Fuller, American actress
• Peter Fuller (1948–1990), British art critic and writer
• Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch
• Rachel Fuller, British musician
• Reginald C. Fuller (born 1908), priest in Westminster/London, biblical scholar
• Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
• Richard Fuller (Bedford MP), British politician
• Rick Fuller, American wrestler
• Robert Fuller (disambiguation), one of several people
• Ron Fuller (artist), British artist
• Roy Fuller (1912–1991), English poet, father of John Fuller (poet)
• Samuel Fuller (1911–1997), American movie director
• Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim) (c. 1580–1633), English doctor, a founder of the colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Samuel Augustus Fuller (1837–1891), American steel industry executive
• Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988), African-American entrepreneur
• Simon Fuller, British record and television producer
• Freddy Stephen Fuller, a former Canadian amateur boxer
• Steve Fuller (American football)
• Steve Fuller (sociologist), Anglo-American philosopher
• Thomas Fuller (1608–1661), English cleric and historian, author of Worthies of England
• Thomas Fuller (architect), Canadian architect
• Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734), English physician and collector of adages in his Gnomologia
• Uriah Fuller, pen name used by U.S. mathematician Martin Gardner
• Victoria Fuller, American model
• Violet Fuller (1920–2006), British artist
• Wendy Fuller (born 1965), Canadian diver
• Wilfred Fuller, British soldier
• William Fuller (disambiguation), one of several people

See also

• Fuller (disambiguation)
• Fullmer
• Fullerton (disambiguation)

References

1. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 1244. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.