Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from farming leases. In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation.
Art Farmer (1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
Beverley Farmer (born 1941), Australian writer
Bill Farmer (born 1949), American voice actor and comedian
Bill Farmer (public servant), former senior Australian public servant
Charles "Red" Farmer (born before 1938), American NASCAR race driver
Dan Farmer (born 1962), American computer security researcher
David Farmer, British playwright (born 1955)
Desmon Farmer (born 1981), American professional basketball player
Donald Dickson Farmer (1877–1956), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ed Farmer (born 1949), American professional baseball player
Emily Farmer (1826–1905), English water-colourist and Victorian painter
Evan Farmer (born 1972), American actor, musician, and television personality
Fannie Farmer (1857–1915), American culinary expert and cookbook author
Frances Farmer (1913–1970), American film actress
Frank Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people
Gary Farmer (born 1953), Canadian First Nations actor
George Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people
Graham Farmer (born 1935), Australian rules football player and coach
Henry George Farmer (1882–1965), British musicologist
J. Doyne Farmer (born 1952), American physicist
James Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people named James or Jim(my) Farmer
Jean Farmer-Butterfield (contemporary), American politician from North Carolina
Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Aboriginal Australian rules footballer
Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), professional wrestler known as The Black Scorpion
John Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph John Farmer (1854–1930), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ken Farmer (1910–1982), Australian rules football player
Kenneth Farmer (1912–2005), Canadian hockey player and businessman
Larry Farmer (born 1942), American professor of law at Brigham Young University
Larry Farmer (born 1951), American college basketball coach
Mark Farmer (contemporary), British comic book artist
Mike Farmer (born 1936), American professional basketball player
Mike Farmer (born 1968), American professional baseball player
Mimsy Farmer (born 1945), American actress and sculptor living in France
Moses G. Farmer (1820–1893), American electrical engineer and inventor, pioneer in telegraphy
Mylène Farmer (born 1961), Canadian-born French singer and songwriter
Nancy Farmer (politician) (born 1956), American politician from Missouri
Nancy Farmer (author) (born 1941), American author of children’s books
Patrick Farmer (born 1962), Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives from New South Wales
Patrick Farmer (born 1949), American soccer coach
Paul Farmer (born 1959), American physician and professor at Harvard University
Paul S. Farmer, pioneer in the use of pop music in UK school music education in the 1970s
Penelope Farmer (born 1939), British writer of books for children and adults
Peter Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009), American science fiction and fantasy author
Randy Farmer (contemporary), American pioneer in creating online communities
Richard Farmer (1735–1797), English Shakespearean scholar
Richard T. Farmer (contemporary), American businessman
Richie Farmer (born 1969), American politician and former college basketball player
Seymour Farmer (1875–1951), Welsh-Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg
Susan Farmer (1942–2013), American politician, media executive and television personality
Suzan Farmer (born 1942), English actress
Tom Farmer (born 1940), Scottish entrepreneur and millionaire
William M. Farmer (1853-1931), American jurist and politician
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