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
Mary Morrell Folger, grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, referenced in Moby Dick
Mayhew Folger (1774-1828), American whaler and grandfather of William M. Folger
Peter Folger (1905-1980), American businessperson
Peter Folger (Nantucket settler) (1617-1690), Baptist missionary, teacher, and surveyor and grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
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
