Folger

Folger is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abiah Folger (1667–1752), mother of Benjamin Franklin
 * Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American civil rights activist
 * Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888–1941), American politician
 * 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 politician and lawyer, United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * Jonas Folger (born 1993), German motorbike racer
 * Joseph P. Folger (21st century), American professor of communication
 * 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, grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
 * Walter Folger Jr. (1765–1849), American politician
 * William M. Folger (1844–1928), United States Navy rear admiral and grandson of Mayhew Folger