Folsom (surname)

Folsom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abby Folsom (died 1867), American feminist and abolitionist
 * Allan Folsom (1941–2014), American motion picture cameraman, editor, writer, and producer
 * Amanda Folsom (born 1979), American mathematician
 * Augustine H. Folsom (died 1926), photographer
 * Beth Folsom, American politician
 * Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (born 1947), American historian and author. Wrote The Myth of the Robber Barons
 * David Folsom (born 1947), US District Court Judge
 * Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), who married the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland
 * Frank M. Folsom (1894–1970), electronics company executive
 * Franklin Folsom (1907–1995), children's author and labor activist
 * Fred Folsom (1871–1944), American football coach at the University of Colorado (1895–1915) and Dartmouth College (1903–1906)
 * George Folsom (1802–1869), American antiquarian, librarian, diplomat, lawyer and politician
 * Harriet Amelia Folsom (1838–1910), American pioneer and political influencer; 51st plural wife of Brigham Young
 * J. D. Folsom (born 1984), American football linebacker
 * Jim Folsom, Sr. (1908–1987), American Democratic Governor of Alabama
 * Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949), former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as the Lieutenant Governor both before and after that
 * Jonathan P. Folsom (1820–1893), twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
 * Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817–1855), U.S. Army officer and real estate investor
 * Marion B. Folsom (1893–1976), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
 * Nathaniel Folsom (1726–1790), American merchant and statesman
 * Richard G. Folsom (1907–1996), twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * Robert Folsom (1927–2017), American businessman and politician
 * Steve Folsom (born 1958), player with the National Football League
 * Tom Folsom (born 1974), writer living in New York
 * William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), American architect and contractor