Fuller (surname)

Fuller is a surname. It originally referred 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 with the surname include:

## Acting

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* Alfie Fuller, American actress
* Barbra Fuller (1922–2024), American actress
* Dolores Fuller (1923–2011), American actress and composer, Ed Wood's companion
* Drew Fuller (born 1980), American actor
* Frances Fuller (1907–1980), American actress
* Kurt Fuller (born 1953), American actor
* Mary Fuller (1888–1973), American actress
* Penny Fuller, American actress
* Robert Fuller (actor) (born 1933), American actor

## Architecture

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* Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), American architect
* George A. Fuller (1851–1900), American architect and general contractor, "inventor" of modern skyscrapers
* H. E. Fuller (1867–1962), South Australian architect, artist and art critic
* Thomas Fuller (architect) (1823–1898), Canadian architect
* Thomas W. Fuller (1865–1951), Canadian architect, son of Thomas Fuller

## Art

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* George Fuller (painter) (1822–1884), American figure and portrait painter
* Isaac Fuller (1606?–1672), English painter
* Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1867–1968), American artist
* Ron Fuller (artist) (1936–2017), British artist
* Victoria Fuller (artist) (born 1953), American artist and sculptor
* Violet Fuller (1920–2006), British artist

## Business

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* Alfred Fuller (1885–1973), Canadian businessman
* George F. Fuller (1869–1962), American industrialist
* Kathryn S. Fuller, American lawyer and business executive
* Samuel Augustus Fuller (1837–1891), American steel industry executive
* Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988), American entrepreneur

## Film and television

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* Ben Fuller (producer) (1875–1952), English theatre entrepreneur in Australia
* Brad Fuller (producer) (born 1965), American filmmaker
* Chris Fuller (born 1982), American filmmaker
* Courtis Fuller (born 1957), American broadcaster
* Samuel Fuller (1911–1997), American movie director
* Simon Fuller (born 1960), British record and television producer

## Medicine

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* Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim) (c. 1580–1633), English doctor, a founder of the colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts
* Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734), English physician and collector of adages in his Gnomologia

## Military

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* Aaron Fuller (military) (1738–1816), American military officer
* Ben Hebard Fuller (1870–1937), American general and 15th Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Edward Fuller (U.S. Marine Corps officer) (1893–1918), American officer and son of Ben Hebard Fuller
* Horace H. Fuller (1886–1966), American soldier
* J. F. C. Fuller (1878–1966), British general and military historian
* John W. Fuller (1827–1891), American general
* Thomas G. Fuller (1908–1994), Canadian captain in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve; recipient of a Distinguished Service Cross and two bars in the Second World War, and whose company constructed several landmark buildings in Ottawa
* Wilfred Fuller (1893–1947), British soldier
* Stephen Fuller (1900–1984), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former member of the Kilflynn IRA Flying column

## Music

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* Aidan Fuller (born 2003), known as 347aidan, Canadian rapper
* Ben Fuller (singer) (born 1987), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter
* Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen; 1904–1941), American blues guitarist and singer
* Bobby Fuller (1942–1966), American rock singer and guitarist
* Curtis Fuller (1932–2021), American jazz trombonist
* Jesse Fuller (1896–1976), American one-man-band musician
* Jim Fuller (musician) (1947–2017), American guitarist with The Surfaris
* Johnny Fuller (musician) (1929–1985), American blues singer and guitarist
* Joni Fuller (born 1991), British musician
* Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British musician

## Politics and law

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* Allen C. Fuller (1822–1901), Attorney General of Illinois during the American Civil War
* Alvan T. Fuller (1878–1958), American politician from Massachusetts, father of Peter D. Fuller
* Charles Eugene Fuller (1849–1926), American congressman for Illinois
* Claude A. Fuller (1876–1968), American congressman for Arkansas
* David Fuller (politician) (1941–2022), American politician, Montana state senator
* DuFay A. Fuller (1852–1924), American businessman and politician in Illinois, brother of Charles Eugene Fuller
* George Fuller (Australian politician) (1861–1940), twice Premier of New South Wales, Australia
* George Fuller (British politician) (1833–1927), British Liberal politician
* George Fuller (congressman) (1802–1888), American congressman for Pennsylvania
* Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978), American legal philosopher
* Mad Jack Fuller (1757–1834), English politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts
* Melville Fuller (1833–1910), eighth Chief Justice of the United States
* Oramel B. Fuller (1858–1935), American politician in Michigan
* Richard Fuller (Bedford MP) (born 1962), British politician

## Religion

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* Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), British Baptist minister
* Charles E. Fuller (Baptist minister) (1887–1968), American preacher and founder of Fuller Theological Seminary
* George C. Fuller (1932–2021), American theologian and seminary president
* John Fuller (college head) (died 1558), Master of Jesus College, Cambridge (1557–1558)
* Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch
* Reginald C. Fuller (1908–2011), British priest and biblical scholar
* Thomas Fuller (1608–1661), English cleric and historian, author of Worthies of England

## Science and technology

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* Alison Fuller, British educational researcher
* Calvin Fuller (1902–1994), American physical chemist, inventor of the solar cell
* Claude Fuller (entomologist) (1872–1928), Australian-born entomologist in South Africa
* Edgar Fuller, American mathematician
* George M. Fuller (born 1953), American physicist
* George W. Fuller (1868–1934), sanitary engineer
* Gerald Fuller (born 1953), American chemical engineer

## Sports

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### Baseball

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* Dave Fuller (1915–2009), American college baseball coach
* Ed Fuller (1869–1935), American baseball pitcher
* Frank Fuller (baseball) (1893–1965), American baseball player
* Harry Fuller (baseball) (1862–1895), American baseball player, brother of Shorty Fuller
* Jim Fuller (outfielder) (born 1950), American baseball player
* Jimmy Fuller (1892–1987), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
* John Fuller (born 1950), American baseball player
* Nig Fuller (born Charles F. Furrer; 1878–1937), American baseball player
* Ryan Fuller (born 1990), American baseball coach
* Shorty Fuller (1867–1904), American baseball player, brother of Harry Fuller
* Vern Fuller (born 1944), American baseball player

### Cricket

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* Dickie Fuller (1913–1987), Jamaican cricketer
* Donald Fuller (1869–1936), New Zealand cricketer
* Eddie Fuller (1931–2008), South African cricketer
* Edwin Fuller (1850–1917), New Zealand cricketer

### Football (gridiron)

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* Aaron Fuller (American football) (born 1997), American football player
* Devin Fuller (born 1994), American football player
* Jeff Fuller (safety) (born 1962), American football player
* Jordan Fuller (born 1998), American football player
* Steve Fuller (American football) (born 1957), American football quarterback

### Football (soccer)

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* Barry Fuller (born 1984), English footballer
* Keysher Fuller (born 1994), Costa Rican footballer
* Ricardo Fuller (born 1979), Jamaican footballer
* Sarah Fuller (athlete) (born 1999), American soccer goalkeeper

### Other

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* Aaron Fuller (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player
* Abigail Fuller (born 1959/1960), American Thoroughbred horse jockey
* Danny Fuller (surfer) (born 1982), American surfer, photographer, artist and model
* Debbie Fuller (born 1966), Canadian diver
* Freddy Stephen Fuller, Canadian boxer
* Jeff Fuller (racing driver) (born 1957), American racing driver
* Nikki Fuller (born 1968), American bodybuilder and actress
* Peter D. Fuller (1923–2012), American Thoroughbred owner and businessman, father of Abigail Fuller
* Rick Fuller (born 1967), American wrestler
* Wendy Fuller (born 1965), Canadian diver

## Writing

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* Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), British writer
* Bryan Fuller (born 1969), American screenwriter
* Charles Fuller (1939–2022), American playwright
* Errol Fuller (born 1947), English author of several books on extinction
* Henry B. Fuller (1857–1929), writer
* J. Fuller, publisher in 18th century England
* Jean Overton Fuller (1915–2009), British biographer
* John Fuller (poet) (born 1937), English poet
* John G. Fuller, (1913–1990), American author
* Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), American journalist and women's rights activist
* Peter Fuller (1948–1990), British art critic and writer
* Roy Fuller (1912–1991), English poet, father of poet John Fuller
* Uriah Fuller, pen name used by American mathematician Martin Gardner

## Other

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* Aaron Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people
* David Fuller (born 1954), British murderer and necrophile
* Doris Fuller (died 1962), American bridge player
* Edward Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people
* Elizabeth Fuller (school founder) (1644–1709), British benefactress
* Ida Fuller (1854–1930), American co-founder of Sigma Kappa sorority
* Ida May Fuller (1874–1975), centenarian and first American recipient of social security
* Kyle Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people
* Loie Fuller (1862–1928), American modern dance pioneer
* Maud A. B. Fuller (1868–1972), American educator and missionary
* Maxwell Fuller (1945–2013), Australian chess player
* Michael Fuller (born 1959), British chief constable
* Millard Fuller (1935–2009), American humanitarian
* Minnie Rutherford Fuller (1868–1946), American farmer, broker, temperance leader, suffragist
* Robert Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sarah E. Fuller (1838–1913), national president, Woman's Relief Corps
* Steve Fuller (sociologist) (born 1959), American philosopher
* Victoria Fuller (model) (born 1970), American model
* William Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people

## See also

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* Chris Fuller, fictional character in the American fantasy sitcom Out of This World
* Fuller (disambiguation)
* Fullmer
* Fullerton (disambiguation)

## References

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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.

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