Fuller (surname) explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Aidan Fuller (born 2003), known as 347aidan, Canadian rapper
• 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 (1929–1985), American blues singer and guitarist
• Joni Fuller (born 1991), British musician
• Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British musician

Politics and law

• 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

• 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

• 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

Baseball

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Browne. W.A.F.. Reaney. P.H.. Wilson. R.M.. Scull. A.. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routledge. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. 1991. 978-0-415-05737-0. 26 August 2018. 1244.