Pillsbury (surname) explained

Pillsbury, also spelled Pilsbury, is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

People

Albert E. Pillsbury (1849–1930), American lawyer and politician
Arthur Clarence Pillsbury (1870–1946), American photographer
Charles Alfred Pillsbury (1842–1899), founder of C.A. Pillsbury and Company (later Pillsbury Company)
Edward Pilsbury (1824–1882), 38th mayor of New Orleans
George A. Pillsbury (1816–1898), businessman and miller associated with the formation of the Pillsbury Company
George S. Pillsbury (1925–2012) American businessman and politician
Gilbert Pillsbury (1813–1893), Reconstruction mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872–1906), American chess player
John E. Pillsbury (1846–1919), United States Navy rear admiral
John S. Pillsbury (1827–1901), Governor of Minnesota
Mary Pillsbury Weston (1817-1895), American painter
Matthew Pillsbury (born 1973), American photographer
Michael Pillsbury (born 1945), American director of the Center on Chinese Strategy and author
Parker Pillsbury (1809–1898), American abolitionist
Philip W. Pillsbury (1903–1984), American chairman emeritus of the Pillsbury Company and a grandson of the cofounder
Sam Pillsbury, American film director and producer
Timothy Pilsbury (1789–1858), American politician
Walter Bowers Pillsbury (1872–1960), American psychologist
Wilmot Pilsbury (1840–1908), English watercolourist and art teacher