# Folger

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For other uses, see [Folger (disambiguation)](/source/Folger_(disambiguation)).

**Folger** is an [English](/source/English_language) and [German](/source/German_language) surname. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Abiah Folger](/source/Abiah_Folger) (1667–1752), mother of [Benjamin Franklin](/source/Benjamin_Franklin)
- [Abigail Folger](/source/Abigail_Folger) (1943–1969), American civil rights activist
- [Alonzo Dillard Folger](/source/Alonzo_Dillard_Folger) (1888–1941), American politician
- [Charles J. Folger](/source/Charles_J._Folger) (1818–1884), American politician
- [Dan Folger](/source/Dan_Folger) (1943–2006), American singer and songwriter
- [Emily Jordan Folger](/source/Emily_Jordan_Folger) (1858–1936), Shakespeare scholar
- [Henry Clay Folger](/source/Henry_Clay_Folger) (1857–1930), founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
- [J. A. Folger](/source/J._A._Folger) (1835–1889), founder of the Folgers Coffee Company
- [John Clifford Folger](/source/John_Clifford_Folger) (1893–1981), [United States Ambassador to Belgium](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Belgium) (1957-59)
- [John Hamlin Folger](/source/John_Hamlin_Folger) (1880–1963), American politician and lawyer, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- [Jonas Folger](/source/Jonas_Folger) (born 1993), German motorbike racer
- [Joseph P. Folger](/source/Joseph_P._Folger) (21st century), American professor of communication
- [Mary Morrell Folger](/source/Mary_Morrell_Folger), grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, referenced in *Moby Dick*
- [Mayhew Folger](/source/Mayhew_Folger) (1774–1828), American whaler and grandfather of William M. Folger
- [Peter Folger](/source/Peter_Folger) (1905–1980), American businessperson
- [Peter Folger (Nantucket settler)](/source/Peter_Folger_(Nantucket_settler)) (1617–1690), Baptist missionary, teacher, and surveyor, grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
- [Walter Folger Jr.](/source/Walter_Folger_Jr.) (1765–1849), American politician
- [William M. Folger](/source/William_M._Folger) (1844–1928), United States Navy rear admiral and grandson of Mayhew Folger

## See also

- [Folger Shakespeare Library](/source/Folger_Shakespeare_Library), an independent research library in Washington, D.C. established by Henry Clay Folger
- [Folgers](/source/Folgers), an American coffee brand

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