surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. It originally referred to someone who treats woolen cloth with the process called
fulling
Fulling, also known as felting, tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven or knitted cloth (particularly wool) to eli ...
(a process also known as ''walking''—or ''waulking'' in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
—and ''tucking'', hence the names
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
* Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
* Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California ...
and Tucker). Notable people with the surname include:
Acting
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Ben Fuller (producer)
Sir Benjamin John Fuller (20 March 1875 – 10 March 1952) was an English-born Australian theatrical entrepreneur.
Biography
Benjamin John Fuller was born on 20 March 1875 in Shoreditch, London to compositor John Fuller (senior) and Harriett, ' ...
(1875–1952), English theatre entrepreneur in Australia
* Dolores Fuller (1923–2011), American actress and composer, Ed Wood's companion
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Drew Fuller
Andrew Alan "Drew" Fuller (born May 19, 1980) is an American actor and former model. He is best known for his portrayal of Chris Halliwell in the television series ''Charmed'' and for playing soldier Trevor LeBlanc on Lifetime's ''Army Wives' ...
(born 1980), American actor
* Frances Fuller (1907–1980), American actress
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Kurt Fuller
Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is best known for his roles in the films ''No Holds Barred'' and ''Ghostbusters II'' (both 1989), ''Wa ...
(born 1953), American actor
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Mary Fuller
Mary Claire Fuller (October 5, 1888 – December 9, 1973) was an American actress active in both stage and silent films. She also was a screenwriter and had several films produced. An early major star, by 1917 she could no longer gain roles ...
, American actress
* Penny Fuller, American actress
Architecture
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Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing ...
(1895–1983), American architect
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George A. Fuller
George A. Fuller (1851 – December 14, 1900) was an American architect often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.
Early life and career
Fuller was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, near Wo ...
(1851–1900), American architect and general contractor, "inventor" of modern skyscrapers
* H. E. Fuller (1867–1962), South Australian architect, artist and art critic
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Thomas Fuller (architect)
Thomas Fuller (March 8, 1823 – September 28, 1898) was an English-born Canadian architect. From 1881 to 1896, he was Chief Dominion Architect for the Government of Canada, during which time he played a role in the design and constructio ...
Isaac Fuller
Isaac Fuller (1606(?) – 1672) was an English painter. Trained in France, he worked in Oxford and London. His works included portraits, religious subjects and decorative paintings.
Early life and education
Fuller is often said to have been bor ...
(1606(?)–1672), English painter
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller ( ; born Meta Vaux Warrick; June 9, 1877 – March 18, 1968) was an African-American artist who celebrated Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater ...
Samuel Augustus Fuller
Samuel Augustus Fuller Sr. (August 8, 1837 - October 23, 1891) was an American steel industry executive during the Gilded Age in the United States. A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, he founded the Union Iron Works and Condit-Fuller & Co., which la ...
(1837–1891), American steel industry executive
* Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988), American entrepreneur
Samuel Fuller
Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made ou ...
(1911–1997), American movie director
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Simon Fuller
Simon Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer renowned for nurturing and inspiring world class entertainment talent. He is the creator of the ''Idols'' TV format, including the UK s ...
, British record and television producer
Medicine
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Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim)
Samuel Fuller (c. 1580/81 – between August 9 and September 26, 1633 in Plymouth)Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the ''Mayflower'' in 1620, the ''Fortune'' in 1621, and the ...
(c. 1580–1633), English doctor, a founder of the colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Thomas Fuller (writer)
Thomas Fuller, M.D. (24 June 1654 – 17 September 1734) was a British physician, preacher and intellectual.
Fuller was born in Rosehill, Sussex, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He practised medicine at Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a ...
(1654–1734), English physician and collector of adages in his ''Gnomologia''
Ben Hebard Fuller
Ben Hebard Fuller (February 27, 1870 – June 8, 1937) was a major general in the United States Marine Corps and served as the 15th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1930 and 1934.
Biography
Born in Big Rapids, Michigan, Fuller was a membe ...
(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
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Horace H. Fuller
Major General Horace H. Fuller (August 10, 1886 – September 18, 1966) was an American soldier and general in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his command of the 41st Infantry Division in the South West Pacific Area dur ...
(1886–1966), American soldier
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J. F. C. Fuller
Major-General John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller (1 September 1878 – 10 February 1966) was a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist, known as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising ...
(1878–1966), British general and military historian
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John W. Fuller
John Wallace Fuller (July 28, 1827 – March 12, 1891) was a British-born American publisher, businessman, and soldier. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, Fuller engaged in the wholesale ...
(1827–1891), American general
* Wilfred Fuller (1893–1947), British soldier
Music
* Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen; 1904–1941), American blues guitarist and singer
* Bobby Fuller (1942–1966), American rock singer and guitarist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 19 ...
(1932–2021), American jazz trombonist
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Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues".
Early life
Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta. He was sent by his mother to live wit ...
(1896–1976), American one-man-band musician
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Jim Fuller (musician)
James Evans Fuller (June 27, 1947 – March 3, 2017) was the lead guitarist and main songwriter for a 1960s rock band The Surfaris.Johnny Fuller (1929–1985), American blues singer and guitarist
* Joni Fuller, British musician
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Rachel Fuller
Rachel Fuller (born 24 July 1973) is a British musician. She is a successful independent pop music artist, a composer, and occasional collaborator with her husband rock musician Pete Townshend.
Early life
Born in Ipswich, England, Fuller lat ...
(born 1973), British musician
Politics and law
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Allen C. Fuller
Adjutant General Allen Curtis Fuller (September 24, 1822 – December 6, 1901) was the adjutant general of Illinois from November 11, 1861, to January 1, 1865, during the American Civil War.
Biography
Allen C. Fuller was born in Farmington, ...
(1822–1901), Attorney General of Illinois during the American Civil War
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Alvan T. Fuller
Alvan Tufts Fuller (February 27, 1878 – April 30, 1958) was an American businessman, politician, art collector, and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He opened one of the first automobile dealerships in Massachusetts, which in 1920 was recogniz ...
(1878–1958), American politician from Massachusetts, father of Peter D. Fuller
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practi ...
(1849–1926), American congressman for Illinois
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Claude A. Fuller
Claude Albert Fuller (January 20, 1876 – January 8, 1968) — was an American, a lawyer, farmer, member of Arkansas State House of Representatives from 1903–05, and of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 3rd District of Arkansas from ...
(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
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George Fuller (Australian politician)
Sir George Warburton Fuller (22 January 1861 – 22 July 1940) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd Premier of New South Wales, in office from 1922 to 1925 and for one day in December 1921. He previously served in the federal ...
Mad Jack Fuller
John Fuller (20 February 1757 – 11 April 1834), better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller (although he himself preferred to be called "Honest John" Fuller), was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex, and politician who sat in the House of Commo ...
(1757–1834), English politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts
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Melville Fuller
Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910. Staunch conservatism marked his ...
(1833–1910), eighth Chief Justice of the United States
* Oramel B. Fuller (1858–1935), American politician in Michigan
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Richard Fuller (Bedford MP)
Richard Quentin Fuller (born 30 May 1962) is a British politician who served as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury from July to October 2022. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Bedfordshire since 2019. A member of the Co ...
, British politician
Religion
* Andrew Fuller, British Baptist minister
* Charles Edward Fuller (1887–1968), American preacher and founder of Fuller Theological Seminary
* George C. Fuller, American theologian and seminary president
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John Fuller (college head)
John Fuller (died 1558) was the master of Jesus College, Cambridge. As bishop's chancellor in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was charged with suppressing Christian heresy, condemning several heretics to be burnt at the stake.
Biography
Fuller was a nati ...
, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge (1557–1558)
* Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch
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Reginald C. Fuller
Reginald Cuthbert Fuller (12 September 1908 – 21 April 2011) was ordained as a priest in 1931 by Cardinal Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and appointed Canon (hon.) of Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor in 20 ...
(1908–2011), British priest and biblical scholar
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Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his ''Worthies of England'', published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and ...
(1608–1661), English cleric and historian, author of ''Worthies of England''
Science and technology
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Alison Fuller
Alison Fuller is a British educational researcher and Professor of Vocational Education and Work at the Institute of Education of the University College London and, where she also serves as Pro-Director for Research and Development. She is a lead ...
, British educational researcher
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Calvin Fuller
Calvin Souther Fuller (May 25, 1902 – October 28, 1994) was an American physical chemist at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked for 37 years from 1930 to 1967. Fuller was part of a team in basic research that found answers to physical ch ...
(1902–1994), American physical chemist, inventor of the solar cell
* Claude Fuller (entomologist) (1872–1928), Australian-born entomologist in South Africa
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Edgar Fuller
Edgar Fuller is an American mathematician. He is a distinguished professor in the department of mathematics and statistics at Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its m ...
, American mathematician
* George M. Fuller (born 1953), American physicist
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George W. Fuller
George Warren Fuller (December 21, 1868 – June 15, 1934) was an American sanitary engineer who was also trained in bacteriology and chemistry. His career extended from 1890 to 1934 and he was responsible for important innovations in water and ...
(1868–1934), sanitary engineer
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Gerald Fuller
Gerald Gendall Fuller (born April 7, 1953) is a Canadian/American chemical engineer and Fletcher Jones II Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University.
Fuller received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Calgar ...
, American chemical engineer
Sports
Baseball
* Dave Fuller (1915–2009), American college baseball coach
* Ed Fuller (1869–1935), American baseball pitcher
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Frank Fuller (baseball)
Frank Edward Fuller 'Rabbit' (January 1, 1893 – October 29, 1965) was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at second base from through for the Detroit Tigers (1915–1916) and Boston Red Sox (1923). Listed at , 150&nb ...
(1893–1965), American baseball player
* Harry Fuller (1862–1895), American baseball player, brother of Shorty Fuller
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Jim Fuller (outfielder)
James Hardy Fuller (November 28, 1950) is a former professional baseball player. He played two seasons with the Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete i ...
(born 1950), American baseball player
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Jimmy Fuller
James Fuller (December 18, 1892 – December 25, 1987) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1910s and 1920s.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Fuller made his Negro leagues debut in 1912 with the Cuban Giants, and played with the club ...
(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
Eddie Fuller
Edward Russell Henry Fuller (2 August 1931 – 19 July 2008) was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1953 and 1957. He was born in Worcester, Western Cape and died in Milnerton, Cape Town.
Fuller was a right-hand ...
(1931–2008), South African cricketer
* Edwin Fuller (1850–1917), New Zealand cricketer
Devin Fuller
Devin Lewis Fuller (born January 24, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver with the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Fuller was ...
(born 1994), American football player
* Jeff Fuller (safety), American football player
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Jordan Fuller
Jordan Fuller (born March 4, 1998) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, and was selected by the Rams in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
E ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Steve Fuller (American football)
Stephen Ray Fuller (born January 5, 1957) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football at Clemson, where he was twice named ACC Player of the Year, and was ...
(born 1957), American football quarterback
Football (soccer)
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Barry Fuller
Barry Marc Fuller (born 25 September 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dorking Wanderers. He previously played for Stevenage Borough, forming part of the squad that won the 2006–07 FA Trophy in the fi ...
, English footballer
* Keysher Fuller, Costa Rican footballer
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Ricardo Fuller
Ricardo Dwayne Fuller (born 31 October 1979) is a retired Jamaican professional footballer who played as a forward.
Fuller started his football career with Jamaican side Tivoli Gardens, before he moved to England with Crystal Palace in Februa ...
, Jamaican footballer
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Sarah Fuller (athlete)
Sarah Fuller (born June 20, 1999) is an American soccer goalkeeper for Minnesota Aurora FC in the USL W League. She began her college soccer career with the Vanderbilt Commodores, where she also played college football as a placekicker.
Fuller ...
(born 1999), American soccer goalkeeper
Other
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Aaron Fuller (basketball)
Aaron Craig Fuller (born December 3, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Fuerza Regia de Monterrey of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for the University of Iowa and the Universi ...
(born 1989), American basketball player
* Abigail Fuller (born c. 1960), American Thoroughbred horse jockey
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Danny Fuller (surfer)
Danny Fuller (born February 15, 1982) is a Pipeline surfer ranked 527th in the world.
He was married to Tori Praver
Victoria Syde Praver (born June 4, 1987) is an American model and swimwear fashion designer perhaps best known for her appea ...
(born 1982), American surfer, photographer, artist and model
* Debbie Fuller (born 1966), Canadian diver
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Freddy Stephen Fuller
Freddy Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. He was a member of the 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, a several times Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion in the 1960s and 1970, and a member of the Canadian boxing team f ...
Nikki Fuller
Nikki Fuller (born January 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilder. At her largest, Fuller weighed . In competition, her height was listed at and her biceps measured . Some of her best lifts are for a max on bench press and 11 ...
, American bodybuilder and actress
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Peter D. Fuller
Peter Davenport Fuller (March 22, 1923 – May 14, 2012) was an American auto dealer, racehorse owner, and boxer who owned Dancer's Image, the first winner in the history of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified, and Mom's Command, 1985's America ...
, American Thoroughbred owner and businessman, father of Abigail Fuller
* Rick Fuller, American wrestler
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Freddy Stephen Fuller
Freddy Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. He was a member of the 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, a several times Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion in the 1960s and 1970, and a member of the Canadian boxing team f ...
, Canadian boxer
* Wendy Fuller (born 1965), Canadian diver
Writing
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Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra Fuller (born in 1969 in Glossop, England) is a British-Rhodesian author. Her articles and reviews have appeared in '' The New Yorker'', '' National Geographic'', ''Granta'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Finan ...
, British writer
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Bryan Fuller
Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including ''Dead Like Me'', ''Wonderfalls'', ''Pushing Daisies'', ''Hannibal'', and ''American Gods.'' Fuller worked as ...
, American screenwriter
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Charles Fuller
Charles H. Fuller Jr. (March 5, 1939 – October 3, 2022) was an American playwright, best known for his play '' A Soldier's Play'', for which he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2020 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
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(born 1939), American playwright
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Errol Fuller
Errol Fuller (born 19 June 1947) is an English writer and artist who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, grew up in South London, and was educated at Addey and Stanhope School. He is the author of a series of bo ...
Margaret Fuller
Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movem ...
(1810–1850), American journalist and women's rights activist
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Peter Fuller
Peter Michael Fuller (31 August 1947 – 28 April 1990) was a British art critic and magazine editor.
Life
Fuller was born in Damascus, Syria, and educated at Epsom College and Peterhouse, Cambridge.Dennis Griffiths ''The Encyclopedia of th ...
(1948–1990), British art critic and writer
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Roy Fuller
Roy Broadbent Fuller CBE (11 February 1912 – 27 September 1991) was an English writer, known mostly as a poet.
He was born at Failsworth, Lancashire to lower-middle-class parents Leopold Charles Fuller and his wife Nellie (1888–1949; née B ...
(1912–1991), English poet, father of poet John Fuller
*Uriah Fuller, pen name used by American mathematician
Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lew ...
David Fuller
David Fuller (born 4 September 1954) is an engineer, convicted English murderer and necrophile.
In 2021, he was convicted of the murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, whom he strangled and sexually assaulted after breaking into ...
Ida Fuller
Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce (November 26, 1854—September 26, 1930) was one of the five founding members of Sigma Kappa sorority in the American university system.
Fuller served as one of the co-founders of the Sigma Kappa sorority, along with Mary ...
(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
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Loie Fuller
Loie Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller; January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928), also known as Louie Fuller and Loïe Fuller, was an American actress and dancer who was a pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques.
Career
Bor ...
(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, British chief constable
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Millard Fuller
Millard Dean Fuller (January 3, 1935 – February 3, 2009) was the co-founder and the former president of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit organization known globally for building houses for those in need. Fuller also was the ...
Steve Fuller (sociologist)
Steve William Fuller (born July 12, 1959) is an American social philosopher in the field of science and technology studies. He has published in the areas of social epistemology, academic freedom, and the subjects of intelligent design and tra ...
* Chris Fuller, fictional character in the American fantasy sitcom '' Out of This World''
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Fuller (disambiguation)
Fuller or Fuller's may refer to:
People
* Fuller (surname)
* A fuller, a worker who cleanses wool through the process of fulling
* Fuller (artist), a British artist known for making map art and intricate drawings
Places
* Fuller, Kansas, an unin ...