Fuller (surname)
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Fuller is a surname
referring to someone who treats wool with the process called Fulling
(a process also known as walking—or waulking in Scotland
—and tucking, hence the names Walker and Tucker
) and may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
referring to someone who treats wool with the process called Fulling
Fulling
Fulling or tucking or walking is a step in woolen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker, or walker...
(a process also known as walking—or waulking in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
—and tucking, hence the names Walker and Tucker
Tucker (surname)
-Possible Derivation of the Name:The origin of the name is not entirely certain, but since it has a long history as a surname on the continent, as in England and from thereon, also in the United States, it presumably has the same Saxon roots. The Saxons were a North Germanic people living in the...
) and may refer to:
- Alexandra FullerAlexandra FullerAlexandra Fuller is an Anglo-African author, who currently lives in the U.S. state of Wyoming.-Biography:Her first book was Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, a memoir of life with her family living all around Africa...
, British writer - Alfred FullerAlfred FullerAlfred Carl Fuller was a Canadian-born American businessman. He was the original "Fuller Brush Man."...
(1885–1973), Canadian businessman - Allen Curtis Fuller (1822-1901), Attorney General of Illinois during the American civil war
- Alvan T. FullerAlvan T. FullerAlvan Tufts Fuller was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He became one of the wealthiest men in America, with an automobile dealership which in 1920 was recognized as "the world's most successful auto dealership." He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of...
(1878–1958), U.S. politician - Amy Lindsay-Fuller, American basketball player
- Andrew FullerAndrew FullerAndrew Fuller was an eminent Baptist minister, born in Cambridgeshire, and settled at Kettering.Fuller was a zealous controversialist in defence of the governmental theory of the atonement against Hyper-Calvinism on the one hand and Socinianism and Sandemanianism on the other, but he is chiefly...
, British Baptist minister - Andrew Fuller (entomologist) (1828-1896), An American entomologist
- Barry FullerBarry FullerBarry Marc Fuller is an English footballer, currently playing for Gillingham as a defender, favoured as right-back....
, English footballer - Ben Hebard FullerBen Hebard FullerBen Hebard Fuller was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps and served as Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1930 and 1934.-Biography:...
(1870–1937), U.S. Marine Corps General - Blind Boy FullerBlind Boy FullerBlind Boy Fuller was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss.-Life and career:Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina,...
, stage name of U.S. blues singer and guitarist Fulton Allen - Bobby FullerBobby FullerRobert Gaston "Bobby" Fuller was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitar player best known for his singles "I Fought the Law" and "Love's Made a Fool of You," recorded with his mid-1960s group, the Bobby Fuller Four....
(1942–1966), U.S. rock singer and guitarist - Brad FullerBrad FullerBrad Fuller is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Australian Football League.-Overview:Fuller made his debut in 1997 for Collingwood after being picked up late in the 1996 AFL Draft, at number 87 overall....
, Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er - Bryan FullerBryan FullerBryan Fuller is an American screenwriter and television producer.Fuller graduated from Clarkston High School in Clarkston, Washington in 1987...
, American screenwriter - Buckminster FullerBuckminster FullerRichard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
(1895–1983), U.S. architect - Calvin Fuller (1902–1994), U.S. physical chemist, inventor of the solar cellSolar cellA solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....
- Charles FullerCharles FullerCharles H. Fuller, Jr. is an American playwright, best known for his play, A Soldier's Play, for which he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.-Early years:...
(born 1939), U.S. playwright - Charles Edward Fuller (1887–1968), U.S. preacher and founder of Fuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological SeminaryFuller Theological Seminary is an accredited Christian educational institute with its main campus in Pasadena, California and several satellite campuses in the western United States...
- Charles Eugene FullerCharles Eugene FullerCharles Eugene Fuller 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 practice in Belvidere, Illinois...
(1849–1926), U.S. Congressman - Charles Fuller (Carolina) (1832–1901), (middle name Thomas) American soldier & politician - South Carolina
- Claude A. FullerClaude A. FullerClaude Albert Fuller — was 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 1929-39....
(1876–1968), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Arkansas - Claude Fuller (entomologist)Claude Fuller (entomologist)Claude W. Fuller graduated from Australia's Melbourne University. He worked as an entomologist in Australia but worked more extensively in South and Southern Africa....
(1872-1928), an entomologist - Courtis FullerCourtis FullerCourtis John Fuller is a news broadcaster in Cincinnati, Ohio, who is active in politics and in local community affairs. Fuller is an on-air personality at WLWT-TV. He was named "Cincinnati's Favorite TV Personality" by the Broadcast Hall of Fame.In 2001, Fuller, a lifelong Democrat, ran as a...
, American broadcaster - Curtis FullerCurtis FullerCurtis DuBois Fuller is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.-Biography:...
, American jazz trombonist - Debbie FullerDebbie FullerDeborah Lynne "Debbie" Fuller is a former international diver from Canada, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana. She also won two gold medals at the 1986 Commonwealth...
(born 1966), Canadian diver - Dickie FullerDickie FullerRichard Livingston Fuller was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1934-35....
, Jamaican cricketer - Dolores FullerDolores FullerDolores Agnes Fuller was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in Bride of the Monster...
(born 1923), U.S. actress and composer, Ed Wood's companion - Drew FullerDrew FullerDrew Fuller is an American actor and former male 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.-Early life:Fuller was born in Atherton, California and grew up in Newport Beach; he has a...
(born 1980), American actor - Edward FullerEdward FullerEdward Canfield Fuller was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and the son of General Ben Hebard Fuller.-Biography:...
(1893–1918), U.S. Marine Corps officer, son of Ben H. Fuller - Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer
- Dame Elizabeth Fuller, British benefactress
- Frances FullerFrances FullerFrances Fuller was an American actress. She is the grandmother of fellow actress Rachel Miner and the niece of Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes...
, American actress - Frank FullerFrank Fuller (baseball)Frank Edward Fuller [Rabbit] was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at second base from through for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 7", 150 lb., Fuller was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed...
(1893–1965), Major League Baseball player - George Fuller, American artist
- George FullerGeorge Fuller (Australian politician)Sir George Warburton Fuller KCMG was Premier of New South Wales, Australia on two occasions during the 1920s. His first term of office lasted less than one day ; his second lasted from 13 April 1922 to 17 June 1925.-Early life:Fuller was born in Kiama, New South Wales and was educated at Kiama...
, Australian politician - George A. FullerGeorge A. FullerGeorge A. Fuller was an 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 Worcester...
(1851–1900), the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers - Gerald FullerGerald FullerGerald G. Fuller is a Canadian/American chemical engineer and Fletcher Jones II Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University....
, American chemical engineer - Graeme Fuller, Windsurfer, paddleboarder and author
- Henry B. Fuller, (born 1857), writer
- Horace H. FullerHorace H. FullerMajor General Horace H. Fuller 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 during World War II....
, American soldier - Ida FullerIda FullerIda May Fuller Pierce was one of the five founding members of Sigma Kappa sorority.Fuller served as one of the co-founders of the Sigma Kappa sorority, along with Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
, co-founder of Sigma KappaSigma KappaSigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
sorority. - Ida May FullerIda May FullerIda May Fuller was the first American to receive a monthly benefit Social Security check. She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940.Fuller was born on a farm outside Ludlow, Vermont...
(1874–1975), centenarianCentenarianA centenarian is a person who is or lives beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average life expectancies across the world are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. Much rarer, a supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only...
and first U.S. recipient of Social Security. - J. FullerJ. Fuller-Publications:*"A Lover of the Mathematics". A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts. 2nd ed., S. Fuller, Dublin, 1735. The First Part is: An Essay towards the Probable Solution of the Forty five Surprising PARADOXES, in GORDON's Geography...
, editor in 18th century England - J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966), British General and military historian
- Jean Overton FullerJean Overton FullerJean Overton Fuller was a British author best known for her book Madeleine, the story of Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan, GC, MBE, CdG, an Indian heroine of World War II....
, British biographer - Jeff Fuller, American football player
- Jeff Fuller, American racing driver
- Jesse FullerJesse FullerJesse Fuller was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues".-Early life:...
(1896–1976), American one-man-band musician - Jim Fuller (musician), American guitarist with The SurfarisThe SurfarisThe Surfaris were an American surf rock band formed in Glendora, California in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles, California area, and nationally by May 1963: "Surfer Joe" on the A-side and "Wipe Out" on the B-side of a 45 RPM single.-Career:The original...
- John Fuller, Master of Jesus College, CambridgeJesus College, CambridgeJesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
(1557-58) - John FullerJohn Fuller (poet)John Fuller is an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford.Fuller was born in Ashford, Kent, England, the son of poet and Oxford Professor Roy Fuller, and educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford. He began teaching in 1962 at the State University of New...
(born 1937), English poet - John Fuller, Australian bushranger
- John G. FullerJohn G. FullerJohn Grant Fuller, Jr. was a New England-based American author of several non-fiction books and newspaper articles, mainly focusing on the theme of extra-terrestrials and the supernatural. For many years he wrote a regular column for the Saturday Review magazine, called "Trade Winds"...
, (1913–1990), American author - John 'Mad Jack' FullerJohn 'Mad Jack' FullerJohn Fuller , better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller , was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex , and is well known as a builder of follies, and as a philanthropist, patron of the arts and sciences, and a supporter of slavery...
(1757–1834), English politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts - John W. FullerJohn W. FullerJohn Wallace Fuller 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 footwear trade as well as in civil affairs in Ohio.-Early life and career:John W...
(1827–1891) Union general - Joni FullerJoni FullerJoni Amelia Fuller is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist from Lancashire.Joni persuaded her parents to buy her a violin for her 5th birthday. Aged 8, she was accepted into the Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music...
, British musician - Kathryn S. FullerKathryn S. FullerKathryn S. Fuller is the Chair of the non-profit charity, the Ford Foundation, an occupation she has held since May, 2004.Fuller graduated from Pembroke College in Providence, RI in 1968, and from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, TX in 1976...
, AlcoaAlcoaAlcoa Inc. is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. From its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alcoa conducts operations in 31 countries...
director - Kurt FullerKurt FullerKurt Fuller is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton, California in 1971.-Career:...
, American actor - Linda Fuller, American humanitarian
- Loie FullerLoie FullerLoie Fuller Loie Fuller Loie Fuller (also Loïe Fuller; (January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928) was a pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques.-Career:...
(1862–1928), American modern dance pioneer Marie Louise Fuller - Lon L. FullerLon L. Fuller-Selected secondary bibliography:* Robert S Summers .* W. J. Witteveen and Wibren van der Burg .-External links:* from Harvard University Library*...
, legal philosopher - Margaret FullerMargaret FullerSarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism...
(1810–1850), American journalist and women's rights activist - Mary FullerMary FullerMary Claire Fuller was an American stage and silent film actress and screenwriter.-Early life:Born in Washington, D.C., to Nora Swing and attorney Miles Fuller, she spent her childhood on a farm. As a child, she was interested in music, writing and art...
, American actress - Melville FullerMelville FullerMelville Weston Fuller was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.-Early life and education:...
(1833–1910), Chief Justice of the United States of America - Meta Vaux Warrick FullerMeta Vaux Warrick FullerMeta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an African American artist. She is best known as the first African American artist to make art celebrating Afrocentric themes. A multi-talented artist who created poetry and paintings, she is mainly known as a sculptor who explored her African-American roots...
(1867–1968), African-American artist - Michael FullerMichael FullerMichael Fuller, QPM is the former Chief Constable of Kent Police and was the first black Chief Constable in the United Kingdom.Fuller took up his role as Chief Constable of Kent on 5 January 2004. He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1975 as a cadet. He has served in uniformed and CID...
, British chief constable - Millard FullerMillard FullerMillard Dean Fuller was the founder and former president of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit organization known globally for building houses for those in need, and the founder and former president of The Fuller Center for Housing...
, American humanitarian - Penny FullerPenny FullerPenny Fuller is an American actress.Born in Durham, North Carolina, Fuller attended Northwestern University in Illinois. She then went to New York City to make a name for herself on Broadway...
, American actress - Peter FullerPeter FullerPeter Michael Fuller was a British art critic and magazine editor who was educated at Epsom College and Peterhouse, Cambridge....
(1948–1990), British art critic and writer - Peter the FullerPeter the FullerPeter Fullo was Patriarch of Antioch and Non-Chalcedonian.Peter received his surname from his former trade as a fuller of cloth. Tillemont Peter Fullo ("the Fuller") was Patriarch of Antioch (471–488) and Non-Chalcedonian.Peter received his surname from his former trade as a fuller of cloth....
, Patriarch of Antioch - Rachel FullerRachel FullerRachel Fuller is a British musician. She is a successful independent pop music artist, a composer and occasional collaborator with rock musician and partner to Pete Townshend.-Early life:...
, British musician - Reginald C. FullerReginald C. FullerReginald Cuthbert Fuller was ordained as a priest in 1931 by Cardinal Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and appointed Canon of Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor in 2001...
(born 1908), DD, LSS, PhD, priest (rtd.) in Westminster/London, biblical scholar - Ricardo FullerRicardo FullerRicardo Dwayne Fuller is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Jamaica national team....
, Jamaican footballer - Richard FullerRichard Fuller (politician)Richard Fuller is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Bedford, where he was born.-Early life:...
, British politician - Rick FullerRick FullerRichard Fuller is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances World Championship Wrestling. He would later be featured in several video games including WCW Nitro and WCW/NWO Thunder....
, American wrestler - Robert FullerRobert Fuller (disambiguation)Robert Fuller may refer to:*Robert Fuller , U.S. former professional wrestler and manager*Robert Fuller is an American actor*Robert Fuller , an FBI interrogator who worked at Guantanamo*Robert W...
, one of several people including- Robert FullerRobert FullerRobert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:...
, American wrestler - Robert Fuller (actor)Robert Fuller (actor)Robert Fuller is an American former television Western actor and current rancher. In his five decades of television, he's best known for starring roles on the popular 1960s western series Laramie as Jess Harper, and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, as well as his work for his lead role, Dr...
(born July 29, 1933, in Troy, New York), American actor.
- Robert Fuller
- Robert W. FullerRobert W. FullerRobert W. Fuller earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University in 1961, and taught at Columbia University where he co-authored the book Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics...
, author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, a book about rankismRankismRankism is "abusive, discriminatory, or exploitative behavior towards people because of their rank in a particular hierarchy".Rank-based abuse underlies many other phenomena such as bullying, racism, sexism, and homophobia. The term "rankism" was coined by physicist, educator, and citizen diplomat...
, founder of the Dignitarian Foundation - Ron Fuller, British artist
- Roy FullerRoy FullerRoy Broadbent Fuller was an English writer, known mostly as a poet. He was born in Failsworth, Lancashire, and brought up in Blackpool. He worked as a lawyer for a building society, serving in the Royal Navy 1941-1946.Poems was his first book of poetry. He began to write fiction also in the 1950s...
(1912–1991), English poet, father of John FullerJohn Fuller (poet)John Fuller is an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford.Fuller was born in Ashford, Kent, England, the son of poet and Oxford Professor Roy Fuller, and educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford. He began teaching in 1962 at the State University of New... - Samuel FullerSamuel FullerSamuel Michael Fuller was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes.-Personal life:...
(1911–1997), American movie director - Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician)Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician)Samuel Fuller was an English doctor and church deacon. He is remembered as one of the Separatist Pilgrims who together formed the colony in North America at Plymouth, Massachusetts.-Early life:...
(c. 1580–1633), English doctor, a Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony) founder of the colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts - Samuel B. FullerSamuel B. FullerS. B. Fuller was an American entrepreneur. He was founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National Negro Business League, and a prominent black Republican.S.B...
(1905–1988) African-American entrepreneur - Simon FullerSimon FullerSimon Fuller is a British artist manager, television producer and creator of the Idol franchise, first seen as Pop Idol in the UK. Fuller is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox TV reality show So You Think You Can Dance and other U.S...
, British record and television producer - Steve Fuller, American footballer
- Steve Fuller (sociologist), Anglo-American philosopher
- Thomas FullerThomas FullerThomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death...
(1608–1661), English cleric - Thomas Fuller (1654–1734), English physician and collector of adages in his Gnomologia
- Thomas FullerThomas Fuller (architect)Thomas Fuller was a Canadian architect.He was born in Bath, Somerset , where he trained as an architect. Living in Bath and London he did a number of projects. In 1845 he left for Antigua, where he spent two years working on a new cathedral before emigrating to Canada in 1857...
, Canadian architect - Uriah FullerUriah FullerUriah Fuller is a pen name that Martin Gardner, a notable American skeptic, recreational mathematician, author, and amateur magician, used for two booklets he wrote in the 1970s showing how purported psychics such as Uri Geller do their "seemingly impossible paranormal feats" such as bending spoons...
, pen name used by U.S. mathematician Martin GardnerMartin GardnerMartin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature , philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion... - Victoria FullerVictoria FullerVictoria Alynette Fuller is an American glamour model, artist, actress and reality TV contestant....
, American model - Wendy FullerWendy FullerWendy Marie Fuller is a retired diver from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place in the Women's 10m Platform. In the same event she won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States...
(born 1965), Canadian diver - Wilfred Fuller, British soldier
- William Fuller, one of several people including
- William Fuller (Imposter)William Fuller (imposter)William Fuller, English Impostor, was born at Milton in Kent. His paternity is doubtful, but he was related to the family of Herbert.After 1688, Fuller served Mary of Modena, Queen consort of James II of England, and the Jacobites while seeking at the same time to gain favor with William III of...
- William Fuller, bishop of LincolnWilliam Fuller (bishop)William Fuller was an English churchman.He was dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin , bishop of Limerick , and bishop of Lincoln . He was also the friend of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn.-Life:...
- William Fuller, dean of ElyWilliam Fuller (dean)William Fuller was dean of Ely and later dean of Durham. He was in serious trouble with parishioners and Parliament during the early 1640s.-Life:...
- William Charles FullerWilliam Charles FullerWilliam Charles Fuller VC was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:...
, Welsh soldier
- William Fuller (Imposter)
See also
- Fuller (disambiguation)
- Fullmer
- Fullerton (disambiguation)