Folsom (surname)

Folsom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abby Folsom (died 1867), American feminist and abolitionist
• Allan Folsom (1941–2014), American motion picture cameraman, editor, writer, and producer
• Amanda Folsom (born 1979), American mathematician
• Augustine H. Folsom (died 1926), photographer
• Beth Folsom, American politician
• Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (born 1947), American historian and author. Wrote The Myth of the Robber Barons
• David Folsom (born 1947), US District Court Judge
• Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), who married the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland
• Frank M. Folsom (1894–1970), electronics company executive
• Franklin Folsom (1907–1995), children's author and labor activist
• Fred Folsom (1871–1944), American football coach at the University of Colorado (1895–1915) and Dartmouth College (1903–1906)
• George Folsom (1802–1869), American antiquarian, librarian, diplomat, lawyer and politician
• Harriet Amelia Folsom (1838–1910), American pioneer and political influencer; 51st plural wife of Brigham Young
• J. D. Folsom (born 1984), American football linebacker
• Jim Folsom, Sr. (1908–1987), American Democratic Governor of Alabama
• Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949), former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as the Lieutenant Governor both before and after that
• Jonathan P. Folsom (1820–1893), twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
• Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817–1855), U.S. Army officer and real estate investor
• Marion B. Folsom (1893–1976), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Nathaniel Folsom (1726–1790), American merchant and statesman
• Richard G. Folsom (1907–1996), twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Robert Folsom (1927–2017), American businessman and politician
• Steve Folsom (born 1958), player with the National Football League
• Tom Folsom (born 1974), writer living in New York
• William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), American architect and contractor