Folger is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Folger was an American coffee heir, socialite, and member of the prominent United States Folger family. He was also the longtime chairman of the board and president of the Folgers Coffee Company. He was the son of James Athearn Folger, Jr. and wife Clare Luning and paternal grandson of founder J. A. Folger, and the father of Abigail Folger, who was killed in the notorious Tate-Labianca murders in 1969 at the age of 25.
Folgers Coffee is a brand of ground, instant, and k-cup coffee produced in the United States, and sold there, and also in Asia, Canada and Mexico. It forms part of the food and beverage division of The J.M. Smucker Company.
Mary Morrell Folger was the maternal grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick she was cited as ancestor of the Folger whalers.
Mayhew Folger was an American whaler who captained the sealing ship Topaz that rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808, while one of HMS Bounty's mutineers was still living.
Darrow is a surname of Scottish descent, and may refer to:
James Athearn "J. A." Folger Sr. was an American businessman and the founder of the Folgers Coffee Company.
Bunn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Royal Society of Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal was instituted in 1956 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth and the 200th anniversary of his membership to the Royal Society of Arts.
Wolff is a variant form of The Wolf surname. Wolf is the 16th most common surname in Germany. It is derived from baptismal name Wolfgang or Wolfram. High-class, Nobility and Aristocracy person of Norse, mostly possibly Danish or Swedish but Scandinavian origin Nivelung Wolf of Köln is the first mencioned in chronicles as a citizen during the Middle Age since year 1135.
Petersen is a common Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:
Forster is a north English surname meaning "forester". It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same. Some indigenous south Germans independently carry the name Forster, while East Prussian Forsters are descendants of an 18th century English Forster family. Notable people with this surname include:
Ball is an English surname that has multiple potential origins, as do quite a few other short surnames:
Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, "waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. Variations include Wainewright, Wainright, Waynewright, Wainwrigt and Winwright. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Folger or Foulger was a poet and an interpreter of the American Indian language for the first settlers of Nantucket. He was instrumental in the colonization of Nantucket Island in the Massachusetts colony. He was the maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin is a popular given name for males, derived from Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין, Binyāmīn, translating as "son of the right [hand]", though in the Samaritan Pentateuch, the name appears as "Binyaamem": "son of my days".
Mayhew is a surname of English, Norman French or biblical origins. It is also sometimes a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Goodrich is an English toponymic surname, which indicates someone from Goodrich in Herefordshire. The name is a modern form of the Anglo-Saxon given name Godric which is made of the Old Norse word guðini or god combined with the Saxon word ric "ruler", ruler of god. Notable people with the surname include:
Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names, it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. It is also common in England, perhaps due to Norman French influence. Notable people with the surname include:
Shakespeare is an English family name most commonly associated with William Shakespeare (1564–1616), an English playwright and poet. Other notable people with the surname include: