Folsom (surname)
Folsom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abby Folsom, American feminist and abolitionist
- Allan Folsom, American motion picture cameraman, editor, writer, and producer
- Amanda Folsom, American mathematician
- Augustine H. Folsom, photographer
- Burton W. Folsom, Jr., American historian and author. Wrote The Myth of the Robber Barons
- David Folsom, US District Court Judge
- Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, who married the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland
- Frank M. Folsom, electronics company executive
- Franklin Folsom, children's author and labor activist
- Fred Folsom, American football coach at the University of Colorado and Dartmouth College
- George Folsom, American antiquarian, librarian, diplomat, lawyer and politician
- J. D. Folsom, American football linebacker
- Jim Folsom, Sr., American Democratic Governor of Alabama
- Jim Folsom, Jr., former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as the Lieutenant Governor both before and after that
- Jonathan P. Folsom, twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Joseph Libbey Folsom, U.S. Army officer and real estate investor
- Marion B. Folsom, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Nathaniel Folsom, American merchant and statesman
- Richard G. Folsom, twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Robert Folsom, American businessman and politician
- Steve Folsom, player with the National Football League
- Tom Folsom, writer living in New York
- William Harrison Folsom, American architect and contractor
