Fulford is an English

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 ...

that derives from any of the places called "Fulford" such as in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

and

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

. People with the name include: *

Adrian Fulford Sir Adrian Bruce Fulford (born 8 January 1953) is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. From 2017 to 2019, he was the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner, and was the Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in 2019, succeedi ...

, Lord Justice Fulford, British judge *

Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki is a New Zealand actress. Her debut performance was in the critically acclaimed film ''Rain''. The Seattle PI newspaper has described the film as "an exquisitely mixed and applied palette of color and hue to help her stor ...

, New Zealand actress *

Christopher Fulford Christopher Fulford (born 1955) is a British actor who is best known for his supporting roles in many British TV shows, one of the earliest being punk Alex in the short lived sitcom '' Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself'' (1981–82). Career Ful ...

, British actor *

Francis Fulford (landowner) Francis Fulford (born 31 August 1952) is a member of the United Kingdom's landed gentry, the 23rd Fulford to have owned and inhabited Great Fulford manor house in Devon. After briefly working as a stockbroker, he has had a career as a television ...

, English landowner and reality TV star of ''The F***ing Fulfords'' * George Taylor Fulford, Canadian politician *

Henry English Fulford Henry English Fulford (27 October 1859 – 15 May 1929), known as H. E. Fulford, was a British diplomat, who spent most of his career in China. Life and career H.E. Fulford was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.James Fulford James Fulford (1841 – 6 September 1922) was an Australian politician. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales, West Maitland and was educated locally before becoming a businessman. He was town clerk at West Maitland from 1867 and also wor ...

(1841–1922), Australian politician *

Margaret Hannah Fulford Margaret Hannah Fulford (June 14, 1904 – November 28, 1999) was an American bryologist who was active in identifying the flora of North and South America. Biography Fulford was born on June 14, 1904, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She subsequently atte ...

(1904–1999), American botanist *

Michael Fulford Michael Gordon Fulford, (born October 1948) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the British Iron Age, Roman Britain and landscape archaeology. He has been Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading since 1993. Ea ...

, British archaeologist *

Millie Hughes-Fulford Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford ( Hughes; December 21, 1945 – February 2, 2021) was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and NASA payload specialist who flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' in June 1991. Early ...

, American astronaut *

Robert Fulford (journalist) Robert Marshall Blount Fulford (born February 13, 1932) is a Canadian journalist, magazine editor, and essayist. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Personal life Fulford was born in Ottawa, Ontario to Frances (Blount) Fulford and A. E. Fulford, a jo ...

, Canadian journalist *

Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Ian Fulford (born 1969) is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s. Life and career Born in Colchester, England, he was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Durham University follow ...

* Robert C. Fulford, US osteopathic physician *

John Fulford John Fulford (died 12 June 1518) was an English archdeacon. He was the son of Sir Baldwin Fulford of Great Fulford, Devon who was Sheriff of Devon in 1460. He was collated Archdeacon of Totnes from 1500 to 1515, Archdeacon of Cornwall from Apri ...

(died 1518), priest * John Fulford (captain) of HMS ''Ganges'' (1821) under Rear-Admiral Baynes :*

Fulford Harbour Fulford Harbour is a residential community on the southeast side of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, located near the island's southern end. Fulford Harbour is the site of a BC Ferries terminal with regular ferry service to Swartz Bay, Britis ...

, British Columbia, named for Captain Fulford

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