Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases."Surname: Farmer"
(undated).
Internet Surname Database
Retrieved May 22, 2010). In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation.

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of th ...

(undated)
"Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 (Top 1000 Names)
Retrieved May 22, 2010.

Notable people bearing the surname Farmer

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

(1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player *

Beverley Farmer Beverley Anne Farmer (also known as B. Christou) (7 February 1941 – 16 April 2018) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Personal life Beverley Farmer was born in Melbourne. She was educated at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School and ...

(born 1941), Australian writer *

Bill Farmer Bill Farmer (born November 14, 1952) is an American voice actor, comedian and impressionist. He has performed the voice of the Disney character Goofy since 1987, and has also been the voice of Pluto (Disney), Pluto and Horace Horsecollar since ...

(born 1952), American voice actor and comedian *

Bill Farmer (public servant) William John Farmer (born 10 June 1947) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker, best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and for his career in the Australian diplomati ...

(born 1947), former senior Australian public servant *

Buck Farmer George Runie "Buck" Farmer (born February 20, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers. Early life Farmer attended Rockdale C ...

(born 1991), American baseball player * Charles "Red" Farmer (born c. 1930), American NASCAR race driver *

Dan Farmer Dan Farmer (born April 5, 1962) is an American computer security researcher and programmer who was a pioneer in the development of vulnerability scanners for Unix operating systems and computer networks. Life and career Farmer developed h ...

(born 1962), American computer security researcher * Darci Lynne Farmer (born 2004), American ventriloquist *

Declan Farmer Declan Farmer (born November 5, 1997) is an American ice sled hockey player and Paralympic gold medalist. He won a gold medal in ice sledge hockey at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics. Career A bilateral amputee, he has played sled hoc ...

(born 1997), American sledge hockey player * Desmon Farmer (born 1981), American professional basketball player * Donald Dickson Farmer (1877–1956), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Ed Farmer Edward Joseph Farmer (October 18, 1949 – April 1, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight different teams, predominantly in the American League, between 1971 and 1983. The team h ...

(1949–2020), American professional baseball player and broadcaster * Edward McNeil Farmer (1901–1969) American watercolorist and oil painter, former professor at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is conside ...

. * Emily Farmer (1826–1905), English water-colourist and Victorian painter * Evan Farmer (born 1972), American actor, musician, and television personality *

Fannie Farmer Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 16 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose ''Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'' became a widely used culinary text. Education Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

(1857–1915), American culinary expert and cookbook author *

Frances Farmer Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913August 1, 1970) was an American actress and television hostess. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her l ...

(1913–1970), American film actress * Frank Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people *

Gary Farmer Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Nobody in the films ''Dead Man'' (1995) and '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), and for his role in '' Smoke Signals'' (1 ...

(born 1953), Canadian First Nations actor *

George Farmer (disambiguation) George Farmer may refer to: * George Farmer (Royal Navy officer) (1732–1779), officer of the Royal Navy * George Farmer (footballer, born 1862) (1862–?), footballer who played for Stoke City * George Farmer (footballer, born 1863) (1863–190 ...

, multiple people *

Graham Farmer Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in th ...

(born 1935), Australian rules football player and coach *

Henry George Farmer Henry George Farmer (17 January 1882 – 20 December 1965) was a British musicologist and Arabist. He studied under Thomas Hunter Weir, Professor of Oriental Languages at University of Glasgow. He wrote extensively about Arab musical influ ...

(1882–1965), British musicologist *

J. Doyne Farmer J. Doyne Farmer (born 22 June 1952) is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur with interests in chaos theory, complexity and econophysics. He is Baillie Gifford Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, where he is also Direct ...

(born 1952), American physicist *

James Farmer (disambiguation) James Farmer (1920–1999) was one of the leaders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. James Farmer may also refer to: * James Farmer (politician) (1823–1895), representing Marsden (and other electorates) in the New Zealand ...

, multiple people named James or Jim(my) Farmer *

Jean Farmer-Butterfield Jean Farmer-Butterfield (born October 21, 1947) is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 24th district from January 2003 to July 2020. Early life and education Farmer-Butterfield was ...

(born 1947), American politician from North Carolina *

Jeff Farmer (footballer) Jeff Farmer (born 24 June 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League (AFL). Melbourne career Known as "The Wizard" (or "The Wiz") ...

(born 1977), Aboriginal Australian rules footballer * Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), professional wrestler known as ''The Black Scorpion'' *

John Farmer (disambiguation) John Farmer may refer to: * John Farmer (composer) (c. 1570–c. 1601), Renaissance composer of madrigals * John Farmer (author) (1789–1838), American historian and genealogist * John Farmer (cartographer) (1798–1859), Detroit-based mapmaker * ...

, multiple people *

Joseph John Farmer Joseph John Farmer Victoria Cross, VC (15 May 1854 – 30 June 1930) was an England, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United King ...

(1854–1930), English recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previousl ...

* Karl Farmer (born 1954), American football player *

Ken Farmer Kenneth William George Farmer (25 July 1910 – 5 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Dubbed the 'Bradman of football' in So ...

(1910–1982), Australian rules football player * Kenneth Farmer (1912–2005), Canadian hockey player and businessman * Kyle Farmer (born 1990), American baseball player *

Larry Farmer Larry Farmer may refer to: * Larry Farmer (basketball) (born 1951), former men's head basketball coach at UCLA and Loyola University Chicago * Larry Farmer (law professor) (born 1942), professor at Brigham Young University {{DEFAULTSORT:Farm ...

(born 1942), American professor of law at Brigham Young University *

(born 1951), American college basketball coach * Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903), American author, women's rights activist *

Mark Farmer Mark Farmer (born 1957 in Birmingham) is a British comic book artist. He is best known as an inker, often working with Alan Davis. Career Farmer got his start in the UK comics industry before becoming part of the British Invasion, the wave of ...

(born 1957), British comic book artist * Michael Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people * Mimsy Farmer (born 1945), American actress and sculptor living in France * Moses G. Farmer (1820–1893), American electrical engineer and inventor, pioneer in telegraphy *

Mylène Farmer Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a Canadian-born French singer, songwriter, occasional actress, writer, and entrepreneur. Having sold more than 30 million records in France, she is ...

(born 1961), Canadian-born French singer and songwriter *

Nancy Farmer (politician) Nancy Farmer (born September 11, 1956) was the 43rd State Treasurer of Missouri, serving from 2001 to 2005. Farmer was raised in Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated from Illinois College there in 1979. From 1993-97, she served in the Missouri ...

(born 1956), American politician from Missouri *

Nancy Farmer (author) Nancy Farmer is an American author of children's and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for '' The House of the Scorpion'', publish ...

(born 1941), American author of children's books * Pat Farmer (born 1962), Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives from New South Wales * Pat Farmer (soccer) (born 1949), American soccer coach *

Paul Farmer Paul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a University Professor and the chair of the Department of Glob ...

(1959-2022), American physician and professor at Harvard University * Paul S. Farmer (born 1950), pioneer in the use of pop music in UK school music education in the 1970s *

Penelope Farmer Penelope Jane Farmer (born 1939) is an English fiction writer well known for children's fantasy novels. Her best-known novel is '' Charlotte Sometimes'' (1969), a boarding-school story that features a multiple time slip. Life Farmer was born a f ...

(born 1939), British writer of books for children and adults * Peter Farmer (disambiguation), multiple people * Philip José Farmer (1918–2009), American science fiction and fantasy author *

Randy Farmer Frank Randall "Randy" Farmer (born October 16, 1961) is an American game developer, co-creator with Chip Morningstar of one of the first graphical online games, 1985's ''Habitat''. In 2001 he and Morningstar were the first recipients of the Pione ...

(born 1961), American pioneer in creating online communities *

Richard Farmer Richard Farmer FRS FSA (1735–1797) was a Shakespearean scholar and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is known for his ''Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare'' (1767), in which he maintained that Shakespeare's knowledge of the classi ...

(1735–1797), English Shakespearean scholar * Richard T. Farmer (contemporary), American businessman * Richie Farmer (born 1969), American politician and former college basketball player *

Seymour Farmer Seymour James Farmer (June 20, 1878 – January 16, 1951) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as Winnipeg MLA from 1922 to 1949. During this time he also served as mayor of Winnipeg 1923-1924 and later as city councillor in the l ...

(1875–1951), Welsh-Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg * Susan Farmer (1942–2013), American politician, media executive and television personality *

Suzan Farmer Suzan Maxine Farmer (16 June 1942 – 17 September 2017) was an English film and television actress. She was regularly cast in movies produced by Hammer Films. Early life The daughter of David Farmer, a trader in metals, and Eleanor (née Bes ...

(1942–2017), English actress * Terry Farmer (1931–2014), English professional footballer *

Tom Farmer Sir Thomas Farmer, (born 10 July 1940) is a Scottish entrepreneur. Early life One of seven siblings in a devoutly Catholic family, in 1964 Farmer founded his own tyre retailing business which he sold in 1969 for £450,000. Farmer retired to ...

(born 1940), Scottish entrepreneur and millionaire * Wilfred Farmer (1921–1975), Barbadian cricketer and police officer * William M. Farmer (1853–1931), American jurist and politician * Little Willie Farmer (born 1956), American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter

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Hamrick Software
(Map showing the frequency of the surname Farmer in the United States 1850–1990) {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer (Surname) Occupational surnames English-language surnames English-language occupational surnames

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