Fuller is a surname. It originally referred to someone who treats woolen cloth with the process called fulling (a process also known as walking—or waulking in Scotland—and tucking, hence the names Walker and Tucker). Notable people with the surname include: Acting Ben Fuller (producer) (1875–1952), English theatre entrepreneur in Australia Dolores Fuller (1923–2011), American actress and composer, Ed Wood's companion Drew Fuller (born 1980), American actor Frances Fuller (1907–1980), American actress Kurt Fuller (born 1953), American actor Mary Fuller, American actress Penny Fuller, American actress Architecture Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), American architect George A. Fuller (1851–1900), American architect and general contractor, "inventor" of modern skyscrapers H. E. Fuller (1867–1962), South Australian architect, artist and art critic Thomas Fuller (architect) (1823–1898), Canadian architect Art George Fuller (painter) (1822–1884), American figure and portrait painter Isaac Fuller (1606(?)–1672), English painter Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1867–1968), American artist Ron Fuller (artist) (1936–2017), British artist Victoria Fuller (artist) (born 1953), American artist and sculptor Violet Fuller (1920–2006), British artist Business Alfred Fuller (1885–1973), Canadian businessman George F. Fuller (1869–1962), American industrialist Kathryn S. Fuller, American lawyer and business executive Samuel Augustus Fuller (1837–1891), American steel industry executive Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988), American entrepreneur Film and television Chris Fuller (born 1982), American filmmaker Courtis Fuller (born 1957), American broadcaster Samuel Fuller (1911–1997), American movie director Simon Fuller (born 1960), British record and television producer Medicine Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim) (c. 1580–1633), English doctor, a founder of the colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734), English physician and collector of adages in his Gnomologia Military Aaron Fuller (military) (1738–1816), American military officer Ben Hebard Fuller (1870–1937), American general and 15th Commandant of the Marine Corps Edward Fuller (U.S. Marine Corps officer) (1893–1918), American officer and son of Ben Hebard Fuller Horace H. Fuller (1886–1966), American soldier J. F. C. Fuller (1878–1966), British general and military historian John W. Fuller (1827–1891), American general Wilfred Fuller (1893–1947), British soldier Music Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen; 1904–1941), American blues guitarist and singer Bobby Fuller (1942–1966), American rock singer and guitarist Curtis Fuller (1932–2021), American jazz trombonist Jesse Fuller (1896–1976), American one-man-band musician Jim Fuller (musician), American guitarist with The Surfaris Johnny Fuller (1929–1985), American blues singer and guitarist Joni Fuller, British musician Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British musician Politics and law Allen C. Fuller (1822–1901), Attorney General of Illinois during the American Civil War Alvan T. Fuller (1878–1958), American politician