Fulkerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Fulkerson, IT businessman and founder of MindTouch, Inc Abram Fulkerson (1834–1902), Confederate officer during the American Civil War, Virginia lawyer, politician D. R. Fulkerson (1924–1976), mathematician who co-developed the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm Frank B. Fulkerson (1866–1936), U.S. Representative from Missouri Gregg Fulkerson, former leader of 80s AOR/melodic hard rock band Blue Tears James Fulkerson (born 1945), American composer, now living in the Netherlands
See also Fulkerson, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States Fulkerson, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States Ford–Fulkerson algorithm computes the maximum flow in a flow network Fulkerson Prize for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics