Folsom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abby Folsom (died 1867), American feminist and abolitionist Allan Folsom (1941–2014), American motion picture cameraman, editor, writer, and producer Amanda Folsom (born 1979), American mathematician Augustine H. Folsom (died 1926), photographer Beth Folsom, American politician Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (born 1947), American historian and author. Wrote The Myth of the Robber Barons David Folsom (born 1947), US District Court Judge Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), who married the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland Frank M. Folsom (1894–1970), electronics company executive Franklin Folsom (1907–1995), children's author and labor activist Fred Folsom (1871–1944), American football coach at the University of Colorado (1895–1915) and Dartmouth College (1903–1906) George Folsom (1802–1869), American antiquarian, librarian, diplomat, lawyer and politician Harriet Amelia Folsom (1838–1910), American pioneer and political influencer; 51st plural wife of Brigham Young J. D. Folsom (born 1984), American football linebacker Jim Folsom, Sr. (1908–1987), American Democratic Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949), former American Democratic Governor of Alabama, and who also served as the Lieutenant Governor both before and after that Jonathan P. Folsom (1820–1893), twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817–1855), U.S. Army officer and real estate investor Justus Watson Folsom (1871–1936), American entomologist Marion B. Folsom (1893–1976), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Nathaniel Folsom (1726–1790), American merchant and statesman Richard G. Folsom (1907–1996), twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Robert Folsom (1927–2017), American businessman and politician Steve Folsom (born 1958), player with the National Football League Tom Folsom (born 1974), writer living in New York William H. Folsom (1815–1901), American architect and contractor