Palmer


Gender:
Origin: English
844 famous people named Palmer found on Wikipedia.
7843 male, 2062 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1119-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 386-th in year 1908
Used in: English

Meanings

Palmer is the given name of:
Palmer Cox (1840–1924), Canadian illustrator and author
Palmer E. Pierce (1865–1940), United States Army brigadier general and first president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
H. Palmer Hall (1942-2013), American poet, fiction writer, essayist, editor and librarian
Palmer Hayden (1890–1973), African-American painter
Palmer Luckey (born 1992), American entrepreneur and founder of Oculus VR
Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900-1984), American consulting engineer and wind-power pioneer
Palmer Pyle (born 1937), American retired National Football League and American Football League player
Palmer Cortlandt, a fictional character on the American soap opera All My Children

"pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land," late 12c. (as a surname), from Anglo-French palmer (Old French palmier), from Medieval Latin palmarius, from Latin palma "palm tree" (see palm (n.2)). So called because they wore palm branches in commemoration of the journey.

Palm tree, pilgrim.

Famous People: 844 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Teresa Palmer 1986 Australian actress
2 Arnold Palmer 1929 American golfer (1929-2016)
3 Keke Palmer 1993 American actress, singer-songwriter
4 Carson Palmer 1979 American football player, quarterback
5 Jesse Palmer 1978 Canadian player of American football, sports broadcaster
6 Zoie Palmer 1977 Canadian actress
7 Palmer Luckey 1992 Original founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift
8 Betsy Palmer 1926 Amercian actress
9 Laura Palmer 1972 Fictional character from Twin Peaks
10 Carl Palmer 1950 English drummer
11 Jolyon Palmer 1991 British racing driver
12 Lilli Palmer 1914 German actress
13 Jim Palmer 1945 American baseball player
14 Patsy Palmer 1972 English actress
15 Jordan Palmer 1984 American football player
16 Meredith Palmer
17 Jonathan Palmer 1956 Racecar driver
18 Carlton Palmer 1965 Association football player and manager from England
19 Ryan Palmer 1976 Professional golfer
20 Alexander Mitchell Palmer 1872 American politician
21 Kasey Palmer 1996
22 Harry Palmer
23 Miguel Palmer 1942 Mexican actor and television actor
24 Jeff Palmer 1975 Pornographic actor
25 Bruce Palmer 1946 Canadian bassist
26 Del Palmer 1952 English bass player and sound engineer
27 Daniel David Palmer 1845 Founder of Chiropractic
28 Orio Palmer 1956 Fire battalion chief
29 William Palmer 1824 English doctor found guilty of murder
30 Earl Palmer 1924 American drummer
31 Joseph Palmer 1791 American member of the Fruitlands commune
32 John Ross Palmer 1974 American artist
33 Palmer Williams Jr. American actor
34 Grant Palmer 2002
35 Wayne Palmer Character from the television series 24
36 Gregg Palmer 1927 American actor
37 Samuel Palmer 1805 British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker
38 Violet Palmer 1964 American basketball official
39 Andy Palmer 1963 British businessman
40 Gary Palmer 1954 American politician
41 Parker Palmer 1939 American theologian
42 Sherry Palmer Character from the television series 24
43 Dee Palmer 1937 British musician
44 Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer 1951 British baron
45 Alice Palmer 1939 Illinois lawmaker and educator
46 June Palmer 1940 British model
47 Liam Palmer 1991 Footballer
48 Elizabeth Palmer Canadian journalist
49 Helen Palmer Geisel 1899 American writer
50 William Jackson Palmer 1836 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad president
51 Helmut Palmer 1930 Pomologian and civil rights activist
52 Max Palmer 1927 Guinness Book of World Records only measures Palmer at 7 foot 7 inches, but he claimed 8 foot 1 inch.
53 Sean Palmer 1973 American actor
54 Gretchen Palmer 1961 American actress
55 Bertha Palmer 1849 American art collector
56 Agesh Palmer 1995 Indonesian actress
57 Ollie Palmer 1992 Footballer
58 Phil Palmer 1952 British musician
59 Lance Palmer 1988
60 Potter Palmer 1826 American businessman
61 Gail Palmer 1955 American pornographic film director
62 Leland Palmer 1945 American actress, dancer and singer
63 Annie Palmer
64 Shaun Palmer 1968 American snowboarder
65 Rhys Palmer 1989 Australian footballer
66 Nate Palmer 1989 Football linebacker
67 Ben Palmer British television director
68 Palmer Hayden 1890 American artist
69 Tony Palmer 1941 English film director and author
70 Will Palmer 1997
71 Alice Freeman Palmer 1855 Educator
72 Tom G. Palmer 1956 American writer
73 Nathaniel Palmer 1799 American explorer
74 B. J. Palmer 1882 American chiropracter
75 Jahkoy Palmer
76 Peter Palmer 1931 American actor
77 Raymond Arthur Palmer 1910 American editor and science fiction author
78 Holly Palmer 1971 American musician
79 Luis de Llano Palmer 1918 Spanish television director and television producer
80 John M. Palmer 1817 Union Army general, politician
81 Grant H. Palmer 1940 American mormon leader
82 Jemma Palmer 1986 English model, figure competitor and professional wrestler
83 Nathan Palmer 1989 American football player
84 Palmer Cortlandt
85 Clive Palmer 1943 British folk musician
86 Nick Palmer 1950 British politician
87 Jared Palmer 1971 US tennis player
88 Dean Palmer 1968 American baseball player
89 Robert Roswell Palmer 1909 American historian
90 Phoebe Palmer 1807 Evangelist and writer
91 Geoffrey Henry Palmer 1940 Academic; Human rights activist
92 Tobais Palmer 1990 American football player
93 Larry Leon Palmer 1948 American diplomat
94 Ashlee Palmer 1986 American football player
95 Hubbel Palmer 1977 American actor
96 Edward Henry Palmer 1840 British orientalist
97 Rissi Palmer 1981 American musician
98 Lovel Palmer 1984 Footballer
99 Diana Palmer
100 Christoph Palmer 1962 German politician
101 Felicity Palmer 1944 English mezzo-soprano and music professor
102 Ashley Palmer 1978 American actress and singer
103 Palmer Cox 1840 Illustrator
104 Joel Palmer 1810 Trailblazing pioneer, guidebook author, U.S. politician
105 James Palmer Fictional character in the CBS television series NCIS
106 Andrew Palmer 1994 American racing driver
107 Dan Palmer (guitarist) 1978
108 Blake Palmer 1960 American actor
109 Bud Palmer 1921 American basketball player
110 Bill Palmer 1917 Musician
111 Maria Palmer 1917 Stage and film actress
112 Christopher Palmer 1946 English composer, arranger and orchestrator.
113 Dave Richard Palmer 1934 United States general
114 Brecken Palmer 1998 American actor
115 Kylie Palmer 1990 Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
116 Alan Palmer 1926 British writer on history and biography
117 Hap Palmer 1942 Children's musician
118 Roger Palmer 1959 English footballer
119 Bridger Palmer 1997 American actor
120 Michael Palmer 1943 Poet
121 Jo Palmer Australian newsreader
122 Rob Palmer English footballer
123 Martin Palmer 1953 British sinologist
124 Byron Palmer 1920 American actor
125 David R. Palmer 1941 American writer
126 John J. Palmer 1965 American homebrewer
127 Clare Palmer 1967 US-based philosopher, theologian and scholar of environmental- and religious studies
128 N. A. Palmer British musician and artist
129 Williston B. Palmer 1899 United States general
130 Vance Palmer 1885 Australian writer
131 Harold E. Palmer 1877 English linguist and phonetician
132 Steve Palmer 1968 Footballer
133 Boris Palmer 1972 German politician, Mayor of Tübingen
134 Wendy Palmer 1974 American basketball player
135 Alisa Palmer 1963 German actress and voice actress
136 Ernest Palmer 1885 American cinematographer
137 Sandra Palmer 1969 Jamaican entrepreneur, motivational speaker, educator, business and management consultant, life coach and author
138 Matthew Palmer 1964 New Zealand academic
139 Farah Palmer 1972 New Zealand rugby union player and captain
140 Keith Palmer 1957 American musician
141 Benjamin M. Palmer 1818 American minister and activist
142 Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer 1920 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
143 Susan J. Palmer 1946 Canadian writer and sociologist
144 Frank R. Palmer 1922 British linguist, linguistic researcher and lecturer
145 Daniel J Palmer 1962 American writer
146 Dave Palmer American session keyboardist
147 Shelly Palmer 1958 American television composer and personality
148 David Palmer 1957 American baseball player
149 Robert Palmer 1940 American businessman, computer company executive
150 Mark Palmer 1941 United States diplomat and United States Ambassador to Hungary (1986–1990)
151 Thomas W. Palmer 1830 American politician
152 Stuart Palmer 1905 American writer
153 Mary Palmer 1716 English writer
154 Pete Palmer 1938 American baseball statistician and sportswriter
155 Douglas Palmer 1951 American politician
156 Matt Palmer 1979 American baseball player
157 Crawford Palmer 1970 Basketball player
158 Jessi Palmer 1988 American pornographic actress
159 Paul Palmer 1974 British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
160 Leonard Robert Palmer 1906 English linguist
161 Herbert Palmer 1601 British priest
162 Nettie Palmer 1885
163 Walter Palmer 1968 American basketball player
164 Charles D. Palmer 1902 United States general
165 Geoffrey Palmer
166 Johnny Palmer 1918 Professional golfer
167 Johnny Ace Palmer American magician
168 George Palmer 1947 Australian composer and Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
169 William A. Palmer 1781 American politician
170 Kevin Palmer 1987 American basketball player
171 Amanda Palmer 1976 Australian film executive
172 Henry Robinson Palmer 1795 British civil engineer
173 Kiki Palmer 1907 Italian actress
174 George Herbert Palmer 1842 American philosopher
175 Charlie Palmer 1963 English footballer
176 Jack Palmer Character created by René Pétillon
177 John McAuley Palmer 1870 United States Army general
178 Helene Palmer 1928 British actress
179 Francis Wayland Palmer 1827 American politician
180 George William Palmer 1818 American politician
181 Palmer DePaulis 1945 American politician
182 Kye Palmer 1962 American musician
183 Philip Palmer 1960 British author
184 John Palmer 1885 British author, born 1885
185 Tim Palmer 1952 British meteorologist, Royal Society Research Professor, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
186 Ruth Palmer British musician
187 Charles Palmer 1930 British martial artist
188 Sue Palmer 1948 British teacher
189 Amy Palmer 1975 Athletics competitor
190 Suzanne Palmer American electronic music singer, songwriter and producer
191 Elihu Palmer 1764 American philosopher
192 Eugene Palmer 1955 British artist
193 Aiden Palmer 1987 English footballer
194 Jason Palmer 1977 Prison guard
195 Barry Palmer Australian musician
196 Calvin Palmer 1940 English footballer
197 Alfred T. Palmer 1906 Photographer
198 Edward Palmer 1831 British botanist and archaeologist
199 Stephanie Palmer American writer
200 Elena Palmer German writer