<Tr> <Th> Meaning </Th> <Td> a pilgrim to the Holy Land, named from the palm worn to signify the journey . And in early Scottish, a mercenary who traveled to the Holy Land and carried back palm leaves as a sign of proof . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: In Scotland, the Palmers are possibly related descents of clans Home, MacAlpine, Stewart, Bruce and Douglas . </Td> </Tr> <P> Palmer is an occupational surname of English and Scottish origin . Notable people with the surname include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Abiah W. Palmer (1835--1881), New York politician </Li> <Li> Adele Palmer (1915--2008), American costume designer </Li> <Li> Adidja Palmer, the Jamaican DJ Vybz Kartel </Li> <Li> Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer </Li> <Li> Alan Palmer, an author of historical and biographical books </Li> <Li> Alexander Mitchell Palmer, (1872--1936), American politician, Attorney General of the US 1919--1921 </Li> <Li> Alfred Brian Palmer MBE, DSC, (1899--1993), Royal Navy Reserve captain </Li> <Li> Alice Freeman Palmer, (1855--1902), American educator </Li> <Li> Amanda Palmer (born 1976), American singer and pianist </Li> <Li> Amanda Palmer (journalist), Australian journalist </Li> <Li> Amy Palmer (born 1975), American hammer thrower </Li> <Li> Andy Palmer (born 1963), English engineer and businessman </Li> <Li> Arnold Palmer (1929--2016), American golfer </Li> <Li> Austin Norman Palmer (1860--1927), American author of the Palmer Method of penmanship </Li> <Li> B.J. Palmer (1882--1961), American chiropractor </Li> <Li> Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640--1709), English mistress of King Charles II </Li> <Li> Benjamin M. Palmer (1818--1902), American theologian and church leader </Li> <Li> Bertha Palmer (1849--1918), American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist </Li> <Li> Beth Palmer (born 1952), American bridge player </Li> <Li> Betsy Palmer (1926--2015), American actress </Li> <Li> Billy Palmer (born 1888), English footballer </Li> <Li> Brecken Palmer (born 1998), only son of Kansas descendants </Li> <Li> Bruce Palmer (1946--2004), Canadian folk - rock musician </Li> <Li> Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913--2000), American army general </Li> <Li> Bruce Palmer (basketball), American - born international basketball coach </Li> <Li> Carl Palmer (born 1950), English musician of the trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer </Li> <Li> Carlton Palmer (born 1965), English footballer </Li> <Li> Carson Palmer (born 1979), American professional football player </Li> <Li> Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet (1822--1907), British shipbuilder and Liberal MP </Li> <Li> Charles Palmer (cricketer) (1919--2005), English county and test cricketer and cricket administrator </Li> <Li> Charles Stuart William Palmer (1930--2001), British Judoka (10th Dan) </Li> <Li> Clive Palmer (businessman) (born 1954), Australian mining magnate </Li> <Li> Clive Palmer (musician) (born 1943), British folk musician </Li> <Li> Corky Palmer (born 1954), American college baseball coach </Li> <Li> Daniel David Palmer (1845--1913), Canadian - American chiropractor </Li> <Li> Dee Palmer (born 1937), British musician with the rock band Jethro Tull </Li> <Li> Diana Palmer (author) (born 1946), American best - selling author of romantic novels </Li> <Li> Donald Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of Marin in Kentfield </Li> <Li> Earl Palmer (born 1924), American rock - and - roll drummer </Li> <Li> Edmund Palmer, C.B. (Captain) (1781--1834) Royal Navy officer </Li> <Li> Edward Palmer (Canadian politician) (1809--1889), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island </Li> <Li> Edward Palmer (botanist) (1829--1911), English botanist </Li> <Li> Edward Palmer (socialist) (1802--1886), American utopian socialist </Li> <Li> Edward Henry Palmer (1840--1882), English orientalist </Li> <Li> Elihu Palmer (1794--1806), American ex-Baptist minister and author </Li> <Li> Ephraim Laurence Palmer (1888--1970), American science educator and conservationist </Li> <Li> Erastus Dow Palmer (1817--1904), American sculptor </Li> <Li> Ernest Palmer (American cinematographer) (1885--1978), Hollywood cinematographer </Li> <Li> Ernest Palmer (British cinematographer) (1901--1964), British cinematographer </Li> <Li> Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer (1858--1948), British businessman and patron of music </Li> <Li> Felicity Palmer (born 1944), English operatic soprano </Li> <Li> Floyd Palmer, business man and founder of Palmer Bus Service </Li> <Li> Francis W. Palmer (1827--1907), American publisher and politician </Li> <Li> Frank R. Palmer (born 1922), British linguist, Professor Emeritus of Linguistic Science at the University of Reading </Li> <Li> Frederick Palmer (engineer) (born 1860), British civil engineer </Li> <Li> Frederick Palmer (journalist) (1873--1958), American writer and war correspondent </Li> <Li> Frederick Christian Palmer (1866--1941), photographer </Li> <Li> Frederick William Palmer (1891--1955), World War I Victoria Cross recipient </Li> <Li> Frederick William J. Palmer (1864--1947), British engineer </Li> <Li> Garrick Palmer (born 1933), British painter, wood engraver and photographer </Li> <Li> Geoffrey Palmer (actor) (born 1927), English comedy actor </Li> <Li> Geoffrey Palmer (politician) (born 1942), Prime Minister of New Zealand 1989--1990 </Li> <Li> George Hastings Palmer (born 1881), politician of Manitoba, Canada </Li> <Li> George Herbert Palmer (1842--1933), American author and philosopher </Li> <Li> George Josiah Palmer (1828--1892), British newspaper founder . </Li> <Li> George Llewellen Palmer (1857--1932), British Conservative Party politician </Li> <Li> George Palmer (businessman) (1818--1897), Quaker entrepreneur and biscuit manufacturer of Reading, England </Li> <Li> George Palmer (color theorist) (c. 1746--1826), aka George Giros de Gentilly, English dye chemist, color theorist, inventor, and soldier </Li> <Li> George "Joey" Palmer (1859--1910), Australian cricketer </Li> <Li> George Palmer (composer) (born 1947), Australian classical composer and judge of the NSW Supreme Court </Li> <Li> George Palmer (rugby league) rugby league footballer of the 1950s, for Batley and England </Li> <Li> George William Palmer (England) (1851--1913), politician </Li> <Li> George William Palmer (New York) (1818--1916), politician </Li> <Li> Gladys L. Palmer (1895--1967), American social statistician </Li> <Li> Gordon William Nottage Palmer, younger son of Ernest Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer </Li> <Li> Harold E. Palmer (1887--1949), linguist, phonetician, founder of IRLT </Li> <Li> Harry Palmer (author) (born 1944), American founder of the Avatar self - development system </Li> <Li> Harry Palmer (photographer) (born 1930), Canadian photographer </Li> <Li> Helen Palmer (archer) (born 1974), British archer, 2004 Olympics contestant </Li> <Li> Helen Palmer (publisher) (1917--1979), Australian publisher, educationalist, author, historian </Li> <Li> Helen Palmer Geisel (1899--1967), author and wife of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) </Li> <Li> Henry Spencer Palmer (1838--1893), British army military engineer and surveyor </Li> <Li> Herbert Edward Palmer (1880--1961), English poet and critic </Li> <Li> Herbert James Palmer (1851--1939), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island </Li> <Li> Innis N. Palmer (1824--1900), United States Civil War general </Li> <Li> James Palmer Jr., (born 1996), American collegiate basketball player </Li> <Li> James A. Palmer, who signed his work J.A. Palmer, (1825--June 1896), an Irish - American photographer </Li> <Li> James Shedden Palmer (1810--1867), American admiral in the US Navy during the Civil War </Li> <Li> Jared Palmer (born 1971), American professional tennis player </Li> <Li> Jesse Palmer (born 1978), Canadian professional football player </Li> <Li> Jim Palmer (born 1945), American professional baseball player </Li> <Li> Joel Palmer (1810--1881), Canadian - born American pioneer and politician </Li> <Li> John Palmer (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Jolyon Palmer, British racing driver, son of Jonathan Palmer </Li> <Li> Jonathan Palmer (born 1956), British racing driver and racing commentator </Li> <Li> Jonathan Palmer (American football) (born 1983), American professional football player </Li> <Li> Joseph B. Palmer (1825--1890), Confederate general </Li> <Li> June Palmer (1940--2004), British model </Li> <Li> Kate Palmer (netball), Chief Executive Officer of Netball Australia </Li> <Li> Katherine Van Winkle Palmer (1895--1982), American paleontologist </Li> <Li> Keith Palmer (police officer) (1969--2017), British police officer who was killed in the 2017 Westminster attack and posthumously awarded the George Medal </Li> <Li> Keke Palmer (born 1993), American actress </Li> <Li> Ken Palmer (born 1937), British Test cricketer and cricket umpire </Li> <Li> Leonard Robert Palmer (1906--1984) British philologist and linguist </Li> <Li> Les Palmer (American football) (1923--2006), American football player </Li> <Li> Lilli Palmer (1914--1986), German - American actress </Li> <Li> Lillian Palmer (disambiguation), multiple people </Li> <Li> Lowell Palmer (born 1947), American baseball player </Li> <Li> Mark Palmer (born 1941), American statesman, former ambassador to Hungary </Li> <Li> Michael Palmer (born 1943), American poet and translator </Li> <Li> Michael Palmer (conductor) (born 1945), American orchestral conductor </Li> <Li> Michael Palmer (novelist) (born 1942), American novelist </Li> <Li> Missy Palmer, voice actor </Li> <Li> N.A. Palmer, guitarist for anarcho - punk band Crass </Li> <Li> Nathaniel Palmer (1799--1877), American sailor, ship design innovator, first American to see Antarctica </Li> <Li> Nettie Palmer (1885--1964), Australian literary figure </Li> <Li> Nick Palmer (born 1950), British politician and member of parliament </Li> <Li> Olive Palmer (1902--1976), second wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada </Li> <Li> Orio Palmer, battalion chief of NYC Fire Department who died trying to rescue occupants of World Trade Center on 9 / 11 </Li> <Li> Parker Palmer (born 1939), American author, educator and activist </Li> <Li> Patricia Palmer (born 1955), Argentine actress </Li> <Li> Patricia Palmer, alias of the American actress Margaret Gibson </Li> <Li> Patsy Palmer (born 1972), English actress; real name Julie Anne Harris </Li> <Li> Pete Palmer, American baseball statistician </Li> <Li> Phoebe Palmer (1807--1874), American Methodist evangelist and writer </Li> <Li> Potter Palmer (1826--1902), American businessman and real estate developer in Chicago, Illinois </Li> <Li> Raymond A. Palmer (1910--1977), American science fiction writer </Li> <Li> Richard Palmer (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Rissi Palmer, American country singer - songwriter </Li> <Li> Robert E.A. Palmer II (1933--2006), American ancient historian </Li> <Li> Robert Roswell Palmer (1909--2002), American historian </Li> <Li> Robert Palmer (singer) (1949--2003), English singer </Li> <Li> Robert Palmer (writer) (1945--1977), American writer and musician </Li> <Li> Rodney Palmer (1907--1987), English cricketer and soldier </Li> <Li> Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine (1634--1705), Irish earl, husband of Barbara Villiers Palmer </Li> <Li> Roger Palmer (footballer) (born 1959), English ex-footballer </Li> <Li> Romie J. Palmer (1921--2014), American politician and jurist </Li> <Li> Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne (1812--1895), British politician </Li> <Li> Roy Palmer (musician) (1892--1963), American jazz trombonist </Li> <Li> Roy Palmer (cricketer) (born 1942), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Roy Palmer (folklorist) (1932--2015), singer, teacher, folklorist, author and historian </Li> <Li> Ryan Palmer (born 1976), American professional golfer </Li> <Li> Ryan Palmer (chess player) (born 1974), Jamaican chess champion and teacher </Li> <Li> Samuel Palmer (1805--1881), English landscape painter </Li> <Li> Sandra Palmer (born 1943), American professional golfer </Li> <Li> Shaun Palmer (born 1968), professional snowboarder </Li> <Li> Shelly Palmer, American composer of television music </Li> <Li> Stanley Palmer, American academic </Li> <Li> Stanley Palmer (New Zealand), artist </Li> <Li> Stephen Palmer (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Tara Palmer - Tomkinson (1971 - 2017), British TV personality, model and pianist </Li> <Li> Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868--1955), American zoologist </Li> <Li> Tim Palmer, British music producer, audio engineer and musician </Li> <Li> Tim Palmer (physicist) (born 1952) </Li> <Li> Tom G. Palmer (born 1956), American libertarian </Li> <Li> Tom P. Palmer, English rugby player </Li> <Li> Tony Palmer, British film director and author </Li> <Li> Vance Palmer (1885--1959), Australian literary figure </Li> <Li> Vincent Palmer (1966--2004), British criminal </Li> <Li> Walter Palmer (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> William Palmer (murderer) (1824--1856), English physician and murderer </Li> <Li> William Jackson Palmer (1836--1909), American industrialist and general in the American Civil War </Li> <Li> William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (1859--1942), British politician </Li> </Ul>

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