title: Ferrier (surname)
text: # Ferrier (surname)
  
  Ferrier is a surname of European origin.
  
  ## People named Ferrier
  
  Notable people with this family name include:
  
  * Arnaud du Ferrièr (c.1508–1585), French lawyer and diplomat
  * David Ferrier (1843–1924), Scottish medical scientist
  * James Ferrier (1800–1888), merchant and politician
  * James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864), Scottish metaphysical writer
  * Jim Ferrier (1915–1986), Australian golfer
  * Johan Ferrier (1910–2010), Surinamese politician (first President)
  * John Ferrier (c.1759–1836), Royal Navy officer
  * John Todd Ferrier (1855–1943), former Congregational pastor in Macclesfield, England, left the church in 1903 to found the Order of the Cross
  * Kathleen Ferrier (1912–1953), English contralto
  * Kathleen Ferrier (politician) (born 1957), Dutch politician (daughter of Johan)
  * Margaret Ferrier (born 1960), Scottish Member of Parliament
  * Paul Ferrier (1843–1928), French dramatist
  * Scott Ferrier (born 1974), Australian decathlete
  * Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854), Scottish novelist
  * Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865–1950), Canadian geologist
  