Falconer (surname)

Falconer is a Scottish surname and an Anglicized version of the French surname "Fauconnier". In both cases, the name is derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons.

People with the surname Falconer:

• Alex Falconer, Scottish Labour Party politician, Member of the European Parliament 1984–1999
• Brian Falconer (born 1933), Australian rules footballer
• Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (born 1951), British lawyer and politician
• Claire Falconer, Northern Irish actress and painter
• Colin Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
• Daniel Falconer, movie weapon and armour designer
• Sir David Falconer (1640–1685), Scottish judge
• Deborah Falconer (born 1965), American actress and musician
• Delia Falconer (born 1966), Australian novelist
• Doug Falconer (Canadian football) (born 1952), Canadian professional football player
• Douglas Scott Falconer, British quantitative geneticist
• Duncan Falconer, British SBS commando and author
• Earl Falconer (born 1959), British bass player, member of UB40
• Edmund Falconer (1814–1879), writer and actor
• Elizabeth Falconer (born 1956), American koto player
• Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator and mathematician
• George Falconer (1946–2013), Scottish footballer
• Hugh Falconer (1808–1865), Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanist
• Ian Falconer (born 1959), American illustrator and children's book author
• Jacob Falconer (1869–1928), American representative
• Jenni Falconer (born 1976), British television presenter
• John Falconer, British poker player
• John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), American artist
• Joyce Falconer (born 1969), Scottish actress
• Kenneth Falconer (born 1952), British mathematician
• Kenneth Falconer, pen name of American science fiction author Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
• Kyle Falconer (born 1987), Scottish singer
• Pablo Falconer, British reggae producer
• Peter Falconer (born 1943), Australian politician
• Reid Falconer (born 1956), American politician
• Robert Falconer (1867–1943), Canadian academic
• Sandrea Falconer (born 1966) Jamaican Senator and Television Journalist
• Thomas Falconer (1805–1882), English lawyer and traveller
• William Falconer (1732–1769), Scottish poet
• Willie Falconer (born 1966), Scottish footballer
• Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), brother of Ion Keith Falconer, British politician and colonial governor
• Ion Keith Falconer (1856–1887), brother of Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, missionary and Arabic scholar

People with the first or middle name Falconer:

• Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton (1863–1915), Scottish Lieutenant-Colonel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• David Falconer Wells (born 1939), professor of theology
• Falconer Madan (1851–1935), British librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University
• Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897–1917), British Second Lieutenant, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Lyall Falconer Howard (1896–1955), Australian war veteran and businessman
• James Falconer Wilson (1828–1895), American congressman
• Keith Falconer Fletcher (1900–1987), American book dealer
• Paul Falconer Poole (1806–1879), English painter

In Scottish family names:

• Lord Falconer of Halkerton, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Earl of Kintore
• Earl of Kintore, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Lord Falconer of Halkerton.
• Falconer, a sept of Clan Keith

Fictional characters:

• Quellcrist Falconer, a character of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs series

See also

• Falcone (disambiguation)
• Falkner (disambiguation)
• Faulkner (surname)
• Faulknor (disambiguation)
• Fawkner (disambiguation)