Falconer (surname)

Falconer is a Scottish surname, either a sept of Clan Keith or a clan on its own, having as crest an angel in a praying posture or, within an orle of laurel proper, as motto VIVE UT VIVAS ("Live that you may have life") but without a chief, being merely an armigerous clan. It is an Anglicized version of the Old French Faulconnier, the name being derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons. It can also be used as a first name or as a middle name.

People with the surname

• Alex Falconer, Scottish politician
• Alex Falconer, American politician from Minnesota
• Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), brother of Ion Keith Falconer, British politician and colonial governor
• Brian Falconer (1933–2020), Australian rules footballer
• Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (born 1951), British lawyer and politician
• Colin Falconer (disambiguation), several people

* Colin Falconer (bishop) (1623–1686), Scottish bishop

* Colin Falconer (writer) (born 1953), English novelist

• Daniel Falconer, prop 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) (1952–2021), Canadian professional football player
• Douglas Scott Falconer, British quantitative geneticist
• Douglas Falconer (judge) (1914–2007), British judge
• Duncan Falconer, British 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 (footballer) (1946–2013), Scottish footballer
• Hamish Falconer (born 1985), British politician and diplomat
• Hugh Falconer (1808–1865), Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanist
• Ian Falconer (1959–2023), American illustrator and children's book author
• Ion Keith Falconer (1856–1887), brother of Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, missionary and Arabic scholar
• Jacob Falconer (1869–1928), American representative
• Jenni Falconer (born 1976), British television presenter
• John Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people

* John Falconer, character in On the Run (novel series)

* John Falconer (actor), played in The Pied Piper (1972 film)

* John Falconer (bishop) (ca. 1660–1723), Prelate of the Scottish Episcopal Church

* John Falconer (footballer) (1902–1982), Scottish footballer

* John Falconer (Jesuit) (1577–1656), English Jesuit

* John Falconer (merchant) (fl. 1547), English merchant and botanist

* John Falconer (MP), Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire

* John Falconer (poker player) (born c. 1955), British poker player

* John A. Falconer (1844–1900), soldier in the American Civil War

* John Downie Falconer (1876–1947), Scottish geologist and geographer

* John Ireland Falconer (1879–1954), Lord Provost of Edinburgh

* John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), etcher, painter and watercolourist

• Joyce Falconer (born 1970), Scottish actress
• Kenneth Falconer (mathematician) (born 1952), British mathematician
• Kenneth Falconer, pen name of Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958), American science fiction author
• Kyle Falconer (born 1987), Scottish singer
• Pablo Falconer, British reggae producer
• Peter Falconer (politician) (born 1943), Australian politician
• Reid Falconer (born 1956), American politician
• Robert Falconer (1867–1943), Canadian academic
• Thomas Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people

*William Falconer, 6th Lord Falconer of Halkerton (1712–1776), English aristocrat

*William Falconer (bishop) (1707–1784), Scottish clergyman

*William Falconer (poet) (1732–1769), Scottish poet

*William Falconer (translator) (1801–1885), English clergymen and academic

*William Falconer (writer) (1744–1824), English physician and Fellow of the Royal Society

• Willie Falconer (born 1966), Scottish footballer

People with the first or middle name

• Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton (1863–1915), Scottish military officer
• David Falconer Wells (born 1939), professor of theology
• Falconer Madan (1851–1935), British librarian
• Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897–1917), British military officer
• 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

Fictional characters with the surname

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

See also

• Falconer (disambiguation)
• Falkner (disambiguation)
• Faulkner (surname)
• Faulconer (surname)
• Faulknor (disambiguation)
• Fawkner (disambiguation)