Reginald Falcun 1187
William the Falconer 1200
Matheus the Falconer 1202
Ranulph the Falconer Kincardenshire 1211
Colord le ffauconer 1264
Richard le Fauconer 1273
Walter le Fauconer 1273
Gervase the Falconer 1296
Robert le Fauconer 1296
Martin Faucun 1318
Walter Facun 1346
Geoffrey le Fauconer 1327 Former Vicor of Chesham
Alexander Falconer. 1st Lord Falconer of Halkertoun was born before 1622. He was the son of Sir Alexander Falconer. Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkertoun held the office of Lord of Session. He was created 1st Lord Falconer of Halkertoun [Scotland on 20 December 1647.
Patrick Falconer New Jersey 1658
Gilbert Faulkner Maryland 1686
John Faulkiner 1702
Sir Riggs Faulkner 1712
Caleb Faulkner Cork, Ireland 1720
Sir George Aubrey Faulkner (1881-1930), member of the South African cricket team for about two decades
Barry Faulkner, painter from New Hampshire, former student of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and also cousin of Abbott Handerson Thayer (the so-called “father of camouflage”). Worked with Sherry Edmundson Fry to set up the first American Camouflage Unit.
Bayard H. Faulkner, (1894-1983), former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, USA in the 1950s
Brian Faulkner (The Right Honourable (Arthur) Brian Deane Faulkner) (1921-1977), Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Cameron Faulkner (born 1984), Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs of Footscray, in Melbourne
Charles Faulkner (author), American life coach, motivational speaker, trader and writer
Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), United States Representative from Virginia and West Virginia
Charles J. Faulkner (1847-1929), a United States Senator from West Virginia (son of theabove)
Daniel Faulkner (1955-1981), a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered in the line of duty by a member of the Black Panther Party
Dave Faulkner, composer and one of the original members of the Sydney rock band, the Hoodoo Gurus
David Faulkner (born 1963), former field hockey player & gold medal winner at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games
Elizabeth Faulkner, Pastry Chef from San Francisco, CA.
Eric Faulkner (born Eric Falconer), guitarist in the 1970s band the Bay City Rollers
George Faulkner, an Irish publisher who in 1735 published a complete set of Jonathan Swift’s works; Volume III was the famous novel Gulliver’s Travels
Harris Faulkner, American newscaster for Fox News Channel
James Hugh Faulkner, PC (born 1933), a former Canadian politician
Jack Faulkner (born 1926):an American football coach and administrator
James Faulkner (born 1948), British television and film star
John Faulkner (1954}, member of the Australian Senate: since April of 1989
John Alfred Faulkner DD (1857-1931) and American church historian
John Meade Falkner (185-*1932), an English novelist
Larry Faulkner, until February 2006, the twenty-seventy president of the University of Texas at Austin
Lisa Faulkner (born 1973) and English actress
Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBF (1916-2005), and English golfer
Mike Faulkner, bass player in the band The Damn Personals
Padraig Faulkner (born 1918), a senior Irish Fianna F6il politician
Raymond O. Faulkner (1894-1982), English Egyptologist and philologist
Sally Faulkner, a British film and television actress from the 1970s
Sanford Faulkner (1806-1874), Colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and composer of the popular fiddle tune The Arkansas Traveler
Shannon Faulkner (born 1975), first female cadet to enter The Citadel military college in South Carolina
Walt Faulkner (1920-1956), American racing driver from Tell, Texas
William Faulkner (1897-1962), Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi
William Clark Falkner (1825-1839), soldier, lawyer, politician, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. Great-grandfather of author William Faulkner (above)
First or middle name Faulkner
Bruce Faulkner Caputo (born 1943), US Congressman from New York.
Charles Faulkner Bryan (1911-1955), American composer, musician, music educator and collector of folk music
Jill Faulkner Summers, daughter of William Faulkner, who in 1972 sold his house Rowan Oak to the University of Mississippi
Fictional Characters named Faulkner:
Allen Faulkner, a British mercenary played by Richard Burton in the 1978 movie The Wild Geese
Bjorn Faulkner, one of the main characters in the 1934 play called Night of January 16th
Kiry Faulkner, a DC Comics superheroine known as Rampage who has appeared in numerous comics, usually involving Superman or Starman
Places named Faulkner or Falkner: In the United States:
Falkner, Mississippi, a town in Tippah County, named after William Clark Falkner
Faulkner County, Arkansas
Faulkner Butte, Crook, Oregon
Faulkner Cemetery, Madison, New York
Faulkner Complex, Charlottesville, Virginia
Faulkner Gap, Faulkner, Arkansas
Faulkner House, Albemarle, Virginia
Faulkner Lake, Polk Arkansas
Faulkner Mountain Lookout Tower, Saluda, South Carolina
Faulkner Prairie, Humbolt, California
Faulkner Ridge Elementary School, Howard, Maryland
Faulkner Road, South Laguna Beach, California
Falkner Island (also called Faulkner’s Island), a crescent-shaped island located in Long Island Sound 3 miles (5 km) off the coast of Guilford, Connecticut
Faulkner University, a private Christian university located in Montgomery, Alabama
See also
The Faulkner Act (New Jersey’, named in honour of Bayard H. Faulkner
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., a British company which existed from 1861 to 1875 and manufactured furnishings and interior decorations
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, named after William Faulkner, who donated his 1949 Nobel Prize winnings to establish it.
Biographical notes, printed and manuscript, of persons of the name of Falconer, with lists of their works, carried up to 1845. By Thomas Falconer. British Museum Library 699.f.28.
Extracts from the Gentleman’s Magazine, etc., chiefly relating to the Falconer Family. Collected by Thomas Falconer. London 1864, 12c
Will of J. Dalmahoy (the father of Mary Falconer). The Wills of various members of the Falconer Family, edited by Thomas Falconer. Privately printed. London 1866?
John Falconer. Cryptomenysis patefacta, etc. (Bibliography of the writings of the Falconer family, with biographical notices, by Thomas Falconer. London 1866
Some account of the Surname of Falconer. See Dalmahoy, The Family of, 1867
Falconer of Leighton. Lineage, pp6 (Edinbourgh 1870?
Pedigree of the Family of Le Fauconer, Falkener and Faawkener in Leicestershire and Rutland. See The Genealogist new series, vol 1. London 1884
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