Falconer (surname)
Falconer is a Scottish surname, either a sept of Clan Keith or a [List of Scottish people|Scottish clans|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 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, brother of Ion Keith Falconer, British politician and colonial governor
- Brian Falconer, Australian rules footballer
- Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
- Colin Falconer (disambiguation), several people
- Daniel Falconer, prop designer
- Sir David Falconer, Scottish judge
- Deborah Falconer, American actress and musician
- Delia Falconer, Australian novelist
- Doug Falconer (Canadian football), Canadian professional football player
- Douglas Scott Falconer, British quantitative geneticist
- Douglas Falconer (judge), British judge
- Duncan Falconer, British commando and author
- Earl Falconer, British bass player, member of UB40
- Edmund Falconer, writer and actor
- Elizabeth Falconer, American koto player
- Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician
- George Falconer (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Hamish Falconer, British politician and diplomat
- Hugh Falconer, Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanist
- Ian Falconer, American illustrator and children's book author
- Ion Keith Falconer, brother of Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, missionary and Arabic scholar
- Jacob Falconer, American representative
- Jenni Falconer, British television presenter
- John Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joyce Falconer, Scottish actress
- Kenneth Falconer (mathematician), British mathematician
- Kenneth Falconer, pen name of Cyril M. Kornbluth, American science fiction author
- Kyle Falconer, Scottish singer
- Pablo Falconer, British reggae producer
- Peter Falconer (politician), Australian politician
- Reid Falconer, American politician
- Robert Falconer, Canadian academic
- Thomas Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Willie Falconer, Scottish footballer
People with the first or middle name
- Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish military officer
- David Falconer Wells, professor of theology
- Falconer Madan, British librarian
- Hardy Falconer Parsons, British military officer
- Lyall Falconer Howard, Australian war veteran and businessman
- James Falconer Wilson, American congressman
- Keith Falconer Fletcher, American book dealer
- Paul Falconer Poole, English painter
Fictional characters with the surname
- Quellcrist Falconer, a character of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs series