Falconer (surname) explained
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
- 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 (1946–2013), Scottish footballer
- 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 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 (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
People with the first or middle name
Fictional characters with the surname
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