Falconer is a Scottish surname, a sept of Clan Keith, 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, a 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
