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 1984–1999Brian Falconer (born 1933), Australian rules footballerCharles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (born 1951), British lawyer and politicianClaire Falconer, Northern Irish actress and painterColin Falconer (disambiguation), multiple peopleDaniel Falconer, movie weapon and armour designerSir David Falconer (1640–1685), Scottish judgeDeborah Falconer (born 1965), American actress and musicianDelia Falconer (born 1966), Australian novelistDoug Falconer (Canadian football) (born 1952), Canadian professional football playerDouglas Scott Falconer, British quantitative geneticistDuncan Falconer, British SBS commando and authorEarl Falconer (born 1959), British bass player, member of UB40Edmund Falconer (1814–1879), writer and actorElizabeth Falconer (born 1956), American koto playerEtta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator and mathematicianGeorge Falconer (1946–2013), Scottish footballerHugh Falconer (1808–1865), Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanistIan Falconer (born 1959), American illustrator and children's book authorJacob Falconer (1869–1928), American representativeJenni Falconer (born 1976), British television presenterJohn Falconer, British poker playerJohn Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), American artistJoyce Falconer (born 1969), Scottish actressKenneth Falconer (born 1952), British mathematicianKenneth Falconer, a pen name of American science fiction author Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)Kyle Falconer (born 1987), Scottish singerPablo Falconer, British reggae producerPeter Falconer (born 1943), Australian politicianReid Falconer (born 1956), American politicianRobert Falconer (1867–1943), Canadian academicSandrea Falconer (born 1966) Jamaican Senator and Television JournalistThomas Falconer (1805–1882), English lawyer and travellerWilliam Falconer (1732–1769), Scottish poetWillie Falconer (born 1966), Scottish footballerAlgernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), brother of Ion Keith Falconer, British politician and colonial governorIon Keith Falconer (1856–1887), brother of Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, missionary and Arabic scholarPeople with the first or middle name Falconer:
Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton (1863–1915), Scottish Lieutenant-Colonel, recipient of the Victoria CrossDavid Falconer Wells (born 1939), professor of theologyFalconer Madan (1851–1935), British librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford UniversityHardy Falconer Parsons (1897–1917), British Second Lieutenant, recipient of the Victoria CrossLyall Falconer Howard (1896–1955), Australian war veteran and businessmanJames Falconer Wilson (1828–1895), American congressmanKeith Falconer Fletcher (1900–1987), American book dealerPaul Falconer Poole (1806–1879), English painterIn Scottish family names:
Lord Falconer of Halkerton, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Earl of KintoreEarl of Kintore, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Lord Falconer of Halkerton.Falconer, a sept of Clan KeithFictional characters:
Quellcrist Falconer, a character of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs series