Faulkner (surname)

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For other uses, see Faulkner (disambiguation).

Faulkner, Falkner or Faulknor are name variants of Falconer. It is of medieval origin taken from Old French faulconnier.

Adam Faulkner (swimmer), (born 1981), Australian swimmer
Alex Faulkner (born 1936), Canadian ice hockey player
Arthur Faulkner (1921–1985), New Zealand politician
Aubrey Faulkner (1881–1930), South African cricketer
Bayard H. Faulkner (1894–1983), American politician
Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (1921–1977), the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Cameron Faulkner (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
Charles Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
Colleen Faulkner, American author
Damien Faulkner (born 1977), Irish race car driver
Daniel Faulkner (1955–1981), Philadelphia police officer who was murdered in the line of duty by a member of the Black Panther Party
David Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
Elizabeth Faulkner, common misspelling of the name of pastry chef Elizabeth Falkner
Eric Faulkner (born Eric Falconer in 1953), guitarist in the 1970s band the Bay City Rollers
Eric Faulkner, pseudonym of female Australian music composer May Brahe
Matthew Steven Faulkner (born 1980), law enforcement officer
George Faulkner (c. 1703 – 1775), Irish publisher who in 1735 published a complete set of Jonathan Swift's works
George Faulkner (cricketer) (fl. 1829), English cricketer
Graham Faulkner (born 1947), British actor
Harris Faulkner (born 1965), American newscaster for Fox News Channel
Henry Faulkner (1924–1981), American artist
Hugh Faulkner (born 1933), Canadian politician
Jack Faulkner (born 1926), American football coach and administrator
James Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
Jeff Faulkner (born 1964), American football player
Joan Faulkner-Blake (1921–1990), New Zealand broadcaster
John Faulkner (born 1954), Australian politician
John Faulkner (racing driver) (born 1952), New Zealand-Australian racing driver
John Alfred Faulkner (1857–1931), American church historian
Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1947), New Jersey State Legislator, Campbell University Hall of Fame basketball player and storied high school basketball coach
Larry Faulkner, former president of the University of Texas at Austin
Lisa Faulkner (born 1973), British actress
Mary Faulkner (1903–1973), pseudonym of writer Kathleen Lindsay
Max Faulkner (1916–2005), British golfer
Mike Faulkner, bass player in the band The Damn Personals
Neil Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
Newton Faulkner (born 1985), British musician
Pádraig Faulkner (born 1918), Irish politician
Peter Faulkner (born 1960), Australian cricketer
Raymond O. Faulkner (1894–1982), British Egyptologist and philologist
Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester (born 1946), British politician, brother of David Faulkner (criminologist)
Roy Faulkner (born 1897), Canadian association football player
Sally Faulkner, British film and television actress
Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874), American colonel and story teller
Shannon Faulkner (born 1975), first female cadet to enter The Citadel military college in South Carolina
Steve Faulkner (born 1954), British footballer
Tom Faulkner, 18th-century cricketer
Walt Faulkner (1920–1956), American racing driver
William Faulkner (1897–1962), American Nobel Prize-winning novelist, great-grandson of William Clark Falkner

People with the first or middle name Faulkner:

Alexander Faulkner Shand (1858–1936), English writer and barrister
Bruce Faulkner Caputo (born 1943), American politician
Fred Faulkner Lester (1926–1945), United States Navy sailor, Medal of Honor recipient
George Faulkner Wetherbee (1851–1920), American painter

Fictional people:

Adam Faulkner, character from the Saw film series
Bjorn Faulkner, protagonist of the 1934 play Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand
Kitty Faulkner, real-life name of the DC Comics character Rampage (DC Comics)
Lesley Williams Faulkner, character of the ABC soap opera General Hospital
Ted Faulkner, character of the Australian television program Blue Heelers
Robert Faulkner, a sailor in Assassin's Creed III

Miscellaneous:

Faulkner, a sept of Clan Keith
Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance, unsolved missing person case
Newton Faulkner discography, list of Newton Faulkner's works

Faulkner (surname)

See also