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Faulkner, Falkner or Faulknor are name variants of Falconer. It is of medieval origin taken from Old French faulconnier. *Alex Faulkner (b. 1936), Canadian ice hockey player *Arthur Faulkner (1921–1985), New Zealand politician *Aubrey Faulkner (1881–1930), South African cricket player *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 (b. 1984), Australian rules football player *Charles Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name *Colleen Faulkner, American author *Damien Faulkner (b. 1977), Irish race car driver *Daniel Faulkner (1955–1981), a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered in the line of duty by a member of the Black Panther Party *David Faulkner, 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 *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 cricket player *Graham Faulkner (b. 1947), British actor *Harris Faulkner (b. 1965), American newscaster for Fox News Channel *Henry Faulkner (1924–1981), American artist *Hugh Faulkner (b. 1933), Canadian politician *Jack Faulkner (b. 1926), American football coach and administrator *James Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name *Jeff Faulkner (b. 1964), American football player *Joan Faulkner-Blake (1921–1990), New Zealand broadcaster *John Faulkner (b. 1954), Australian politician *John Faulkner (racing driver) (b. 1952), New Zealand-Australian racing driver *John Alfred Faulkner (1857–1931), American church historian *Kenneth W. Faulkner (b. 1947), hall of fame college athlete, legendary high school basketball coach, educator and state legislator. Father of Brent K. Faulkner. *Larry Faulkner, former president of the University of Texas at Austin *Lisa Faulkner (b. 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, any of several people of the same name *Newton Faulkner (b. 1985), British musician *Pádraig Faulkner (b. 1918), Irish politician *Peter Faulkner (b. 1960), Australian cricket player *Raymond O. Faulkner (1894–1982), British Egyptologist and philologist *Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester (b. 1946), British politician, brother of David Faulkner (criminologist) *Roy Faulkner (b. 1897), Canadian association football player *Sally Faulkner, British film and television actress *Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874), American colonel and story teller *Shannon Faulkner (b. 1975), first female cadet to enter The Citadel military college in South Carolina *Steve Faulkner (b. 1954), British footballer *Tom Faulkner, 18th century cricket player *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 (b. 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 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