Bacon (name)
Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and England. In early sources, it also appears as "Bachun" and "Bacun".
Etymology[edit]
Its etymology is uncertain, with Charnock favoring a derivation from a diminutive of Germanic bach ("little stream, creek")[1][2] and others from an eponymous seigniory in Normandy or from a corruption of Beacon.[1] It is sometimes folk etymologized from bacon.[3]
People[edit]
- Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), American reformer and writer
- Alice Bacon (disambiguation)
- Alice Martha Bacon (1909–1993), English politician and baroness
- Amanda Chantal Bacon, American entrepreneur
- Anne Bacon (c. 1528–1610), English scholar, translator, and lady of the British court
- Anthony Bacon (disambiguation)
- Anthony Bacon (1796–1864), British cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars
- Anthony Bacon (1718–1786), English-born merchant and industrialist
- Antoinette Frissell Bacon (1907–1988), American photographer; better known as Toni Frissell
- Arthur Bacon (1905–1942), English footballer
- Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), American politician
- Benjamin Wisner Bacon (1860–1932), American theologian
- Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Canadian neuropsychologist
- Brady Bacon (b. 1990), American race car driver
- Butts Bacon (1580–1661), English politician; one of the Bacon baronets
- Cecil Walter Bacon (1905–1992), British artist and illustrator
- Charles Bacon (disambiguation)
- Charles Bacon (1821–1886), English sculptor
- Charlotte Bacon (disambiguation)
- Charlotte Bacon (1801–1880), English aristocrat
- Christopher Bacon (disambiguation)
- Christopher Gerald Bacon (b. 1969), Australian Olympic judoka and boxer
- Christylez Bacon (b. 1986), American hip-hop musician
- Clara Latimer Bacon (1866–1948), American mathematician
- Clarence George "Clarrie" Bacon (1889–1954), English footballer; better known as Clarrie Bacon
- Cyril Bacon (1919–2001), English footballer
- Cyrus Bacon (c. 1796–1873), American politician
- C. Everett "Ev" Bacon (1890–1989), American football player from Wesleyan University, in College Football Hall of Fame
- C. Shannon Bacon (b. 1971 or 1972), American judge
- Daisy Sarah Bacon (1898–1986), American magazine editor
- Daniel Bacon (disambiguation)
- Daniel Stanton Bacon (1798–1866), American politician and judge
- David Bacon (disambiguation)
- David Bacon (1771–1817), American missionary and explorer
- David Bacon (b. 1948), American photojournalist
- David F. Bacon (b. 1963), American computer programer
- Delia Bacon (1811–1859), American Anti-Stratfordian
- Dick Bacon (1932–2000), nudist from Wisconsin
- Dolores Bacon (1870–1934), American novelist
- Donald Bacon (disambiguation)
- Donald Frederick Bacon (1926–2020), New Zealand microbiologist
- Donald John Bacon (b. 1935), American baseball player and manager
- Donald John Bacon (b. 1963), American politician
- Dorothy Bacon, American lawn and indoor bowls player
- Dorothy Carolin Bacon (1902–1998), American economist
- Dwayne Bacon (b. 1995), American basketball player
- Edgar Bacon (disambiguation)
- Edgar Hugh Bacon (1887–1963), British wrestler
- Edmund Bacon (disambiguation)
- Edmund Bacon (1785–1866), American business manager and overseer for Thomas Jefferson
- Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), American urban planner
- Edmund Castell Bacon (1903–1982), knighted British landowner and businessman; one of the Bacon baronets
- Edward Bacon (disambiguation)
- Edward Denny Bacon (1860–1938), knighted British philatelist and curator (1913–1938) of the Royal Philatelic Collection
- Edward Woolsey Bacon (1843–1887), American Congregational preacher and writer
- Edwin Munroe Bacon (1844–1916), American writer and editor
- Elijah William Bacon (c. 1836–1864), Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Elizabeth Bacon (disambiguation)
- Elizabeth Bacon (c. 1541–1621), English aristocrat
- Elizabeth Daken Bacon (1844–1917), American suffragist and educator
- Emily Bacon (1891–1972), American pediatrician
- Ephraim Bacon (c. 1780–1826), American church minister
- Ernest Aubrey Bacon (1893–1966), British wrestler and civil servant
- Ernest Frederick Bacon (1896–1972), English footballer
- Ernst Lecher Bacon (1898–1990), American composer and pianis
- Eugen Bacon, Tanzanian-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction
- Eugenia Jones Bacon (1840–1920), American writer
- Eugenia McKenzie Bacon (1853–1933), American suffragist and public library advocate
- Eva Bacon (1909–1994), Australian socialist, feminist, and pacifist
- Evan Bacon (b. 1997), American LEGO-artist and software developer
- Evelyn Louise Bacon (b. 1949), Canadian politician
- Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American politician
- Faith Bacon (1910 –1956), American dancer and actress
- Francis Bacon (disambiguation)
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626), knighted and ennobled English lawyer, philosopher, statesman, and author
- Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Anglo-Irish painter
- Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992), British engineer
- Frank Bacon (disambiguation)
- Frank Bacon (1864–1922), American actor and playwright
- Frank Leander Bacon (1841–1917), American politician
- Frederick Bacon (disambiguation)
- Frederick E. Bacon (d. 1954) British runner
- Frederick James Bacon (1871–1948) American banjoist and banjo manufacturer
- Frederick Stanley Bacon (1877–1861) American Football coach
- Gareth Andrew Bacon (b. 1972), British Conservative politician
- Gaspar Griswold Bacon Sr. (1886–1947), American politician
- George Bacon (disambiguation)
- George Blagden Bacon (1836–1876), American Congregational preacher and writer
- George Washington Bacon (1830–1922), American cartographer and publisher
- Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon (1833–1906), American author and nurse; better known as Georgeanna Woolsey
- Gertrude Bacon (1874–1949), British writer, aeronaut and botanist
- Guy Bacon (1936–2018), Canadian politician
- Helen Hazard Bacon (1919–2007), American classical philologist
- Henry Bacon (disambiguation)
- Henry Bacon (1839–1912), American painter
- Henry Bacon (1866–1924), American architect
- Irving Bacon (1893–1965), American character actor
- James Bacon (disambiguation)
- James Bacon (1798–1895), British judge
- James Alexander Bacon (1950–2004), Premier of Tasmania, Australia
- James Arthur Bacon (1896–1968), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
- Jamie, Jonathan, and Jarrod Bacon, Canadian gangsters
- Janet Ruth Bacon (1891–1965), British educator
- Jaylen Bacon (b. 1996), American sprinter
- Jean Bacon (b. 1942), British computer scientist
- Jennifer Bacon, American attorney, educator, and politician
- Jeremiah S. Bacon (1858–1939), American politician
- Joanna Bacon (b. 1962), British architect
- John Bacon (disambiguation)
- John Bacon (c. 1290–1347), English Carmelite friar and philosopher better known as John Baconthorpe
- John Bacon (1728–1820), United States Representative from Massachusetts
- John Bacon Sr. (1740–1799), British sculptor
- John Bacon Jr. (1777–1859), British sculptor
- John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897), American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and judge
- John Henry Frederick Bacon (1865–1914), British painter and illustrator
- John Mackenzie Bacon (1846–1904), English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer
- John Mosby Bacon (1844–1913), United States Army general
- Jonathan Edward James Bacon (b. 1979), software engineer and Ubuntu Community Manager; better known as Jono Bacon
- Joséphine Bacon (b. 1947), Innu poet
- Josephine Daskam Bacon (1876–1961), American writer
- Jules S. Bacon (1917–2007), American bodybuilder
- Kelyn Meher Bacon (b. 1973), knighted British judge; also known as Kelyn Meher Bacon Darwin
- Kenneth Bacon (disambiguation)
- Kenneth Hogate Bacon (1944–2009), American journalist
- Kenneth John Bacon (b. 1944), Australian politician
- Katherine Bacon (1896–1982), English classical pianist
- Kevin Bacon (disambiguation)
- Kevin Norwood Bacon (b. 1958), American film actor
- Lander McCoy Bacon (1942–2008), American football defensive lineman; better known as Coy Bacon
- Lee Bacon (b. 1979), American children's author
- Leonard Bacon (disambiguation)
- Leonard Bacon (1802–1881), American Congregational preacher and writer
- Leonard Bacon (1887–1954), American poet, translator, and literary critic
- Lindo Bacon, American nutritionist
- Lise Bacon (b. 1934), Canadian politician
- Liz Bacon (b. 1963), Canadian professor of computer science
- Lloyd Francis Bacon (1889–1955), American actor
- Lori Bacon (b. 1959), Canadian entrepreneur
- Louis Bacon (1904–1967), American jazz musician
- Louis Moore Bacon (b. 1956), American hedge fund manager and billionaire
- Louisa Mary Bacon (1800–1885), British musician and writer; better known as Louisa Barwell
- Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), American artist
- Mabel Marks Bacon (1876 –1966), American hotelier
- Mae Bacon (1897–1981), British actress
- Mark Reeves Bacon (1852–1941), American politician
- Margaret Bacon (disambiguation)
- Margaret Frances Bacon (1895–1987), American artist and author; better known as Peggy Bacon
- Margaretha "Greta" Bacon (1903–1977), American singer; better known as Greta Keller
- Maria "Madi" Helena Bacon (1906–2001), American musician, choral conductor, educator, and athlete; better known as Madi Bacon
- Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), English printmaker and painter
- Mary Bacon (1948–1991), American thoroughbred jockey and model
- Mathew Bacon (c. 1700 – c. 1775), British legal writer
- Matthew Boyce Bacon (b. 1993), New Zealand cricketer
- Maurice Bacon (b. 1952), English drummer and producer
- Max Bacon (disambiguation)
- Max Bacon, British rock singer for Nightwing and GTR
- Max E. Bacon (b. 1941), Missouri jurist and legislator
- Michael Bacon (disambiguation)
- Michael Bacon (b. 1949), American musician
- Montagu Bacon (1688–1749), English scholar and critic
- Nathaniel Bacon (disambiguation)
- Nathaniel Bacon (d. 1622), English lawyer and politician
- Nathaniel Bacon (1585–1627), knighted English painter, landowner and horticulturist
- Nathaniel Bacon (1593–1660), English politician
- Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist and instigator of Bacon's Rebellion
- Nicholas Bacon (disambiguation)
- Nicholas Bacon (1510–1579), English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
- Nicholas Bacon (c. 1540–1624), English politician and the first man created a baronet; first of the Bacon baronets
- Nicholas Bacon (c. 1622–1687) English politician
- Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (b. 1953), British baronet, lawyer, and Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II; one of the Bacon baronets
- Nicky Daniel Bacon (1945–2010), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient; better known as Nick Bacon
- Orrin Bacon (1821–1893), American politician
- Paul Bacon (disambiguation)
- Paul Bacon (1907–1999), French politician
- Percy Charles Haydon Bacon, British stained-glass artist and sculptor
- Peter Child Bacon (1804–1886), American lawyer
- Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783), English playwright, poet, and author
- Philemon Bacon (d. 1666), captain in the Royal Navy
- Philip John Bacon (b. 1947), Australian art dealer and philanthropist
- Phoebe Bacon (b. 2002), American swimmer
- Randall Bacon, American actor and former football player
- Ranulph Robert Maunsell Bacon (1906–1988), British police officer
- Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (1863–1952), Royal Navy admiral
- Richard Bacon (disambiguation)
- Richard Michael Bacon (b. 1962), British politician
- Richard Paul Bacon (b. 1975), English television and radio presenter
- Rick Bacon (b. 1955), Canadian volleyball player
- Robert Bacon (disambiguation)
- Robert Bacon (d. 1248), English Dominican writer
- Robert Bacon (1860–1919), American diplomat
- Robert Low Bacon (1884–1938), American politician
- Roger Bacon (disambiguation)
- Roger Bacon (1214–1295), Franciscan friar, English philosopher
- Romain Bacon (b. 1990), French cyclist
- Ronald Bacon (b. 1946), American respiratory therapist and politician
- Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon (b. 1935), English footballer
- Ruth Elizabeth Bacon (1908–1985), American foreign service officer
- Samuel Bacon (1781–1820), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and colonist
- Sarah Bacon (b. 1996), American diver
- Scott Bacon (b. 1977), Australian politician, son of Jim Bacon
- Selden Daskam Bacon (1909–1992), Yale professor of sociology and alcoholism researcher
- Sosie Ruth Bacon (b. 1992), American film actress
- Stanley Vivian Bacon (1885–1952), British wrestler
- Steevi Bacon, musician from London
- Sylvia A. Bacon (1931–2023), judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Thomas Bacon (disambiguation)
- Thomas Bacon (d. 1559), English academic
- Thomas Bacon (1711/1712–1768), Anglican clergyman
- Thomas Rutherford Bacon (1850–1913), American Congregational preacher, writer, professor of history
- Timothy Alan Bacon (1964–2016), British actor and restaurateur
- Tony Bacon, American table football player
- Venancio "Anciong" Bacon, inventor of Balintawak Eskrima
- Virginia Cleaver Bacon (1883–1930), Oregon State Librarian
- Virginia Purdy Bacon (1853–1919), American heiress and art dealer
- Waine Bacon (b. 1979), American football player
- Waller Bacon (c. 1669–1734), British lawyer and Whig politician
- Walter Bacon (disambiguation), several people
- Wendy Bacon (b. 1946), Australian academic, investigative journalist, and political activist
- William Johnson Bacon (1803–1889), American politician and judge
- William Thompson Bacon (1812–1881), American minister, editor, and author
- Winchel Dailey Bacon (1816–1894), American politician
- W. Meredith Bacon, American political scientist and LGBT rights activist
- Yehuda Bacon (b. 1929), Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor
Other people with the name "Bacon"[edit]
- Albert Bacon Fall (1861–1944), American politician
- Anne Bacon Drury (1572–1624), English literary patron
- Bacon Rind (c. 1860–1932), Osage politician
- Camille Bacon-Smith, American scholar and novelist
- Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842–1933), American journalist and memoirist
- Florence Hannah Bacon Marsh (1881–1948), British botanist
- George Bacon Wood (1797–1879), American physician
- Harriet Bacon MacDonald (1865–191935), American musician
- John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), United States Army general
- John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (c. 1772–1843), British politician
- Joseph Bacon Fraser Sr. (1895–1971), United States Army general
- Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr. (1926–2014), American architect
- June Bacon-Bercey (1928–2019), American meteorologist
- Linus Bacon Comins (1817–1892), American politician
- Matthew Bacon Sellers Jr. (1869–1932), American inventor and scientist
- Peter Bacon Hales (1950–2014), American historian, professor, musician, and photographer
- Samuel Bacon Hillocks (1869–1937), Canadian politician, minister, and inventor
- Sarah Bacon Tunnicliff (1872–1957), American clubwoman
- Sydney Bacon Palmer (1890–1954), British clubman
- Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899–1980), American politician
- Tilman Bacon Parks (1872–1950), American lawyer and politician
- Wilbur Bacon Camp (1860–1918), American architect
- Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865–1938), American naval officer and sixth Governor of the District of Alaska
- William Bacon Oliver (1867–1948), American politician
- William Bacon Stevens (1815–1887), American bishop
- William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
Fictional characters[edit]
- Abra Bacon, character in John Steinbeck's East of Eden
- Don Bacon, the main antagonist of the mobile game Angry Birds Evolution
- Sam Bacon, character in Grange Hill
Further lists[edit]
- Ed Bacon (disambiguation)
- General Bacon
- Justice Bacon (disambiguation)
- Senator Bacon
- Bacon baronets, a position in the English peerage held by several Bacons
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b Charnock (1868).
- ^ Cognate with Old Norse bekkr which gave its name to Bec Abbey in Normandy.
- ^ "Bacon", Internet Surname Database.
Bibliography[edit]
- Charnock, Richard Stephen (1868), "Bacon", Ludus Patronymicus; or, The Etymology of Curious Surnames, London: Trübner & Co., p. 4.