A falcon is a small to medium-sized bird of prey. Falcon may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

* '' Millennium Falcon'', a fictional spaceship from the ''Star Wars'' films * ''The Falcon'' (film), a 1981 Yugoslavian-German adventure film * ''Falcons'' (film), a 2002 film starring Keith Carradine * ''Banović Strahinja'' (film), English title ''The Falcon'' * Falcon Entertainment, the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios **

Falcon Studios Falcon Entertainment (also known as Falcon Studios), a United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. Founded in 1971 by Chuck Holmes, Archived by web.archive.org. the c ...

, a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco * ''Falcón'' (TV series), a 2012 television series produced by Sky Atlantic and based on the Robert Wilson novels

Fictional characters

* Falcon (comics), a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe * The Falcon (fictional detective), a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940 * ''The Falcon'' (radio series), a radio drama featuring the detective created by Drexel Drake in 1936 *

Falcon (G.I. Joe) Falcon (also known as Lieutenant Falcon) is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is a Green Beret with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1987. Profile His real name is Vincen ...

, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Falcon, a locomotive character, later renamed

Sir Handel This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

, in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * Falcon from ''

Stuart Little 2 ''Stuart Little 2'' is a 2002 American live action/computer-animated comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, and Jonathan Lipnicki, and the voices of Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little and Nathan Lane as Snowbell th ...

'' *

Blue Falcon Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical sp ...

, a superhero in the American animated television series ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' * Captain Falcon, a racer in the ''F-Zero'' video game series *

Edward Falcon Power Stone may refer to: * ''Power Stone'' (video game), a 1999 Capcom fighting game ** ''Power Stone'' (TV series), an anime based on the game * Power Stone (Marvel Cinematic Universe) The Infinity Stones are fictional items in the Marvel ...

, a character in the ''Power Stone'' series of video games

Music

* An operatic voice type first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon *

Falcon Records (disambiguation) Falcon Records may refer to: *Falcon Records (Texas), a record label from to 1940s to the 1980s * Falcon Records (Canadian label), a record label in existence from 1979 to 1985 * Falcon Records (Massachusetts), a record label from Bentley University ...

* The Falcons, an American rhythm and blues band in the 1950s *

The Falcon (band) The Falcon is an America, Chicago-based punk rock supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms members Brendan Kelly (guitar and vocals) and Neil Hennessy on drums, Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano (vocals and bass) and The Loved Ones’ Dave ...

, a Chicago punk rock band * ''Falcon'' (album), by British alternative rock band The Courteeners * Falcon (singer) (born 1984), stage name of Amanda Lindsey Cook

Video games

* ''Falcon'' (video game series), a series of combat flight simulator computer games * Novint Falcon, a USB haptic controller designed to replace the mouse in video games and other applications * Falcon, a motherboard formerly included in all Xbox 360 console models

Businesses

* Bryggeri AB Falken, a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon * Falcon, Battersea, a public house (pub) in Battersea, London *

The Falcon, Chester The Falcon is a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England. It stands on the west side of Lower Bridge Street at its junction with Grosvenor Road. The Falcon is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I ...

, a public house in Chester, England * The Falcon, York, a public house in York, in England

Computing

* Atari Falcon, Atari's last released general-use computer * Falcon (storage engine), a MySQL storage engine *

Falcon (video game) ''Falcon'' is a combat flight simulator video game and the first official entry (not counting the 1984's '' F-16 Fighting Falcon'') in the ''Falcon'' series of the F-16 jet fighter's simulators by Spectrum HoloByte. Originally developed by Spher ...

, a flight simulator video game * Falcon Northwest, a high-end computer manufacturer in the US, specialising in gaming PCs * A nickname for a

PDP-11 The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were sold, ...

model, the SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11) * Falcon, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console *

Falcon (Signature) Falcon is a post-quantum signature scheme selected by the NIST at the fourth round of the post-quantum standardisation process. It has been designed by Thomas Prest, Pierre-Alain Fouque, Jeffrey Hoffstein, Paul Kirchner, Vadim Lyubashevsky, Thomas ...

, “Fast Fourier lattice-based compact signatures over NTRU”, a digital signature scheme

Military

* AIM-4 Falcon, first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force *

AIM-26 Falcon The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes. It is the only guided American air-to-air missile with a nuclear warhead to be produced; the unguided AIR-2 Genie rocket was also nuclea ...

, a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile * AIM-47 Falcon, a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile * AGM-76 Falcon, an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile * Curtiss Falcon a post-World War I observation biplane *

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it ...

, a fighter aircraft * , the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy ** RAF Hal Far, an airfield on Malta called HMS ''Falcon'' while it was a Royal Navy base * , the name of four ships of the United States Navy * DARPA Falcon Project, a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the United States Air Force * Falcon Air Force Base, former name of Schriever Space Force Base, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States * Joint Security Station Falcon, a former United States military forward operating base in Iraq * Falcon Turret, a Jordanian main battle tank turret *

ZVI Falcon The ZVI Falcon is a Czech 12.7 mm caliber bolt-action bullpup anti-materiel rifle developed by Zbrojovka Vsetín Inc. (now ZVI Inc.). The rifle is intended for ground troops and special forces for operations against distant targets up to aw ...

, a sniper rifle

People

Falcon (surname) Falcon is a surname. Some possible places of origin are: *Pompeyo Falcó, a Roman consul *a Scandinavian prince, who arrived in Spain about 1080 *a prince of Sulcia, called Falcón, who ruled the island of Candia, near Venice, Italy and who marri ...

* Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the balloon boy hoax of 2009 *

Falcon Stuart Falcon Stuart (27 March 1941 – 27 February 2002) was a British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer associated with X-Ray Spex, Adam and the Ants, and Danielle Dax amongst others. Personal life Born in Oxford in 1941 as ...

(1941–2002), British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer

Places

United States

* Falcon, Colorado, an unincorporated community *

Falcon, Kentucky Falcon is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Kentucky Route 40, Route 40 northeast of the city of Salyersville, Kentucky, Salyersville, the count ...

Falcon, Mississippi Falcon is a town in Quitman County, Mississippi. The population was 116 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treat ...

* Falcon, North Carolina *

Falcon, Tennessee Falcon is an unincorporated community in McNairy County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing ...

* Falcon Dam, Texas * Falcon Village, Texas

Elsewhere

* Falcon, Western Australia, a suburb of Mandurah, Australia *

Falcon Lake (disambiguation) Falcon Lake may refer to: * Falcon Lake (Manitoba), Canada * Falcon International Reservoir, at Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande between Texas and Tamaulipas * Falcon Lake (Colorado) * Falcon Lake (Alaska) * Falcon Lake (Washington) * Falcon Lake (film ...

, various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico *

Falkenfelsen The Falkenfelsen (Falcon Rock) is a granite rock formation in the Northern Black Forest of Germany's Baden-Württemberg state. One side of the formation is a cliff about high. From the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (Black Forest Highway), two hiking tra ...

, or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany

Schools

* Falcon College, an all-boys independent boarding school in Esigodini, Zimbabwe *

Falcon High School Falcon High School is located in Falcon, Colorado, just east of Colorado Springs and was the first high school in Falcon School District 49. The other two high schools in the district, Sand Creek High School, and Vista Ridge High School were forme ...

, Falcon, Colorado, United States

School mascots

* American Cooperative School of Tunis * Bowling Green Falcons of Bowling Green University * United States Air Force Academy *

Aplington–Parkersburg High School Aplington–Parkersburg High School is a rural public high school in Parkersburg, Iowa, United States. It is a part of the Aplington–Parkersburg Community School District. History It was formed in 1992, from the merger of the high schools of t ...

* Clear Lake High School (Houston, Texas) *

Flowery Branch High School Flowery Branch High School is a four-year public high school located in Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States, operated by Hall County Schools. In 2007, Flowery Branch was voted Georgia's High School of Excellence. It is one of seven high schoo ...

Sports

Teams

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

, an American National Football League team * Falcons (rugby team), a South African rugby team * Newcastle Falcons, a rugby union team based in Newcastle, England * New Zealand national Australian rules football team, called the Falcons * NIST International School Falcons, the sports teams of NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand * Polish Falcons of America, a Polish fraternal and sporting organization *

Sokół Nisko Miejski Klub Sportowy Sokół Nisko, commonly referred to as Sokół Nisko (), is a Polish football club based in Nisko, Podkarpackie Voivodeship. From the 2023–24 season, participating in the Stalowa Wola district class, as a result of relegat ...

, literally "Falcon Nisko" in Polish *

Springfield Falcons The Springfield Falcons were a former ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) and played in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center. In 2016, the Falcons' franchise was purchased by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ar ...

, an American Hockey League team *

St. Catharines Falcons Jr. B ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

, a Junior "B" hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario * USA Falcons, a rugby union team that plays in the North America 4 tournament * West Perth Football Club, West Perth WAFL team * Winnipeg Falcons, an amateur ice hockey team which, representing Canada, won the first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey

Fields

Falcon Field (Corinth, Texas) Falcon Field is a baseball field in Corinth, Texas, US. It was the 2007 home of the defunct Denton Outlaws of the Texas Collegiate League. The field is now home to the Falcons of Lake Dallas High School Lake Dallas High School is a public high s ...

, a baseball field *

Falcon Field (Meriden, Connecticut) Falcon Field may refer to: * Falcon Field (Arizona), an airport in Mesa, Arizona, United States * Falcon Field (Georgia), an airport in Peachtree City, Georgia, United States * Falcon Field (Corinth, Texas), a baseball field * Falcon Baseball Fie ...

, a football field * Falcon Baseball Field, in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Transport

Aviation

Buckeye Falcon The Buckeye Falcon is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Buckeye Industries.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-3. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - ...

, an American powered parachute design * Dassault Falcon, a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation * Dassault Falcon 900 , a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation *

Falcon Air Falcon Air was a cargo and passenger airline based in Malmö, Sweden. It operated mail transport services at night and day flights on contract for FlyMe. Its main base was Malmö/Sturup Airport. It should not be confused with Falconair, wh ...

, a defunct Swedish airline * Falcon Air Express, a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida *

Falcon Express Cargo Airlines Falcon Express Cargo Airlines was a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1995 and operates express parcel services throughout the Persian Gulf, mainly for FedEx, UPS, TNT and Aramex. It also operated sche ...

, an airline based in the United Arab Emirates * Hansjörg Streifeneder Falcon, a German sailplane * Miles Falcon, a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane * Rolls-Royce Falcon, a World War I-era aircraft engine *

Wills Wing Falcon The Wills Wing Falcon is a family of American high-wing, single-place and two-place hang gliders, designed and produced by Wills Wing of Orange, California. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''W ...

, an American hang glider design * Falcon Field (Arizona), an airport * Atlanta Regional Airport, also known as Falcon Field, a public use airport in Fayette County, Georgia, United States

Maritime

* ''Falcon'', a ship of the Third Supply fleet to Virginia colony in 1609 * ''Falcon'', a small sailing vessel used by Edward Frederick Knight to explore the Baltic * , a steamship built in 1945 as ''Sasbeck'', and named ''Falcon'' 1968–69.

Rail

* British Rail Class 53 ''Falcon'', a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961 * ''Falcon'', a South Devon Railway Comet class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash

Road

* Dennis Falcon, a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles *

Falcon Cycles Falcon Cycles is a British bicycle manufacturer which was based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, owned by Tandem Group. History In the 1880s, Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek Ltd was established in Coventry as a manufacturer of bicycles. In 1897, the ...

, a British bicycle manufacturer *

Falcon Shells Falcon Shells was a British company that produced specials/kit cars from 1956 until 1964. History Falcon Shells was founded in 1956 by Peter Pellandine following his amicable split with Keith Waddington of Ashley Laminates. It was originally ...

, a British automobile manufacturer * Falcon Motorsports, an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles *

Chrysler Falcon The Chrysler Falcon is a two-seat roadster concept car commissioned by Chrysler and built by Carrozzeria Ghia for the 1955 model year. The car was never put into production, but some of its features reappeared on later Chrysler designs. Histor ...

, a concept sports car made by Chrysler * Ford Falcon (Argentina), a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina * Ford Falcon (Australia), a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia **

Ford Falcon (XK) The Ford Falcon (XK) is a mid-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia between 1960 and 1962. It was the first of seven generations of the Falcon, produced until 2016. Overview The first Falcon sold in Australia was the XK series, which w ...

Ford Falcon (XL) The Ford Falcon (XL) is a mid-size car which was produced by Ford Australia from 1962 to 1964. It was the second iteration of the first generation of the Falcon Overview The Falcon XL was introduced in August 1962,AC Bushby, The Australian Fo ...

Ford Falcon (XM) The Ford Falcon (XM) is a mid-size car that was produced by Ford Australia between February 1964 and February 1965. It was the third iteration of the first generation of the Ford Falcon. Overview The XM series Falcon range was introduced in Fe ...

** Ford Falcon (XP) **

Ford Falcon (XR) The Ford Falcon (XR) is a full-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 1966 to 1968. It was the first of the second generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XR), the luxury-oriented version. Overview The XR series was i ...

Ford Falcon (XT) The Ford Falcon (XT) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1968 to 1969. It was the second iteration of the second generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XT)—the luxury-oriented version. Introducti ...

** Ford Falcon (XW) **

Ford Falcon (XY) The Ford Falcon (XY) is a full-size car produced by Ford Australia from 1970 to 1972. It was the fourth and last iteration of the second generation of the Falcon and included the Ford Fairmont (XY)—the luxury-oriented version. Overview The X ...

Ford Falcon (XA) The Ford Falcon (XA) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1972 to 1973. It was the first iteration of the third generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XA)—the luxury-oriented version.The XA Falcon ...

** Ford Falcon (XB) **

Ford Falcon (XC) The Ford Falcon (XC) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1976 to 1979. It was the third and last iteration of the third generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XC)—the luxury-oriented version of th ...

Ford Falcon (XD) The Ford Falcon (XD) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1979 to 1982. It was the first iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XD)—the luxury-oriented version.

Ford Falcon (XE) The Ford Falcon (XE) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1982 until 1984. It was the second iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XE)—the luxury-oriented version. Histo ...

Ford Falcon (XF) The Ford Falcon (XF) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1984 to 1988. It was the third and final iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XF)—the luxury-oriented version. ...

Ford Falcon (XG) The Ford Falcon (XG) is a range of commercial vehicles which was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1993 to 1996. It was derived from the Ford Falcon (XF) full-size car. Introduction The XG Falcon was introduced in March 1993 as a facelift of ...

** Ford Falcon (XH) ** Ford Falcon (EA) **

Ford Falcon (EB) The Ford Falcon (EB) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1991 to 1993. It was the second iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EB)—the luxury-oriented version. It launche ...

Ford Falcon (ED) The Ford Falcon (ED) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1993 to 1994. It was the third iteration of the fifth generation of the Ford Falcon (Australia), Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (ED)—the luxury-orient ...

Ford Falcon (EF) The Ford Falcon (EF) was a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1994 to 1996. It was the fourth significantly updated iteration of the fifth generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (EF)—the luxury-oriented ...

** Ford Falcon (EL) ** Ford Falcon (AU) ** Ford Falcon (BA) ** Ford Falcon (BF) ** Ford Falcon (FG) ** Ford Falcon (FG X) *

Ford Falcon (North America) The Ford Falcon is a model line of cars that was produced by Ford from the 1960 to 1970 model years. The first compact car marketed by the American Big Three automobile manufacturers (though antedated by the Rambler American), the Falcon was th ...

, a compact car produced by Ford Motor Company * Ford Falcon van, a passenger van produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s

Rocketry and space

* Falcon 1, a SpaceX launch vehicle *

Falcon 5 SpaceX manufactures launch vehicles to operate its launch provider services and to execute its various exploration goals. SpaceX currently manufactures and operates the Falcon 9 Full Thrust family of medium-lift launch vehicles and the Falcon H ...

, a proposed partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX * Falcon 9, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX * Falcon Heavy, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX * "Falcon", the callsign of the

Apollo 15 Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to Moon landing, land on the Moon. It was the first List of Apollo missions#Alphabetical mission types, J mission, with a ...

Lunar Module *

Viper Falcon Viper Falcon is an American two-stage sounding rocket A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments ...

, a U.S. sounding rocket * The Falcon Project, a U.K. and U.S. rocket company by

Daniel Jubb Daniel Jubb (born 1984 in Manchester, England) is a British rocket scientist. In a 17 November 2008 article from the British newspaper ''The Times'', he was named "one of the world's leading rocket scientists", by the Royal Air Force Wing Commande ...

Other uses

Operation FALCON Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally) is the name of several week-long dragnets organized by the United States Marshals Service. FALCON I occurred between April 4 and 10, 2005 (also Crime Victims' Rights Week), FALCON II ...

, several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service *

Typhoon Falcon (disambiguation) The name Falcon has been used for five Tropical cyclone, tropical cyclones in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific Ocean. This local name is derived from a bird of a Falcon, same name. * Tropical Depression Falcon (2003) – a tropical ...

* FALCON (cable system), a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India *

Falcon (Duinrell) Falcon is a steel roller coaster at the amusement park Duinrell, located in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The roller coaster is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model coaster which was opened to the public on 14 May 2009. At 97 degrees, Falcon has a steeper ...

, a Gerstlauer Eurofighter model roller coaster at Duinrell amusement park