Falconer may refer to:
* A person skilled in the art of
falconry
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...
People
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Falconer (surname)
Falconer is a Scottish surname, either a sept of Clan Keith or a clan on its own, having as crest an angel in a praying posture or, within an orle of laurel proper, as motto ''VIVE UT VIVAS'' ("Live that you may have life") but without a chief, ...
, a family name
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Falconer Larkworthy (1833–1928), New Zealand banker and financier
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Falconer Madan (1851—1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University
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Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton
Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, (born 19 November 1951) is a British Labour peer and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2003 to 2007.
Born in ...
, a British politician
Places
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Falconer, New York
Falconer is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,284 at the 2020 census. Falconer is within the town of Ellicott and is on the eastern edge of the city of Jamestown.
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, United States, a village
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Mount Falconer Mount Falconer is a mountain, high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier. It was named by the Western Journey Party, led by Thomas Griffith Taylor
Thomas Griffith "Grif" Ta ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Arts and entertainment
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''The Falconer'' (Simonds), a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City
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''The Falconer'' (Hansen), a bronze sculpture in Portland, Oregon
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Falconer (band)
Falconer was a Swedish power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999 by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall. Falconer carried on many of the traditions set by Weinerhall's previous band and played a fusion style of power metal t ...
, a power metal band from Sweden
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''Falconer'' (album), an album by the band
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''Falconer'' (novel), a novel by John Cheever
* "The Falconer",
a recurring sketch on the TV program ''Saturday Night Live''
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''The Falconer'' (1997 film), with
Iain Sinclair
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''The Falconer'' (film), a 2021 film
Military
* AN/USQ-163 Falconer, a weapon system used by the United States Air Force
Air and Space Operations Center
* Operation Falconer, the
Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
* MQM-57 Falconer, a target drone in the
Radioplane BTT family
Other uses
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Falconer School
Falconer School is a secondary school catering to students with special needs (primarily learning disabilities or those diagnosed with social, emotional and mental health - SEMH difficulties). Falconer is situated in Hertfordshire and provide ...
, a boys school in Hertfordshire, England
* ''Falconer'', a
Torrey Pines High School newspaper
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Lord Falconer of Halkerton
The title Lord Falconer of Halkerton was created in the peerage of Scotland on 20 December 1646, for Sir Alexander Falconer, Lord of Session, with remainder to his heirs-male whatsoever. King Charles I granted Sir Alexander a yearly pension of  ...
, a title in the Scottish peerage
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AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer, lectures founded in 1996 named after Etta Z. Falconer
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Grand Falconer (disambiguation) Grand Falconer may refer to:
* Grand Falconer of France
* Hereditary Grand Falconer of England, title of the Duke of St Albans
Duke of St Albans is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1684 for Charles Beauclerk, 1st Earl of B ...
, a European position or title
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Falcon (disambiguation)
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 adventur ...
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Falkner (disambiguation) Falkner may refer to:
People with the surname
* Adam Falkner (author), American author
* Allen Falkner (born 1969), American artist
* Brian Falkner (author) (born 1962), popular New Zealand children's author
* Brian Falkner, common misspellin ...
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Faulkner (disambiguation) William Faulkner was an American author.
Faulkner may also refer to:
*Faulkner (surname), an English surname (and list of people with that name)
* Faulkner (band), an alternative band
*Faulkner County, Arkansas, a county in the United States
* Fau ...
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Faulknor (disambiguation) Faulknor may refer to:
In people:
* Faulknor family, an English family of distinguished Royal Navy officers, including:
** Jonathan Faulknor the elder
** Robert Faulknor the younger (1763-1795)
* Christopher Faulknor (born 1962), Jamaican sprin ...
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Fawkner (disambiguation) Fawkner may refer to:
In geography:
* Division of Fawkner, Australian electoral division in Victoria, named after John Pascoe Fawkner
* Fawkner, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, named after John Pascoe Fawkner
** Fawkner railway station ...
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Faulconer (disambiguation)
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