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People with family name "Bacon"
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Region of origin | Normandy England |
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Variant form(s) | Bachun, Bacun (early sources) |
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Bacon is an
English
surname originally from
Normandy and
England.
Etymology
Its
etymology is uncertain, with
Charnock [
d] favoring a derivation from a diminutive of
Germanic bach ("little stream, creek")
[2] and others from an eponymous seigniory in
Normandy or from a corruption of
Beacon. It is sometimes
folk etymologized from
bacon.
[3]
People
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Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), American reformer and writer
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Alice Bacon (disambiguation)
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Amanda Chantal Bacon, American entrepreneur
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Anne Bacon (
c. 1528–1610), English scholar, translator, and lady of the British court
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Anthony Bacon (disambiguation)
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Anthony Bacon (1796–1864), British cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars
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Anthony Bacon (1718–1786), English-born merchant and industrialist
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Antoinette Frissell Bacon (1907–1988), American photographer; better known as Toni Frissell
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Arthur Bacon (1905–1942), English footballer
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Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), American politician
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Benjamin Wisner Bacon (1860–1932), American theologian
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Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Canadian neuropsychologist
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Brady Bacon (
b. 1990), American race car driver
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Butts Bacon [
d] (1580–1661), English politician; one of the
Bacon baronets
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Cecil Walter Bacon (1905–1992), British artist and illustrator
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Charles Bacon (disambiguation)
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Charlotte Bacon (disambiguation)
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Christopher Bacon (disambiguation)
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Christylez Bacon (
b. 1986), American hip-hop musician
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Clara Latimer Bacon (1866–1948), American mathematician
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Clarence George "Clarrie" Bacon (1889–1954), English footballer; better known as Clarrie Bacon
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Cyril Bacon (1919–2001), English footballer
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Cyrus Bacon (
c. 1796–1873), American politician
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C. Everett "Ev" Bacon (1890–1989), American football player from Wesleyan University, in College Football Hall of Fame
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C. Shannon Bacon (
b. 1971 or 1972), American judge
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Daisy Sarah Bacon (1898–1986), American magazine editor
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Daniel Bacon (disambiguation)
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David Bacon (disambiguation)
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Delia Bacon (1811–1859), American Anti-Stratfordian
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Dick Bacon (1932–2000), nudist from Wisconsin
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Dolores Bacon (1870–1934), American novelist
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Donald Bacon (disambiguation)
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Dorothy Bacon, American lawn and indoor bowls player
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Dorothy Carolin Bacon (1902–1998), American economist
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Dwayne Bacon (
b. 1995), American basketball player
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Edgar Bacon (disambiguation)
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Edmund Bacon (disambiguation)
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Edmund Bacon (1785–1866), American business manager and overseer for Thomas Jefferson
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Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), American urban planner
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Edmund Castell Bacon (1903–1982), knighted British landowner and businessman; one of the Bacon baronets
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Edward Bacon (disambiguation)
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Edward Denny Bacon (1860–1938), knighted British philatelist and curator (1913–1938) of the Royal Philatelic Collection
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Edward Woolsey Bacon (1843–1887), American Congregational preacher and writer
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Edwin Munroe Bacon (1844–1916), American writer and editor
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Elijah William Bacon (
c. 1836–1864), Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Elizabeth Bacon (disambiguation)
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Emily Bacon (1891–1972), American pediatrician
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Ephraim Bacon (
c. 1780–1826), American church minister
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Ernest Aubrey Bacon (1893–1966), British wrestler and civil servant
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Ernest Frederick Bacon (1896–1972), English footballer
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Ernst Lecher Bacon (1898–1990), American composer and pianis
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Eugen Bacon, Tanzanian-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction
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Eugenia Jones Bacon (1840–1920), American writer
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Eugenia McKenzie Bacon (1853–1933), American suffragist and public library advocate
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Eva Bacon (1909–1994), Australian socialist, feminist, and pacifist
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Evan Bacon (
b. 1997), American LEGO-artist and software developer
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Evelyn Louise Bacon (
b. 1949), Canadian politician
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Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American politician
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Faith Bacon (1910 –1956), American dancer and actress
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Francis Bacon (disambiguation)
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Frank Bacon (disambiguation)
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Frederick Bacon (disambiguation)
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Gareth Andrew Bacon (
b. 1972), British Conservative politician
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon Sr. (1886–1947), American politician
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George Bacon (disambiguation)
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Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon (1833–1906), American author and nurse; better known as Georgeanna Woolsey
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Gertrude Bacon (1874–1949), British writer, aeronaut and botanist
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Guy Bacon (1936–2018), Canadian politician
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Helen Hazard Bacon (1919–2007), American classical philologist
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Henry Bacon (disambiguation)
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Irving Bacon (1893–1965), American character actor
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James Bacon (disambiguation)
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Jamie, Jonathan, and Jarrod Bacon, Canadian gangsters
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Janet Ruth Bacon (1891–1965), British educator
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Jaylen Bacon (
b. 1996), American sprinter
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Jean Bacon (
b. 1942), British computer scientist
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Jennifer Bacon, American attorney, educator, and politician
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Jeremiah S. Bacon (1858–1939), American politician
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Joanna Bacon (
b. 1962), British architect
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John Bacon (disambiguation)
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John Bacon (
c. 1290–1347), English Carmelite friar and philosopher better known as John Baconthorpe
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John Bacon (1728–1820), United States Representative from Massachusetts
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John Bacon Sr. (1740–1799), British sculptor
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John Bacon Jr. (1777–1859), British sculptor
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John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897), American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and judge
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John Henry Frederick Bacon (1865–1914), British painter and illustrator
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John Mackenzie Bacon (1846–1904), English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer
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John Mosby Bacon (1844–1913), United States Army general
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Jonathan Edward James Bacon (
b. 1979), software engineer and Ubuntu Community Manager; better known as Jono Bacon
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Joséphine Bacon (
b. 1947),
Innu poet
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Josephine Daskam Bacon (1876–1961), American writer
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Jules S. Bacon (1917–2007), American bodybuilder
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Kelyn Meher Bacon (
b. 1973), knighted British judge; also known as Kelyn Meher Bacon Darwin
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Kenneth Bacon (disambiguation)
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Katherine Bacon (1896–1982), English classical pianist
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Kevin Bacon (disambiguation)
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Lander McCoy Bacon (1942–2008), American football defensive lineman; better known as Coy Bacon
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Lee Bacon (
b. 1979), American children's author
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Leonard Bacon (disambiguation)
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Leonard Bacon (1802–1881), American Congregational preacher and writer
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Leonard Bacon (1887–1954), American poet, translator, and literary critic
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Lindo Bacon, American nutritionist
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Lise Bacon (
b. 1934), Canadian politician
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Liz Bacon (
b. 1963), Canadian professor of computer science
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Lloyd Francis Bacon (1889–1955), American actor
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Lori Bacon (
b. 1959), Canadian entrepreneur
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Louis Bacon (1904–1967), American jazz musician
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Louis Moore Bacon (
b. 1956), American hedge fund manager and billionaire
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Louisa Mary Bacon (1800–1885), British musician and writer; better known as Louisa Barwell
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Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), American artist
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Mabel Marks Bacon (1876 –1966), American hotelier
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Mae Bacon (1897–1981), British actress
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Mark Reeves Bacon (1852–1941), American politician
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Margaret Bacon (disambiguation)
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Margaretha "Greta" Bacon (1903–1977), American singer; better known as Greta Keller
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Maria "Madi" Helena Bacon (1906–2001), American musician, choral conductor, educator, and athlete; better known as Madi Bacon
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Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), English printmaker and painter
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Mary Bacon (1948–1991), American thoroughbred jockey and model
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Mathew Bacon (
c. 1700 – c. 1775), British legal writer
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Matthew Boyce Bacon (
b. 1993), New Zealand cricketer
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Max Bacon (disambiguation)
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Michael Bacon (disambiguation)
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Montagu Bacon (1688–1749), English scholar and critic
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Nathaniel Bacon (disambiguation)
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Nicholas Bacon (disambiguation)
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Nicholas Bacon (1510–1579), English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
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Nicholas Bacon (
c. 1540–1624), English politician and the first man created a baronet; first of the Bacon baronets
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Nicholas Bacon (
c. 1622–1687) English politician
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Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (
b. 1953), British baronet, lawyer, and Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II; one of the Bacon baronets
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Nicky Daniel Bacon (1945–2010), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient; better known as Nick Bacon
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Orrin Bacon (1821–1893), American politician
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Paul Bacon (disambiguation)
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Percy Charles Haydon Bacon, British stained-glass artist and sculptor
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Peter Child Bacon (1804–1886), American lawyer
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Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783), English playwright, poet, and author
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Philemon Bacon (
d. 1666), captain in the Royal Navy
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Philip John Bacon (
b. 1947), Australian art dealer and philanthropist
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Phoebe Bacon (
b. 2002), American swimmer
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Randall Bacon, American actor and former football player
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Ranulph Robert Maunsell Bacon (1906–1988), British police officer
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Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (1863–1952), Royal Navy admiral
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Richard Bacon (disambiguation)
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Rick Bacon (
b. 1955), Canadian volleyball player
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Robert Bacon (disambiguation)
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Roger Bacon (disambiguation)
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Roger Bacon (1214–1295), Franciscan friar, English philosopher
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Romain Bacon (
b. 1990), French cyclist
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Ronald Bacon (
b. 1946), American respiratory therapist and politician
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Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon (
b. 1935), English footballer
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Ruth Elizabeth Bacon (1908–1985), American foreign service officer
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Samuel Bacon (1781–1820), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and colonist
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Sarah Bacon (
b. 1996), American diver
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Scott Bacon (
b. 1977), Australian politician, son of Jim Bacon
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Selden Daskam Bacon (1909–1992), Yale professor of sociology and alcoholism researcher
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Sosie Ruth Bacon (
b. 1992), American film actress
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Stanley Vivian Bacon (1885–1952), British wrestler
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Steevi Bacon, musician from London
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Sylvia A. Bacon (1931–2023), judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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Thomas Bacon (disambiguation)
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Timothy Alan Bacon (1964–2016), British actor and restaurateur
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Tony Bacon, American table football player
- Venancio "Anciong" Bacon, inventor of
Balintawak Eskrima
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Virginia Cleaver Bacon (1883–1930), Oregon State Librarian
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Virginia Purdy Bacon (1853–1919), American heiress and art dealer
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Waine Bacon (
b. 1979), American football player
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Waller Bacon (
c. 1669–1734), British lawyer and Whig politician
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Walter Bacon (disambiguation), several people
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Wendy Bacon (
b. 1946), Australian academic, investigative journalist, and political activist
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William Johnson Bacon (1803–1889), American politician and judge
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William Thompson Bacon (1812–1881), American minister, editor, and author
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Winchel Dailey Bacon (1816–1894), American politician
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W. Meredith Bacon, American political scientist and LGBT rights activist
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Yehuda Bacon (
b. 1929), Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor
Other people with the name "Bacon"
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Albert Bacon Fall (1861–1944), American politician
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Anne Bacon Drury (1572–1624), English literary patron
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Bacon Rind (
c. 1860–1932),
Osage politician
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Camille Bacon-Smith, American scholar and novelist
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Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842–1933), American journalist and memoirist
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Florence Hannah Bacon Marsh (1881–1948), British botanist
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George Bacon Wood (1797–1879), American physician
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Harriet Bacon MacDonald (1865–191935), American musician
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John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), United States Army general
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John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (
c. 1772–1843), British politician
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Joseph Bacon Fraser Sr. (1895–1971), United States Army general
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Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr. (1926–2014), American architect
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June Bacon-Bercey (1928–2019), American meteorologist
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Linus Bacon Comins (1817–1892), American politician
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Matthew Bacon Sellers Jr. (1869–1932), American inventor and scientist
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Peter Bacon Hales (1950–2014), American historian, professor, musician, and photographer
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Samuel Bacon Hillocks (1869–1937), Canadian politician, minister, and inventor
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Sarah Bacon Tunnicliff (1872–1957), American clubwoman
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Sydney Bacon Palmer (1890–1954), British clubman
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Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899–1980), American politician
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Tilman Bacon Parks (1872–1950), American lawyer and politician
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Wilbur Bacon Camp (1860–1918), American architect
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Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865–1938), American naval officer and sixth Governor of the District of Alaska
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William Bacon Oliver (1867–1948), American politician
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William Bacon Stevens (1815–1887), American bishop
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William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
Fictional characters
Further lists
See also
References
Citations
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^ Cognate with
Old Norse bekkr which gave its name to
Bec Abbey in Normandy.
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^
"Bacon". SurnameDB. Name Origin Research. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
Bibliography