# Bacon (name)

Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and England.

## Etymology

Its etymology is uncertain, with Charnock favoring a derivation from a diminutive of Germanic bach ("little stream, creek") and others from an eponymous seigniory in Normandy or from a corruption of Beacon. It is sometimes folk etymologized from bacon.

## People

* 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
* Bertha Bacon (1866–1922), British suffragette
* 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
* 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"

* 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 (1865–1935), 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

* 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

* Ed Bacon (disambiguation)
* General Bacon
* Justice Bacon (disambiguation)
* Senator Bacon
* Bacon baronets, a position in the English peerage held by several Bacons