Falk is a given name and surname cognate with the word falcon.
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Old Norse, Middle High German |
| Meaning | falcon |
| Region of origin | Northern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Falck, Falke, Falco, Valke, Valcke, Faulk |
Surname
edit- Adalbert Falk (1827–1900), Prussian minister of culture
- Adam Falk (born 1965), Physicist
- Alexander A. Falk (1900–1975), New York politician
- Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist
- Bayla Falk, Talmudist
- Bernard Falk (1943–1990), UK television reporter
- Bibb Falk (1899–1989), American baseball player and coach
- David Falk (born 1950), American sports agent
- Elin Falk (1872-1942), Swedish gymnastics director and educator
- Gertrude Falk (1925–2008), American physiologist
- Greger Falk (1910–1990), Swedish Air Force major general
- Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782), better known as Baal Shem of London, British rabbi
- Henri Falk (1881–1937), French writer
- Jacob Joshua Falk (Jacob Joshua ben Tzebi Hirsch Falk; 1680–1756), Talmudist and author of Pene Yehoshua
- James Falk (born 1954), American inventor
- Jim Falk (born 1946), Physicist and academic researcher
- Johan Peter Falk (sometimes spelled Falck; 1733–1774), Swedish botanist
- Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), German writer
- Joshua Falk (Joshua ben Alexander ha-Kohen Falk; 1555–1614), author of commentaries on the Arba'ah Turim and Shulkhan Arukh
- Luke Falk (born 1994), American football quarterback
- Miksa Falk (1828–1908), Hungarian journalist
- Nelson H. Falk (1874-1924), American politician
- Paul Falk, (1921–2017), German figure skater
- Peter Falk (1927–2011), American actor
- Richard A. Falk, (born 1930), Jewish-American professor of international law
- Robert Falk, (1886–1958), Jewish Russian painter
- Robert A. Falk (1926-2014), American farmer and politician
- Roland Falk, (1915–1985), British test pilot
- Rossella Falk, (1926–2013), Italian actress
- Robert Conrad, (1934–2020), American actor born Conrad Robert Falk
- Ted Falk, Canadian politician
Given name
edit- Falk Hentschel (born 1982), German actor
- Falk Balzer (born 1973), German hurdler
- Falk Boden (born 1960), German cyclist
- Falk Cohn (1833–1901), German rabbi
- Falk Huste (born 1971), German boxer
- Falk Struckmann (born 1958), German opera singer
- Falk Maria Schlegel (Christian Jost; born 1975), German keyboardist
See also
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