Bacon (name)

Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and England.

Etymology
Its etymology is uncertain, with Richard Stephen 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 (–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
 * Brady Bacon (b. 1990), American race car driver
 * Sir Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet (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 (–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 (–1864), Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
 * Elizabeth Bacon (disambiguation)
 * Elizabeth Bacon (–1621), English aristocrat
 * Elizabeth Daken Bacon (1844–1917), American suffragist and educator
 * Emily Bacon (1891–1972), American pediatrician
 * Ephraim Bacon (–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 (–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, 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 (–1624), English politician and the first man created a baronet; first of the Bacon baronets
 * Nicholas Bacon (–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 (–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 (–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 (1865–191935), American musician
 * John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), United States Army general
 * John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (–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