Falk (name)

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Falk
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse, Middle High German
Meaningfalcon
Region of originNorthern Europe
Other names
Variant form(s)Falck, Falke, Falco, Valke, Valcke, Faulk

Falk is a given name and surname cognate with the word falcon.

Surname[]

  • 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
  • Bernard Falk (1943–1990), UK television reporter
  • Bibb Falk (1899–1989), American baseball player and coach
  • David Falk (born 1950), American sports agent
  • Gertrude Falk (1925–2008), American physiologist
  • Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782), better known as Baal Shem of London, British rabbi
  • 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

Given name[]

  • Falk Balzer (born 1973), German hurdler
  • Falk Boden (born 1960), German cyclist
  • Falk Huste (born 1971), German boxer
  • Falk Struckmann (born 1958), German opera singer
  • Falk Maria Schlegel, (born 1975) Organist, German Metal Band Powerwolf

See also[]

  • Falck (disambiguation)
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