Falk (name)

Falk is a male first name and a family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name Falk is derived from the Germanic man's name Falko ( althochd. falc ( h) o, " hawk", Latin for falcon ), of its wearer the properties of this esteemed especially for hawking bird of prey zusprach. He is in the form of Falk common in German and English-speaking countries as a male first name and as a surname, as the latter also in the forms Falck, Falcon, Falcke.

Other variants

  • Falko, Falka, Falco, Falkmar, Valk

Well-known bearers of the name

Family name

A

  • Adalbert Falk (1827-1900), Prussian jurist and Minister of Culture
  • Adalbert Falk (1859-1930), a Prussian officer, General of Infantry
  • Alexander Falk ( software entrepreneur ) (born 1967 ), Austrian software entrepreneur
  • Alexander Falk (entrepreneur) (born 1969 ), German Internet entrepreneurs
  • Alfred Falk (actually Alfred Cohn, * 1896, † unknown), German journalist and pacifist
  • Allison Falk ( * 1987), American football player
  • Andreas Falk ( b. 1983 ), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Ann Mari Falk (1916-1988), Swedish author
  • Armin Falk ( born 1968 ), German economist

B

  • Bernhard Falk ( politician ) ( 1867-1944 ), German politician ( DDP)
  • Bernhard Falk ( AIZ ) (* 1967), German member of the Anti-Imperialist cells
  • Bernhard Falk ( BKA ) (* 1948), German policeman, Vice President of the Federal
  • Bernhard Falk ( journalist) ( 1943-1990 ), British television journalist
  • Birgitta Falk ( born 1961 ), German art historian

C

  • Christian Falk (* 1987), Austrian football player
  • Christine Falk (born 1962 ), German painter

D

E

  • Ernst Falk (1914-1994), German politician ( FDP)

F

  • Feliks Falk ( born 1943 ), Polish director
  • Felix Falk ( born 1979 ), German jazz musician, arranger and composer
  • Franz Falk (1840-1909), Catholic priest, diocese archivist and historian church in Mainz
  • Friedrich Falk (1840-1893), German forensic pathologist

G

  • Gerhard Falk (1922-1978), German cartographer and Entrepreneurs ( Falk Verlag)
  • Gottfried Falk (1922-1991), German physicist
  • Gunter Falk (1942-1983), Austrian sociologist and writer

B

  • Hanna Falk ( * 1989), Swedish cross-country skier
  • Hans Falk (1918-2002), Swiss painter and graphic artist
  • Heinz Falk ( born 1939 ), Austrian chemist and university teacher
  • Herbert Falk ( pharmacist ) ( 1924-2008 ), German pharmaceutical entrepreneur
  • Herbert Falk ( politician ) ( 1929-1994 ), German state politicians (Bayern) ( CSU)
  • Hildegard Falk ( born 1941 ), German politician and Member of Parliament (SPD )
  • Hjalmar Falk (1877-1940), Norwegian linguist

I

  • Ilse Falk ( born 1943 ), German politician (CDU )

J

  • Jacob Joshua Falk (1680-1756), rabbi and chief rabbi of Frankfurt am Main
  • Jacob Falk ( † 1528), martyr of the Anabaptist movement
  • Johann Falk (1825-1905), member of the Landtag of Hesse ( center )
  • John Falk (musician ) ( born 1977 ), German musician
  • Johannes Daniel Falk (1768-1826), German theologian and writer
  • Johannes Nepomuk Maria Falk (1882-1964), German politician
  • Justin Falk ( * 1988), Canadian ice hockey player

K

  • Kurt Falk (1933-2005), Austrian Newspaper Publishers
  • Kurt Falk (1846-1898) Bruno Geiser, pseudonym Kurt Falk, German social democratic journalist

L

  • Lee Falk (1911-1999), American comic book author and signatory
  • Louis Falk ( born 1935 ), American Anglican Archbishop

M

  • Marcus Falk- Olander (* 1987), Swedish football player
  • Maximilian Falk ( Miksa Falk ) ( 1828-1908 ), Hungarian writer and politician

N

  • Nichlas Falk (born 1971 ), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Norbert Falk (1872-1932), Austrian journalist and writer

P

  • Patrick Falk ( basketball player ) ( born 1974 ), German basketball player
  • Patrick Falk ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), German football player
  • Paul Falk ( Romance ) ( 1894-1974 ), Swedish Romance
  • Paul Falk ( figure skater ) ( born 1921 ), German figure skater
  • Paul Falk ( voice actor ) (* 1997), German voice actor
  • Peter Falk (1927-2011), American actor
  • Peter Falk ( mayor) († around 1517 ), Mayor of Fribourg

R

  • Rafail Alexandrovich Falk (1856-1913), Russian chess master
  • Robert Rafailovich Falk (1886-1958), Russian painter
  • Rossella Falk (1926-2013), Italian actress
  • Reiner Falk Nagel ( * 1963), German mathematician and Athlete
  • Richard A. Falk ( born 1930 ), American lawyer, Special Envoy of the UN Human Rights Council
  • Rita Falk (born 1964 ), German author
  • Rolf Falk- Larssen ( b. 1960 ), Norwegian speed skater

S

  • Siegfried Falk (1874-1941), German banker

W

  • Walter Falk (1924-2000), German literary scholar
  • Waltraud Falk ( born 1930 ), German economist
  • William Falk ( footballer ) ( 1898-1961 ), German football player
  • William Falk ( politician ) ( 1909-1970 ), German politician (LDP / FDP)

First name

  • Falk Balzer ( * 1973), German track and field athlete
  • Falk floor ( born 1960 ), former German cyclist
  • Cierpinski Falk (born 1978 ), German long-distance runner
  • Falk Harnack (1913-1991), German film director, screenwriter, and resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Falk Hoffmann ( born 1952 ), former German diver
  • Huste Falk (born 1971 ), former German Boxer
  • Falk Leichsenring (* 1955), German psychologist, psychotherapy researchers, psychoanalysts
  • Falk Richter (* 1969), German film director, writer and translator
  • Falk Rockstroh (* 1958), German theater and film actor
  • Ruttke Falk (1894-1955), German jurist
  • Falk Schindler ( * 1978 ), German football player
  • Falk Struck (b. 1958), German opera singer (bass - baritone)
  • Falk Wagner (1939-1998), Austrian Protestant theologian
  • Falkenwiese (b. 1944), German historian
  • Falk Willis (born 1970 ), German jazz drummer
  • Falk Zenker (* 1967), German guitarist, sound artist and composer

Artist Name

  • DJ Falk (born 1967; actually Jarle Reiss Falk ), Norwegian disc jockey, singer and songwriter
  • Falco (1957-1998); actually Johann " Hans " Hölzel, Austrian musician
  • Family name
  • Male first name
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