Faulkner, Falkner or Faulknor are name variants of Falconer. It is of medieval origin taken from Old French faulconnier.
- Alex Faulkner (born 1936), Canadian ice hockey player
- Arthur Faulkner (1921–1985), New Zealand politician
- Aubrey Faulkner (1881–1930), South African cricketer
- Bayard H. Faulkner (1894–1983), American politician
- Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (1921–1977), the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Cameron Faulkner (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
- Charles Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Colleen Faulkner, American author
- Damien Faulkner (born 1977), Irish race car driver
- Daniel Faulkner (1955–1981), a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered in the line of duty by a member of the Black Panther Party
- David Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Elizabeth Faulkner, common misspelling of the name of pastry chef Elizabeth Falkner
- Eric Faulkner (born Eric Falconer in 1953), guitarist in the 1970s band the Bay City Rollers
- Eric Faulkner, pseudonym of female Australian music composer May Brahe
- George Faulkner (c. 1703 – 1775), Irish publisher who in 1735 published a complete set of Jonathan Swift's works
- George Faulkner (cricketer) (fl. 1829), English cricketer
- Graham Faulkner (born 1947), British actor
- Harris Faulkner (born 1965), American newscaster for Fox News Channel
- Henry Faulkner (1924–1981), American artist
- Hugh Faulkner (born 1933), Canadian politician
- Jack Faulkner (born 1926), American football coach and administrator
- James Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Jeff Faulkner (born 1964), American football player
- Joan Faulkner-Blake (1921–1990), New Zealand broadcaster
- John Faulkner (born 1954), Australian politician
- John Faulkner (racing driver) (born 1952), New Zealand-Australian racing driver
- John Alfred Faulkner (1857–1931), American church historian
- Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1947), New Jersey State Legislator, Campbell University Hall of Fame basketball player and storied high school basketball coach
- Larry Faulkner, former president of the University of Texas at Austin
- Lisa Faulkner (born 1973), British actress
- Mary Faulkner (1903–1973), pseudonym of writer Kathleen Lindsay
- Max Faulkner (1916–2005), British golfer
- Mike Faulkner, bass player in the band The Damn Personals
- Neil Faulkner (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
- Newton Faulkner (born 1985), British musician
- Pádraig Faulkner (born 1918), Irish politician
- Peter Faulkner (born 1960), Australian cricketer
- Raymond O. Faulkner (1894–1982), British Egyptologist and philologist
- Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester (born 1946), British politician, brother of David Faulkner (criminologist)
- Roy Faulkner (born 1897), Canadian association football player
- Sally Faulkner, British film and television actress
- Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874), American colonel and story teller
- Shannon Faulkner (born 1975), first female cadet to enter The Citadel military college in South Carolina
- Steve Faulkner (born 1954), British footballer
- Tom Faulkner, 18th century cricketer
- Walt Faulkner (1920–1956), American racing driver
- William Faulkner (1897–1962), American Nobel Prize-winning novelist, great-grandson of William Clark Falkner
People with the first or middle name Faulkner:
- Alexander Faulkner Shand (1858–1936), English writer and barrister
- Bruce Faulkner Caputo (born 1943), American politician
- Fred Faulkner Lester (1926–1945), United States Navy sailor, Medal of Honor recipient
- George Faulkner Wetherbee (1851–1920), American painter
Fictional people:
- Adam Faulkner, character from the Saw film series
- Bjorn Faulkner, protagonist of the 1934 play Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand
- Kitty Faulkner, real-life name of the DC Comics character Rampage (DC Comics)
- Lesley Williams Faulkner, character of the ABC soap opera General Hospital
- Ted Faulkner, character of the Australian television program Blue Heelers
Miscellaneous:
- Faulkner, a sept of Clan Keith
- Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappearance, unsolved missing person case
- Newton Faulkner discography, list of Newton Faulkner's works
Famous quotes containing the word faulkner:
“You like orchids?... Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)