Nathaniel Bacon may refer to:
- Sir Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622), lawyer and MP for Norfolk, half-brother of Francis Bacon
- Nathaniel Bacon (painter) (1585–1627), landowner and painter, nephew of Francis Bacon
- Nathaniel Bacon (painter, fl. 1640)
- Nathaniel Bacon (politician) (1593–1660), Member of Parliament representing Cambridge University and Ipswich
- Nathaniel Bacon (colonist) (c. 1640s–1676), member of the Virginia Colony, instigator of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676
- Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit) (1598–1676), Secretary of the Society of Jesus, 1674–1676
- Nathaniel Bacon (Michigan jurist) (1802–1869), member of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1855–1857
Famous quotes containing the words nathaniel and/or bacon:
“There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,—why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,—that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)