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:
“The American, who up to the present day, has evinced, in Literature, the largest brain with the largest heart, that man is Nathaniel Hawthorne.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of the Law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)