Bacon (surname)
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- Anthony Bacon (industrialist)Anthony Bacon (industrialist)Anthony Bacon was an English-born merchant and industrialist who was significantly responsible for the emergence of Merthyr Tydfil as the iron-smelting centre of Britain.-Background:...
(1718–1786), English Industrialist - Anthony Bacon (British Army officer)Anthony Bacon (British Army officer)Major General Anthony Bacon was a notable cavalry officer and commander in the Napoleonic wars.-Family background:Bacon was born at Llandaff in Glamorgan, the son of Anthony Bushby Bacon of Elcot Park at Kintbury and Benham Park at Marsh Benham in Speen near Newbury in Berkshire, one of the...
(1796–1864), cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars - Albion Fellows BaconAlbion Fellows BaconAlbion Fellows Bacon was an American reformer and writer...
(1865–1933), American reformer and writer - Augustus Octavius BaconAugustus Octavius BaconAugustus Octavius Bacon was a U.S. politician. He served as a Democratic Party senator from Georgia.-Biography:...
(1839–1914), American politician - Benjamin Wisner BaconBenjamin Wisner BaconBenjamin Wisner Bacon was an American theologian. He was born at Litchfield, Conn., and graduated at Yale College . After serving in pastorates at Old Lyme. Conn. , and at Oswego, N. Y...
(1860-1932), American theologian - David BaconDavid BaconDavid Bacon was an American film actor.-Biography:He was born Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and his family was one of the prominent, politically active Boston Brahmin families. His father, Gaspar G...
(1914–1943), American film actor - Edmund Bacon (architect) (1910–2005), American urban planner
- Edward Woolsey BaconEdward Woolsey BaconEdward Woolsey Bacon was an American Congregational clergyman, as well as a sailor and a soldier.-Biography:Bacon was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He came from a family of preachers: he was the son of Leonard Bacon and the brother of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Thomas Rutherford Bacon of New Haven,...
(1843–1887), American Congregational preacher and writer - Everett BaconEverett BaconC. Everett "Ev" Bacon was an American football quarterback in college. He was also a star athlete in baseball, basketball, tennis, and golf....
(1890–1989) college football hall of famer from Wesleyan University - Ezekiel BaconEzekiel BaconEzekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...
(1776–1870), American politician - Francis BaconFrancis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
(1561–1626), knighted English philosopher, statesman and author - Francis Thomas BaconFrancis Thomas BaconFrancis Thomas Bacon OBE FREng F.R.S. was an English engineer who developed the first practical hydrogen–oxygen fuel cell.- Life and works :...
(1904–1992), British engineer - Francis Bacon (artist) (1909–1992), Anglo-Irish painter
- Gaspar G. BaconGaspar G. BaconGaspar Griswold Bacon, Sr. was on the board of Harvard University, President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1929 to 1932 and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1933 to 1935.-Biography:...
(1886–1947), American politician - George B. BaconGeorge B. BaconGeorge B. Bacon was an United States clergyman and author of texts on religious issues. Bacon was a congregational pastor in Orange, New Jersey. The ministry ran in the Bacons' blood: George B...
(1836–1876), American Congregational preacher and writer - Henry BaconHenry BaconHenry Bacon was an American Beaux-Arts architect who is best remembered for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project.- Education and early career :...
(1866–1924), American architect - Irving BaconIrving BaconIrving Bacon was an American character actor who appeared in over 400 films. He played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1920. Bacon was sometimes cast in films directed by his namesake Lloyd Bacon such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse...
(1893–1965), American character actor - Jim BaconJim BaconJames Alexander Bacon, AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.-Early life:Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a doctor, died when Jim was twelve, leaving him to be raised by his mother Joan. He was educated at Scotch College and later at Monash University, but he did not graduate....
(1950–2004), Premier of Tasmania, Australia - Jim Bacon (rugby), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
- John BaconJohn BaconJohn Bacon was a British sculptor.Born in Southwark, he was the son of a cloth worker from Somerset. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a manufacturer of porcelain at Lambeth, where he was at first employed in painting the small ornamental pieces of china, but was promoted to modeller...
(1740–1799), British sculptor - John Bacon (Carmelite) (c.1290–1346) learned English Carmelite monk
- John Bacon (Massachusetts)John Bacon (Massachusetts)John Bacon was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.John Bacon was born in Canterbury, Connecticut on April 5, 1738. Upon graduating from Princeton College he spent some time preaching in Somerset County, Maryland. On 25 September 1771 he and Mr...
(1738–1820), US Representative from Massachusetts - John M. BaconJohn M. BaconBrigadier general John Mosby Bacon was an American general of the United States Volunteers, 3rd US Infantry Regiment . He fought in the Battle of Sugar Point, October 5, 1898.-Biography:...
, nineteenth-century American general - John Mackenzie BaconJohn Mackenzie BaconJohn Mackenzie Bacon, FRAS was an English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer. He attempted the earliest movie of a solar eclipse, in India in December 1897. Unfortunately, the film was lost. Together with Nevil Maskelyne, he succeeded in North Carolina, USA, in May 1900. He was elected a Fellow of...
FRAS, (1846–1904), English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer - Jono BaconJono BaconJono Bacon is a community manager, writer, musician and software developer, originally from the United Kingdom, but now based in California...
Ubuntu Community Manager - Kenneth BaconKenneth BaconKenneth Hogate Bacon was an American journalist who served as a spokesman for the Department of Defense during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, and later as president of Refugees International, an organization dedicated to advocating for assistance and protection for displaced persons and promoting...
(1944–2009), American journalist - Kevin BaconKevin BaconKevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
(b. 1958), American film actor - Leonard BaconLeonard BaconLeonard Bacon was an American Congregational preacher and writer.-Biography:Leonard Bacon was born in Detroit, Michigan...
(1802–1881), American Congregational preacher and writer - Leonard Woolsey BaconLeonard Woolsey BaconLeonard Woolsey Bacon was an American clergyman, born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a social commentator and a prolific author on religious, social, and historical matters...
(1830–1907), American Congregational preacher and writer - Lise BaconLise BaconLise Bacon, is a Canadian Liberal politician. She was appointed Senator, representing the area of De la Durantaye, Quebec, by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on September 14, 1994...
(b. 1934), Canadian politician - Lloyd BaconLloyd BaconLloyd Francis Bacon was a screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director.-Life:Bacon was born in San Jose California, the son of actor Frank Bacon, later the co-author and star of the long running Broadway show 'Lightnin' , and Jennie Bacon. He was not related to actor Irving Bacon whom he...
(1889–1955), American actor - Lucy BaconLucy BaconLucy Angeline Bacon was a Californian artist who studied in Paris under the famous Impressionist, Camille Pissarro...
(1857–1932), American artist - Max BaconMax BaconMax Bacon is the former lead singer for 1980s arena rock supergroup GTR as well as the frontman for lesser known bands like Moby Dick, Nightwing, Phenomena, and Bronz....
, lead singer for 1980s arena rock supergroup GTR - Max Bacon (politician)Max Bacon (politician)Max E. Bacon is a Missouri Associate Circuit Judge and former state legislator.A native of Springfield, Missouri, Max Bacon was admitted to the bar in 1968....
(b. 1941), Missouri jurist and legislator - Michael BaconMichael Bacon (musician)Michael Bacon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and film score composer. He is the brother of actor Kevin Bacon.-Early life & career:...
(b. 1949), American musician - Sir Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622)Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622)Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"...
, lawyer and MP for Norfolk, half-brother of Francis Bacon - Nathaniel Bacon (painter) (1585–1627), landowner and painter, nephew of Francis Bacon
- Nathaniel Bacon (politician)Nathaniel Bacon (politician)-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.In 1617 he was called to the bar. A Parliamentarian, active in support of the New Model Army from 1644, Bacon became M.P. for Cambridge University in 1645, during the Long Parliament...
(1593–1660), a member of parliament representing Cambridge University and Ipswich, grandson of Nicholas Bacon - Nathaniel Bacon (colonist) of the Virginia Colony, instigator of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676
- Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit)Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit)Nathaniel Bacon , also known under the assumed name of Southwell, , was an English Jesuit who served in Rome from 1647 until his death as Secretary of the Society of Jesus...
, Secretary of the Society of Jesus from 1674 to 1676 - Nicholas Bacon (courtier), (1510–1579), English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
- Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of RedgraveSir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of RedgraveSir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet , of Redgrave in Suffolk, English Member of Parliament, and in 1611 was the first man to be created a baronet, making his successors Premier Baronets of England....
(c. 1540–1624), his son, the first man created a baronet - Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th BaronetSir Nicholas Bacon, 14th BaronetSir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, OBE DL , is a British landowner, businessman and philanthropist. Sir Nicholas is also the Premier Baronet of England.-Life and education:...
, (born 1953) is the Premier Baronet of England, a lawyer, and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II - Nick Bacon, (1945–2010), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Peggy BaconPeggy BaconMargaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer.-Biography:Bacon was born May 2, 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artists Charles Roswell Bacon and Elizabeth . The eldest of three children, Bacon's two younger brothers died in infancy leaving her an...
(1895–1987), American artist and author - Reginald BaconReginald BaconAdmiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities who was described by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, as the man "acknowledged to be the cleverest officer in the Navy".-Family:Reginald was born at Wiggonholt in...
(1863–1952), Royal Navy admiral - Richard BaconRichard Bacon (politician)Richard Michael Bacon is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for the South Norfolk constituency.-Early life:...
, British politician - Richard Bacon (TV presenter) (b.1975) English television and radio presenter
- Robert BaconRobert BaconRobert Bacon was an American statesman and diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State from January to March 1909.-Biography:...
(1860–1919), American diplomat - Robert L. BaconRobert L. BaconRobert Low Bacon was a banker, Lieutenant Colonel, and congressman from New York.-Biography:Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the son of Martha Waldron Cowdin and future Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he received a common school education as a child...
(1884–1938), American politician - Roger BaconRoger BaconRoger Bacon, O.F.M. , also known as Doctor Mirabilis , was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods...
(1214–1295), Franciscan friar, English philosopher - Scott BaconScott BaconScott Bacon is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for Denison in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010. He was educated at Cosgrove High School, Elizabeth College and the University of Tasmania, where he studied Economics...
(b. 1977), Australian politician, son of Jim Bacon - Sosie BaconSosie BaconSosie Ruth Bacon is an American actress and the daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. She is the younger sister of actor/musician Travis Bacon and the niece of musician Michael Bacon and actor Robert Sedgwick....
(b. 1992), American film actress - Thomas Rutherford BaconThomas Rutherford BaconThomas Rutherford Bacon was an American Congregational clergyman, and a professor of history at the University of California.-Biography:...
(1850–1913), American Congregational preacher, writer, professor of history - Walter W. BaconWalter W. BaconWalter Wolfkiel Bacon was an American accountant and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served three terms as Mayor of Wilmington and two terms as Governor of Delaware...
(1879–1962), American accountant and politician, Governor of Delaware - Yehuda BaconYehuda BaconYehuda Bacon is an Israeli artist .- Life until 1945 :Yehuda Bacon was born as a son of a Hasidic family...
(born 1929), Israeli artist