Falk is a given name and surname cognate with the word falcon. Surname Adalbert Falk (1827–1900), Prussian minister of culture Adam Falk (born 1965), Physicist Alexander A. Falk (1900–1975), New York politician Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist Bayla Falk, Talmudist Bernard Falk (1943–1990), UK television reporter Bibb Falk (1899–1989), American baseball player and coach David Falk (born 1950), American sports agent Gertrude Falk (1925–2008), American physiologist Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782), better known as Baal Shem of London, British rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk (Jacob Joshua ben Tzebi Hirsch Falk; 1680–1756), Talmudist and author of Pene Yehoshua James Falk (born 1954), American inventor Jim Falk (born 1946), Physicist and academic researcher Johan Peter Falk (sometimes spelled Falck; 1733–1774), Swedish botanist Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), German writer Joshua Falk (Joshua ben Alexander ha-Kohen Falk; 1555–1614), author of commentaries on the Arba'ah Turim and Shulkhan Arukh Luke Falk (born 1994), American football quarterback Miksa Falk (1828–1908), Hungarian journalist Nelson H. Falk (1874-1924), American politician Paul Falk, (1921–2017), German figure skater Peter Falk (1927–2011), American actor Richard A. Falk, (born 1930), Jewish-American professor of international law Robert Falk, (1886–1958), Jewish Russian painter Robert A. Falk (1926-2014), American farmer and politician Roland Falk, (1915–1985), British test pilot Rossella Falk, (1926–2013), Italian actress Robert Conrad, (1934–2020), American actor born Conrad Robert Falk Ted Falk, Canadian politician Given name Falk Hentschel (born 1982), German actor Falk Balzer (born 1973), German hurdler Falk Boden (born 1960), German cyclist Falk Huste (born 1971), German boxer Falk Struckmann (born 1958), German opera singer Falk Maria Schlegel (Christian Jost; born 1975), German keyboardist See also Falck (disambiguation) Jewish surnames Surnames from nicknames Russian Mennonite surnames