Bacon is a Norman French surname originally from Normandy and England. In early sources, it also appears as "Bachun" and "Bacun". Etymology Its etymology is uncertain, with Charnock favoring a derivation from a diminutive of Germanic bach ("little stream, creek") and others from an eponymous seigniory in Normandy or from a corruption of Beacon. It is sometimes folk etymologized from bacon or Germanic bag ("to fight"). List of people Notable bearers of this surname include: Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), American reformer and writer Anthony Bacon (1796–1864), British cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars Anthony Bacon (1718–1786), English industrialist Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), American politician Benjamin Wisner Bacon (1860–1932), American theologian Brady Bacon (born 1990), USAC National Sprint Car driver Clara Latimer Bacon (1866–1948), American mathematician Charles James Bacon (1885–1968), American athlete Charles R. Bacon Late 20th century American geologist Coy Bacon (1942–2008), American football defensive lineman David Bacon, several people Don Bacon (baseball), American baseball manager Don Bacon (microbiologist) (1926–2020), New Zealand microbiologist Don Bacon (born 1963), American politician Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), American urban planner Edward Denny Bacon (1860–1938), British philatelist and curator (1913–1938) of the Royal Philatelic Collection Edward Woolsey Bacon (1843–1887), American Congregational preacher and writer Elizabeth Bacon (disambiguation) Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621), English aristocrat Elizabeth D. Bacon (1844-1917), American suffragist Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842-1933), American author and public speaker Ephraim Bacon, American church minister Ernie Bacon (1896–1972), English footballer Ernst Bacon (1898–1990), American composer and pianist Eugenia M. Bacon (1853-1933), American suffragist and public library advocate Everett Bacon (1890–1989), American football player from Wesleyan University, in College Football Hall of Fame Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American politician Faith Bacon (1910 –1956), American dancer and actress Francis Bacon (1561–1626), knighted and ennobled English lawyer, philosopher, statesman and author Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Anglo-Irish painter Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992), British engineer Frank Bacon (1864–1922), American actor-playwright Frank L. Bacon (1841–1917), American politician Fred E. Bacon (?–1954) British runner Frederick James Bacon (1871–1948) American banjoist and banjo manufacturer Frederick S. Bacon (1877–1861) American Football coach Gaspar G. Bacon (1886–1947), American politician George B. Bacon (1836–1876), American Congregational preacher and writer Henry Bacon (1866–1924), American architect Irving Bacon (1893–1965), American character actor Jim Bacon (politician) (1950–2004), Premier of Tasmania, Australia Jim Bacon ( 1896), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer John Bacon (c. 1290–1346), better known as John Baconthorpe, learned English Carmelite monk related to the Bacons John Bacon (1738–1820), US Representative