Famous People with Name Falconer

Jenni Falconer            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Jenni Falconer: After her family relocated to the South of England aged 7, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to attend university, majoring in Spanish and Italian, with minors in Latin, Geography and Management. Studies[2] However, she dropped out after a couple of years. Jenni now lives in London with her boyfriend James Midgley, an actor best known for his role in Cutting It, who now runs his own post production facility.She made her television debut in 1994 as a contestant on Blind Date, and later presented BBC Scotland's Big Country and ITV's We Can Work It Out.[1] She was the main host of Entertainment Today since its launch on GMTV in 2000[1] until it's end in 2008.

Kyle Falconer            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Kyle Falconer: the lead vocalist with Scottish band The View.In 2007 he was convicted of possessing cocaine, resulting in the cancellation of The View's US tour.[1]Falconer was taken to hospital in Japan in May 2007 suffering from suspected blood poisoning, but was released after four days. The band was in Japan promoting their album Hats Off to the Buskers and played some gigs without him before he recovered to continue the tour

Hugh Falconer            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Hugh Falconer: was a distinguished Scottish geologist, botanist, palaeontologist and paleoanthropologist. He studied the flora, fauna and geology of India, Assam and Burma, and made the first discovery of the modern evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium. He may also have been the first person to discover a fossil ape.Falconer was the youngest son of David Falconer of Forres, Elginshire. In 1826 Hugh Falconer graduated at the University of Aberdeen, where he studied natural history. He afterwards studied medicine in the University of Edinburgh, taking the degree of M.D. in 1829. During this period he zealously attended the botanical classes of Prof. R. Graham (1786-1845), and those on geology by Prof. Robert Jameson, the teacher of Charles Darwin.

Delia Falconer            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Delia Falconer: the best-selling author of The Service of Clouds and The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers. She has been described by Australian critic Peter Craven, in Best Australian Stories 1999, as “the young Australian writer who has arguably done most to put her signature on the literature of this country”. Falconer lives in Sydney. She frequently publishes reviews in newspapers and journals.Falconer studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney. She was an editor of the literary magazine Hermes in 1986 and lived at Women's College. She completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne.

William "Willie" Henry Falconer            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

William "Willie" Henry Falconer: is a Scottish former professional association football player, who played for a string of Scottish and English clubs from 1982 to 2003. He could play in virtually any position on the pitch, but was most commonly used as a striker.Falconer began his career playing for his home town club, Aberdeen, in 1982. During the 6 years there he made 77 appearances and scoring 13 goals. After 6 years with Aberdeen he moved south of the border to Watford for £300,000.