Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and England.

Its etymology is uncertain, with Charnock ^[d] favoring a derivation from a diminutive of Germanic bach ("little stream, creek")^[1][2] and others from an eponymous seigniory in Normandy or from a corruption of Beacon.^[1] It is sometimes folk etymologized from bacon.^[3]

• Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), American reformer and writer
• Alice Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Alice Martha Bacon (1909–1993), English politician and baroness
• Amanda Chantal Bacon, American entrepreneur
• Anne Bacon (c. 1528–1610), English scholar, translator, and lady of the British court
• Anthony Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Anthony Bacon (1796–1864), British cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars
  • Anthony Bacon (1718–1786), English-born merchant and industrialist
• Antoinette Frissell Bacon (1907–1988), American photographer; better known as Toni Frissell
• Arthur Bacon (1905–1942), English footballer
• Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), American politician
• Benjamin Wisner Bacon (1860–1932), American theologian
• Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Canadian neuropsychologist
• Bertha Bacon (1866–1922), British suffragette
• Brady Bacon (b. 1990), American race car driver
• Butts Bacon ^[d] (1580–1661), English politician; one of the Bacon baronets
• Cecil Walter Bacon (1905–1992), British artist and illustrator
• Charles Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Charles Bacon (1821–1886), English sculptor
• Charlotte Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Charlotte Bacon (1801–1880), English aristocrat
• Christopher Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Christopher Gerald Bacon (b. 1969), Australian Olympic judoka and boxer
• Christylez Bacon (b. 1986), American hip-hop musician
• Clara Latimer Bacon (1866–1948), American mathematician
• Clarence George "Clarrie" Bacon (1889–1954), English footballer; better known as Clarrie Bacon
• Cyril Bacon (1919–2001), English footballer
• Cyrus Bacon (c. 1796–1873), American politician
• C. Everett "Ev" Bacon (1890–1989), American football player from Wesleyan University, in College Football Hall of Fame
• C. Shannon Bacon (b. 1971 or 1972), American judge
• Daisy Sarah Bacon (1898–1986), American magazine editor
• Daniel Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Daniel Stanton Bacon (1798–1866), American politician and judge
• David Bacon (disambiguation)
  • David Bacon (1771–1817), American missionary and explorer
  • David Bacon (b. 1948), American photojournalist
  • David F. Bacon (b. 1963), American computer programer
• Delia Bacon (1811–1859), American Anti-Stratfordian
• Dick Bacon (1932–2000), nudist from Wisconsin
• Dolores Bacon (1870–1934), American novelist
• Donald Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Donald Frederick Bacon (1926–2020), New Zealand microbiologist
  • Donald John Bacon (b. 1935), American baseball player and manager
  • Donald John Bacon (b. 1963), American politician
• Dorothy Bacon, American lawn and indoor bowls player
• Dorothy Carolin Bacon (1902–1998), American economist
• Dwayne Bacon (b. 1995), American basketball player
• Edgar Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Edgar Hugh Bacon (1887–1963), British wrestler
• Edmund Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Edmund Bacon (1785–1866), American business manager and overseer for Thomas Jefferson
  • Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), American urban planner
  • Edmund Castell Bacon (1903–1982), knighted British landowner and businessman; one of the Bacon baronets
• Edward Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Edward Denny Bacon (1860–1938), knighted British philatelist and curator (1913–1938) of the Royal Philatelic Collection
  • Edward Woolsey Bacon (1843–1887), American Congregational preacher and writer
• Edwin Munroe Bacon (1844–1916), American writer and editor
• Elijah William Bacon (c. 1836–1864), Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Elizabeth Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Elizabeth Bacon (c. 1541–1621), English aristocrat
  • Elizabeth Daken Bacon (1844–1917), American suffragist and educator
• Emily Bacon (1891–1972), American pediatrician
• Ephraim Bacon (c. 1780–1826), American church minister
• Ernest Aubrey Bacon (1893–1966), British wrestler and civil servant
• Ernest Frederick Bacon (1896–1972), English footballer
• Ernst Lecher Bacon (1898–1990), American composer and pianis
• Eugen Bacon, Tanzanian-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction
• Eugenia Jones Bacon (1840–1920), American writer
• Eugenia McKenzie Bacon (1853–1933), American suffragist and public library advocate
• Eva Bacon (1909–1994), Australian socialist, feminist, and pacifist
• Evan Bacon (b. 1997), American LEGO-artist and software developer
• Evelyn Louise Bacon (b. 1949), Canadian politician
• Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American politician
• Faith Bacon (1910 –1956), American dancer and actress
• Francis Bacon (disambiguation)
  • 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 (disambiguation)
  • Frank Bacon (1864–1922), American actor and playwright
  • Frank Leander Bacon (1841–1917), American politician
• Frederick Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Frederick E. Bacon (d. 1954) British runner
  • Frederick James Bacon (1871–1948) American banjoist and banjo manufacturer
  • Frederick Stanley Bacon (1877–1861) American Football coach
• Gareth Andrew Bacon (b. 1972), British Conservative politician
• Gaspar Griswold Bacon Sr. (1886–1947), American politician
• George Bacon (disambiguation)
  • George Blagden Bacon (1836–1876), American Congregational preacher and writer
  • George Washington Bacon (1830–1922), American cartographer and publisher
• Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon (1833–1906), American author and nurse; better known as Georgeanna Woolsey
• Gertrude Bacon (1874–1949), British writer, aeronaut and botanist
• Guy Bacon (1936–2018), Canadian politician
• Helen Hazard Bacon (1919–2007), American classical philologist
• Henry Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Henry Bacon (1839–1912), American painter
  • Henry Bacon (1866–1924), American architect
• Irving Bacon (1893–1965), American character actor
• James Bacon (disambiguation)
  • James Bacon (1798–1895), British judge
  • James Alexander Bacon (1950–2004), Premier of Tasmania, Australia
  • James Arthur Bacon (1896–1968), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Jamie, Jonathan, and Jarrod Bacon, Canadian gangsters
• Janet Ruth Bacon (1891–1965), British educator
• Jaylen Bacon (b. 1996), American sprinter
• Jean Bacon (b. 1942), British computer scientist
• Jennifer Bacon, American attorney, educator, and politician
• Jeremiah S. Bacon (1858–1939), American politician
• Joanna Bacon (b. 1962), British architect
• John Bacon (disambiguation)
  • John Bacon (c. 1290–1347), English Carmelite friar and philosopher better known as John Baconthorpe
  • John Bacon (1728–1820), United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • John Bacon Sr. (1740–1799), British sculptor
  • John Bacon Jr. (1777–1859), British sculptor
  • John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897), American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and judge
  • John Henry Frederick Bacon (1865–1914), British painter and illustrator
  • John Mackenzie Bacon (1846–1904), English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer
  • John Mosby Bacon (1844–1913), United States Army general
• Jonathan Edward James Bacon (b. 1979), software engineer and Ubuntu Community Manager; better known as Jono Bacon
• Joséphine Bacon (b. 1947), Innu poet
• Josephine Daskam Bacon (1876–1961), American writer
• Jules S. Bacon (1917–2007), American bodybuilder
• Kelyn Meher Bacon (b. 1973), knighted British judge; also known as Kelyn Meher Bacon Darwin
• Kenneth Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Kenneth Hogate Bacon (1944–2009), American journalist
  • Kenneth John Bacon (b. 1944), Australian politician
• Katherine Bacon (1896–1982), English classical pianist
• Kevin Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Kevin Norwood Bacon (b. 1958), American film actor
• Lander McCoy Bacon (1942–2008), American football defensive lineman; better known as Coy Bacon
• Lee Bacon (b. 1979), American children's author
• Leonard Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Leonard Bacon (1802–1881), American Congregational preacher and writer
  • Leonard Bacon (1887–1954), American poet, translator, and literary critic
• Lindo Bacon, American nutritionist
• Lise Bacon (b. 1934), Canadian politician
• Liz Bacon (b. 1963), Canadian professor of computer science
• Lloyd Francis Bacon (1889–1955), American actor
• Lori Bacon (b. 1959), Canadian entrepreneur
• Louis Bacon (1904–1967), American jazz musician
• Louis Moore Bacon (b. 1956), American hedge fund manager and billionaire
• Louisa Mary Bacon (1800–1885), British musician and writer; better known as Louisa Barwell
• Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), American artist
• Mabel Marks Bacon (1876 –1966), American hotelier
• Mae Bacon (1897–1981), British actress
• Mark Reeves Bacon (1852–1941), American politician
• Margaret Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Margaret Frances Bacon (1895–1987), American artist and author; better known as Peggy Bacon
• Margaretha "Greta" Bacon (1903–1977), American singer; better known as Greta Keller
• Maria "Madi" Helena Bacon (1906–2001), American musician, choral conductor, educator, and athlete; better known as Madi Bacon
• Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), English printmaker and painter
• Mary Bacon (1948–1991), American thoroughbred jockey and model
• Mathew Bacon (c. 1700 – c. 1775), British legal writer
• Matthew Boyce Bacon (b. 1993), New Zealand cricketer
• Max Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Max Bacon, British rock singer for Nightwing and GTR
  • Max E. Bacon (b. 1941), Missouri jurist and legislator
• Michael Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Michael Bacon (b. 1949), American musician
• Montagu Bacon (1688–1749), English scholar and critic
• Nathaniel Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Nathaniel Bacon (d. 1622), English lawyer and politician
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1585–1627), knighted English painter, landowner and horticulturist
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1593–1660), English politician
  • Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist and instigator of Bacon's Rebellion
• Nicholas Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Nicholas Bacon (1510–1579), English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
  • Nicholas Bacon (c. 1540–1624), English politician and the first man created a baronet; first of the Bacon baronets
  • Nicholas Bacon (c. 1622–1687) English politician
  • Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (b. 1953), British baronet, lawyer, and Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II; one of the Bacon baronets
• Nicky Daniel Bacon (1945–2010), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient; better known as Nick Bacon
• Orrin Bacon (1821–1893), American politician
• Paul Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Paul Bacon (1907–1999), French politician
• Percy Charles Haydon Bacon, British stained-glass artist and sculptor
• Peter Child Bacon (1804–1886), American lawyer
• Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783), English playwright, poet, and author
• Philemon Bacon (d. 1666), captain in the Royal Navy
• Philip John Bacon (b. 1947), Australian art dealer and philanthropist
• Phoebe Bacon (b. 2002), American swimmer
• Randall Bacon, American actor and former football player
• Ranulph Robert Maunsell Bacon (1906–1988), British police officer
• Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (1863–1952), Royal Navy admiral
• Richard Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Richard Michael Bacon (b. 1962), British politician
  • Richard Paul Bacon (b. 1975), English television and radio presenter
• Rick Bacon (b. 1955), Canadian volleyball player
• Robert Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Robert Bacon (d. 1248), English Dominican writer
  • Robert Bacon (1860–1919), American diplomat
  • Robert Low Bacon (1884–1938), American politician
• Roger Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Roger Bacon (1214–1295), Franciscan friar, English philosopher
• Romain Bacon (b. 1990), French cyclist
• Ronald Bacon (b. 1946), American respiratory therapist and politician
• Ronald Alfred Sydney Bacon (b. 1935), English footballer
• Ruth Elizabeth Bacon (1908–1985), American foreign service officer
• Samuel Bacon (1781–1820), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and colonist
• Sarah Bacon (b. 1996), American diver
• Scott Bacon (b. 1977), Australian politician, son of Jim Bacon
• Selden Daskam Bacon (1909–1992), Yale professor of sociology and alcoholism researcher
• Sosie Ruth Bacon (b. 1992), American film actress
• Stanley Vivian Bacon (1885–1952), British wrestler
• Steevi Bacon, musician from London
• Sylvia A. Bacon (1931–2023), judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• Thomas Bacon (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Bacon (d. 1559), English academic
  • Thomas Bacon (1711/1712–1768), Anglican clergyman
  • Thomas Rutherford Bacon (1850–1913), American Congregational preacher, writer, professor of history
• Timothy Alan Bacon (1964–2016), British actor and restaurateur
• Tony Bacon, American table football player
• Venancio "Anciong" Bacon, inventor of Balintawak Eskrima
• Virginia Cleaver Bacon (1883–1930), Oregon State Librarian
• Virginia Purdy Bacon (1853–1919), American heiress and art dealer
• Waine Bacon (b. 1979), American football player
• Waller Bacon (c. 1669–1734), British lawyer and Whig politician
• Walter Bacon (disambiguation), several people
• Wendy Bacon (b. 1946), Australian academic, investigative journalist, and political activist
• William Johnson Bacon (1803–1889), American politician and judge
• William Thompson Bacon (1812–1881), American minister, editor, and author
• Winchel Dailey Bacon (1816–1894), American politician
• W. Meredith Bacon, American political scientist and LGBT rights activist
• Yehuda Bacon (b. 1929), Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor

• Albert Bacon Fall (1861–1944), American politician
• Anne Bacon Drury (1572–1624), English literary patron
• Bacon Rind (c. 1860–1932), Osage politician
• Camille Bacon-Smith, American scholar and novelist
• Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842–1933), American journalist and memoirist
• Florence Hannah Bacon Marsh (1881–1948), British botanist
• George Bacon Wood (1797–1879), American physician
• Harriet Bacon MacDonald (1865–1935), American musician
• John Bacon McDonald (1859–1927), United States Army general
• John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (c. 1772–1843), British politician
• Joseph Bacon Fraser Sr. (1895–1971), United States Army general
• Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr. (1926–2014), American architect
• June Bacon-Bercey (1928–2019), American meteorologist
• Linus Bacon Comins (1817–1892), American politician
• Matthew Bacon Sellers Jr. (1869–1932), American inventor and scientist
• Peter Bacon Hales (1950–2014), American historian, professor, musician, and photographer
• Samuel Bacon Hillocks (1869–1937), Canadian politician, minister, and inventor
• Sarah Bacon Tunnicliff (1872–1957), American clubwoman
• Sydney Bacon Palmer (1890–1954), British clubman
• Thomas Bacon Fugate (1899–1980), American politician
• Tilman Bacon Parks (1872–1950), American lawyer and politician
• Wilbur Bacon Camp (1860–1918), American architect
• Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865–1938), American naval officer and sixth Governor of the District of Alaska
• William Bacon Oliver (1867–1948), American politician
• William Bacon Stevens (1815–1887), American bishop
• William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician

• Abra Bacon, character in John Steinbeck's East of Eden
• Don Bacon, the main antagonist of the mobile game Angry Birds Evolution
• Sam Bacon, character in Grange Hill

• Ed Bacon (disambiguation)
• General Bacon
• Justice Bacon (disambiguation)
• Senator Bacon
• Bacon baronets, a position in the English peerage held by several Bacons

• Bacon (disambiguation)

• Charnock, Richard Stephen (1868), "Bacon", Ludus Patronymicus; or, The Etymology of Curious Surnames, London: Trübner & Co., p. 4.