Farquhar

Farquhar (listen ) is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from the Scottish Gaelic fearchar, from fear ("man") and car ("beloved").[1] Farquharson is a further derivation of the name, meaning "son of Farquhar". The name originated as a given name, but had become established as a surname by the 14th century.[2]

For other uses, see Farquhar (disambiguation).

Notable people with the surname include:

Europeans

• Farquhar MacTaggart, First Earl of Ross
• Anthony Farquhar (born 1940), Roman Catholic Auxiliary bishop
• Farquhar baronets, British aristocrats
• Gary Farquhar (born 1971), Scottish footballer
• George Farquhar (1678–1707), Irish dramatist
• George Farquhar (priest) (died 1927), Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
• Helen Farquhar (1859–1953), British numismatist
• Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar (1844–1923), British financier and politician
• J. N. Farquhar (1861–1929), Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta, and an Orientalist
• John Farquhar (footballer) (born 1924), Scottish footballer
• John Farquhar (gunpowder dealer) (1751–1826), Scottish millionaire dealer in gunpowder
• Kellyanne Farquhar, Scottish actress
• Meg Farquhar (1910–1988), British professional golfer
• Peter Farquhar (1946–2015), Scottish novelist and teacher of English
• Regan Farquhar (born 1978), birth name of rapper Busdriver
• Ryan Farquhar (born 1976), competitive motorcycle racer
• Simon Farquhar (born 1972), Scottish playwright
• William Farquhar (1774–1839), Scottish major-general of the East India Company

North Americans

• Danny Farquhar (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Douglas Farquhar (1921–2005), Scottish-American soccer player
• Francis P. Farquhar (1887–1974), president of the Sierra Club and author of Place Names of the High Sierra
• James Augustus Farquhar (1842–1930), master mariner and captain in the late 19th and early 20th century Nova Scotia, Canada
• John M. Farquhar (1832–1918), United States Representative from New York and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• John Hanson Farquhar (1818–1873), United States Representative from Indiana
• JW Farquhar (born 1937/1938), American musician and singer-songwriter
• Marilyn Farquhar (1928–2019), American cellular biologist
• Norman von Heldreich Farquhar (1840–1907), rear admiral in the United States Navy, for whom the USS Farquhar (DE-139) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) are named
• Percival Farquhar (1864–1953), American investor with extensive interests in Latin America and Russia.
• Robert W. Farquhar (1932–2015), American spaceflight mission specialist
• Robin Hugh Farquhar (born 1938), Canadian academic leader
• Shawn Farquhar (born 1962), Canadian illusionist
• Stan Farquhar (1916–1992), Canadian politician, son of Thomas
• Thomas Farquhar (1875–1962), Canadian politician
• William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), prominent citizen of Montgomery County, Maryland

Australasians

• David Farquhar (composer) (1928–2007), a New Zealand composer
• Edward Allan Farquhar (1871–1935), shipping agent then Harbors Board chairman in South Australia
• Graham Farquhar (born 1947), plant physiologist and biophysicist
• Murray Farquhar (1918–1993), magistrate, convicted and jailed in 1985 for corrupt influence
• Scott Farquhar (born 1979), Australian businessman
• Wally Farquhar (1875–1960), Australian cricketer

See also

• Farquhar MacTaggart, medieval Scottish magnate
• Farquahr, an American folk band
• Farquharson
• Ffarquhar, a fictional location in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry
• Lord Farquaad, fictional character in Shrek films
• MacFarquhar
• Robert Farquhar (disambiguation)

References

1. Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (2013), p. 142.
2. David Dobson, The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America (2003), p. 41.