Nathaniel Bacon may refer to: Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey (died 1622), lawyer and MP for Norfolk, half-brother of Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (painter) (1585–1627), landowner and painter, nephew of Francis Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (politician) (1593–1660), Member of Parliament representing Cambridge University and Ipswich Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit) (1598–1676), Secretary of the Society of Jesus (in Rome), 1674–1676 Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia Council of the State president) (c 1620–1692), first cousin of Virginia rebel (see next), president of Virginia's upper house (Governor's Council), plantation owner of Cheatham Annex, and a Colonel Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel) (1647–1676s–1676), first cousin of Virginia president (see previous), member of Virginia's lower house (House of Burgesses), plantation owner, and instigator of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 Nathaniel Bacon (Michigan jurist) (1802–1869), member of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1855–1857