False Dawn can refer to:
- Zodiacal light: a faint, roughly triangular glow seen in the night sky.
- False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism: A 1998 book by political philosopher John N. Gray which argues that free market Globalization is unstable and is in the process of collapsing.
- A short story by Rudyard Kipling collected in Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
- A 1978 novel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro