Caron (name)

Caron is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Adolphe-Philippe Caron (1843–1908), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Alain Caron (born 1955), Canadian jazz bassist
• Alain Caron (1938–1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Alcides Sagarra Carón (born 1936), Cuban boxing trainer
• Alexis Caron (1764–1827), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Alexis Pierre Caron (1899–1966), Canadian politician
• Amy Caron (born 1984), American professional skateboarder
• André Caron (1944–1997), Canadian politician
• André H. Caron, Canadian communication scholar
• Annie Caron (born 1964), Canadian soccer player
• Annie Caron (born 1941), French Olympic swimmer
• Antoine Caron (1521–1599), Mannerist painter to the court of the House of Valois
• Arthur Caron (1883–1914), French Canadian failed assassin
• Augustin Caron (1778–1862), Canadian farmer and politician
• Augustin Joseph Caron (1774–1822), French lieutenant colonel
• Aymeric Caron (born 1971), French journalist
• Benjamin Caron (born 1976), British film and television director
• Bernard Caron (born 1952), French football player and manager
• Blossom Caron (1905–1999), Canadian photographer
• Cassidy Caron (born 1992), Métis politician
• Charles Caron (1768–1853), Canadian farmer
• Christine "Kiki" Caron (born 1948), French Olympic swimmer
• Daniel J. Caron (born 1957), national librarian, Library and Archives Canada
• David Caron (1952–2018), American attorney
• Delio Caron (1924–2002), Italian rugby league footballer
• Djina Caron ({{floruit|2000s–2020s}}), Canadian make-up artist
• Édouard Caron (1830–1900), Canadian politician
• Estelle Caron (1926–2010), Québécois singer and comedian
• Eugène-Charles Caron (1834–1903), French baritone
• Firminus Caron (fl. 1460–1475), French Renaissance composer
• Francine Caron (born 1945), French writer and poet
• François Caron (1600–1673), French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands, part of Dutch East India Company, director general at Batavia, later director general of French East India Company
• François Caron (politician) (1766–1848), representative of Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
• François Michel Marie Ignace Caron (born 1937), French Navy officer and historian
• George Caron (1823–1902), member of the Canadian Parliament
• George Robert "Bob" Caron (1919–1995), Enola Gay tail gunner
• Gérard Caron (1938–2020), French designer
• Gérard Caron (1916–1986), Canadian pianist
• Germain Caron (1910–1966), Canadian politician
• Gilles Caron (1939–1970), French photographer
• Giuseppe Caron (1904–1998), Italian politician
• Glenn Gordon Caron (born 1954), American film and television writer
• Guy Caron (born 1968), Canadian politician
• Hector Caron (1862–1937), Canadian politician
• Henri Caron (1924–2002), French racewalker
• Henri Caron (1906–?), French racing cyclist
• Hipólito Boaventura Caron (1862–1892), Brazilian painter
• Jacques Joseph Caron (born 1940), Canadian ice hockey coach
• Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron (1869–1944), Canadian lawyer
• Jean-Bernard Caron (born 1974), French Canadian paleontologist
• Jean-Claude Caron (1944–2021), French actor
• Jean-François Caron (born 1957), French politician
• Jean-François Caron (born 1982), Canadian strongman and powerlifter
• Jean-François Caron (born 1987), Canadian writer
• Jean-Luc Caron (born 1948), French physician and musicologist
• Jocelyn "Jo" Caron ({{floruit|1980s–2000s}}), Canadian production sound mixer
• Jocelyne Caron (born 1951), Canadian politician
• Jordan Julien Caron (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey forward
• Josee Caron, Canadian classical musician
• Joseph Caron (born 1947), former Canadian high commissioner to India, former ambassador to China and Japan
• Joseph Caron (1868–1954), Canadian politician
• Joseph-Édouard Caron (1866–1930), Canadian politician
• Joseph-Georges Caron (1896–1956), Canadian politician
• Joseph-Napoléon Caron (1896–1970), Canadian politician and hardware store owner
• Joseph Le Caron (1586–1632), Franciscan missionary to Canada
• Kevin Caron (born 1960), American sculptor
• Leslie Caron (born 1931), French actress and dancer
• Linda Caron, Canadian politician
• Louis Caron (born 1942), Canadian journalist
• Louis-Bonaventure Caron (1828–1915), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Lucien Caron (1929–2003), Canadian politician
• Marc Caron (born 1954), Canadian military Chief of Staff
• Marc G. Caron (1946–2022), Canadian-born American neuroscientist and professor
• Marcel Caron (1890–1961), Belgian painter
• Marie-Josèphe Caron (1725–1784), French artist
• Marye Walsh Caron, American politician
• Martin Caron, Canadian classical musician
• Max Caron (born 1989), Canadian football linebacker
• Maxence Caron (born 1976), French philosopher
• Michel Caron (1763–1831), Canadian politician
• Michel Caron (born 1942), Canadian pop singer
• Michel Caron (1929–2001), French opera singer
• Mike Caron, American television director and producer
• Nadine Rena Caron (born 1970), Canadian surgeon
• Nia Caron, Welsh television actress
• Pascal Caron (born 1972), Canadian Olympic bobsledder
• Paul L. Caron, American lawyer
• Pierre Caron (1900–1971), French film director
• Pierre Caron (1875–1952), French historian and archivist
• Pierre Caron (born 1936), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Pierre-Luc Caron (born 1993), Canadian football player
• Raymond Caron (1605–1666), Irish Franciscan
• René-Édouard Caron (1800–1876), Canadian politician
• Robert Caron, Canadian sociologist
• Roger Caron (born 1962), American football coach and player
• Roger Caron (born 1957), Canadian sport shooter
• Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (1938–2012), Canadian bank robber and author
• Ronald "Ron" Caron (1929–2012), Canadian NHL executive
• Rose Caron (1857–1930), French operatic soprano
• Sandra Caron (born 1936), English actress and writer
• Sébastien Caron (born 1980), French-Canadian NHL goaltender
• Stéphan Caron (born 1966), French swimmer
• Suzanne Caron, Canadian mayor of Mount Royal
• Tom Caron (born 1963), American sportscaster
• Vincent Caron ({{floruit|2010s–2020s}}), Canadian politician
• Wayne Maurice Caron (1946–1968), American hospital corpsman killed in Vietnam
• Yves Caron (1937–2023), Canadian salesperson and politician

Given name:

• Caron Bernstein (born 1970), South African model
• Caron Bowman, Afro-Honduran American artist
• Caron Butler (born 1980), American basketball player
• Caron Keating (1962–2004), Northern Irish TV presenter
• Caron Wheeler (born 1963), British R'n'B/soul singer