# 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 (fl. 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 (fl. 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 (fl. 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