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and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Capron (Sussex cricketer) (18th century), English cricketer * Allyn Capron (1846–1898), American army captain *

Allyn K. Capron Captain Allyn K. Capron (24 June 1871 – 24 June 1898) was the first United States Army officer to die in the Spanish–American War. Before Cuba Allyn Kissam Capron was the first son of Agnes Kissam and Allyn Capron, an 1867 graduate of the ...

(1871–1898), American army captain * Brian Capron (born 1947), English actor * Frederick Capron (1860–1942), English cricketer * Hiram Capron (1796–1872), American-born founder of Paris, Ontario * Jean Pierre Capron (1921–1997), French landscape and portrait artist * John Capron (1797–1878), American army officer and politician *

John Rand Capron John Rand Capron (1829–1888) was an English amateur scientist, astronomer and photographer. Though a solicitor by profession, he became an expert on spectroscopy, particularly in relation to the aurora, and published many articles during his l ...

(1829–1888), English astronomer *

Ralph Capron Ralph Earl Capron (June 16, 1889 – September 19, 1980) was an American baseball and football player. He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and the Philadelphia Phillies in . He also played football i ...

(1889–1980), American baseball player *

Robert Capron Robert B. Capron Jr. (born July 9, 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's best friend, in the first three installments of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series. More recently, he is know ...

(born 1998), American actor *

Roger Capron Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. He died on November 8, 2006 leaving behind a considerable body of work ...

(1922–2006), French ceramic artist * Victor Capron (1868–1934), American politician

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