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

Adolphe-Philippe Caron Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, (24 December 1843 – 20 April 1908) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is now best remembered as the Minister of Militia and Defence in the government of Sir John A. Macdonald and his role during ...

(1843–1908), Canadian lawyer and politician * Alain Caron (born 1955), Canadian jazz bassist * Alain Caron (1938–1986), Canadian ice hockey player *

Alcides Sagarra Carón Dr. Alcides Sagarra Carón (born August 18, 1936) is a Cuban sport official best known for moulding the amateur boxing team into a dominant force during his reign as the coach of the Cuban National Boxing Team (1964–2001,) for which he gained ...

(born 1936), Cuban boxing trainer *

Alexis Caron Alexis Pierre Caron (8 March 1899 – 31 August 1966) was a Canadian politician. Caron was a Liberal Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Hull, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career. He was first electe ...

(1764–1827), Canadian lawyer and politician * Alexis Pierre Caron (1899–1966), Canadian politician *

Amy Caron Amy Caron (born November 2, 1984) is a professional skateboarder living in Long Beach, California. Skateboarding Caron is at the forefront of a small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding at the age of 12, and is curren ...

(born 1984), American professional skateboarder * André Caron (1944–1997), Canadian politician * André H. Caron, Canadian communication scholar *

Annie Caron Annie Caron (born 6 May 1964) is a Canadian soccer player who played both as a forward and midfielder for the Canada women's national soccer team. She was part of the team at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. International career Caron was one ...

(born 1964), Canadian footballer *

(born 1941), French Olympic swimmer *

Antoine Caron Antoine Caron (1521–1599) was a French master glassmaker, illustrator, Northern Mannerist painter and a product of the School of Fontainebleau. He is one of the few French painters of his time who had a pronounced artistic personality. His wor ...

(1521–1599), Mannerist painter to the court of the House of Valois *

Arthur Caron Arthur Caron (December 16, 1883 – July 4, 1914) was a French Canadian anarchist and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He wikt:mastermind, masterminded an attempt to assassinate John D. Rockefeller using a bomb constructed from dy ...

(1883–1914), French Canadian failed assassin *

Augustin Caron Augustin Caron (September 15, 1778 – September 4, 1862) was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809 and from 1811 to 1814. He was born in Sa ...

(1778–1862), Canadian farmer and politician * Augustin Joseph Caron (1774-1822), French lieutenant colonel *

Aymeric Caron Aymeric Caron (; born 4 December 1971) is a French politician and former radio and television journalist who has represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 2022. He was elected as a member of the Ecological Revolu ...

(born 1971), French journalist *

Benjamin Caron Benjamin Caron (born 2 July 1976) is a Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA-winning British film and television director. Life and career Born in the West Midlands, Caron was educated at Homerton College, Cambridge. Caron began his television career maki ...

(born 1976), British film and television director * Bernard Caron (born 1952), French football player and manager * Blossom Caron (1905–1999), Canadian photographer *

Charles Caron Charles Caron (January 3, 1768 – January 30, 1853) was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He signed his name Charle Caront. He was born Charles-François Caron in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies in 1768. Caron began farming on land purc ...

(1768–1853), Canadian farmer * Christine "Kiki" Caron (born 1948), French Olympic swimmer *

Daniel J. Caron Daniel J. Caron (born 1957) was the Librarian and Archivist of Canada from April 25, 2009 until May 15, 2013. He is also a professor, author, fellow and public speaker. Education Caron graduated with a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Economic ...

(born 1957), national librarian, Library and Archives Canada * David D. Caron (1952–2018), American attorney *

Delio Caron Delio Caron (March 24, 1924 – July 16, 2002) was an Italian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Italy national rugby league team, Italy, and at club level for Torino XIII, as a , i ...

(1924–2002), Italian rugby league footballer * Djina Caron, 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 Firminus Caron (fl. 1460–1475) was a French composer, and likely a singer, of the Renaissance. He was highly successful as a composer and influential, especially on the development of imitative counterpoint, and numerous compositions of his surv ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1460–1475), French Renaissance composer * Francine Caron (born 1945), French writer and poet *

François Caron François Caron (1600–1673) was a French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands who served the Dutch East India Company (''Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie'' or VOC) for 30 years, rising from cook's mate to the director-general at Batavia (Jak ...

(1600–1673), French Huguenot refugee to Netherlands, part of Dutch East India Company, director general at Batavia, later director general of French East India Company *

François Caron (politician) François Caron (September 1766 – November 12, 1848) was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814. He signed his name ''François Caront''. H ...

(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 Canadian Parliament * George Robert "Bob" Caron (1919–1995), ''Enola Gay'' tail gunner *

Gérard Caron Gérard Caron (30 August 1938 – 31 October 2020) was a French designer. He was the co-founder of Carré Noir, the very first French design marketing agency, making him one of the inventors of the concept of brand design in France. He also co ...

(1938–2020), French designer *

(1916–1986), Canadian pianist * Germain Caron (1910–1966), Canadian politician *

Gilles Caron Gilles Caron (8 July 1939 – 5 April 1970) was a French photographer and photojournalist. Biography Gilles Caron was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France, of a Scottish mother and a French father, Edouard Caron, an insurance com ...

(1939–1970), French photographer *

Giuseppe Caron Giuseppe Caron (24 February 1904 – 3 March 1998) was an Italian Christian Democratic Party (CDP) politician who was a Minister in successive governments from the 1950s to the 1970s, and a European Commissioner. He was born in Treviso. Caron tra ...

(1904–1998), Italian politician *

Glenn Gordon Caron Glenn Gordon Caron (born April 3, 1954), sometimes credited as Glenn Caron, is an American writer, director, and producer, best known for the television series ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'' in the 1980s and ''Medium (TV series), Mediu ...

(born 1954), American film and television writer *

Guy Caron Guy Caron (born May 13, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who was elected the mayor of Rimouski, Quebec in the 2021 Quebec municipal elections. He was previously a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2019, and served as the federa ...

(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 Hipólito Boaventura Caron (1862–1892) was a Brazilian painter and designer associated with the "Grupo Grimm". Biography He began his education at the Colégio Progresso in Juiz de Fora. In 1880, he enrolled at the Academia Imperial de Belas A ...

(1862–1892), Brazilian painter * Jacques Joseph Caron (born 1940), Canadian ice hockey coach * Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron (1869–1944), Canadian lawyer *

Jean-Bernard Caron Jean-Bernard Caron is a French and Canadian palaeontologist currently working as a curator of invertebrate palaeontology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Caron is also cross-appointed at the University of Toronto as an associate professor ...

, French Canadian paleontologist * Jean-Claude Caron (1944–2021), French actor *

Jean-François Caron Jean-François Caron (born 21 May 1957 in Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician and a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. He is Mayor of Loos-en-Gohelle since 2001, re-elected in 2008 with 82.09% of the vote by the first r ...

(born 1957), French politician * Jean-Francois Caron (born 1982), Canadian strongman and powerlifter * Jean-Luc Caron (born 1948), French physician and musicologist * Jocelyn "Jo" Caron, Canadian production sound mixer *

Jocelyne Caron Jocelyne Caron (born April 23, 1951) is a Canadian politician from Quebec.Gordon, Sean (September 10, 2007)Party powerbrokers descend on Quebec; Nothing left to chance as races in three ridings heat up for Sept. 17 vote.''Toronto Star'' She was ...

(born 1951), Canadian politician * Jordan Julien Caron (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey forward *

Joseph Caron Joseph Caron (born 1947) is a Canadian diplomat. He served as the former Canadian high commissioner to India and former Canadian ambassador to China and Japan. Born and raised in the small francophone agricultural village of Pain Court in South ...

(born 1947), former Canadian high commissioner to India, former ambassador to China and Japan *

(1868–1954), Canadian politician *

Joseph-Édouard Caron Joseph-Édouard Caron (10 January 1866 – 16 July 1930) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec The 17th Quebec Legislature was the provincial l ...

(1866–1930), Canadian politician *

Joseph-Georges Caron Joseph-Georges Caron (December 4, 1896 – January 15, 1956) was a Canadian provincial politician. Born in Maisonneuve (Montreal), Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the ...

(1896–1956), Canadian politician * Joseph-Napoléon Caron (1896–1970), Canadian politician and hardware store owner *

Joseph Le Caron Joseph Le Caron, O.M.R., (c. 1586 near Paris – March 29, 1632 in Gisors, France) was one of the four pioneer missionaries of Canada, (together with Father Denis Jamet, Father Jean Dolbeau, and Brother Pacifique du Plessis, all Recollect friar ...

(1586–1632), Franciscan missionary to Canada * Kevin Caron (born 1960), American sculptor *

Leslie Caron Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one ...

(born 1931), French actress and dancer *

Louis Caron Louis Caron (born July 21, 1942) is a Canadian journalist and writer from Quebec."Louis Caron"< ...

(born 1942), Canadian journalist *

Louis-Bonaventure Caron Louis-Bonaventure Caron (November 16, 1828 – May 28, 1915) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1863 to 1866. He was born in L'Islet, Quebec, ...

(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 Marcel Caron (1890–1961) was a Belgian painter born in Enghien. Biography His father, Alphonse Caron, also a painter, worked at the Gobelins Manufactory, in 1901, as his family returns to Liège and through the connections of his father, me ...

(1890–1961), Belgian painter *

Marie-Josèphe Caron Marie-Josèphe Caron, called in Spanish Doña María Josefa Carrón (baptized 13 January 1725; died 21 December 1784) was a French artist active in Spain. Biography Born in Paris, Caron was one of the five sisters of Pierre Beaumarchais, born to w ...

(1725-1784), French artist * Max Caron (born 1989), Canadian football linebacker *

Maxence Caron Maxence Caron (born 1976) is a French writer, poet, philosopher and musicologist. Biography He is ''agrégé'' in Philosophy (in 1999), Docteur ès lettres (at Sorbonne in 2003 with Rémi Brague as a thesis director. Director at the Publishi ...

(born 1976), French philosopher * Michel Caron (1763–1831), Canadian politician * Michel Caron (born 1942), Canadian pop singer * Michel Caron (1929–2001), French opera singer * Nadine Rena Caron (born 1970), Canadian surgeon *

Nia Caron Nia Caron is a Welsh television actress. She is known for playing Anita Pierce in the long running soap ''Pobol y Cwm'' since 1999. Early and personal life Caron grew up in Llwyn y Groes near Tregaron, Ceredigion. She is the daughter of the art ...

, Welsh television actress * Pascal Caron (born 1972), Canadian Olympic bobsledder * 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 Pierre-Luc Caron (born August 26, 1993) is a former professional Canadian football long snapper who played for six seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes. Early life and education Caron at ...

(born 1993), Canadian football player * Raymond Caron (1605–1666), Irish Franciscan *

René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a well-to-do farm ...

(1800–1876), Canadian politician * Robert Caron, Canadian sociologist *

Roger Caron Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (April 12, 1938 – April 11, 2012) was a Canadian robber and the author of the influential prison memoir '' Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars'' (1978). At the time of publishing, Caron was 39 years old and had spent ...

(born 1962), American football coach and player *

(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 Rose Caron (17 November 1857 – 9 April 1930) was a French operatic soprano.Steane JB. Rose Caron, in ''New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Early life Caron was born on 17 November 1857 at Monnerville and ...

(1857–1930), French operatic soprano *

Sébastien Caron Sébastien Caron (born June 25, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He last played for the defunct Hamburg Freezers of the then Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing car ...

(born 1980), French-Canadian NHL goaltender *

Stéphan Caron Stéphan Caron (sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, born 1 July 1966 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime) is a former Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from France. Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twi ...

(born 1966), French swimmer * Suzanne Caron, Canadian mayor of Mount Royal *

Tom Caron Tom Caron (born November 18, 1963) is a sportscaster and anchor on New England's NESN network. Background Caron is a graduate of Lewiston High School in Maine and Saint Michael's College in Vermont, where he majored in journalism. After graduat ...

(born 1963), American sportscaster *

Vincent Caron Vincent Caron is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.

, Canadian politician *

Wayne Maurice Caron Wayne Maurice Caron (November 2, 1946 – July 28, 1968) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action while serving with a United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps rifle company in the Vietnam War. For heroic actions above a ...

(1946–1968), American hospital corpsman killed in Vietnam * Yves Caron (born 1937), Canadian salesperson and politician Given name: *

Caron Bernstein Caron Bernstein (born 16 August 1970) is a South African model, actress and singer. Biography Caron Bernstein was born in Johannesburg. She majored in painting while studying at the School of the Arts in Johannesburg. At the age of fourteen ...

(born 1970), South African model * Caron Bowman, Afro-Honduran American artist *

Caron Butler James Caron Butler (born March 13, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During a 14-year career he played for the Miami Hea ...

(born 1980), American basketball player *

Caron Keating Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a Northern Irish television presenter. Early life and education Keating was born on 5 October 1962 in Fulham, west London, to an English father with southern Irish roots and a Northern ...

(1962–2004), Northern Irish TV presenter *

Caron Wheeler Caron Melina Wheeler (born 19 January 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. Born and raised in London, she performed in various singing competitions as a teenager and began her recording career as one of the found ...

(born 1963), British R'n'B/soul singer

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