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Alfred Edward Chalon Alfred Edward Chalon (15 February 1780 – 3 October 1860) was a Swiss-born British portraitist. He lived in London where he was noticed by Queen Victoria. Biography Alfred Chalon was born in Geneva from a father who soon was hired as profes ...
(1780–1860), Swiss portrait painter *
Anna Chalon Anna Chalon (born 30 October 1989), also known under the stage name Kiddo, is a French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and performer. She wrote and performed the song ''Run and Hide'' for the film ''Je l'aimais'' (Somebody I Loved), based on the bo ...
, French singer-songwriter * Christina Chalon (1748-1808), Dutch artist * Frédéric Chalon (
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 ...
1801–1821), French musician * Henry Bernard Chalon (1770–1849), English painter and lithographer * John James Chalon (1778–1854), Swiss painter *
Jean Chalon Jean Chalon (born 8 March 1935) is a French journalist and writer. He first hesitated before a career as a Spanish teacher before deciding for journalism. He has spent most of his career at ''Le Figaro''. In love with nature, especially trees, a ...
(born 1935), French writer, winner of the 1994 Prix Marcel Proust Chalon's meaning is derived from Old English "chaloun", meaning blanket. The word comes from Châlons-sur-Marne, which was an industrial producer of blankets and is currently called Châlons-en-Champagne{{surname