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, 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, 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
 * 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, 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