Mahlon

Mahlon is a masculine given name. Mahlon was a biblical figure mentioned along with his brother, as Mahlon and Chilion, in the Book of Ruth.

Notable people with this name include:

Business

 * Mahlon Apgar IV (1941–2023), American government and business consultant
 * Mahlon Betts (1795–1867), American entrepreneur and manufacturing figure
 * Mahlon Haines (1875–1962), American businessman and philanthropist
 * Mahlon Day Sands (1842–1888), American merchant

Military

 * Mahlon Dickerson Manson (1820–1895), American military officer and politician in Indiana
 * Mahlon Tisdale (1890–1972), American naval officer

Politics

 * Mahlon Black (1820–1901), American politician in Minnesota
 * Mahlon Burwell (1783–1846), surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada
 * Mahlon K. Cowan (1863–1917), Canadian lawyer and political figure in Ontario
 * Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853), American politician and judge in New Jersey
 * Mahlon M. Garland (1856–1920), American politician in Pennsylvania
 * Mahlon Gore (1837–1916), American politician in Florida
 * Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924), American lawyer, jurist, and politician
 * Mahlon Van Horne (1840–1910), American minister, state legislator in Rhode Island, and diplomat

Sports

 * Mahlon Duckett (1922–2015), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
 * Mahlon Higbee (1901–1968), American baseball player
 * Mahlon Houkarawa (born 1976), Melanesian footballer from the Solomon Islands
 * Mahlon Romeo (born 1995), Antiguan footballer

Other

 * Mahlon Clark (1923–2007), American musician
 * Mahlon Day (1790–1854), American children's book publisher
 * Mahlon Marsh Day (1913–1992), American mathematician
 * Mahlon DeLong, American neurologist and professor
 * Mahlon E. Doyle (1924–2017), American cryptologist, inventor, and author
 * Mahlon Dickerson Eyre (1821–1882), American neoclassical sculptor
 * Mahlon Norris Gilbert (1848–1900), American Episcopal bishop in Minnesota
 * Mahlon Hamilton (1880–1960), American stage and screen actor
 * Mahlon Hellerich (1919–2010), American historian
 * Mahlon Hoagland (1921–2009), American biochemist
 * Mahlon Kline (1846–1909), American pharmacist
 * Mahlon Loomis (1826–1886), American dentist and inventor
 * Mahlon Mitchell (born 1977), American firefighter
 * Mahlon Perkins (1882–1963), American diplomat

Middle name
Listed alphabetically by surname
 * J. Mahlon Barnes (1866–1934), American trade union functionary and socialist political activist
 * Leonidas Mahlon Godley (1836–1904), American military officer
 * Henry Mahlon Kimball (1878–1935), American politician in Michigan
 * John Mahlon Marlin (1836–1901), American firearms manufacturer and inventor
 * Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (1890–1974), American judge in Kentucky

Other uses

 * Mahlon Sweet Field, an American public airport in Oregon, also known as Eugene Airport
 * Mahlon Williamson (barque), an American bark launched in 1854
 * USS Mahlon S. Tisdale, an American guided-missile frigate launched in 1981