Caron (name)

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

Surname:

  • Antoine Caron (1521–1599), Mannerist painter to the court of the House of Valois
  • Bernard Caron (born 1952), French football player and manager
  • Daniel J. Caron (born 1957), national librarian, Library and Archives Canada
  • George Caron (1823–1902), member of Canadian Parliament
  • Firminus Caron (fl. 1460–1475), renaissance composer
  • François Caron French Huguenot refugee to Netherlands, part of Dutch East India Company, director general at Batavia, later director general of French East India Company
  • Giuseppe Caron (1904–1998), Italian politician
  • Joseph Caron (born 1947), former Canadian high commissioner to India, former ambassador to China and Japan
  • Leslie Caron (born 1931), French film actress and dancer
  • Raymond Caron (1605–1666), Irish Franciscan
  • Sébastien Caron (born 1980) French-Canadian NHL goaltender
  • Rose Caron (1857–1930) French operatic soprano


Given name:

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