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 D. 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 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 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-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 (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.