Chalon (surname) explained

Chalon is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860), Swiss portrait painter
• Anna Chalon, French singer-songwriter
• Christina Chalon (1748-1808), Dutch artist
• Frédéric Chalon (fl. 1801–1821), French musician
• Henry Bernard Chalon (1770–1849), English painter and lithographer
• John James Chalon (1778–1854), Swiss painter
• Jean Chalon (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