Mahlon Explained

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:

Given name

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

See also

• • Mahon (disambiguation)