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:
Contents
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 banker
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
Mahlon Stacy (1638–1704), English settler to New Jersey
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