Mahlon is a masculine

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. Mahlon was a biblical figure mentioned along with his brother, as

Mahlon and Chilion Death of Elimelech and his two sons Mahlon ( ''Maḥlōn'') and Chilion or Kilion (כִּלְיוֹן ''Ḵilyōn'') were two brothers mentioned in the Book of Ruth The Book of Ruth (, ''Megillath Ruth'', "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five ...

, in the Book of Ruth. Notable people with this name include:

Given name

Business

Mahlon Apgar IV Mahlon "Sandy" Apgar IV (January 14, 1941 – December 11, 2023) was an American government and business consultant. He served as a housing, infrastructure, and real estate consultant to global corporations and government agencies, and a non-res ...

(1941–2023), American government and business consultant * Mahlon Betts (1795–1867), American entrepreneur and manufacturing figure *

Mahlon Haines Mahlon Nathaniel Haines (March 5, 1875 – October 31, 1962) was an American businessman and philanthropist in York, Pennsylvania. Haines arrived in York in 1905 where he became very successful at selling shoes. Referred to as the "Shoe Wizard", ...

(1875–1962), American businessman and philanthropist * Mahlon Day Sands (1842–1888), American merchant

Military

Mahlon Dickerson Manson Mahlon Dickerson Manson (February 20, 1820 – February 4, 1895) was a druggist, Indiana politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. Biography Manson was born in Piqua, Ohio, to David Manson Jr., and Sarah Cornwall. He was a ...

(1820–1895), American military officer and politician in Indiana *

Mahlon Tisdale Mahlon Street Tisdale (December 6, 1890 – July 12, 1972) was an officer of the United States Navy. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, one for staff service in World War I, and another during the Battle of Tassafaronga in World War II. Early ...

(1890–1972), American naval officer

Politics

* Mahlon Black (1820–1901), American politician in Minnesota *

Mahlon Burwell Mahlon Burwell (February 18, 1783 – January 25, 1846) was a surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Jersey in 1783 and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He was largely self-schooled and was employed b ...

(1783–1846), surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada * Mahlon K. Cowan (1863–1917), Canadian lawyer and political figure in Ontario *

Mahlon Dickerson Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 – October 5, 1853) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the seventh governor of New Jersey, United States Senator from New Jersey, the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States ...

(1770–1853), American politician and judge in New Jersey * Mahlon M. Garland (1856–1920), American politician in Pennsylvania *

Mahlon Gore Mahlon Gore (February 4, 1837 – June 27, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 13th mayor of Orlando, Florida, from 1893 to 1896. Gore was born in Michigan and left home at the age of 15 to start work as a printer. He enlisted in ...

(1837–1916), American politician in Florida *

Mahlon Pitney Mahlon R. Pitney IV (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms from 1895 to 1899. He later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supr ...

(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 Mahlon Jesse Higbee (August 16, 1901 – April 7, 1968) was an American professional baseball player. He played three games in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the 1922 New York Giants during the final week of the season. Biogra ...

(1901–1968), American baseball player * Mahlon Houkarawa (born 1976), Melanesian footballer from the Solomon Islands * Mahlon Romeo (born 1995), Antiguan footballer

Other

Mahlon Clark Mahlon Clark (March 7, 1923 – September 20, 2007) was an American musician who was a member of the Lawrence Welk orchestra from 1962 to 1968. His primary instrument was the clarinet. Biography Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, Clark sta ...

(1923–2007), American musician *

Mahlon Day Mahlon Day (August 27, 1790 – September 27, 1854) was an American children's book publisher, printer, and bookseller, based in New York City. Biography Mahlon Day was born on August 27, 1790, in Morristown, New Jersey. Day, his wife and two d ...

(1790–1854), American children's book publisher *

Mahlon Marsh Day Mahlon Marsh Day (1913–1992) was an American mathematician, who specialized in functional analysis, geometry of linear spaces and amenable semigroups. Career In 1939 he graduated from Brown University. He became a member of the Institute for ...

(1913–1992), American mathematician *

Mahlon DeLong Mahlon R. DeLong (1938 in Des Moines – May 17, 2024 in Atlanta) was an American neurologist and professor at the Medical School of Emory University. His research has advanced the understanding and treatment of Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tre ...

, American neurologist and professor * Mahlon E. Doyle (1924–2017), American cryptologist, inventor, and author *

Mahlon Dickerson Eyre Mahlon Dickerson Eyre (April 13, 1821 – August 28, 1882) was an American banker from Philadelphia who later lived in Florence, Italy. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a successful merchant, he attended Princeton University. He tr ...

(1821–1882), American banker *

Mahlon Norris Gilbert Mahlon Norris Gilbert (March 23, 1848 – March 2, 1900) was coadjutor bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota from 1886 to 1900 during the diocesan tenure of Henry Benjamin Whipple. Early life and education Gilbert was born on March 23, 1 ...

(1848–1900), American Episcopal bishop in Minnesota *

Mahlon Hamilton Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census ...

(1880–1960), American stage and screen actor *

Mahlon Hellerich Mahlon H. Hellerich (January 20, 1919 – January 17, 2010) was an American Lutheran local historian and president of the Pennsylvania German Society from 1973 to 1979. He was also executive director of the Lehigh County Historical Society from ...

(1919–2010), American historian *

Mahlon Hoagland Mahlon Bush Hoagland (October 5, 1921 – September 18, 2009) was an American biochemist who discovered transfer RNA (tRNA), the translator of the genetic code.Vicki GlaserMahlon Hoagland, RNA Expert, Dies at 87(obituary), ''New York Times'', ...

(1921–2009), American biochemist *

Mahlon Kline Mahlon N. Kline (6 February 1846 – 27 November 1909) was an American pharmacist who was president and general manager of Smith Kline & Co. Career Born in Windsor Township in Pennsylvania, Mahlon Kline was educated at a local school in Upper Be ...

(1846–1909), American pharmacist *

Mahlon Loomis Mahlon Loomis (21 July 1826 – 13 October 1886) was an American dentist and inventor known for proposing a wireless communication and electric power generating system based on his idea that there were electrically charged layers in the Earth's ...

(1826–1886), American dentist and inventor *

Mahlon Mitchell Mahlon Mitchell (born February 24, 1977) is an American firefighter and current President of the Professional Fire fighters, Fire Fighters of Wisconsin. Assuming the office on January 12, 2011, he became the youngest and first African American pr ...

(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 John Mahlon Marlin (May 6, 1836 – July 1, 1901) was an American firearms manufacturer and inventor. Marlin was born in Boston Neck, near Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, as the son of Mahlon Marlin and Jennette Bradford. He worked ...

(1836–1901), American firearms manufacturer and inventor *

Roy Mahlon Shelbourne Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (November 12, 1890 – December 29, 1974) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Education and career Born in Bardwell, Ken ...

(1890–1974), American judge in Kentucky

Other uses

Mahlon Sweet Field Eugene Airport , also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. Owned and operated by the City of Eugene, it is the fifth-largest airport in the Pacific Nort ...

, 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