Mahlon is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. 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 (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

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