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 (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 (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 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 (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 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 (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 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 (1919–2010), American historian * Mahlon Hoagland (1921–2009), American biochemist * Mahlon Kline (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, 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