Cannon (surname)

Cannon is a surname of Gaelic origin: in Ireland specifically Tir Chonaill in Donegal (North West Ireland); also a Manx surname Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham H. Cannon, a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 19th century
• Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer
• Anthony Cannon, American football linebacker
• Arik Cannon, professional wrestler
• Barney Cannon, country music DJ
• Ben Cannon, American teacher and politician from Oregon
• Berry L. Cannon, American aquanaut
• Billy Cannon, American football halfback
• Cavendish W. Cannon, U.S. ambassador to Morocco from 1956 to 1958
• Charles Cannon (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician
• Charles Albert Cannon, president of the Cannon Mills Company from the 1920s to the 1960s
• Charles Weldon Cannon, Texas saddlemaker
• Chris Cannon, former U.S. Representative (R-UT)
• Clarence Cannon, Democratic Congressmember from Missouri
• Danny Cannon, screenwriter, director & producer
• David Cannon (disambiguation)
• Don Cannon
• Dottie Cannon
• Drew Cannon (born 1990), American basketball statistical analyst
• Dyan Cannon
• Edwin Bennion Cannon
• Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon
• Ellis Cannon
• Esma Cannon
• Frank J. Cannon
• Freddy Cannon
• George H. Cannon
• George Q. Cannon
• Glenn Cannon (1932–2013), American actor
• Glyn Cannon
• Gus Cannon
• Howard Cannon
• J. D. Cannon
• James P. Cannon, the first American Trotskyist leader
• James William Cannon, industrialist, founded the Cannon Mills Corporation
• James Cannon (1740–1782), Scottish-born mathematician who was one of the principal authors of Pennsylvania's 1776 Constitution
• James W. Cannon (born 1943), American mathematician working in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology
• Bishop James Cannon Jr. (1864–1944), American temperance movement leader
• Jean Cannon
• Jim Cannon (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973), American sports journalist
• Joe Cannon (soccer)
• John Cannon (disambiguation)
• Joseph Adrian Cannon, chairman of the Utah Republican Party and former chairman of Geneva Steel
• Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the US House (1903–1911)
• Kevin Cannon
• Larry Cannon (disambiguation)
• Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician from Québec
• Lawrence A. D. Cannon, former Supreme Court of Canada justice (and great-uncle of the above)
• Leslie Cannon
• Lou Cannon
• Lucien Cannon
• Marion Cannon
• Martha Hughes Cannon
• Max Cannon
• Michael R. Cannon
• Newton Cannon, eighth Governor of Tennessee
• Nick Cannon, actor
• Patrick Cannon, American politician
• Patty Cannon
• Peter Cannon
• Philip Cannon (composer) (born 1929), British composer
• Philip L. Cannon (1850–1929), first Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
• Poppy Cannon
• Sean Cannon
• Steve Cannon (disambiguation)
• Sylvester Q. Cannon
• T. C. Cannon
• Thomas Cannon, 18th-century author
• Thomas Cannon (philanthropist), American philanthropist
• Tommy Cannon (born 1938), British comedian
• Walter Bradford Cannon
• William Cannon (disambiguation)
• Zander Cannon

See also

• Cannon (disambiguation)
• Cannan