Cannon (surname)
Cannon is a surname of Gaelic origin: in Ireland specifically Tir Chonaill (Donegal) (North West Ireland); also a Manx surname[1] 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
References
- ↑ J.J. Kneen, The Personal Names of the Isle of Man, OUP, 1937
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