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 (1859-1896), a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 19th century
- Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), astronomer
- Anthony Cannon (born 1984), American football linebacker
- Arik Cannon (born 1981), professional wrestler
- Barney Cannon (1955-2009), country music DJ
- Ben Cannon (born 1976), American teacher and politician from Oregon
- Berry L. Cannon (1935-1969), American aquanaut
- Billy Cannon (born 1937), American football halfback
- Cavendish W. Cannon (1895-1962), U.S. ambassador to Morocco from 1956 to 1958
- Charles Cannon (Manitoba politician) (1866-1951), Canadian politician
- Charles Albert Cannon (1892-1971), president of the Cannon Mills Company from the 1920s to the 1960s
- Charles Weldon Cannon (1915-1997), Texas saddlemaker
- Chris Cannon (born 1950), former U.S. Representative (R-UT)
- Clarence Cannon (1879-1964), Democratic Congressmember from Missouri
- Danny Cannon (born 1968), screenwriter, director & producer
- David Cannon (disambiguation)
- Don Cannon (born 1979)
- Dottie Cannon
- Drew Cannon (born 1990), American basketball statistical analyst
- Dyan Cannon (born 1937)
- Edwin Bennion Cannon (1910-1963)
- Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon (1859-1942)
- Ellis Cannon (born 1959)
- Ernestine Cannon (1904-1969), ceramicist
- Esma Cannon (1905-1972)
- Frank J. Cannon (1859-1933)
- Freddy Cannon (born 1936)
- George H. Cannon (1915-1941)
- George Q. Cannon (1827-1901)
- Glenn Cannon (1932–2013), American actor
- Glyn Cannon (born 1976)
- Gus Cannon (1883/1884-1979)
- Howard Cannon (1912-2002)
- J. D. Cannon (1922-2005)
- 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
- Trenton Cannon (born 1994), American football player
- 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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