Macon (surname)

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Macon is a surname. It may be derived from French Maçon or Mâcon, meaning "marsh dweller"[citation needed], or a variant of the occupational surname Mason.[citation needed]

People surnamed Macon or Maçon include:

  • David Harrison Macon (1870–1952), also known as Uncle Dave Macon, American country musician
  • Eddie Macon (1927–2017), American National Football League and Canadian Football League player
  • Gideon Macon (c. 1648–1702), early American settler and member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia
  • Jeremy Maçon, 21st century Jersey politician
  • Jean-Baptiste Maçon (fl. 1830–1834), merchant and political figure in Upper Canada
  • Mark Macon (born 1969), American former basketball player
  • Max Macon (1915–1989), American Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
  • Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), American politician
  • Robert B. Macon (1859–1925), American politician
  • Robert C. Macon (1890–1980), US Army general during World War II
  • Valerie Macon (born 1950), American civil servant and eighth North Carolina Poet Laureate
  • Yvann Maçon (born 1998), footballer from Guadeloupe

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