Cannon is a surname of Gaelic origin: in Ireland specifically Tir Chonaill (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
