Macon (surname)

Macon is a surname. It may be derived from French Maçon or Mâcon, meaning "marsh dweller", or a variant of the occupational surname Mason.
People surnamed Macon include:

Daryl Macon, American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
David Harrison Macon, also known as Uncle Dave Macon, American country musician
Eddie Macon, American National Football League and Canadian Football League player
Gideon Macon, early American settler and member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia
Mark Macon, American former basketball player
Max Macon, American Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
Nathaniel Macon, American politician
Robert B. Macon, American politician
Robert C. Macon, US Army general during World War II
Valerie Macon, American civil servant and eighth North Carolina Poet Laureate