François Caron (1600–1673) was a French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands who served the Dutch East India Company and explored Japan.
François Caron may also refer to: François Caron (politician) (1766–1848), representative of Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada François Caron (historian) (1931–2014), French economic historian François Caron (actor), French cinema and television actor François Caron (French Navy officer) (born 1937), French Navy officer and historian