Paddon is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Brian Paddon DSO (1908–1967), Royal Air Force pilot who escaped from Colditz Castle during WWII Graham Paddon (1950–2007), English footballer Harry Paddon (1881–1939), British doctor and medical missionary in Canada Hayden Paddon (born 1987), New Zealand rally driver James Paddon (1811–1861), English navigator-merchant, pioneer in New Hebrides and New Caledonia Jim Paddon (1884–1966), Australian who won the professional World Sculling Championship Kelli Paddon, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Paul Paddon, quarterback for the University of Ottawa Gee Gee's Susan Paddon, Canadian poet Tony Paddon, OC (1914–1995), Canadian surgeon, lieutenant governor of Newfoundland