Machon (disambiguation)
Appearance
Machon was a Greek playwright of the 3rd century BC.
Machon may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Annie Machon (born 1968), British MI5 intelligence officer and whistle-blower
- Francisco Machón Vilanova (fl. 1948), Salvadorean novelist
- Franz Machon (1918–1968), German submariner
- James Machon (1848 – after 1864), English-born sailor who served in the U.S. Navy and was awarded the Medal of Honor
- James Machon (skier) ((born 1990), British freestyle skier
- Martín Machón (born 1973), Guatemalan footballer
- Pablo Machón (active from 2006), Spanish activist for free software
Organisations
[edit]- Bais Yaakov Machon Academy (AKA Bais Yaakov Machon), a former high school in New York City for Jewish girls
- Maarava Machon Rubin, an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the town of Matityahu, Israel
- Machon Chana, a private religious college for Jewish women affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement located in Brooklyn, New York
- Machon Gold, an Orthodox Jewish girl's seminary in Jerusalem, Israel 1958–2008
- Machon Le Madrichim (AKA Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz)
- Machon Meir, a religious Zionist outreach organization and yeshiva located in Jerusalem, Israel
- Machon Shlomo, an Orthodox yeshiva for men located in Jerusalem, Israel
- Machon Yaakov, a baal teshuva yeshiva for men located in Jerusalem, Israel
Other
[edit]- Machon, a level of Heaven
- Mâchon, a traditional meal in Lyon, France.
- Machon Ayalon, a former underground bullet factory located in Rehovot, Israel
- Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz, a young leadership program in Israel for high school graduates from all over the world, founded in 1946