Adon (אדון) is the Northwest Semitic for lord, mostly used of deities. Adon may also refer to: Places Adon, Loiret, France People Adon P. Brown (1873–1942), American lawyer and politician Adon Gomis (born 1992), French footballer Ado of Vienne, (; died 874) archbishop, saint and author of a martyrology Adon, a Philistine king during the 7th century BCE Joan Adon (born 1998), Dominican baseball player Other uses ADON, assistant director of nursing Adon (Street Fighter), a character in the Street Fighter franchise El Adon, a Jewish liturgical poem In the Tanakh Adon may be used for men and angels as well as to El Greek Adonis, an adoption of Tammuz See also Adonai (my lord), in Jewish tradition is used as a euphemism to refer to God