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Abraham Hoagland Cannon (March 12, 1859 — July 19, 1896) (also reported as Abram H. Cannon), born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Cannon was the son of prominent Mormon leader and apostle George Q. Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland, daughter of Abraham Hoagland. On October 9, 1882, Cannon was called to be a member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy of the church. After having begun practicing plural marriage, he was convicted under the Edmunds Act of unlawful cohabitation in 1886 and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which he served in full.

On 7 October 1889, Church President Wilford Woodruff called Cannon as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was ordained an apostle on that date by Joseph F. Smith. Cannon served in this capacity until his premature death at the age of 37 in Salt Lake City.

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