Lyon (surname)

Lyon is the surname of:

A. Laurence Lyon (1934–2006), American music composer
Alexander Lyon (disambiguation)
Alastair Lyon (born 1979), South African rugby player
Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860-1936), American writer
Arthur Lyon (disambiguation)
Asa Lyon (1763–1841), American politician
Babe Lyon (1907–1970), American football player
Barbara Lyon (1931–1995), American-born singer who lived and worked mostly in England
Barrett Lyon (born 1978), American computer entrepreneur
Ben Lyon (1901–1979), American film actor
Beverley Lyon (1902–1970), British cricketer
Bill Lyon (1886–1962), Australian football player
Billy Lyon (born 1973), American football player
Bob Lyon (born 1955), American politician
Brandon Lyon (born 1979), American baseball pitcher
Bruce Lyon, American film producer
Caleb Lyon (1822–1875), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory
Charles Lyon (1878–1959), British cricketer
Charles W. Lyon (1887–1960), American politician
Chittenden Lyon (1787–1842), American politician
Christopher Lyon, American political consultant
Daniel Lyon (born 1980), American professional wrestler
Danny Lyon (born 1942), American photographer and filmmaker
David Lyon (disambiguation)
Dar Lyon (1898–1964), English cricketer
Duffy Lyon (1929–2011), American farmer and butter sculptor
Edward E. Lyon (1871–1931), US soldier and war hero
Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), English author
Francis D. Lyon (1905–1996), American film editor
Francis Strother Lyon (1800–1882), American and Confederate States politician
Frank Lyon (1867–1955), American lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer
Fred Lyon (1924–2022), American photographer
Frederick A. Lyon (1843–1911), American Union Army soldier during the US Civil War, awarded the Medal of Honor
Gail Lyon, American filmmaker
Garry Lyon (born 1967), Australian rules footballer
George Lyon (disambiguation)
Gordon Lyon (born 1977), computer expert
Gustave Lyon (1857–1936), French piano maker, acoustician and inventor
Guy J. Lyon (1933–2001), US horse trainer
Harris Merton Lyon (1882–1916), US author
Harry Lyon (disambiguation)
Hart Lyon (1721–1800), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom
Homer L. Lyon (1879–1956), American politician
Howard Lyon, American artist
Hylan B. Lyon (1836–1907), Confederate general in the American Civil War
Ivan Lyon (1915–1944), British Second World War lieutenant colonel
James Lyon (disambiguation)
Jamie Lyon (born 1982), Australian rugby league player
Jason Lyon (born 1986), Canadian archer
Jean Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1713–1778), British noblewoman
Jennifer Lyon (1972–2010), American television actress
Jimmy Lyon (born 1955), American rock musician
Jo Anne Lyon (born 1940), American Methodist
John Lyon (disambiguation)
Joshua Lyon (born 1974), American author
Juliet Lyon, director of Prison Reform Trust
Leo De Lyon (1925–2021), American voice actor
Lisa Lyon (1953–2023), American bodybuilder
Lucius Lyon (1800–1851), American politician
Lyon sisters, two teenagers who vanished in 1975
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875–1942), American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist
Marion Jean Lyon (1885–1940), British advertising manager
Mary Lyon (1797–1849), American pioneer in women's education
Mary Lyon (writer), American author
Mary F. Lyon (1925–2014), English geneticist
Matthew Lyon (1749–1822), American politician
Myer Lyon (1750–1797), German-born English singer
Nathan Lyon (chef), American television personality and chef
Nathan Lyon (cricketer) (born 1987), Australian cricketer
Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), American Civil War general
Nick Lyon (born 1970), American filmmaker
Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist
P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986), British poet and educator
Peter Lyon (born 1941), Australian football player
Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist and gay-rights activist
Richard Lyon (disambiguation)
Rick Lyon (born 1958), American puppeteer
Robert Lyon (disambiguation)
Rod Lyon, British radio personality
Ross Lyon (born 1966), Australian football player and coach
Russ Lyon (1913–1975), American baseball player
Sam Lyon (1890–1916), English footballer
Sterling Lyon (1927–2010), premier of Manitoba
Steve Lyon (born 1952), Canadian hockey player
Sue Lyon, (1946–2019), American actress
T. Edgar Lyon (1903–1978), American scholar
Thomas Lyon (disambiguation)
Tom Lyon, British escape artist
Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), US Navy research scientist
Walter Lyon (poet) (1887–1915), British war poet
Walter Lyon (cricketer) (1841–1918), English cricketer
Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania politician) (1853–1933), American politician
William Lyon (film editor) (1903–1974), American film editor
William Lyon (bishop) (died 1617), British cleric
William Lyon (general) (1923-2020), US Air Force major general
William C. Lyon (1841–1908), American politician, governor of Ohio
William Durie Lyon (1825–1893), Canadian politician
William P. Lyon (1822–1913), American politician

Fictional Characters

Adam Lyon, the main character of My Gym Partner's a Monkey who attends a school for animals instead of humans, due to a clerical error misspelling his surname as “Lion” instead of “Lyon”.

Fictional Characters

See also