Lyon (surname)
Lyon is the surname of:
- A. Laurence Lyon (1934–2006), US music composer
- Alex Lyon (1931–1993), British politician
- Alastair Lyon (born 1979), South African rugby player
- Arthur Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Asa Lyon (1763–1841), US politician
- Babe Lyon (1907–1970), US football player
- Barbara Lyon (1931–1995), US-born singer who lived and worked mostly in England
- Barrett Lyon (born 1978), US computer entrepreneur
- Ben Lyon (1901–1979), US film actor
- Beverley Lyon (1902–1970), British cricketer
- Bill Lyon (1886–1962), Australian football player
- Billy Lyon (born 1973), US football player
- Bob Lyon, US politician
- Brandon Lyon (born 1979), American baseball pitcher
- Bruce Lyon, US film producer
- Caleb Lyon (1822–1875), US politician (Governor of Idaho Territory)
- Charles Lyon (1878–1959), British cricketer
- Charles W. Lyon (1887–1960), US politician
- Chittenden Lyon (1787–1842), US politician
- Christopher Lyon, US political worker
- Daniel Lyon (born 1980), US wrestler (professional name Super Dragon)
- Danny Lyon (born 1942), US photographer and filmmaker
- David Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- David Murray-Lyon (1890–1975), officer in the Indian Army
- 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
- Frederick A. Lyon (1843–1911), US soldier in the Union Army during the US Civil War, war hero
- Gail Lyon, US filmmaker
- Garry Lyon (born 1967), Australian rules footballer
- George Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Gordon Lyon (born 1977), computer expert
- Guy J. Lyon (1933–2001), US horse trainer
- Harris Merton Lyon (1882–1916), US author
- Harry Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Hart Lyon (1721–1800), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom
- Homer L. Lyon (1879–1956), US politician
- Howard Lyon, American artist
- Hylan B. Lyon (1836–1907), Confederate General in the US Civil War
- Ivan Lyon (1915–1944), British soldier and war hero
- James Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- 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), US television actress
- Jimmy Lyon (born 1955), US rock musician
- Jo Anne Lyon (born 1940), US religious figure
- John Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Joshua Lyon (born 1974), US author
- Juliet Lyon, director of Prison Reform Trust
- Leo De Lyon (born 1926), US voice actor
- Lisa Lyon (born 1953), US bodybuilder
- Lucius Lyon (1800–1851), US politician
- Lyon sisters (Katherine Mary Lyon, age 10, and Sheila Mary Lyon, age 12), who vanished without a trace from a suburban Maryland shopping mall in 1975
- Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875–1942), American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist
- Mary Lyon (1797–1849), US pioneer in women's education
- Mary Lyon (writer), US author
- Mary F. Lyon (1925–2014), English geneticist
- Matthew Lyon (1749–1822), US politician
- Myer Lyon (1750–1797), German-born English singer
- Nathan Lyon (chef), US television personality and chef
- Nathan Lyon (cricketer) (born 1987), Australian cricketer
- Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), US Civil War general
- Nick Lyon (born 1970), US filmmaker
- Noah Lyon (born 1979), US artist
- Patrick Lyon d'Andrimont
- Peter Lyon (born 1941), Australian football player
- Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin (1924–2020 and 1921–2008), American feminists and gay-rights activists
- Richard Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Rick Lyon (born 1958), US puppeteer
- Robert Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Rod Lyon, British radio personality
- Ross Lyon (born 1966), Australian football player and coach
- Russ Lyon (1913–1975), US baseball player
- Sam Lyon (1890–1916), English footballer
- Sterling Lyon (1927–2010), Premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981
- Steve Lyon (born 1952), Canadian hockey player
- Sue Lyon, (1946–2019), US actress
- T. Edgar Lyon (1903–1978), US scholar
- Thomas Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Tom Lyon, British escape artist
- Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), US naval scientist
- Walter Lyon (poet) (1887–1915), British war poet
- Walter Lyon (cricketer) (1841–1918), English cricketer
- Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania politician) (1853–1933), US politician
- William Lyon (film editor) (1903–1974), US film editor
- William Lyon (bishop) (died 1617), British cleric
- William Lyon (general) (1923-2020), US Air Force Major General
- William C. Lyon (1841–1908), US politician (Governor of Ohio 1888-1890)
- William Durie Lyon (1825–1893), Canadian politician
- William P. Lyon (1822–1913), US politician
See also[]
Categories:
- Surnames
- English-language surnames
- Surnames from nicknames