Lennon (name)

Lennon Ó Lionáin
Language(s)	Irish Gaelic
Origin
Region of origin	Ireland
Meaning	"Cloak"; "blackbird"; "lover"
Other names
Variant(s)	MacLennon, O'Lennon, O'Lennan, Linnane, Lineen, O'Lonain
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The name Lennon can refer to one of several individuals or groups:

Anglicized from Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (leannán)”) and from Ó Lionáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).

• John Lennon (1940–1980), singer, musician, poet and songwriter famous as a member of The Beatles
  • Cynthia Lennon (1939–2015), John Lennon's first wife (born Cynthia Powell)
  • Julian Lennon (born 1963), John Lennon's first son, with Cynthia Powell
  • Sean Lennon (born 1975), John Lennon's second son, with Yoko Ono
  • Freddie Lennon and Julia Lennon, parents of John Lennon
• The Lennon Sisters, four siblings who sang together as part of an act, most notably seen on The Lawrence Welk Show
  • Dianne Lennon, American singer
  • Janet Lennon, American singer
  • Kathy Lennon, American singer
  • Peggy Lennon, American singer
• The members of Venice (band):
  • Kipp Lennon (born 1960), American musician
  • Mark Lennon, American musician
  • Michael Lennon, American musician
  • Pat Lennon, American musician
• Aaron Lennon (born 1987), English football player
• Alton Lennon, Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina
• Ben Lennon, Australian rules footballer
• Bruce Lennon, Australian rules footballer
• Harry Lennon, English professional footballer
• Jimmy Lennon (1913–1992), American boxing ring announcer (Jimmy Lennon Sr or Jr)
• John Brown Lennon (1850-1923), American labor union leader and general-secretary of the Journeyman Tailors Union of America (JTU)
• J. Robert Lennon, American novelist, short story writer, musician and composer
• Joseph Lennon, Irish politician
• Mark Lennon (born 1980), Australian rugby player
• Neil Lennon (born 1971), Irish football player
• Paul Lennon (born 1955), Australian politician
• Peter Lennon (1930–2011), Irish journalist and filmmaker
• Steven Lennon (born 1988), Scottish football player
• Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (born 1982), political activist, known better as Tommy Robinson
• Thomas F. Lennon, American documentary filmmaker
• Thomas Lennon, American screenwriter
• Thomas Lennon (born 1970), American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer

Given name

• Lennon Murphy (born 1982), rock singer and Suicide Girl
• Lennon Parham (born 1976), American actress and comedian

References

See also

• Lennon (disambiguation)
• John Lennon (disambiguation), various people
• Patrick Lennon (disambiguation), various people
• Michael Lennon (disambiguation), various people
• Stephen Lennon (disambiguation), various people
• Keith Lennon, a character from Magical DoReMi
• Vladimir Lenin