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Lyon is a city in France.
Lyon may also refer to:
Places
- Lyon, Mississippi, USA
- Lyon, Missouri, USA
- Lyon Mountain (disambiguation), any of several places and mountains with the name
- Lyon, Perth and Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Lyon County (disambiguation) for 5 US counties named Lyon
- Lyon Township (disambiguation) for several US townships named Lyon
- Lyon Village, Arlington, Virginia
- Loch Lyon, a lake in Scotland
- Fort Lyon, a former US Army base in Colorado
- Fort Lyon (Virginia), a temporary fortification erected to defend Washington DC during the American Civil War
- Lyon College, an undergraduate liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church
People
- 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, 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, 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
- Ernest Russell Lyon 1922-1944 RAF 234 Squadron Spitfire Pilot
- Francis D. Lyon (1905–1996), American film editor
- Francis Strother Lyon (1800–1882), American and Confederate States politician
- 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, 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
- 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, 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 (born 1925), 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), Australian cricketer
- Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), US Civil War general
- Nick Lyon, US filmmaker
- Noah Lyon (born 1979), US artist
- Patrick Lyon d'Andrimont
- Peter Lyon (born 1941), Australian football player
- Richard Lyon (disambiguation), any of several men with the name
- Rick Lyon, 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, English footballer
- Sterling Lyon (born 1927), Premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981
- Steve Lyon (born 1952), Canadian hockey player
- Sue Lyon, (born 1946), 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) (1853-1933), US politician
- William Lyon (film editor) (1903-1974), US film editor
- William Lyon (bishop) (died 1670), British cleric
- William C. Lyon, US politician (Governor of Ohio 1888-1890)
- William Durie Lyon (died 1893), Canadian politician
- William P. Lyon (1822-1913), US politician
Ancestry and heraldry
- Lyon Court, the institution that regulates heraldry in Scotland
- Lord Lyon King of Arms, head of Lyon Court, a Scottish heraldic official
- Clan Lyon, Scottish clan associated with the lands of Glen Lyon in Perthshire, Scotland
Arts and entertainment
- Painting
- Lyon School, a style of painting that flourished around 1800
- Fictional characters
- Lyon (Fire Emblem), the main antagonist in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Lyon (Suikoden), a major character in the video game Suikoden V
- Merriman Lyon, a main character in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising book series
Business
- Lyon's, a chain of restaurants headquartered in the US state of California
- J. Lyons and Co., a chain of restaurants in England
- Lyon & Healy, US company which manufactured harps
- Lyon & Lyon LLP, a US legal company
Religion
- Council of Lyon, two ecclesiastical councils of the Middle Ages held in Lyon, France:
- First Council of Lyon (1245; Pope Innocent IV; regarding the Crusades)
- Second Council of Lyon (1274; Pope Gregory X; regarding papal election procedures)
Science
- The Lyon hypothesis, see X-inactivation
- 9381 Lyon, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1993
Sports
- The Lyon-based football club, Olympique Lyonnais
Naval vessels
- Lyon-class battleship, a proposed fleet of 4 battleships for the French Navy (1914)
- General Lyon, a US steamship (1863)
- USS General Lyon (1860), US warship in US Civil War
- USS Lyon (AP-71), a US warship of World War II
See also
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