# 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”.