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
 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
 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

See also
 General Lyon (disambiguation)
 Senator Lyon (disambiguation)
 Lyons (surname) 

English-language surnames
Surnames from nicknames