Lyon (surname)
Lyon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- A. Laurence Lyon, American music composer
- Alexander Lyon (disambiguation)
- Alastair Lyon, South African rugby player
- Anne Bozeman Lyon, American writer
- Arthur Lyon (disambiguation)
- Asa Lyon, American politician
- Babe Lyon, American football player
- Barbara Lyon, American-born singer who lived and worked mostly in England
- Barrett Lyon, American computer entrepreneur
- Ben Lyon, American film actor
- Beverley Lyon, British cricketer
- Bill Lyon, Australian football player
- Billy Lyon, American football player
- Bob Lyon, American politician
- Brandon Lyon, American baseball pitcher
- Bruce Lyon, American film producer
- Caleb Lyon, American politician from Idaho
- Charles Lyon (disambiguation)
- Chittenden Lyon, American politician
- Christopher Lyon, American political consultant
- Daniel Lyon, American wrestler
- Danny Lyon, American photographer and filmmaker
- David Lyon (disambiguation)
- Dar Lyon, English cricketer
- Duffy Lyon, American farmer and butter sculptor
- Edward E. Lyon, American soldier and war hero
- Elinor Lyon, English author
- Francis D. Lyon, American film editor
- Francis Strother Lyon, American and Confederate States politician
- Frank Lyon, American lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer
- Fred Lyon, American photographer
- Frederick A. Lyon, American soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor
- Gail Lyon, American filmmaker
- Garry Lyon, Australian rules footballer
- George Lyon (disambiguation)
- Gordon Lyon, computer expert
- Gustave Lyon, French piano maker, acoustician and inventor
- Guy J. Lyon, American horse trainer
- Harris Merton Lyon, American author
- Harry Lyon (disambiguation)
- Hart Lyon, British rabbi
- Homer L. Lyon, American politician
- Howard Lyon, American artist
- Hylan B. Lyon, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Ivan Lyon, British Second World War lieutenant colonel
- James Lyon (disambiguation)
- Jamie Lyon, Australian rugby player
- Jason Lyon, Canadian archer
- Jean Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, British noblewoman
- Jennifer Lyon, American actress
- Jimmy Lyon (disambiguation)
- Jo Anne Lyon, American Methodist
- John Lyon (disambiguation)
- Joshua Lyon, American author
- Juliet Lyon, director of Prison Reform Trust
- Leo De Lyon, American voice actor
- Leviticus Lyon American tenor vocalist, stage director
- Lisa Lyon, American bodybuilder
- Lucius Lyon, American politician
- Lyon sisters, two teenagers who vanished in 1975
- Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr., American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist
- Marion Jean Lyon, British advertising manager
- Mary Lyon, American pioneer in women's education
- Mary Lyon (writer), American author
- Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist
- Matthew Lyon, American politician
- Myer Lyon, German-born English singer
- Nathan Lyon (chef), American television personality and chef
- Nathan Lyon (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Nathaniel Lyon, American Civil War general
- Nick Lyon, American filmmaker
- Noah Lyon, American artist
- P. H. B. Lyon, British poet and educator
- Peter Lyon, Australian football player
- Phyllis Lyon, American feminist and gay-rights activist
- Richard Lyon (disambiguation)
- Rick Lyon, American puppeteer
- Robert Lyon (disambiguation)
- Rod Lyon, British radio personality
- Ross Lyon, Australian football player and coach
- Russ Lyon, American baseball player
- Sam Lyon, English footballer
- Sterling Lyon, Canadian politician from Manitoba
- Steve Lyon, Canadian hockey player
- Sue Lyon,, American actress
- T. Edgar Lyon, American scholar
- Thomas Lyon (disambiguation)
- Tom Lyon, British escape artist
- Waldo K. Lyon, American Navy research scientist
- Walter Lyon (poet), British war poet
- Walter Lyon (cricketer), English cricketer
- Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania politician), American politician
- William Lyon (film editor), American film editor
- William Lyon (bishop), British cleric
- William Lyon (general), American Air Force major general
- William C. Lyon, American politician from Ohio
- William Durie Lyon, Canadian politician
- William P. Lyon, 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”.