Lanyon

Lanyon is a surname which originates from the hamlet of Lanyon (Madron), Cornwall, and may refer to:


 * Charles Lanyon (1813−1889), English architect
 * George Lanyon Hacker (born 1928), English Suffragan Bishop of Penrith
 * Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), American painter and printmaker
 * Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
 * John Lanyon Whiting (1851–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician
 * Karen Lanyon, Australian senior career officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * Mike Lanyon (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer
 * Owen Lanyon (1842−1887), British colonial administrator
 * Peter Lanyon (1918−1964), Cornish painter
 * Ted Lanyon (1939–2008), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
 * Walter C. Lanyon (1887−1967), English religious writer
 * Wesley E. Lanyon (1926–2017), American ornithologist and museum curator
 * William Carlton Lanyon Dawe, generally known as Carlton Dawe (1865–1935), Australian author
 * William James Lanyon Smith (1922–2018), New Zealand naval officer

Places
In Antarctica
 * Lanyon Peak, a sharp rock peak in Victoria Land
 * Mount Lanyon, a large mountain in the Prince Charles Mountains

In Australia
 * Lanyon High School, a school in Canberra
 * Lanyon Homestead, an historic site in Canberra
 * Lanyon Valley, a suburb of Canberra

In the United Kingdom
 * Lanyon (Madron), a farm and hamlet in Cornwall
 * Lanyon Place railway station, a railway station in Belfast
 * Lanyon Quoit, a dolmen in Cornwall
 * West Lanyon Quoit, a dolmen in Cornwall
 * Lanyon Manor, a manor house in Gwinear Cornwall

In the United States of America
 * Lanyon, Iowa, an unincorporated area

Arts and entertainment

 * The Spectre of Lanyon Moor, a Big Finish Productions audio drama

Companies

 * Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon, a 19th-century firm of Civil Engineers and Architects in Ireland
 * Lanyon Solutions, a software company