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”.