Dillon

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Dillon is a family name of Irish origin. It has frequently been used to anglicise Dilleen in Munster and Connacht, while in Leinster it derives from the Norman family name de Leon meaning either "of Lyon" or "of the lion". It is sometimes taken to mean "loyal" or "faithful" by extension from the "of the lion" origin. It is particularly common in the Meath and Westmeath counties of Ireland. Viscount Dillon is also a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

[edit] Places

Dillon is the name of the following places:

[edit] Cities, towns, and counties

• United States of America
  • Dillon Beach, California
  • Dillon, Colorado
  • Dillon, Georgia
  • Dillon, Illinois
  • Dillon, Kansas
  • Dillon, Kentucky
  • Dillon, Mississippi
  • Dillon, Missouri
  • Dillon, Montana
  • Dillon, New Mexico
  • Dillon, South Carolina
  • Dillon County, South Carolina
  • Dillon, Virginia
  • Dillon, West Virginia
  • Dillon, Wyoming

[edit] Natural areas

• New Zealand
  • Dillon River
• United States of America
  • Dillons Run, a river in West Virginia.
  • Dillon State Park, a state park in Ohio.

[edit] Buildings and structures

• United States of America
  • Dillon Stadium, a stadium in Hartford, Connecticut.

[edit] People

Dillon is the family name of the following individuals:

• Andrew Dillon Dean of the School of Information at The University of Texas from Limerick.
• Mgr. Arthur Richard Dillon (1721–1807), a French-Irish archbishop of Toulouse and Narbonne.
• Bernard "Albert" Dillon (died 1922), an Irish jockey.
• Cara Dillon, a folk singer from Northern Ireland.
• Clarence Dillon (1882–1979), an American businessman from San Antonio, Texas. Father of C. Douglas Dillon.
• C. Douglas Dillon (1909–2003), 57th United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• Corey Dillon (born 1974), an American football running back for the New England Patriots NFL franchise.
• Costa Dillon (born 1953)
• David Dillon, CEO and Chairman of Kroger Company.
• Denis Dillon, District Attorney of Nassau County, New York from 1973 to 2005.
• George Dillon, a poet and one of the lovers of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
• Hugh Dillon (born 1963)
• Jack Dillon, a boxer in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
• James Dillon (composer) (born 1950), a Scottish composer.
• James Dillon (politician) (1902–1986), an Irish politician and leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965.
• James J. Dillon
• Jerome Dillon, a professional musician, best known for his tenure as drummer with the industrial group Nine Inch Nails from 1999 to 2005.
• John Dillon (1851–1927), an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
• John Blake Dillon (1814–1866)
• John Forrest Dillon (1831–1914)
• Joseph E. Dillon, Democrat mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota from 1954 to 1960.
• Kevin Dillon (actor) (born 1965), an Irish-American actor who is the younger brother of actor Matt Dillon.
• Lawrence Dillon (born 1959)
• Leo and Diane Dillon
• Martin Dillon
• Matt Dillon (born 1964), an Irish-American actor.
• Matt Dillon (computer scientist) (born 1967), a computer scientist best known for his work on the FreeBSD and DragonFly BSD projects.
• Mavis "Mave" Dillon, a former member of the UK-based band Chumbawamba.
• Melinda Dillon (born 1939)
• Mervyn Dillon (born 1974)
• Michelle Dillon (born 1973)
• Myles Dillon (1900–1972), Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
• Richard C. Dillon, Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1927 to 1931.
• Ron Dillon, Jr. (born 1975)
• Sam Dillon, New York Times correspondent
• Sandra Dillon (born 1970), photographer
• Sidney Dillon, President of Union Pacific Railroad (1874–1884).
• Steve Dillon
• William Dillon (1877–1966)
• William G. Dillon, an astronomer.

Dillon is the given name of the following individuals:

• Dillon Anderson (1906–1974)
• Dillon Bell (1822–1898), a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century.

[edit] Characters

Dillon is the family name of the following fictional characters:

• Marshal Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas in the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke, played for twenty years on the television series by James Arness.
• Kevin Dillon (character from children's literature), a character in Rodman Philbrick's young adult novel, Freak the Mighty, played by Kieran Culkin in the movie version The Mighty.
• The Dillon family on the US soap opera All My Children:
  • Janet Marlowe Green Dillon (Jane Cox), played by Robin Mattson.
  • Laurel Banning Dillon, played by Felicity LaFortune.
  • Trevor Dillon, played by James Kiberd.

Dillon is the given name of the following fictional characters:

• Dillon Quartermaine, a character on the US soap opera General Hospital, played by Scott Clifton.

[edit] Others

Dillon is the name of the following things:

• 78393 Dillon, an asteroid.
• Dillon's, a grocery supermarket chain based in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, part of the Kroger company.
• Dillons, a former UK-based chain of bookstores, now part of Waterstone's.
• Dillon Dam Brewery, a brewery and restaurant located in Dillon, Colorado.
• The Dillon Round of the GATT talks in 1962
• Dillon v. Gloss 256 U.S. 368 (1921), a United States Supreme Court case that found it constitutional for the Congress of the United States to impose a time limit on the ratification of an amendment to the United States Constitution.

[edit] See also

• Dylan
• List of people by name: Di

[edit] References

• Irish Family Names - Dillon. Retrieved on November 13, 2005.