Lyon (disambiguation)
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Lyon may refer to
- Lyon, France
- The Lyon-based football club, Olympique Lyonnais
- Lyon, Mississippi, USA
- Lyon, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Several counties in the United States named Lyon County
- Several townships in the United States named Lyon Township
- the Lyon hypothesis
- Lyon Court, the institution that regulates heraldry in Scotland
- Lyon (Suikoden), a major character in the video game Suikoden V
- Council of Lyon, two ecclesiastical councils of the Middle Ages held in Lyon, France
- Lord Lyon King of Arms, head of Lyon Court, a Scottish heraldic official
There are also many people with family name Lyon, including:
- Danny Lyon, American photographer
- Garry Lyon, Australian rules football player
- Jamie Lyon, Australian rugby league player
- Lisa Lyon, female bodybuilder
- Mary Lyon, American educator
- Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist
- Nathaniel Lyon, US Civil War general
- Richard Lyon, more than one person
- Robert Lyon (Australian settler), defender of Australian Aboriginal rights
- Robert Lyon (duel), last Canadian killed in a duel
- Robert W. Lyon, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sterling Lyon, Manitoba judge and politician
- Sue Lyon, a former American actress
- Gustave Lyon, a former French acoustician