Lyons (surname)

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Lyons is a common surname. People called Lyons include:

• Algernon McLennan Lyons (1833–1908), prominent figure in the Royal Navy who rose to become Admiral of the Fleet
• Andy Lyons (born 1982), Accountant
• Barry Lyons (born 1960), right-handed hitting catcher in Major League Baseball
• Charlton Lyons (1894–1973), Shreveport oilman
• Claire Lyons, fictional character
• Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player
• Dana Lyons, folk music and alternative rock musician
• Daniel Lyons, senior editor at Forbes magazine
• Danny Lyons (1860–1888), leader of the Whyos street gang
• David Lyons, Australian rugby player
• Darryn Lyons, Australian paparazzo
• Deb Lyons, singer/songwriter from the Jersey Shore
• Denis Lyons (born 1935), retired Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and former junior minister in the Irish government
• Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790–1858), Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy and diplomat
• Edmund Moubray Lyons (1819–1855), second son of Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons
• Edward Lyons (born 1926), British politician
• Dame Enid Lyons (1897–1981), wife of Joseph Lyons
• Ernest Lyons
• Eugene Lyons
• F. S. L. Lyons (1923–1983), Irish historian
• Gene Lyons
• George Lyons (1761–1815), Lancashire-born gentleman highwayman in Britain
• Hall M. Lyons (1923–1998), Shreveport and Lafayette, Louisiana oilman
• Henry Lyons (born 1942), President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. from 1994 to 1999
• Henry A. Lyons (1809?–1872), 2nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
• Henry George Lyons (1864–1944), geologist and director of the Science Museum in London
• Humphrey Lyons (1802–1873), father of Algernon McLennan Lyons
• Jack Lyons (born 1916), retired British financier and philanthropist
• Jack Lyons (cricketer)
• Jeff Lyons All-State Football, South Portland, Maine, and Owner/Captain, Island Time Charters, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
• Jeffrey Lyons Entertainment reporter for WNBC in New York City and host of Sneak Previews and The Lyons Den.
• Jennifer Lyons (born 1977), American actress
• Jimmy Lyons (1931–1986), alto saxophone player
• John Lyons (UK politician) (born 1949), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
• John Lyons of Antigua (1760–1816), Antiguan politician
• John Lyons (VC) (1823–1967), Irish soldier in the British army, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Lyons (actor), British actor
• John Lyons (linguist) (born 1932), a British linguist famous for his work on semantics
• Jonathon Lyons
• Joseph Lyons, former Prime Minister of Australia
• Katie Lyons
• Laura Lyons
• Leo Lyons
• Lorenzo Lyons
• Louis M. Lyons
• Marty Lyons
• Monte Lyons, b 1963 - military aviation manager
• Sir Michael Lyons, former Local Government Chief Executive and Professor of Public Policy
• Mick Lyons(footballer(Soccer))
• Nancy Lyons
• Ned Lyons
• Oren Lyons
• Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons
• Robbie Lyons
• Robert Fern Lyons
• Roger Lyons
• Ron Lyons
• Ruth Lyons, fictional character
• Samuel Lyons (Australian politician)
• Steve Lyons (writer), British writer
• Steve Lyons (baseball), baseball player and announcer
• Steve Lyons (meteorologist), meteorologist for The Weather Channel
• Susan Lyons
• Ted Lyons, baseball starting pitcher and manager
• Thomas Lyons
• Tommy Lyons, Gaelic Football manager
• Thomas Lewis Lyons (Tommy), football player at the University of Georgia and for the Denver Broncos
• Virginia V. Lyons
• William Lyons