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
- Barry Lyons (born 1960), right-handed hitting catcher in Major League Baseball
- Charlton Lyons (1894–1973), Shreveport oilman
- Claire Lyons, fictional character
- Dana Lyons, folk music and alternative rock musician
- Danny Lyons (1860–1888), leader of the Whyos street gang
- 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
- 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
- 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
