John Lyons
Wikimedia disambiguation page
John or Jack Lyons may refer to:
Business and industry
John Lyons (American plantation owner) (c. 1822–1864), American steamship captain and plantation owner in Louisiana
Jack Lyons (unionist) (1891–1961), American labor union leader
Jack Lyons (financier) (1916–2008), British businessman and philanthropist
John H. Lyons Jr. (1919–1986), American labor union leader, son of the older unionist
John Lyons (British trade unionist) (1926–2016), British trade union leader
Military
John Lyons (Antiguan landowner) (1760–1816), British Royal Navy officer and landowner and politician in Antigua
John Lyons (Royal Navy officer, born 1787) (1787–1872), British admiral, son of the above
John Lyons (VC) (c. 1824–1867), Irish soldier in the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Politics
John R. Lyons (1860–1929), American politician, member of the Arizona State Senate
John J. Lyons (c.
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