Avon may refer to: * River Avon (disambiguation), several rivers

Organisations

Avon Buses Avon Buses was a bus operator based in Prenton providing services in Merseyside and Cheshire, England. History Avon Minis, as the company was originally known, was founded in August 1981 by Larry Smith. By 1995 it had six buses and ran most ...

, a bus operating company in Wirral, England *

Avon Coachworks New Avon was a British vehicle coachbuilder. The company, based in Warwick, was started when a Ben Tilton and a Captain Philips trading as Avon Coachworks went into business in 1919 to make bodywork for cars. Following a change of ownership and ...

, a car body builder established in 1919 at Warwick, England, relaunched in 1922, following refinancing, as ''New Avon'' * Avon Inflatables, a manufacturer of inflatable boats, RIBs and marine safety equipment *

Avon Products Avon Products, Inc. or simply known as Avon, is an American-British multinational cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care company, based in London. It sells directly to the public. Avon had annual sales of $9.1 billion worldwide in 2 ...

, a manufacturer of various cosmetics and personal care products *

Avon (publisher) Avon Publications is one of the leading publishers of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles reach ...

, an imprint of the publisher HarperCollins * Avon Rubber, a manufacturer of rubber products *Avon Tyres, a UK car, motorcycle and racing-tyre manufacturer, owned by the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company *

Avon and Somerset Police Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the county of Somerset and in four districts that used to be in the defunct county of Avon: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and So ...

, a police department in the United Kingdom

People

* John Avon (born 1961), Welsh illustrator *

Avon Cobourne Avon Cobourne (born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional gridiron football running back who was most recently a running back coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was a running back for the West ...

(born 1979), American football running back *

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

(1897–1977), Earl of Avon * Avon Honey (1947–2010), American politician from Louisiana * Avon Long (1910–1984), American singer and actor *

Avon Riley Avon Riley (February 10, 1958 – July 2, 2020) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the ninth round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA. Riley also pla ...

(born 1958), American football linebacker * Avon Williams (1921–1993), American politician from Tennessee

Fictional characters

Justin Alastair ''These Old Shades'' (1926) is a Georgian (set around 1755–56) romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer (1902–1974). It was an instant success, and established her as a writer. It falls into the category of historical roman ...

, Duke of Avon in the novel ''These Old Shades'' by Georgette Heyer * Kerr Avon, a character in the science-fiction television series ''Blake's 7'' * Avon Barksdale, a character in the HBO television series ''The Wire''

Places

Australia

Electoral district of Avon Avon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1911 to 2008. The name of the district was changed to Avon Valley in 1950, but reverted to its original name in 1962. For most of its ...

, a former electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly *

Avon, South Australia Avon is a locality, former rail siding and former township between Bowmans and Long Plains in the Mid North region of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It cov ...

, former township between Balaclava and Long Plains

Canada

* Avon, Ontario, in the province of Ontario * New Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick

France

* Avon, Seine-et-Marne, a commune in the ''département'' of Seine-et-Marne, part of Communauté de communes de Fontainebleau-Avon * Avon, Deux-Sèvres, a commune in the ''département'' of Deux-Sèvres * Avon-la-Pèze, a commune in the ''département'' of Aube * Avon-les-Roches, a commune in the ''département'' of Indre-et-Loire

New Zealand

* Avon (New Zealand electorate)

United Kingdom

* Avon (county), a former county of England *Avon, a hamlet in the parish of Sopley, Hampshire * Avon, Wiltshire

United States

Avon, Alabama Avon is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in January 1957. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 543, its highest to date, up from 466 ...

* Avon, Contra Costa County, California * Avon, Colorado * Avon, Connecticut *

Avon, Illinois Avon is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 799 at the 2010 census, down from 915 at the 2000 census. History Ira Woods and his family settled in Avon in 1835. Avon was named "Woodsville" from 1837 to 1843. In ...

* Avon, Indiana *

Avon, Iowa Avon is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, Polk County, Iowa, United States. History The original townsite of Avon was platted by Charles Keeney in either 1855, or 1856. Nearby Avon Lake, one mile southeast, wa ...

Avon, Maine Avon is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 450 at the 2020 census. Avon is home to Mount Blue, part of Mount Blue State Park. History First known as Township 2 Abbott's Purchase, or Upper Town, it was settled ...

* Avon, Massachusetts *

Avon, Minnesota Avon is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,396 at the 2010 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Avon was laid out in 1873. The community is named after the River Avon ...

, a city * Avon, Mississippi *

Avon, Montana Avon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census. The town sits along the Little Blackfoot River, and serves as a gateway to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Th ...

, a town * Avon (town), New York ** Avon (village), New York, within the town *

Avon, North Carolina Avon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, it had a permanent population of 776. Geography Avon is located on the North Carolina Outer Banks at ...

* Avon, Ohio, a city * Avon, Pennsylvania, a town *

Avon, South Dakota Avon is a city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 586 at the 2020 census. History Avon was founded in 1879. The community owes its name to Avon, New York, the hometown of an early postmaster. Construction of th ...

, a city * Avon, Utah, a town *

Avon, Wisconsin The Town of Avon is located in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 570 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, all of the town's land has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.6 ...

, a town *

Avon, Rock County, Wisconsin The Town of Avon is located in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 570 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, all of the town's land has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.6 ...

, an unincorporated community * Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, a borough *

Avon Lake, Ohio Avon Lake is a city in northeastern Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located on the southern shore of Lake Erie about 17 miles west of Cleveland. The population was 25,206 at the 2020 Census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Hi ...

, a city * Avon Park, Florida, a city * Avon Township (disambiguation)

Other occurrences

Avon (ship) The Avon, formerly known as ''Dunolly'', was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line b ...

, a ship built in 1884 *

HMS Avon Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Avon''. ''Avon'' comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river". * was an 18-gun launched in 1805. In 1814 she was sunk in action with the American ''Wasp'' in the English Channel. * was a 2 ...

, name given to a number British Royal Navy ships * "Avon" (song), a song by Queens of the Stone Age *"Avon 1", a song from the album '' A Bugged Out Mix'' by Miss Kittin * Rolls-Royce Avon, a jet engine