Jolyon is a male

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, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in

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People

Notable people named Jolyon include: *

Jolyon Brettingham Smith Jolyon Brettingham Smith (9 September 1949 – 17 May 2008) was a British composer, Conducting, conductor, performer, author, and radio presenter, and a university teacher at the Berlin University of the Arts. Life and work Brettingham Smith w ...

(1949–2008), British composer *

Jolyon Connell Jolyon Connell is a former '' Sunday Telegraph'' and '' Sunday Times'' journalist who left Fleet Street to found ''The Week'' in 1995, the news digest magazine which was ultimately purchased by his mentor and guide, the late publisher and poet Fe ...

, British journalist * Jolyon 'Jol' Danzig, co-founder of Hamer Guitars *

Jolyon Dixon Jolyon Keith Dixon (born 6 December 1973) is an English guitarist and a member of Rachel Fuller's band. He played guitar on The Who's 2006 album '' Endless Wire''.Wilkerson, Mark (2008) ''Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend'', Omnibus Press ...

(born 1973), English guitarist *

Jolyon Howorth Jolyon Michael Howorth (born 4 May 1945) is a British scholar of French history, European politics and defense policy. He is currently Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics and Professor Emeritus of European Studies at the University of Bat ...

(born 1945), British scholar of European politics and military policy *

Jolyon Jackson Jolyon Jackson (3 September 1948 – 18 December 1985) was an Irish musician and composer.Irish Times, Obituary, 7 January 1986 Life Jackson was born in Malaya where his father, Patrick Jackson, was Deputy Commissioner of the police and wo ...

(1948–1985), Irish musician and composer *

Jolyon James Jolyon James is an Australian-born actor, writer and visual artist who creates work predominantly for young people. In 2018 he wrote directed and designed the Helpmann Award winning 'Robot Song' for Arena Theatre Company, the premiere work prod ...

, Australian-born actor *

Jolyon Maugham Jolyon Toby Dennis Maugham (; born 1 July 1971) is a British barrister. A taxation law specialist, he is the founder and director of the Good Law Project, through which he has played a role in bringing to court a number of legal challenges to th ...

(born 1971), British barrister *

Jolyon Palmer Jolyon Carlyle Palmer (born 20 January 1991) is a British motorsport commentator and columnist, covering the Formula One World Championship on BBC Radio 5 and F1TV. Prior to his media career, Palmer was a racing driver and the 2014 GP2 Series ...

(born 1991), British professional racing driver *

Jolyon Petch Jolyon Petch is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based DJ, music producer and remixer, best known for his singles "Holding On" and "Dreams", which spent 3 weeks and 7 weeks respectively at number one on Australian ARIA Club chart. Petch also rele ...

(born 1978), New Zealand DJ and music producer * Jolyon Ralph, founder of the mineral database

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in 1993 *

Jolyon Rubinstein Jolyon Rubinstein (born 22 April 1981) is a British actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for writing and performing on '' The Revolution Will Be Televised'', a show on BBC Three, alongside Heydon Prowse. He acted in a popular ...

, British actor, writer, producer and director. *

Jolyon Stern Jolyon F. Stern (born December 25, 1939) is President of the DeWitt Stern Group, Inc., a commercial insurance broker founded in 1899 by his grandfather, DeWitt H. Stern. Biography Jolyon entered the insurance business directly after graduating f ...

(born 1939), president of the DeWitt Stern Group. * Jolyon Temple, Australian children's author

Fictional characters

Jolyon Wagg Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England. People Notable people named Jolyon include: * Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...

, a character from ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...

'' comics by Hergé. *Jolyon Forsyte, two characters (known as Old Jolyon and Young Jolyon) from

The Forsyte Saga ''The Forsyte Saga'', first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vici ...

series of novels (and subsequent film adaptations) by

John Galsworthy John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1906–1921) and its sequels, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He won the Nobel Prize i ...

. *Jolyon Till, a character from

Destiny 2 ''Destiny 2'' is a free-to-play Online game, online-only multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was originally released as a pay to play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It became free-to-play, ...

Jolyon as a middle name

* Timothy Jolyon Carter (born 1969), English cricketer. *

Louis Jolyon West Louis Jolyon West (October 6, 1924 – January 2, 1999) was an American psychiatrist involved in the public sphere. In 1954, at the age of 29 and with no previous tenure-track appointment, he became a full professor and chair of psychiatry at t ...

(1924–1999), American psychiatrist and human rights activist.

Alternative spellings

Joleon Lescott Joleon Patrick Lescott (born 16 August 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as a coach with the England U21s. Lescott is a graduate of the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth academy. H ...

(born 1982), English footballer.

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