Lon or LON may refer to:

People

Lon (photographer) Alonzo "Lon" Hanagan was an American physique photographer during the 1940s and 1950s. He produced erotic images of men under the alias "Lon of New York", or simply "Lon". Biography Early years Alonzo James "Lon" Hanagan was born in 1911 in ...

, pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York" *

Lon (name) Lon is a given name, nickname, stage name and surname. It may refer to: Given name, nickname or stage name * Lon Bender (fl. 1977–present), American Oscar-winning sound editor, business executive and inventor * Lon Borgerson (born 1950), Canadian ...

, a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname

Fictional characters

* Lon Cohen, a character in the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout *

Lon Suder This is a list of minor fictional characters from the science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Voyager''. Characters here are members of the crew, or passengers, on the starship ''Voyager'' as it makes its way home through unknown space du ...

, a character on the television series ''Star Trek: Voyager''

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Launch on Need Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if their vehicle was damaged and deemed unable to make a success ...

, a Space Shuttle rescue mission which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if needed *

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

, the first permanent international organization for maintaining world peace, the predecessor of the United Nations *

Local Operating Network LonWorks or Local Operating Network is an open standard (ISO/IEC 14908) for networking platforms specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by Echelon Corporation for networking ...

, a networking platform by Echelon Corporation *

Local oxidation nanolithography Local oxidation nanolithography (LON) is a tip-based nanofabrication method. It is based on the spatial confinement on an oxidation reaction under the sharp tip of an atomic force microscope. The first materials on which LON was demonstrated wer ...

, a nanofabrication technique

Other uses

* ''Lon'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies *

Lon protease family In molecular biology, the Lon protease family is a family of enzymes that break peptide bonds in proteins resulting in smaller peptides or amino acids. They are found in archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes. Lon proteases are ATP-dependent serine pe ...

, in molecular biology * lon., abbreviation for

longitude Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter l ...

* LON, the IATA airport code covering all airports within the London area of the United Kingdom, see

Airports of London The metropolitan area of London, England, United Kingdom, is served by six international airports and several smaller airports. Together, these airports constitute the busiest airport system in the world by passenger numbers and the second-bu ...

* lon, ISO 639-3 code for the

Malawi Lomwe language Malawi Lomwe, known as ''Elhomwe'', is a dialect of the Lomwe language spoken in southeastern Malawi in parts such as Mulanje and Thyolo. Background The Lomwe are one of the four largest ethnic groups living in Malawi and have history of migratio ...

, spoken in southeastern Malawi

People

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