Lon is a given name, nickname, stage name and surname. It may refer to:

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Lon Bender Lon Ethan Bender (born July 22, 1959) is an American supervising sound editor, business executive and inventor. Bender won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for his work on '' Braveheart'' (1995). He has been recognized for numer ...

(fl. 1977–present), American Oscar-winning sound editor, business executive and inventor * Lon Borgerson (born 1950), Canadian politician * Lonnie

Lon Boyett Lonnie E. Boyett (born December 24, 1953) is a former American football tight end who played one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at California State University, Northridge and ...

(born 1953), American former National Football League player * Lon Burnam (born 1953), American politician * Leonidas

Lon Chaney Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and affli ...

(1883–1930), American actor during the age of silent films *

Lon Chaney, Jr. Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...

(1906–1973), stage name of American character actor Creighton Tull Chaney *

Lon Clark Lon Clark (January 12, 1912 – October 2, 1998) was a New York City actor of Theatre, stage and Audio theatre, radio. Clark was born in Frost, Minnesota. As a youth in Minnesota, Clark studied at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. ...

(1912–1998), American stage and radio actor *

Lon Milo DuQuette Lon Milo DuQuette (born July 11, 1948), also known as Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford and by his neo-Gnostic bishop title of Tau Lamed, is an American writer, lecturer, musician, and occultist, best known as an author who applies humor in the field of ...

(born 1948), American writer, lecturer and occultist *

Lon Evans Lon Worth Evans (December 25, 1911 – December 11, 1992) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Green B ...

(1911–1992), American National Football League player *

Lon L. Fuller Lon Luvois Fuller (June 15, 1902 – April 8, 1978) was an American legal philosopher, who criticized legal positivism and defended a secular and procedural form of natural law theory. Fuller was a professor of Law at Harvard University for many ...

(1902–1978), American legal philosopher * Lon Haldeman, American ultramarathon cyclist *

Lon Hanagan 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 ...

(1911–1999), physique photographer also known as "Lon of New York" or simply "Lon" * William Ian Lon Hatherell (born 1930), Australian former rugby union player *

Lon Hinkle Lon Hinkle (born July 17, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Hinkle was born in Flint, Michigan. He attended Santana High School in Santee, California, graduating in 1967. He then ...

(born 1949), American golfer *

Lon Horiuchi Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi (born June 9, 1954) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco siege. In ...

(born 1954), accused FBI sniper in the Ruby Ridge shootings and the Waco standoff *

Lon Jourdet Lon Walter Jourdet (September 12, 1888 – August 31, 1959) was the head men's basketball coach for the University of Pennsylvania from 1914–1920 and then again from 1930–1943. He is credited with inventing an early version of the Zone defense ...

(1888–89 – 1959), head men's basketball coach for the University of Pennsylvania, credited with inventing an early version of the zone defense * Alonzo

Lon Knight Alonzo P. "Lon" Knight, born Alonzo P. Letti (June 16, 1853 – April 23, 1932), was an American right fielder, right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball. He threw the first pitch in the first game played in the new National Le ...

(1853–1932), American Major League Baseball player and manager * Lonnie

Lon Kruger Lonnie Duane Kruger (born August 19, 1952) is a retired American college and professional basketball coach (sport), coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of the University of Oklahoma. Kruger played college basketball for K ...

(born 1952), American college basketball head coach and former player and former National Basketball Association head coach * Herbert Alonzo

Lon McCallister Herbert Alonzo "Lon" McCallister Jr. (April 17, 1923 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor. According to one obituary, he was best known for "playing gentle, boyish young men from the country."Obituaries: LON MCCALLISTER Anonymous. Variety; ...

(1923–2005), American actor *

Lon McEachern Lon McEachern (pronounced the same as "McCarran", born ) is an American sports commentator most known for his hand-by-hand commentary of the World Series of Poker on ESPN. He is known as the "voice of poker". Early life and education McEacher ...

, poker analyst on The World Series of Poker * Laurence

Lon Myers Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner. Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record ...

(1858–1899), American world-record-setting runner *

Lon Oden Lon Oden (March 15, 1863 – August 10, 1910) was a Texas Ranger of the Old West, and is a legend inside the Texas Rangers organization. Early life He was born Alonzo Van Oden and called "Lon", in Tilden, Texas, in McMullen County. At the time, T ...

(1863–1910), Texas Ranger of the American Old West * Leonardus

Lon Pennock Leonardus Petrus Paulus "Lon" Pennock (22 May 1945, The Hague, – 9 March 2020, The Hague) was a Dutch sculptor, environmental artist, monumental artist and photographer. Life and work Pennock studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art, T ...

(born 1945), Dutch sculptor, environmental and monumental artist and photographer * Alonzo

Lon Poff Alonzo M. "Lon" Poff (February 8, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 100 films between 1917 and 1951. Born in Bedford, Indiana, he was the son of Mrs. Mary E. Poff, and he had a sister, Grace Poff. H ...

(1870–1952), American film actor * Lon A. Scott (1888–1931), American politician * Lonnie

Lon Simmons Lonnie Alexander "Lon" Simmons (July 19, 1923 – April 5, 2015) was an American sports announcer, best known for his play-by-play broadcasts of San Francisco Giants baseball and San Francisco 49ers football. He was born in Vancouver, Washin ...

(1923–2015), American baseball and football broadcaster * Alonzo

Lon Stiner Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led th ...

(1903–1985), American college football player and head coach *

Lon Tinkle Julien Lon Tinkle (March 20, 1906 – January 11, 1980) was a historian, writer, book critic, and professor who specialized in the history of Texas. Tinkle spent most of his life in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from and later taught at S ...

(1906–1980), American historian, author, book critic and professor * half of the

Lon & Derrek Van Eaton Lon & Derrek Van Eaton were an American vocal and multi-instrumentalist duo from Trenton, New Jersey, consisting of brothers Lon and Derrek Van Eaton. They are best known for their association with the Beatles through the brothers' brief stint on A ...

American vocal and multi-instrumentalist duo * Lawrence Lon Vest Stephens (1858–1923), American politician, 29th Governor of Missouri * Lonnie

Lon Warneke Lonnie Warneke (March 28, 1909 – June 23, 1976) (pronounced WARN-a-key), nicknamed "The Arkansas Hummingbird", was a Major League Baseball player, Major League umpire, county judge, and businessman from Montgomery County, Arkansas, whose career ...

(1909–1976), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lon Williams (1890–1978), American pulp western writer

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Alice Lon Alice Lon Wyche (November 23, 1926 – April 24, 1981), known as Alice Lon, was an American singer and dancer on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' during its early years on network television. Early years By age 6, Lon was taking lessons in piano, ...

(1926–1981), singer and dancer on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' *

Lon Nil Lon Nil ( km, លន់ និល; died 28 March 1970) was the brother of the former Cambodian prime minister Lon Nol, and was a casualty of the Cambodian coup of 1970. Nil was the youngest son of Lon Hin, a district administrator in the French c ...

(died 1970), Cambodian police commissioner, brother of Lon Nol *

Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia The prime minister of Cambodia ( km, នាយករដ្ឋមន្ ...

(1913–1985), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Cambodia *

Lon Non Lon Non ( km, លន់ ណុន; 18 April 1930(?) – 17 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician and soldier who rose to his greatest prominence during the Khmer Republic (1970–1975). Non was the younger brother of Prime Minister (and lat ...

(1930-1975), Cambodian politician and soldier, brother of Lon Nol

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