Jolyon is a male
given name
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, a Medieval spelling variant of
Julian, originating in
England
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.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
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Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter and university lecturer.
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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.
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Jolyon 'Jol' Danzig, one of the founders of Hamer Guitars.
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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.
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Jolyon Howorth (born 1945), British scholar of European politics and military policy.
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Jolyon Jackson (1948–1985), Irish musician and composer.
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Jolyon James, Australian-born actor.
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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.
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Jolyon Palmer (born 1991), British professional racing driver.
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Jolyon Rubinstein, British actor, writer, producer and director.
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Jolyon Stern (born 1939), President of the DeWitt Stern Group.
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Jolyon Petch (born 1978), New Zealand DJ & Music Producer.
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Jolyon Temple, Australian children's author.
Fictional characters
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Jolyon Wagg, a character from ''
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comi ...
'' 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.
Jolyon as a middle name
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Timothy Jolyon Carter (born 1969), English cricketer.
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Louis Jolyon West (1924–1999), American psychiatrist and human rights activist.
Alternative spellings
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Joleon Lescott (born 1982), English footballer.
References
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English masculine given names