Jolyon is a male

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, a medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

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

(1949–2008), British composer *

Jolyon Connell Jon (Jolyon) Christopher Neill Connell (born 16 May 1952) is a British journalist and publisher. He founded The Week UK, The Week in 1995 and MoneyWeek in 2000. He is also the founder of The Knowledge and the co-founder of Sunday Briefing. A fo ...

, British journalist * Jolyon 'Jol' Danzig, co-founder of Hamer Guitars * Jolyon Dixon (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 Ba ...

(born 1945), British scholar of European politics and military policy * Jolyon Jackson (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. Initially a practitioner in taxation law, he later became a founder and director of the Good Law Project, through which he has played a role in bringing a number of legal c ...

(born 1971), British barrister *

Jolyon Palmer Jolyon Carlyle Palmer (born 20 January 1991) is a British former racing driver, broadcaster and journalist, who competed in Formula One from to . Since retiring from racing, Palmer has been a pundit for the BBC, Channel 4 and F1TV. Prior to ...

(born 1991), British professional racing driver *

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

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

mindat.org Mindat.org is a non-commercial interactive online database covering minerals around the world. Originally created by Jolyon Ralph as a private project in 1993, it was launched as a community-editable website in October 2000. it is operated by ...

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 Temple ''Parrot Carrot'' is a children's book written by Kate Temple and Jolyon Temple. It is illustrated by Jon Foye. The book is published by Australia's largest independent publisher, Allen and Unwin. The book has also been produced as an app. It ...

, Australian children's author

Alternative spellings

Joleon Lescott Joleon Patrick Lescott (born 16 August 1982) is an English former professional association football, footballer, coach and sports pundit. He currently works as an interim coach with the England national football team, England senior team and pla ...

(born 1982), English footballer

Fictional characters

Jolyon Wagg Jolyon Wagg () is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is a gregarious, simple, and overbearing insurance salesman who enters the story by barging in uninvited. Character h ...

, a character from ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

'' 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 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle th ...

series of novels (and subsequent film adaptations) by

John Galsworthy John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called '' The Forsyte Saga'', and two later trilogies, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of th ...

*Jolyon Till, a character from

Destiny 2 ''Destiny 2'' is a free-to-play online 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, utilizing the games as a se ...

Jolyon as a middle name

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

Louis Jolyon West Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West (October 6, 1924 – January 2, 1999) was an American psychiatrist who was a longtime consultant and contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). West worked in the United States Air Force as a medical officer ...

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

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