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 Editing, Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for his work on ''Braveheart'' (1995 ...

(fl. 1977–present), American Oscar-winning sound editor, business executive and inventor *

Lon Borgerson Lon David Borgerson (born November 19, 1950) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers from 2003 to 2007. Afte ...

(born 1950), Canadian politician * Lonnie Lon Boyett (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. (1906–1973), stage name of American character actor Creighton Tull Chaney * Lon Clark (1912–1998), American stage and radio actor * Lon Milo DuQuette (born 1948), American writer, lecturer and occultist * Lon Evans (1911–1992), American National Football League player * Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978), American legal philosopher *

Lon Haldeman Lon Haldeman is an American ultramarathon cyclist. Nicknamed "Marathon Lon", He was the catalyst for ultra distance bicycle racing. His first achievement was in 1979 when he won the Wisconsin End to End Record covering 407 miles in 23 hours 7 minu ...

, 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 William Ian "Lon" Hatherell (9 September 1930 – 22 May 1986) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. A prop, he was born in Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomb ...

(born 1930), Australian former rugby union player * Lon Hinkle (born 1949), American golfer * Lon Horiuchi (born 1954), accused FBI sniper in the Ruby Ridge shootings and the Waco standoff * Lon Jourdet (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 (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 who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of the University of Oklahoma. Kruger played college basketball for Kansas State Uni ...

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

, poker analyst on The World Series of Poker * Laurence Lon Myers (1858–1899), American world-record-setting runner * Lon Oden (1863–1910), Texas Ranger of the American Old West * Leonardus Lon Pennock (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 Lon Allen Scott (September 25, 1888 – February 11, 1931) was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Tennessee as a Republican. Biography Lon Allen Scott was born on a farm near Cypress Inn in Wayne County, ...

(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, Washi ...

(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 American vocal and multi-instrumentalist duo * Lawrence Lon Vest Stephens (1858–1923), American politician, 29th Governor of Missouri * Lonnie Lon Warneke (1909–1976), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lon Williams Lon Thomas Williams (March 17, 1890 – June 1978) was an American western author, teacher, and lawyer who lived in Andersonville, Tennessee, United States. He is best known for writing a large number of classical and weird Weird derives fro ...

(1890–1978), American pulp western writer

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* Alice Lon (1926–1981), singer and dancer on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' * Lon Nil (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 twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence min ...

(1913–1985), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Cambodia * Lon Non (1930-1975), Cambodian politician and soldier, brother of Lon Nol

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