Lyn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Lyn Allison Lynette Fay Allison (born 21 October 1946) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria. she is the national president of the Australian Democrats. Early life ...

(born 1946), Australian politician *

Lyn Ashley Lyn Ashley (born Lynette Rumble; 18 March 1940) is an Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s. Early life Ashley was born Lynette Rumble in Townsville, Queensland, on 18 March 1940. She is the daughte ...

, Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s *

Lyn Ashton Caroline Louise "Lyn" Ashton (born 29 November 1951 in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American retired slalom canoeist who competed in the early and mid-1970s. She won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cham ...

(born 1951), American slalom canoeist *

Lyn Bell Lynette "Lyn" Bell (born 24 January 1947), also known by her married name Lynette Chipchase, was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won the silver medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. C ...

(born 1967), Australian freestyle swimmer *

Lyn Brown Lyn Carol Brown (born 13 April 1960) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Ham since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Shadow Minister for the Home Office from 2015 to 2016, Shadow Policing Ministe ...

, British politician *

Lyn Mikel Brown Lyn Mikel Brown (born February 12, 1956) is an American academic, author, feminist, and community activist. She is Professor of Education Emerit at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Her research interests include girls development, youth activ ...

(born 1956), American academic, author and feminist *

Lyn Chevli Lyn Chevli (December 24, 1931 – October 8, 2016), also credited as Lyn Chevely and Chin Lyvely, was an American cartoonist who participated in the underground comix movement. With Joyce Farmer, she created the feminist comic-book anthology s ...

(1931–2016), American cartoonist *

Lyn Collingwood Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress. Biography Collingwood was born IN Sydney, New South Wales in 1936, and did not start a career in the arts until later in life, she p ...

, Australian television and film actress *

Lyn Collins Gloria Lavern Collins (June 12, 1948 – March 13, 2005), better known as Lyn Collins, was an American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s and for the influential 1972 funk single, " Think (About It)". A favorit ...

(1948–2005), American soul singer * Lyn Duff (born 1976), American journalist *

Lyn Evans Lyn Evans CBE (born Lyndon Rees Evans in 1945), is a Welsh scientist who served as the project leader of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Based at CERN, in 2012 he became the director of the Linear Collider Collaboration, an internat ...

(born 1945), Welsh scientist *

Lyn Gardner Lyn Gardner is a British theatre critic, children's writer and journalist who contributes reviews and articles to ''The Stage,'' '' Stagedoor'' and has written for ''The Guardian''. Theatre critic and educator A graduate in drama and English fro ...

, British theatre critic and children's writer *

Lyn Gunson Lyn Gunson (born 31 December 1953), also known as Lyn Parker, is a former New Zealand netball international and a former head coach of both the New Zealand and England national netball teams. She captained New Zealand when they won the 1985 Wor ...

(born 1953), New Zealand netball player and coach *

Lyn Harding David Llewellyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952), known professionally as Lyn Harding, was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menac ...

(1867–1952), British actor *

Lyn Hejinian Lyn Hejinian (born May 17, 1941) is an American poet, essayist, translator and publisher. She is often associated with the Language poets and is known for her landmark work ''My Life'' (Sun & Moon, 1987, original version Burning Deck, 1980), as ...

(born 1941), American poet, essayist, translator and publisher *

Lyn Lary Lynford Horbart Lary (January 28, 1906 – January 9, 1973), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Sena ...

(1906–1973), American baseball player *

Lyn James Lyn James (13 November 1929 – 31 May 2017), credited also as Marilyn James, was a Welsh-born actress of stage and screen and director, who became known for her career in England and later Australia, particularly as receptionist Helen Gordon in ...

, Welsh actress *

Lyn Jones Lyn Jones (born 1964) is a former Wales international rugby union player, and now works as a coach. A flanker, Jones has experience at various different levels of the game, both as a player and a coach. Jones played most of his playing career f ...

(born 1964), Welsh rugby union player *

Lyn Marshall Lyn Marshall (8 May 1944 – 4 May 1992), was a British yoga teacher, broadcaster, writer, model, ballerina, and actress. She was one of the first presenters of British yoga television programmes in the 1970s and 1980s, with ''Wake up with ...

(1944–1992), British yoga teacher *

Lyn McLean Lynette Zoe McLean ( – 6 May 2017) was an international lawn bowler from New Zealand. Biography She was educated at Freyberg High School and started bowling in 1975 at Northern Bowling Club. She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Champi ...

(1944/1945 – 2017), New Zealand lawn bowler * Lyn Moran (born 1978), American entertainer *

Lyn Murray Lyn Murray (born Lionel Breeze, August 13, 1909 – May 20, 1989) was a composer, conductor, and arranger of music for radio, film and television. Early years Born in London, Murray was the son of a violinist. Before entering a career in music, ...

(1909–1989), British composer and conductor *

Lyn Paul Lyn Paul (born Lynda Susan Belcher; 16 February 1949) is an English pop singer and actress. She came to fame as a member of the international chart-topping pop group the New Seekers in the early 1970s. She has more recently found success and crit ...

(born 1949), English pop singer and actress *

Lyn St. James Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall; March 13, 1947) is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven Champ Car, CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who h ...

(born 1947), American race car driver

Fictional characters

Lyn Scully Lyn Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Janet Andrewartha. The character made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 October 1999, along with her family and remained a ...

, from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''

Fictional characters

See also