Lanyon

Lanyon is a surname which originates from the hamlet of Lanyon (Madron), Cornwall, and may refer to: Charles Lanyon (1813−1889), English architect George Lanyon Hacker (born 1928), English Suffragan Bishop of Penrith Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), American painter and printmaker Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde John Lanyon Whiting (1851–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician Karen Lanyon, Australian senior career officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mike Lanyon (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer Owen Lanyon (1842−1887), British colonial administrator Peter Lanyon (1918−1964), Cornish painter Ted Lanyon (1939–2008), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player Walter C. Lanyon (1887−1967), English religious writer Wesley E. Lanyon (1926–2017), American ornithologist and museum curator William Carlton Lanyon Dawe, generally known as Carlton Dawe (1865–1935), Australian author William James Lanyon Smith (1922–2018), New Zealand naval officer

==Places== In Antarctica Lanyon Peak, a sharp rock peak in Victoria Land Mount Lanyon, a large mountain in the Prince Charles Mountains