Richard Lyon
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Richard Lyon may refer to:
- Richard F. LyonRichard F. LyonRichard Francis Lyon was a Georgia attorney and jurist before and during the Confederacy.-Family:The oldest son of Thomas Pickett Lyon and Mary Winn Lyon , born September 9, 1819, in Lincoln County, Georgia, Lyon married Ruth Esther Knowles on June 17, 1841; they had eight children: Emily, Julia,...
(1819–1894), Confederate Georgia jurist - Richard Francis LyonRichard Francis LyonRichard Francis Lyon , is an American inventor,scientist, and engineer, noted for having invented the optical mouse.He has worked in many aspects of signal processing and was a co-founder of Foveon Inc.,...
(born 1952), co-founder of Foveon Inc., inventor of Xerox optical mouse - Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton and Baron Acton of Bridgnorth was a British Labour politician....
(1941–2010), British Labour politician who became Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire - Rick LyonRick LyonRick Lyon is a puppeteer, actor, and puppet designer and builder originally from Rochester, New York, who has worked for the Jim Henson Company as one of the operators of Big Bird...
, puppeteer who created the puppets for Avenue Q - Dick Lyon (rower)Dick Lyon (rower)Richard "Dick" Avery Lyon is an American rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in San Fernando, California....
, Stanford University Olympic rowing medalist at the 1964 Tokyo games - Richard Lyon (actor), film and radio actor, known for British radio serial Life with the LyonsLife With The LyonsLife with The Lyons was a British radio and television domestic sitcom dating from the 1950s .-Overview:Life with The Lyons was unusual in that it featured a real-life American family...
- Richard H. Lyon, engineering professor emeritus at MIT and founder of the RH Lyon Corp, see Rayleigh MedalRayleigh MedalThe Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.-List of recipients:...
- Richard K. Lyon, author of fantasy and science fiction, see Swords Against Darkness VSwords Against Darkness VSwords Against Darkness V is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt. It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in November 1979....
- Dick Lyon, former Yale swim team captain, Navy Seal, US Naval Rear Admiral and mayor of Oceanside, CaliforniaOceanside, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was 3,961.8 people per square mile...