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Sue Lyon
Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress who is most famous for playing the title role in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for both a Laurel Award and a Photoplay Award. Lyon's early career flourished with appearances in such high-profile films as John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), John Ford's 7 Women (1966), the Frank Sinatra detective film Tony Rome (1967), and the George C. Scott comedy The Flim-Flam Man (1967). However, her career diminished in the 1970s and she subsequently retired from acting after making Alligator, which was released in 1980. In 1991, Lyon featured prominently in the artwork for Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers' single "Stay Beautiful".

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Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (French: Olympique lyonnais; French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]), commonly referred to as simply Lyon (French pronunciation: [ljɔ̃]) or OL, is a men's French professional football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950. The club currently competes in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. They play their home matches at the 59,186-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais, commercially known as the Groupama Stadium, in Décines-Charpieu, a suburb in the Metropolis of Lyon. The club's home colours are white, red and blue. Lyon was a member of the G14 group of leading European football clubs and are founder members of its successor, the European Club Association. The club won its first Ligue 1 championship in 2002, beginning a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions, five Coupes de France, and three Ligue 2 titles. On a European level, the team has participated in the UEFA Champions League seventeen times, reaching the semi-final of the competition during the 2009–10 season and the 2019–20 season, and have made it to the quarterfinals in three other occasions. They have also qualified for the Europa League numerous times, making it as far as the semi-final during the 2016–17 season. The club's nickname, Les Gones, translates to "The Kids" in Lyon's regional dialect of Franco-Provençal. They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby team Saint-Étienne, against whom they contest Le Derby. Lyon was owned by French businessman Jean-Michel Aulas from June 1987 until it was purchased by American businessman John Textor in December 2022. Michele Kang was eventually announced president of the club in June 2025 following Textor's resignation from his leadership position due to the poor financial state of Lyon.

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Gare de Lyon rail accident
The Gare de Lyon rail accident (French: Accident ferroviaire de la gare de Lyon) occurred on 27 June 1988, when an SNCF commuter train inbound from Melun, travelling at approximately 70 km/h (43 mph) with its brakes disabled, collided head-on with a stationary, crowded outbound train in the underground suburban station of Paris's Gare de Lyon terminal, killing 56 people and injuring 57. It remains the deadliest rail disaster in peacetime France and the worst on the Île-de-France network since the creation of the SNCF in 1938. The subsequent investigation and trials revealed a chain of human errors and technical shortcomings, and led the SNCF to adopt a range of safety measures, including energy-absorbing buffer stops at dead-end platforms, reinforced driver screening, and a new central safety directorate.

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Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon; formerly Lyons in English) is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, and 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland. The City of Lyon is the third-largest city in France with a population of 519,127 as of 2023 within its small municipal territory of 48 km2 (19 sq mi), but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,339,329 that same year, the second largest in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,436,354 in 2023. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyon since 2015). The capital of the Gauls during the Roman Empire, Lyon is the seat of an archbishopric whose holder bears the title of Primate of the Gauls. Lyon became a major economic hub during the Renaissance. The city is recognised for its cuisine and gastronomy, as well as historical and architectural landmarks; as such, the districts of Old Lyon, the Fourvière hill, the Presqu'île and the slopes of the Croix-Rousse are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk. Lyon played a significant role in the history of cinema since Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematograph there. The city is also known for its light festival, the Fête des lumières, which begins every 8 December and lasts for four days, earning Lyon the title of "Capital of Lights". Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking, chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games; in recent years it has fostered a growing local start-up sector. The home of renowned universities and higher education schools, Lyon is the second-largest student city in France, with a university population of nearly 200,000 students within the Metropolis of Lyon. Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, as well as Euronews. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute, Lyon is considered a Beta city, as of 2018. It ranked second in France and 40th globally in Mercer's 2019 liveability rankings. Lyon will be the centre of the 2030 Winter Olympics.

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Lyon (surname)
Lyon is a surname of various origins. As a consequence of the lack, before the 18th century, of standardised spelling for the French pronunciation of the surname: some members of the Anglo-Norman landed gentry Lyons family (who descended from Ingelram de Lyons The Elder) removed the 's' from the end of the surname, producing 'Lyon'. For example, the 16th century Lord Mayor of London Sir John Lyon used the spelling 'Lyon', despite that his father, Thomas Lyons [sic] of Perivale, used the spelling 'Lyons'. There are many other unrelated people with the same surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. Laurence Lyon (1934–2006), American music composer Alexander Lyon (disambiguation) Alastair Lyon (born 1979), South African rugby player Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860–1936), American writer Arthur Lyon (disambiguation) Asa Lyon (1763–1841), American politician Babe Lyon (1907–1970), American football player Barbara Lyon (1931–1995), American-born singer who lived and worked mostly in England Barrett Lyon (born 1978), American computer entrepreneur Ben Lyon (1901–1979), American film actor Beverley Lyon (1902–1970), British cricketer Bill Lyon (1886–1962), Australian football player Billy Lyon (born 1973), American football player Bob Lyon (born 1955), American politician Brandon Lyon (born 1979), American baseball pitcher Bruce Lyon, American film producer Caleb Lyon (1822–1875), American politician from Idaho Charles Lyon (disambiguation) Chittenden Lyon (1787–1842), American politician Christopher Lyon, American political consultant Daniel Lyon (born 1980), American wrestler Danny Lyon (born 1942), American photographer and filmmaker David Lyon (disambiguation) Dar Lyon (1898–1964), English cricketer Duffy Lyon (1929–2011), American farmer and butter sculptor Edward E. Lyon (1871–1931), American soldier and war hero Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), English author Francis D. Lyon (1905–1996), American film editor Francis Strother Lyon (1800–1882), American and Confederate States politician Frank Lyon (1867–1955), American lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer Fred Lyon (1924–2022), American photographer Frederick A. Lyon (1843–1911), American soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor Gail Lyon, American filmmaker Garry Lyon (born 1967), Australian rules footballer George Lyon (disambiguation) Gordon Lyon (born 1977), computer expert Gustave Lyon (1857–1936), French piano maker, acoustician and inventor Guy J. Lyon (1933–2001), American horse trainer Harris Merton Lyon (1882–1916), American author Harry Lyon (disambiguation) Hart Lyon (1721–1800), British rabbi Homer L. Lyon (1879–1956), American politician Howard Lyon, American artist Hylan B. Lyon (1836–1907), Confederate general in the American Civil War Ivan Lyon (1915–1944), British Second World War lieutenant colonel James Lyon (disambiguation) Jamie Lyon (born 1982), Australian rugby player Jason Lyon (born 1986), Canadian archer Jean Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1713–1778), British noblewoman Jennifer Lyon (1972–2010), American actress Jimmy Lyon (disambiguation) Jo Anne Lyon (born 1940), American Methodist John Lyon (disambiguation) Joshua Lyon (born 1974), American author Juliet Lyon, director of Prison Reform Trust Leo De Lyon (1925–2021), American voice actor Leviticus Lyon (1894–1958) American tenor vocalist, stage director Lisa Lyon (1953–2023), American bodybuilder Lucius Lyon (1800–1851), American politician Lyon sisters, two teenagers who vanished in 1975 Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875–1942), American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist Marion Jean Lyon (1885–1940), British advertising manager Mary Lyon (1797–1849), American pioneer in women's education Mary Lyon (writer), American author Mary F. Lyon (1925–2014), English geneticist Matthew Lyon (1749–1822), American politician Myer Lyon (1750–1797), German-born English singer Nathan Lyon (chef), American television personality and chef Nathan Lyon (cricketer) (born 1987), Australian cricketer Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), American Civil War general Nick Lyon (born 1970), American filmmaker Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986), British poet and educator Peter Lyon (born 1941), Australian football player Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist and gay-rights activist Richard Lyon (disambiguation) Rick Lyon (born 1958), American puppeteer Robert Lyon (disambiguation) Rod Lyon, British radio personality Ross Lyon (born 1966), Australian football player and coach Russ Lyon (1913–1975), American baseball player Sam Lyon (1890–1977), English footballer Sterling Lyon (1927–2010), Canadian politician from Manitoba Steve Lyon (born 1952), Canadian hockey player Sue Lyon, (1946–2019), American actress T. Edgar Lyon (1903–1978), American scholar Thomas Lyon (disambiguation) Tom Lyon, British escape artist Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), American Navy research scientist Walter Lyon (poet) (1887–1915), British war poet Walter Lyon (cricketer) (1841–1918), English cricketer Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania politician) (1853–1933), American politician William Lyon (film editor) (1903–1974), American film editor William Lyon (bishop) (died 1617), British cleric William Lyon (general) (1923–2020), American Air Force major general William C. Lyon (1841–1908), American politician from Ohio William Durie Lyon (1825–1893), Canadian politician William P. Lyon (1822–1913), American politician

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