Byron (name)

Byron () is an English toponymic surname that is derived from Byram, North Yorkshire. Its use as a given name derives from the surname.

Surname

• Byron (surname)

Given name

• Byron Adams, American composer
• Byron Allen (born 1961), American comic and television personality
• Byron G. Allen (1901–1988), American politician
• Byron Alvarez (born 1978), Mexican football player
• Byron Andrews (1852–1910), American journalist
• Byron Anthony (born 1984), Welsh football (soccer) player
• Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician
• Byron Bailey (1930–1998), American football player
• Byron Barr (1917–1966), American actor
• Byron Barrera (died 1990), Guatemalan journalist
• Byron Barton (1930–2023), American author
• Byron Barwig (1862–1943), American politician
• Byron W. Bender (1929–2020), American professor
• Byron Daniel Bernstein (1989–2020), Israeli-American streamer and esports player, known as Reckful
• Byron Black (born 1969), Zimbabwean tennis player
• Byron B. Brainard (1894–1940), American electrician
• Byron Brown (born 1958), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Byron Buxton (born 1993), MLB outfielder
• Byron Cage (born 1962), American gospel singer
• Byron Chamberlain (born 1971), American NFL tight end
• Byron Cherry (born 1955), American actor, businessman, entrepreneur
• Byron Lavoy Cockrell (1935–2007), American rocket scientist
• Byron Cook (born 1954), American politician
• Byron Cowart (born 1996), American football player
• Byron M. Cutcheon (1836–1908), American politician
• Byron Dafoe (born 1971), ice hockey goaltender
• Byron W. Dickson (1875–1930), American football player
• Byron Dorgan (born 1942), U.S. Senator
• Byron H. Dunbar (1927–2007), American attorney
• Byron Eby (1904–1990), American football player
• Byron Fidetzis, Greek cellist and conductor
• Byron Foulger (1898–1970), American actor
• Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American attorney
• Byron G. Harlan (1861–1936), American singer
• Byron Haskin (1899–1984), U.S. film director
• Byron G. Highland (1934–1967), American photographer
• Byron O. House (1902–1969), American jurist
• Byron Howard (born 1968), U.S. film director, producer, screenwriter, story artist and animator
• Byron E. Hyatt (1873–1936), American mayor
• Byron Ingram (born 1964), American football player
• Byron "Peewee" Jarrett (born 1999), American football player
• Byron F. Johnson (1894–1980), American officer
• Byron L. Johnson (1917–2000), American economist
• Byron Jones (born 1992), American NFL safety
• Byron M. Jones, Christian film producer
• Byron Q. Jones (1888–1959), American aviator
• Byron Katie (born 1942), American self-help author and founder of "The Work"
• Byron Keith (1917–1996), American actor
• Byron Kelleher (born 1976), New Zealand rugby player
• Byron Krieger (1920–2015), American fencer
• Byron Barnard Lamont (born 1945), Australian botanist and professor
• Byron Larkin (born 1965), American basketball player
• Byron Lee (1935–2008), Jamaican musician and record producer
• Byron Lee (born 1964), American NFL linebacker
• Byron Leftwich (born 1980), American NFL quarterback
• Byron K. Lichtenberg (born 1948), American astronaut
• Byron Mann (born 1967), American actor
• Byron J. Matthews (1928–2023), American politician
• Byron Maxwell (born 1988), American NFL cornerback
• Byron E. Morgan (1889–1963), American football coach
• Byron Murphy (born 1998), American football player
• Byron Murphy II (born 2002), American football player
• Byron Nelson (1912–2006), PGA Tour golfer
• Byron R. Newton (1861–1938), American journalist
• Byron Ortile (born 2002), Filipino actor
• Byron C. Ostby (1924–2003), American politician
• Byron S. Payne (1876–1949), American attorney
• Byron Root Pierce (1829–1924), American dentist
• Byron W. Preston (1858–1939), American justice
• Byron Pringle (born 1993), American football player
• Byron B. Randolph, Democratic president
• Byron Ritchie (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Byron F. Ritchie (1853–1928), American lawyer and politician
• Byron Roberts, Black metal artist, nicknamed 'Lord Byron'
• Byron G. Rogers (1900–1983), U.S. representative
• Byron Scott (born 1961), American NBA coach and former player
• Byron N. Scott (1903–1991), American lawyer
• Byron Sharp, Australian professor of marketing
• Byron D. Shear (1869–1929), American politician
• Byron Sher (born 1928), American politician
• Byron Smith, convicted American killer
• Byron G. Stout (1829–1896), American politician
• Byron A. Stover (1890–1984), American politician
• Byron Stroud (born 1969), bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, Zimmers Hole and City of Fire
• Byron Tenorio (born 1966), Ecuadorian football (soccer) player
• Byron Thames (born 1969), American actor and musician
• Byron M. Tunnell (1925–2000), American attorney
• Byron Velvick (born 1964), professional bass fisherman and bachelor for Season 6 of the United States television show The Bachelor
• Byron F. Wackett (1912–1980), American politician
• Byron White (1917–2002), American football player, later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Byron Wien (1933–2023), American investor and author
• Byron August Wilson (1918–1992), American artist
• Byron York (born 1955), American conservative
• Byron Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

• Byron Basset, the sleeping puppy from Tiny Toon Adventures
• Byron (Babylon 5), a character from the television series Babylon 5
• Byron "Buster" Bluth, a character from the comedic television series Arrested Development
• Byron Hadley, the sadistic prison captain from The Shawshank Redemption
• Byron Montgomery, a character from the television series and teen novels Pretty Little Liars
• Byron the Bulb, a long-burning light-bulb from Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow
• Byron Orlok, a washed-up horror actor in the 1968 movie "Targets"
• Byron Orpheus, character in adult swim series The Venture Brothers
• Byron Sully, main character in series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Byron Ellington, talked about character in series White Collar
• Byron Henry, character in novels by Herman Wouk "The Winds of War," and "The War and Remembrance."
• Byron, a character of the 2018 mobile game Brawl Stars
• Byron Love, a popular character from the multi-media franchise Inazuma Eleven

See also

• Bayron Piedra, Ecuadorian athlete
• Biram (disambiguation), a variant spelling
• Biron (surname), a variant spelling
• Biron (disambiguation)
• Bryon, a given name
• Byram (surname), a variant spelling
• Byrom, a variant spelling
• Byrum (surname), a variant spelling

References