Lyon

:This article is about the French city. For other usages, see Lyon (disambiguation) and Lyons (disambiguation).

Miscellaneous

Born in Lyon

The long list of notable Lyonnais includes:

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• Shlomo Aviner, renowned Religious Zionist rabbi
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter
• Henri Cochet, tennis player
• Youri Djorkaeff, football player
• Jules Favre, republican statesman
• Tony Garnier, architect and utopian planner
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, aviation pioneer and writer
• Marie-France Gaîté (la Gribouille), singer
• Maurice Jarre, composer
• Jean-Michel Jarre, musician
• Bishop Mathias Loras, the first Bishop of the Dubuque, Iowa Diocese.
• Louise Labé, 16th century poet
• Raymond Domenech, trainer French football team

Twinning

Lyon is twinned with :

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• Birmingham, England, 1951 Birmingham's Partner City page
• Guangzhou, China, 1988
• Milan, Italy, 1966
• Saint Louis, United States,1975
• Frankfurt, Germany, 1960
• Yokohama, Japan, 1959 Yokohama's Sister City page

Musical reference

• A historical article about a 19th century flood inspired the 1979 song The Flood at Lyons by Renaissance.