# Lon

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**Lon** or **LON** may refer to:

## People

- [Lon (photographer)](/source/Lon_(photographer)), pseudonym of Alonzo Hanagan, also known as "Lon of New York"
- [Lon (name)](/source/Lon_(name)), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname

## Fictional characters

- [Lon Cohen](/source/Nero_Wolfe_supporting_characters#Lon_Cohen), a character in the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout
- [Lon Suder](/source/Lon_Suder), a character on the television series *Star Trek: Voyager*

## Science and technology

- [Launch on Need](/source/Launch_on_Need), a Space Shuttle rescue mission which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if needed
- [Local Operating Network](/source/Local_Operating_Network), a networking platform by Echelon Corporation
- [Local oxidation nanolithography](/source/Local_oxidation_nanolithography), a nanofabrication technique
- [*Lon* (butterfly)](/source/Lon_(butterfly)), a genus of butterflies
- [Lon protease family](/source/Lon_protease_family), in molecular biology
- [Longitude](/source/Longitude) (lon.), a geographic coordinate

## Other uses

- [League of Nations](/source/League_of_Nations), the predecessor of the United Nations
- [Airports of London](/source/Airports_of_London) (IATA airport code: LON), UK
- [Malawi Lomwe language](/source/Malawi_Lomwe_language) (ISO 639-3 code: lon), spoken in southeastern Malawi

## See also

- [Lons](/source/Lons), a French commune
- [37608 Löns](/source/37608_L%C3%B6ns), an asteroid

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