The first computer using a multiprogramming system was the British Leo III owned by J. Lyons and Co .. Several different programs in batch were loaded in the computer memory, and the first one began to run.

The first case was done by the Gorenstein – Walter theorem which showed that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 2 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or A < sub > 7 </ sub >, the second and third cases were done by the Alperin – Brauer – Gorenstein theorem which implies that the only simple groups are isomorphic to L < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) or U < sub > 3 </ sub >( q ) for q odd or M < sub > 11 </ sub >, and the last case was done by Lyons who showed that U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 4 ) is the only simple possibility.

He featured in a Lyons Maid ice cream commercial, but was rejected for another by Kit Kat.

Later the project was supported by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., a British firm, who were rewarded with the first commercially applied computer, LEO I, based on the EDSAC design.

His first important commission was for two viaducts for the railway line between Lyons and Bordeaux, and the company also began to undertake work in other countries, including the church of San Marcos in Arica, Chile, which was an all-metal prefabricated building, manufactured in France and shipped to South America in pieces to be assembled on site.

Although Ross McPhee proposed that a hyper-disease may have been the cause of the extinction, the study by Lyons et al., demonstrated conclusively that a hyperdisease was unlikely to have caused the extinction.

St. Irenaeus (; Greek: ), ( 2nd century AD – c. 202 ) was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire ( now Lyons, France ).

During the persecution of Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor from 161-180, Irenaeus was a priest of the Church of Lyons.

While Irenaeus was in Rome, a massacre took place in Lyons.

He was buried under the Church of Saint John in Lyons, which was later renamed St Irenaeus in his honour.

Although it is sometimes claimed that Irenaeus believed Christ did not die until he was older than is conventionally portrayed, the bishop of Lyons simply pointed out that because Jesus turned the permissible age for becoming a rabbi ( 30 years old and above ), he recapitulated and sanctified the period between 30 and 50 years old, as per the Jewish custom of periodization of human life, and so touches the beginning of old age when one becomes 50 years old.

Similar examples were procured of Catharine Linck in Prussia in 1717, executed in 1721 ; Swiss Anne Grandjean married and relocated with her wife to Lyons, but was exposed by a woman with whom she had had a previous affair and sentenced to time in the stocks and prison.

The standoff was settled only when Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons met with members of the Australian Board and outlined to them the severe economic hardships that could be caused in Australia if the British public boycotted Australian trade.

The LEO I ( Lyons Electronic Office I ) was the first computer used for commercial business applications.

The Lyons machine was christened Lyons Electronic Office, or LEO.

Lyons used LEO I initially for valuation jobs, but its role was extended to include payroll, inventory, and so on.

The LEO project was also a pioneer in outsourcing: in 1956, Lyons started doing the payroll calculations for Ford UK and others on the LEO I machine.

Reverend Major George Neal began to preach in Niagara in October 1786, and was ordained in 1810 by Bishop Philip Asbury, at the Lyons, New York Methodist Conference.

The concept of original sin was first alluded to in the 2nd century by Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons in his controversy ( written in Greek ) with the dualist Gnostics.

The Second Council of Lyons was convened on 7 May 1274, to regulate the election of the pope.

) Petrarch was dazed and stirred by the view of the Alps, the mountains around Lyons, the Rhone, the Bay of Marseilles.

He was born into the upper stratum of Gallo-Roman society as the son of Florentius, Senator of Clermont by his wife Armentaria II, niece of Nicetius, Bishop of Lyons and a granddaughter of Florentinus, Senator of Geneva, and of Saint Gregory of Langres.

Lyons was born in Circular Head, at Stanley, Tasmania, the grandson of Irish immigrants.

Lillie Langtry ( October 13, 1853 – February 12, 1929 ), usually spelled Lily Langtry when she was in the U. S., born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British music hall singer and stage actress famous for her many stage productions including She Stoops to Conquer, The Lady of Lyons and As You Like It.

* Shelby Lyons ( born 1981 ), American retired figure skater

Sidonius was born in Lugdunum ( Lyons ).

Lyons was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1923, but soon moved to Boyle in County Roscommon where his father was a bank official.

Within thirty years of Shelton's death, Benjamin Botkin records stories of his having been born with a caul over his face ( signifying one with the power to see spirits and destined for trouble ), or of having sold his soul to the Devil ( in exchange for the hat, said to be magic, over which he killed Billy Lyons ).

Mottelson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois.

Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama ( but was reared in Camden, Alabama ), to Josiah Robins Bonner, Sr., and the former Imogene Virginia Lyons.

John Lyons ( born 11 July 1949 ) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Joseph Nathaniel Lyons ( born 1847 ) was appointed to run the company, and it was named after him.

* David Lyons, professional rugby union player, born in Orange in 1980

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE ( born 19 January 1980 ) is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren.

Dick Godfrey Harry Adams ( born 29 April 1951 ), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since the 1993 federal election, representing the Division of Lyons in central Tasmania.

Gordon Gray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bowman Gray, Sr. and Nathalie Lyons Gray.

Paul Michael Lyons McStay MBE, nicknamed the Maestro ( born 22 October 1964, Hamilton ), is a former football player who spent his entire career with Scottish team Celtic F. C., making his debut in 1982 and retiring in 1997.

He was born in Lyons, New York, to William Delling Taylor and Mary ( née Underhill ) Taylor.

Edmund Lyons was born at Whitehayes House, Burton, near Christchurch, 21 November 1790.

* 19 November-Michael Lyons, Fine Gael TD and Senator ( born 1910 ).

* 12 September-Reginald Lyons, cricketer ( born 1922 ).

Ozanam was born in Milan and brought up in Lyons, France, where he was strongly influenced when he experienced a period of doubt regarding the Catholic faith by one of his teachers at the Collège de Lyons, the Abbé Noirot.

Salim Kechiouche ( born April 2, 1979 in Lyons ) is a French actor.

Humphrey Lyons was born Hampshire, England in 1802, the ninth of twelve sons of John Lyons of Antigua and St Austin's, Hants, ( 1760-1816 ) and Catherine ( 1763-1803 ) ( née Walrond ), daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado.