Bion

Bion may refer to:

Science

• Bion (satellite), a series of Soviet satellites from the 1960s and 1970s
• Bion, in physics, the bound state of two solitons
• Bions, hypothetical corpuscles of biological energy proposed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich

Places

• Bion, Manche, a commune in France
• Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion, a commune of southeastern France
• Revest-du-Bion, a French commune near the Alps

People with the given name Bion

• Bion of Miletus, a Greek sculptor (6th–5th century BC)
• Bion of Smyrna, also known as Bion of Phlossa, bucolic Greek poet (fl. 2nd century BC)
• Bion of Abdera, a Greek philosopher from the school of Democritus (fl. c. 4th century BC)
• Bion of Soli, an ancient Greek writer of history
• Bion of Borysthenes, Greek philosopher (325–250 BC)
• Bion Barnett, the founder of Barnett Bank, in Florida
• Bion Tsang, American cellist and professor
• Bion J. Arnold, 1861–1942, American electrical engineer

People with the surname Bion

• Louis-Eugène Bion (1807-1860), French sculptor
• Nicholas Bion (1652–1733), French scientific instrument-maker
• Wilfred Bion, a British psychoanalyst
• Anne-Sophie Bion, French film editor

Other uses

• Bion (opera), by the French composer Étienne Méhul
• BionX, Canadian maker of electric motors for bicycles
• Bion, a fictional planet in Metroid Prime: Federation Force

See also

• Bionic