Eugene Lyons (July 1, 1898 – January 7, 1985), born Yevgeny Natanovich Privin (Russian: Евгений Натанович Привин), was a Russian-born American journalist and writer. A fellow traveler of Communism in his younger years, Lyons became highly critical of the Soviet Union after several years there as a correspondent of United Press International. Lyons also wrote a biography of President Herbert Hoover.