Rudy Lyle was born in 1930.
Rudy Lavik died on 1979-09-29.
No. Rudy Lyle, best known as Bill Monroe's banjo picker on "Rawhide"(the Bill Monroe instrumental and nothing to do with the old TV series)played a Gibson banjo. The "Lyle" banjo was a cheap Japanese or Korean or Taiwanese(doesn't matter which) mass-market entry-level banjo. The name of the "Lyle" banjo has nothing to do with Rudy, nor he with it. This type of banjo is made by a diversified industrial corporation and the name can be anything, at the request of the importer/distributor.
Lyle Neff was born in 1969.
Hilliard Lyle was born in 1879.
Lyle Campbell was born in 1942.
Amos Lyle was born in 1866.
Lyle Lahey was born in 1931.
Lyle Beerbohm was born in 1979.
Marius Lyle was born in 1872.
Lyle Dennen was born in 1942.
Lyle Oberwise was born in 1908.
Lyle Boren was born in 1909.