The name Lyman has several origins including as an English topographical name, a Dutch name derived from a Germanic personal name, and an American name derived from the German Leimann or Leinemann. Notable people with the name include:

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* Lyman Abbott (1835–1922), American theologian and author * Lyman E. Barnes (1855–1904), American politician * Lyman K. Bass (1836 – 1889), American politician * Lyman M. Bass (1876 - 1955), American lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York * Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of

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and its sequels *

Lyman Beecher Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was an American Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbyterian minister and Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist. Father of 13 children, many of them became writer ...

(1775–1863), Presbyterian clergyman and leader of the temperance movement *

Lyman Bostock Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 24, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels (1978), with a l ...

(1950–1978), American baseball player * Lyman Bostock Sr. (1918–2005), American baseball player * Lyman Drake (1852–1932), American baseball player *

Lyman Duff Sir Lyman Poore Duff, , PC(UK) (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest-serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, until Beverley McLachlin� ...

(1865–1955), eighth Chief Justice of Canada *

Lyman W. Emmons Lyman W. Emmons (March 5, 1885 – March 9, 1955) was an American politician and businessman. Biography Emmons was born on a farm in Lawrence County, Illinois and went to the public school in Lawrence County. Emmons attended Vincennes Universit ...

(1885–1955), American businessman and politician * Lyman J. Gage (1836–1927), American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer *

Lyman Gilmore Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr. (June 11, 1874 – February 18, 1951) was an aviation pioneer. In Grass Valley, California, he built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902. Due to the requirement of a heavy boiler an ...

(1874–1951), aviation pioneer *

Lyman Hall Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He ...

(1724–1790), a signer of the Declaration of Independence * Lyman H. Howe (1856–1923), American film entrepreneur * Lyman E. Johnson (1811–1859), American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement * Lyman T. Johnson (1906–1997), American educator and influential leader of racial desegregation in Kentucky * Lyman Lamb (1895–1955), American baseball player *

Lyman Lemnitzer Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (29 August 1899 – 12 November 1988) was a United States Army General (United States), general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Commander ...

(1899–1988), U.S. Army general * Lyman Linde (1920–1995), American baseball player * Lyman Page (born 1957), American astrophysicist * Lyman Smith (American football) (born 1956), American football player *

Lyman Bradford Smith Lyman Bradford Smith (September 11, 1904 – May 4, 1997) was an American botanist. Smith was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied botany during the 1920s at Harvard University and received his PhD from Harvard in 1930. Between 1928 and ...

(1904–1997), American botanist *

Lyman Cornelius Smith Lyman Cornelius Smith (1850–1910) was an American innovator and industrialist. He is buried in a mausoleum in Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York), Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York. Early business ventures L.C. Smith's first business v ...

(1850–1910), American industrialist *

Lyman Spitzer Lyman Spitzer Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation and plasma physics and in 1946 conceived the idea of telesco ...

(1914–1997), American theoretical physicist * Lyman Tremain (1819–1878), New York politician * Lyman Truman (1806–1881), New York state senator *

Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1873. Trumbull was a leading abolitionist attorney and key polit ...

(1813–1896), United States senator from Illinois during the American Civil War and impeachment of Andrew Johnson * Lyman Walker (1799–1886), American politician *

Lyman Ward (actor) Lyman Ward (born June 21, 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in '' Creature'' (1984), ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), and '' Milk and Honey'' (1988). Life and career Ward was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick a ...

(born 1941), Canadian actor * Lyman White (born 1959), American football player *

Lyman Wight Lyman Wight (May 9, 1796 – March 31, 1858) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri, in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apo ...

(1796–1858), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement * Lyman Young (1893–1984), American cartoonist

Surname

Abe Lyman Abe Lyman (born Abraham Simon; August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including '' Your Hit Parade''. Biography Bo ...

(1897–1957), popular bandleader *

Amasa Lyman Amasa Mason Lyman (March 30, 1813 – February 4, 1877) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and was an apostle. He was also a counselor in the First Presidency to Joseph Smith. Early life and conversion Lyman was born in Lyman, ...

(1813–1877), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *

Arthur Lyman Arthur Hunt Lyman (February 2, 1932 – February 24, 2002) was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica. His albums ...

(1932–2002), popularizer of a jazzy style of Hawaiian music * Bernard Lyman, the co-founder of Lyman Brothers Boat Builders and Lyman Boat Works * Cam Lyman (1932–? between 1987 and 1995), transgender man, multi-millionaire, and breeder of champion spaniels * Chester Smith Lyman (1814–1890), American teacher, clergyman and astronomer * David Belden Lyman (1803–1884), missionary and founder of Hilo, Hawaii boarding school *

Dorothy Lyman Dorothy Lyman (born April 18, 1947) is an American television actress, director, and producer. She is most known for her work as Gwen Frame on '' Another World'', on ''All My Children'' as the original Opal Sue Gardner, as Rebecca Whitmore on '' ...

(born 1947), actress, director and producer * Edwin Lyman, American 20th-21st century physicist * Esther Lyman (1927–1991), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * Ethel Louise Lyman (1893–1974), American music librarian * Francis M. Lyman (1840–1916), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) * Hannah Lyman (1816-1871), American educator, biographer * Henry Herbert Lyman (1854–1914), Canadian businessman and entomologist * Jeff Lyman (born 1950), American football player * Joe Lyman, rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s * John Lyman (American football) (), American college football player and coach * John Lyman (athlete) (1912–1989), American shot putter * John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967), American-Canadian painter *

Joseph Lyman Joseph Lyman (September 13, 1840 – July 9, 1890) was a American Civil War, Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican Party (United States), Republican U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative fr ...

(1840–1890), Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge; in the 1880s, a two-term Republican congressman * Mark Lyman, founding director of

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(SOFA) art fairs *

Mel Lyman Melvin James Lyman (March 24, 1938 – March 1978) was an American musician and writer, and the founder of the Fort Hill Community, which has been variously described as a family, commune, or cult. Early life Lyman grew up in California and Ore ...

(1938–1978), American musician and preacher * Monty Lyman (born 1992), British medical doctor and author * Paul Lyman (born 1965), English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s *

Peter Lyman George Peter Lyman (September 13, 1940 – July 2, 2007) was an American professor of information science who taught at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information, and was well known in U.S. academia for his research on online ...

(1940–2007), American professor of information science * Princeton Lyman (1935–2018), American diplomat * Richard M. Lyman (1893–1978), American politician * Richard R. Lyman (1870–1963), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) * Richard Wall Lyman (1923–2012), American educator and historian, seventh president of Stanford University *

Rufus Anderson Lyman Rufus Anderson Lyman (June 23, 1842 – July 4, 1910) was a son of a missionary who became a lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii, founded the Paauhau Sugar Plantation Company, and had many notable descendants. Life He was born on Jun ...

(1842–1910), judge and planter from Hawaii * Samuel Lyman (1749–1802), Congressman from Massachusetts * Sheila Lyman, American politician * Shelby Lyman (1936–2019), American chess player * Stanford Lyman (1933–2003), American sociologist * Theodore Lyman II (1792–1849), American philanthropist, politician, and author * Theodore Lyman III (1833–1897), American natural scientist, Civil War Union Army lieutenant colonel, and Congressman from Massachusetts *

Theodore Lyman IV Theodore Lyman IV (; November 23, 1874 – October 11, 1954) was an American physicist and spectroscopist, born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, from which he also received his Ph.D. in 1900. Career Lyman became an assistant profe ...

(1874–1954), American physicist and discoverer of the Lyman series *

Will Lyman William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Known for his polished, resonant voice, he has narrated the PBS series '' Frontline'' since its second season in 1984. He played William Tell in the action/adventure television series ''Cr ...

(born 1948), American actor * William Whittingham Lyman Jr. (1885–1983), also known as Jack Lyman, American writer and academic, primarily in the field of Celtic studies * William Lyman (congressman) (1755–1811), Congressman from Massachusetts * William R. Lyman ("Link" Lyman, 1898–1972), professional American football player in the 1920s and 1930s

Characters

* Lyman, an early ''Garfield'' comic character * James Lyman, from the '' Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance'' web series *

Josh Lyman Joshua Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama series ''The West Wing''. The role earned Whitford the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2001. For most of the se ...

, on ''The West Wing'' TV program * Lyman Slime, from '' Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse'', a Canadian animated children's TV series

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