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 Lyman J. Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922) was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. Biography Early years Lyman J. Abbott was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 18, 1835, the son of the prolific ...

(1835–1922), American theologian and author *

Lyman E. Barnes Lyman Eddy Barnes (June 30, 1855January 16, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. Biography Barnes was born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, the son of William W. Barn ...

(1855–1904), American politician * Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz afte ...

and its sequels *

Lyman Beecher Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella B ...

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

Lyman Bostock Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 23, 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 li ...

(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 (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Early life and career Born in Meaford, Canada West (now Ontario) to a Cong ...

(1865–1955), eighth Chief Justice of Canada * Lyman W. Emmons (1885–1955), American businessman and politician * Lyman J. Gage (1836–1927), American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer * Lyman Gilmore (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), signer of the Declaration of Independence * Lyman H. Howe (1856–1923), American film entrepreneur * Lyman Lamb (1895–1955), American baseball player *

Lyman Lemnitzer Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army 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 Europe of NATO from 1 ...

(1899–1988), U.S. Army general *

Lyman Linde Lyman Gilbert Linde (September 30, 1920 – October 24, 1995) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Clevel ...

(1920–1995), American baseball player * Lyman Smith (American football) (born 1956), American football player * Lyman Bradford Smith (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 in Syracuse, New York. Early business ventures L.C. Smith's first business venture occurred in 1873, when he opened a ...

(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, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telesco ...

(1914–1997), American theoretical physicist * Lyman Tremain (1819–1878), New York politician *

Lyman Truman Lyman Truman (March 2, 1806 – March 24, 1881) was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Aaron Truman (1785–1823) and Experience (Park) Truman (1782–1844).Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a lawyer, judge, and United States Senator from Illinois and the co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Trumbull esta ...

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

Lyman Walker Lyman Walker (May 30, 1799October 16, 1886) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties. He also served 13 years as district atto ...

(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 Lyman Dan White Jr. (born January 3, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. White was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons out of Louisiana State University in the 1981 NFL Draft The 1981 NFL draft was the procedure by wh ...

(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), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *

Lyman Young Lyman W. Young (October 20, 1893 – February 12, 1984) was an American cartoonist who created the strip ''Tim Tyler's Luck''. His younger brother, Chic Young, was the creator of '' Blondie''. Like his brother, Lyman Young was encouraged to do ar ...

(1893–1984), American cartoonist

Middle name

* John Lyman Smith (1828–1898), American politician *

Ray Lyman Wilbur Ray Lyman Wilbur (April 13, 1875 – June 26, 1949) was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior. Early life Wilbur was born in Boonesboro, Iowa, ...

(1875–1949), American medical doctor, third president of Stanford University, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior

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Abe Lyman Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a popular 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''. His name at birth was Abra ...

(1897–1957), popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s *

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), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *

Arthur Lyman Arthur Lyman (February 2, 1932 – February 24, 2002) was an 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 became ...

(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 is an American television actress, director and producer. She is most known for her work as Gwen Frame on '' Another World'' and on ''All My Children'' as Opal Sue Gardner, as Rebecca Whitmore on ''Generations'', and on the sitcom ...

(born 1947), actress, director and producer *

Edwin Lyman Edwin S. Lyman is a physicist and the Director of Nuclear Power Safety with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). He specializes in nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, and nuclear power safety. Lyman has published extensively in jour ...

, of the Union of Concerned Scientists * Eric Lyman (born 1965), U.S. journalist and writer * 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 * Jeff Lyman (born 1950), American football player *

Joe Lyman Joseph Lyman (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (who were a "junior" club at the time, s ...

(¿–?), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s *

John Lyman (athlete) John Carnahan Lyman (March 19, 1912 – July 29, 1989) was an American shot putter and discus thrower who briefly held the shot put world record in 1934. Sports career Lyman studied at Stanford University and was one of many stand-out thrower ...

(1912–1989), American athlete * Joseph Lyman (1840–1890), Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge; in the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican congressman *

John Goodwin Lyman John Goodwin Lyman (September 29, 1886 – May 26, 1967) was an American-born Canadian modernist painter active largely in Montreal, Quebec. In the 1930s he did much to promote modern art in Canada, founding the Contemporary Art Society in 1939. ...

(1886–1967), American-Canadian painter *

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 October 1992), British medical doctor and author * Paul Lyman (born 1965), English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s * Peter Lyman (1940–2007), American professor of information science * Princeton Lyman (1935–2018), American diplomat * Richard R. Lyman (1870–1963), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1918 to 1943 * Richard Wall Lyman (1923–2012), American educator and historian, seventh president of Stanford University * Rufus Anderson Lyman (1842–1910), Judge and planter from Hawaii * Samuel Lyman (1749–1802), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1795–1797 * Shelby Lyman (1936–2019), American chess player *

Stanford Lyman Stanford Morris Lyman (June 10, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American sociologist. He is recognized for his work on interactionism and the sociology of race relations in the United States. He served as president of the Mid-South Sociological As ...

(1933–2003), American sociologist * Theodore Lyman (1874–1954), physicist and discoverer of the Lyman series *

Theodore Lyman (Massachusetts) Theodore Lyman III (August 23, 1833 – September 9, 1897) was a natural scientist, military staff officer during the American Civil War, and United States Representative from Massachusetts. Biography Lyman was born in Waltham, Massachusetts o ...

(1833–1897), George Gordon Meade's staff officer (1863–1865), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1883–1885 *

Will Lyman William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist, actor, and musician. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series '' Frontline'' since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in t ...

(born 1948), American actor *

William Whittingham Lyman Jr. William Whittingham Lyman Jr. (January 3, 1885 – November 8, 1983), also known as Jack Lyman, was an American writer and academic, primarily in the field of Celtic studies. Life and work Lyman was born at Napa County, California, the son of ...

(1885–1983), also known as Jack Lyman, American writer and academic, primarily in the field of Celtic studies *

William Lyman (congressman) William Lyman (December 7, 1755 – September 22, 1811) was an American politician from Northampton, Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives. Lyman was born in Northampton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to ...

(1755–1811), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1793–1797 * 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, a character from '' Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance'' *

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 ...

, a character on ''The West Wing'' TV program * Lyman, a character from

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...

* Lyman Slime, a character from ''

Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse ''Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse'' (also known as ''Edouard et Martin'' for the French dub in Quebec) is a children's animated television series co-produced by Nelvana and Hong Guang Animation for Teletoon and PBS Kids. It tells the stories of a youn ...

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