Lyman
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Lyman may refer to:
People
Surname
- Abe Lyman (1897–1957), popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s
- Amasa Lyman (1813–1877), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), popularizer of a jazzy style of Hawaiian music
- 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
- Bernard Lyman, the co-founder of Lyman Brothers Boat Builders and Lyman Boat Works
- David Belden Lyman (1803–1884), missionary and founder of Hilo, Hawaii boarding school
- Dorothy Lyman (born 1947), actress, director and producer
- Edwin Lyman, of the Union of Concerned Scientists
- Eric Lyman (born 1965), U.S. journalist and writer
- 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).
- James Lyman, a fictional character from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
- Joe Lyman (?–?), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, '20s and '30s for Dewsbury
- Joseph Lyman (1840–1890), Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican U.S.
- John Lyman (athlete) (1912–1989), American athlete
- John Goodwin Lyman (1886–1967), American-Canadian painter
- Mel Lyman (1938–1978), American cult leader
- Peter Lyman (1940–2007), American professor of information science
- 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
- Theodore Lyman (1874–1954), physicist and discoverer of the Lyman series
- Theodore Lyman (Massachusetts) (1833–1897), George Gordon Meade's staff officer (1863–1865), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1883–1885
- Tony Lyman, British broadcaster
- Will Lyman (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 in 1793–1797
- William R. Lyman ("Link" Lyman, 1898–1972), professional American football player in 1920s and 1930s
Given name
- Lyman Abbott (1835–1922), American theologian and author
- Lyman Beecher (1775–1863), Presbyterian clergyman and leader of the temperance movement
- Lyman Bostock (1950–1978), American professional baseball player
- Lyman Duff (1865–1955), eighth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Lyman Bradford Smith (1904–1997), American botanist
- Lyman Feron, Irish chemist and peace envoy
- Lyman H. Howe (1856–1923), American film entrepreneur
- Lyman J. Gage (1836–1927), American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer
- Lyman Gilmore (1874–1951), aviation pioneer
- Lyman Hall (1724–1790), signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Lyman Lemnitzer (1899–1988), U.S. Army general
- Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), American theoretical physicist
- Lyman Tremain (1819–1878), New York politician
- Lyman Truman (1806–1881), New York state senator
- Lyman Trumbull (1813–1896), United States senator from Illinois during the American Civil War and impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Lyman Ward (actor) (born 1941), Canadian actor
- Lyman Wight (1796–1858), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
Fictional people
- Lyman, an early Garfield comic character
- Josh Lyman, character on The West Wing TV program
Places
In the United States:
- Lyman, California
- Lyman, Iowa
- Lyman, Maine
- Lyman, Mississippi
- Lyman, Nebraska
- Lyman, New Hampshire
- Lyman, South Carolina
- Lyman, South Dakota
- Lyman County, South Dakota
- Lyman, Utah
- Lyman, Washington
- Lyman, Wyoming
In Ukraine
Other places
- Lyman Block, a historic commercial building at 83-91 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts
- Lyman Lake petroglyphs, a site significant to North American Archaeology. Located in Arizona, United States, in Lyman Lake State Park
Institutions
- Lyman Briggs College, of Michigan State University
- Lyman Estate, a historic country house located in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Lyman Hall High School, Wallingford, Connecticut
- Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
- Lyman House Memorial Museum, Hilo, Hawaii
- Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon, Connecticut
- Lyman School for Boys, Westborough, Massachusetts
Natural phenomena
- Lyman (crater), a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon, named for Theodore Lyman
- The Lyman series, of spectral lines (physics)
- Lyman-alpha forest, in astronomical spectroscopy, the sum of absorption lines arising from the Lyman alpha transition in the spectra of distant galaxies and quasars
- Lyman, a flooded mouth of river either estuary-like or lagoon-like
See also
- All pages beginning with "Lyman"
- John Lyman
- Lyman Johnson
- Lyman Johnson
- Richard Lyman
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