Pym

Pym or PYM may refer to:

  • Pym (novel), a novel by Mat Johnson
  • Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, an organizing body for Quaker meetings

People with the surname Pym:

  • Anthony Pym, a translation studies scholar
  • Arthur Gordon Pym, a fictional character from Edgar Allan Poe's novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
  • Barbara Pym, a British novelist
  • Francis Pym, Baron Pym, a British politician who served in the House of Commons and was later given the title Baron Pym
  • Henry Pym (aka Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket and the Wasp; also called Hank Pym), a fictional superhero in the Marvel Universe
  • John Pym, an English parliamentarian leader in the seventeenth century
  • Magnus Pym, a fictional character in the John Le Carre novel A Perfect Spy
  • Morgan Pym, a fictional character from The Collector

Famous quotes containing the word pym:

    It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one’s mind.
    —Barbara Pym (1913–1980)