William Lynch

William Lynch may refer to:

  • Sir William Lynch (diplomat) (c. 1730–1785), British Member of Parliament for Canterbury and Minister to Sardinia
  • William Lynch (Lynch law) (1742–1820), claimed to be the basic cause of the "lynch law" term
  • William Lynch (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s for England, Yorkshire, and Wakefield Trinity
  • William Lynch (Toronto politician)
  • William B. Lynch, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
  • William F. Lynch (1801–1865), captain in the Virginia Navy, who commanded southern forces during the Union attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina
  • William Hawthorn Lynch (1929–2004) Journalist, Louisiana Inspector General
  • William Joseph Lynch (1908–1976), U.S. federal judge
  • William J. Lynch, Jr. (born 1970), CEO of Barnes & Noble
  • Bill Lynch (born 1954), football coach
  • William Lynch, Jr. (born 1947), former Deputy Mayor of New York City under David Dinkins and political consultant
  • Willie Lynch, probably fictional author of the dubious William Lynch speech
  • William Warren Lynch (1845–1916), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec
  • William A. Lynch (1844–1907), Ohio lawyer and politician

Famous quotes containing the words william and/or lynch:

    “Now William pulled the lever down,
    And click-clack went the printing-press.
    William was the only printer in town
    Who had peeped while the angels undress.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.”
    —David Lynch (b. 1947)