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 word lynch:

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