William Lyman may refer to:
- William Lyman (congressman) (1755–1811), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- William Lyman (inventor) (1821–1891), American inventor of a rotating-wheel can opener
- William Whittingham Lyman (1850–1921), American winemaker in California
- William Whittingham Lyman, Jr., (1885–1983), American academic and Celtic scholar
- William R. Lyman (1898–1972), American football player
Famous quotes containing the words william and/or lyman:
“Well, I know you haven’t had much experience writing and none at all in pictures. But I’ve heard about you. It all sounded like you’re just the man I wanted for a story about the Navy. I don’t want a story just about ships and planes. I want a story about the officers.... I want this story from a pen dipped in salt water not dry martinis. Do you know what I mean?”
—Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. John Dodge (Ward Bond)
“Isn’t it strange some people make
You feel so tired inside,
Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
Like leaves all brown and dried!”
—Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942)