Lyman

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Lyman may refer to:

People:

Real People:

• Arthur Lyman (2 February 1932 - 24 February 2002) popularizer of a jazzy style of Hawaiian music
• Cam Lyman (4 September 1932 - between 1987 and 1995), a transman, a multi-millionaire, and breeder of champion spaniels
• Dorothy Lyman, actress, director and producer
• Richard Wall Lyman (born 1923), American educator and historian
• Samuel Lyman, Congressman from Massachusetts in 1795-1797
• Theodore Lyman, discoverer of the Lyman series
• Theodore Lyman (Massachusetts), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1883-1885
• Will Lyman, American actor
• William Whittingham Lyman Jr, (3 January 1885 - 8 November 1983) also known as Jack Lyman, American writer and academic, primarily in the field of Celtic studies.
• William Lyman (congressman) (December 7, 1755 - September 22, 1811), Congressman from Massachusetts in 1793-1797
• Lyman is also a common first name.

Fictional People:

• Lyman, a character in the comic strip Garfield
• Josh Lyman, fictional character on "The West Wing" TV program

Places:

Towns in the United States:

• Lyman, Maine
• Lyman, Mississippi
• Lyman, Nebraska
• Lyman, New Hampshire
• Lyman, South Carolina
• Lyman, Utah
• Lyman, Washington
• Lyman, Wyoming

Institutions:

• Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon, Connecticut
• Lyman Briggs School of Science, East Lansing, Michigan
• Lyman Hall High School, Wallingford, Connecticut
• Lyman Moore Middle School, Portland, Maine
• Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
• Lyman School for Boys, Westford, 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, is the sum of absorption lines arising from the Lyman alpha transition in the spectra of distant galaxies and quasars.

Things:

• Lyman boat, a type of wooden clinker built boat