Editing Lyme, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

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* [[Robert Ballard]] (born 1942), lives in Lyme; oceanographer
* [[Joan Bennett]] (1910–1990), buried in Lyme; film and television actress
* [[Hiel Brockway]] (died 1842), born in Lyme; founder of [[Brockport, New York]]
* [[Zebulon Brockway]] (1827–1920), born in Lyme; [[penologist]]; "Father of prison reform" in the United States
* [[Daniel Chadwick]] (1825–1884), born in Lyme; lawyer and politician
* [[Donald Barr Chidsey]] (1902–1981), lived in Lyme for many years; novelist and historian
* [[Wequash Cooke]] (died 1642), buried in Lyme; Native American leader
* [[William Diard]] (1924–2009), retired to Lyme and died there; operatic tenor
* [[Dominick Dunne]] (1925–2009), owned a house in (and was buried in) Lyme (Hadlyme); author, journalist, and film producer
* [[John Ely (surgeon)|John Ely]] (1737–1800), born in Lyme; surgeon and colonel in the American Revolution
* [[Walker Evans]] (1903–1975), lived in Lyme from the 1940s through the rest of his life; photographer
* [[Gladys Kelley Fitch]] (1896–1971), lived in Lyme; artist; member Old Lyme Art Colony
* [[Matthew Griswold (governor)|Matthew Griswold]] (1714–1799), born in Lyme; governor of Connecticut (1784–1786)
* [[Roger Griswold]] (1762–1812), born in Lyme; son of Matthew; US congressman (1785–1805), governor of Connecticut (1811–1812)
* [[Roger Hilsman]] (1919–2014), lived in Lyme; member Lyme Democratic Committee; World War II hero, diplomat, and author
* [[Harry Holtzman]] (1912–1987), lived in Lyme; abstract artist
* [[Stephen Johnson (minister)|Stephen Johnson]] (1724–1786), minister Lyme First Congregational; [[pamphleteer]]
* [[Ezra Lee]] (1749–1821), born in Lyme; commander of the ''Turtle'' submarine during the Revolutionary War, and world's first submariner
* [[Beatrice Lillie]] (1894–1989), lived on Grassy Hill Rd, Lyme in the 1970s; Canadian-born actress
* [[Abijah Perkins Marvin]] (1813–1889), born in Lyme; minister, writer, and teacher; member of the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853]]
* [[Dudley Marvin]] (1786–1856), born in Lyme; New York [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]]
* [[Charles J. McCurdy]] (1797–1891), born and died in Lyme; Lt. Governor of Connecticut
* [[William Brown Meloney (1905–1971)]] and [[Rose Franken]] (1895–1988), lived in Lyme; husband-wife writing and play production team
* [[Robert Mulligan]] (1925–2008), died at home in Lyme; film director; directed ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
* [[Jonathan Parsons]] (1705–1776), Lyme clergyman
* [[Samuel Holden Parsons]] (1737–1789), born in Lyme; brigadier general in the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolution]]
* [[Jedediah Peck]] (1748–1821), born in Lyme; "Father of the Common School System" in New York state
* [[John Sill Rogers]] (1796–1860), born in Lyme; physician and politician
* [[Timothy Rogers (Quaker leader)|Timothy Rogers]] (1756-1834), born in Lyme; Quaker leader and founder of [[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]] and [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]], [[Ontario]] in [[Canada]].
* [[Sewell Sillman]] (1924–1992), lived in Lyme and died there; painter, educator, and art print publisher
* [[Ansel Sterling]] (1782–1853), born in Lyme; [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from Connecticut
* [[Micah Sterling]] (1784–1844), born in Lyme; [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from New York
* [[Allen Tucker (Medal of Honor)|Allen Tucker]] (1838–1903), born in Lyme; Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War
* [[Henry Matson Waite (judge)|Henry Matson Waite]] (1787–1869), born in Lyme; Chief Justice of Connecticut Supreme Court
* [[Morrison Waite|Morrison Remick Waite]] (1816–1888), born in Lyme; [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
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