Pynchon (surname)

Pynchon is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Adeline Lobdell Pynchon (1887–1975), American author, art dealer and collector
• Template:Interlanguage link (1853–1914), American otolaryngologist
• George M. Pynchon (1862–1940), American yacht racer
• Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), American novelist
• William Pynchon (1590–1662), English colonial settler and founder of Springfield, Massachusetts
• William Pynchon Stewart Ventress (1854–1911), American politician in Mississippi

Fictional characters

• Margaret Pynchon, portrayed by Nancy Marchand on Lou Grant
• Stephen Pynchon, portrayed by Malcolm McDowell on Pearl

See also

• Pinchon, French surname