William Farquhar Payson
 William Farquhar Payson (1876-1939) was an American author. He was born in New York city February 18 1876 the son of Francis and Mary F. (Dabney) Payson and grandson of John Larkin and Frances (Lithgow) Payson and of Charles Henry and Ellen M. (Jones) Dabney and a descendant of Edward Payson (1614–1675). He received his preparatory education in England and in New York city; was a student at Columbia University 1892–93 and in 1893 engaged in journalism.