Lucius William Nieman (December 13, 1857 – October 1, 1935) was an American businessman and founder of The Milwaukee Journal.

Born at Bear Valley in Sauk County, Wisconsin, Lucius's father was Conrad Nieman; and Sara Elizabeth Delamater was his mother.

Theron Haight, editor of The Waukesha Freeman, gave Lucius his start in the publishing industry.

Ambitious to become a journalist, Lucius returned to his grandmother Delamater and study at Carroll College in Waukesha.

The paper continued to employ Lucius, next as a reporter for Milwaukee, then in 1875 as correspondent in Madison covering government business in the state capital.

There Peter V. Deuster was running for re-election to Congress and publishing The Daily Journal to promote his campaign.

He directed in his will that equal shares of stock sale proceeds go to his widow and to his niece, Faye McBeath, a Journal employee and assistant to Nieman.