what group of people is described by the list below?
lyman hall
george walton
button gwinnett
The group of people described by the list are the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
The list you provided consists of the names of three individuals: Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett. These individuals were signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence. Therefore, the group of people described by the list is the Founding Fathers or the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
To find this answer on your own, you could have recognized the names of these individuals as signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Alternatively, you could have searched for the names online to determine their connection to this historic event.