Lee (surname)
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The surname Lee can be one of the following:
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- Lee (English name): An English surname.
- Lee (Korean name): A Korean name
The Irish background: O'lee (from Lee), which is a river down in Cork, Ireland. http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=Irlande&ll=51.891802,-8.52376&spn=0.022989,0.057592&z=14
- A common transliteration of Li, one of several Chinese names. (For Hong Kong Chinese and Taiwanese, Lee is more common transliteration of surname than Li.)
Lee may refer to:
[edit] Politics
- Ann Lee, leader of the Shaker movement
- Arthur Lee, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, early U.S. ambassador
- Barbara Lee, current U.S. Representative from California's 9th District
- Charles Lee (Attorney General), United States Attorney General
- Fitzhugh Lee, general, diplomat, and Governor of Virginia
- Francis Lightfoot Lee, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, Virginia senator
- Henry Lee (disambiguation)
- James Lee, Canadian politician
- John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, British Liberal Democrat politician
- John A. Lee, New Zealand politician and writer
- John Michael Hubert Lee, retired Labour politician in the United Kingdom
- Lee Hsien Loong, third Prime Minister of Singapore
- Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore
- Lee Teng-hui, first democratically elected President of the Republic of China
- Mary Lee (1821–1909), an Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia
- Richard Henry Lee, President of the Continental Congress
- Sheila Jackson-Lee, current U.S. Representative from Texas's 18th District
- Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party. A member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
[edit] Music
- Albert Lee, English guitarist
- Amy Lynn Lee, American singer
- Ann Lee (singer), English pop singer
- Arthur Lee (musician), American frontman for Love
- Bill Lee (musician), American musician
- Brenda Lee, American singer
- Geddy Lee, Canadian rock music bass guitarist and singer
- Graham Lee (Australian musician), Australian rock musician and record producer
- Graham Lee (musician), Principal Trombone for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Lee Hyori, Korean pop singer
- Peggy Lee, singer
- Rita Lee, Brazilian (with American ancestry) Rock singer/composer
- Tommy Lee, American Heavy Metal musician
[edit] Film and television
- Ang Lee, Taiwanese film director
- Bernard Lee, actor best known for portraying M in the James Bond films
- Bobby Lee, a comedian on MADtv
- Brandon Lee, actor
- Bruce Lee, Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor
- Christopher Lee, English actor
- Dorothy Lee, 1930s American actress-comedian
- Lee Eun-ju, Korean actress
- Jason Lee, actor
- John Lee (actor), Australian actor
- John Rafter Lee, actor/voice actor who is best known for his portrayal of the mysterious Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's Æon Flux
- Pinky Lee TV daytime kid show 1950's
- Richard R. Lee, San Francisco Bay Area TV producer, director and host for Sidewalks Entertainment
- SaRenna Lee
- Sophie Lee, Australian actress
- Spike Lee, African-American movie director
- Stephen Lee, English TV Presenter and Newsreader, currently at ITV
[edit] Literature
- Bill Lee (author), Chinese American writer and ex-member of the Joe Boys
- Harper Lee, American novelist
- Jae Lee, comic book artist
- Jim Lee, Korean American comic book artist and publisher
- John B. Lee, Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario
- Laurie Lee, English poet, novelist, and screenwriter
- Robert Edwin Lee, American playwright
- Stan Lee, American writer and editor of comic books
[edit] Sports
- Andy Lee (American football), American football punter for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL
- Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher), Major League Baseball player from 1934 to 1947
- Brett Lee, an Australian cricketer
- Derrek Lee, American baseball player
- Graham Lee (jockey), successful horse jockey in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
- Jeanette Lee (pool player) (born 1971), American pocket billiards player, a.k.a. "The Black Widow"
- Kieran Lee, an English footballer for Manchester United
- Phillip Lee, an Australian rugby league player
- Richard Lee, an English goalkeeper for Watford FC
- Sammy Lee, an English football player and manager
- Sean Lee, an american football linebacker for the Penn State University football team
- Shane Lee, a former Australian cricketer
- Stephen Lee, an English professional snooker player
- Young-Pyo Lee, South Korean fullback/wingback currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur
[edit] Military
- Charles Lee (general), a general in the American Revolutionary War
- Joey Lee (general), a general in the Chinese Rebellion War
- Edwin Gray Lee, Confederate Brigadier general in the American Civil War
- Henry Lee III, also called "Light Horse Harry Lee", cavalry officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, governor of Virginia
- Hubert L. Lee, American Medal of Honor recipient
- John C. H. Lee, U.S. Army General
- Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of General Robert E. Lee
- Robert E. Lee, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Samuel Philips Lee, Union admiral in the American Civil War
- William C. Lee, American U.S. Army soldier and general
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate cavalry general, planter, and member of the U.S. Congress
- Willis A. Lee, Jr., a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II
[edit] Religion
- Harold B. Lee, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
[edit] Crime
- Henry Lee (forensic scientist), one of the world's foremost forensic scientists
- John 'Babbacombe' Lee, English murderer
[edit] Science and academia
- Alexander Lee, historian and political theorist
- Benjamin W. Lee, Korean American theoretical physicist
- Henry Lee (economist), political economist from Massachusetts
- John Lee (astronomer), English philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and barrister
- John Lee (pathologist), English consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital
- John Lee (University Principal), the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1840 to 1859
- Richard Borshay Lee, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto
- Stephen Lee (chemist), Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University
- Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of World Wide Web Consortium
[edit] Business
- Kai-Fu Lee, American information technology executive and founding president of Google China
- Patrick Lee, CFO and billionaire in Hong Kong. Owns a wealth of $1.7 billions as stated in the Forbes list.
[edit] Other people
- Ralph Lee, puppet-maker
[edit] Fictional characters
- Rock Lee, fictional character from the popular anime/manga series Naruto
- Bill Lee (Stargate), fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
- Lee Chaolan, fictional character the Tekken games
- Linali Lee, fictional character from the anime/manga series D. Gray-man
- Jann Lee
[edit] See also
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