List of people with surname Lee

This is a list of persons with the surname Lee.

A

 * Aaron Lee (born 1972), Singaporean prize-winning poet
 * Abra Lee (born 1978), American public horticulturalist, historian and writer
 * Abbey Lee (born 1987), Australian model, actress and musician
 * Agnes Lee (1862–1939), American poet
 * Alan Lee (footballer) (born 1978), Irish footballer
 * Albert Lee (born 1943), English guitarist
 * Alex Lee, multiple people
 * Alexis Lee (born 1995), Singaporean professional wrestler
 * Ali Lee (born 1982), Hong Kong actress and television host
 * Alice Lee, multiple people
 * Alison Lee (born 1995), American professional golfer
 * Alma Lee (1914–2000), Swiss-born naturalised British philatelist
 * Alvin Lee (1944–2013), born Graham Barnes, English guitarist and lead singer of the band Ten Years After
 * Amasa Coleman Lee (1880–1962), American politician
 * Amos Lee (born 1977), American singer
 * Amy Lee (born 1981), American singer
 * Amy Freeman Lee (1914–2004), American artist, writer and lecturer
 * Anders Lee (born 1990), American ice hockey player
 * Andy Lee, multiple people
 * Ang Lee (born 1954), Oscar-winning Taiwanese film director
 * Ann Lee (1736–1784), leader of the Shaker movement
 * Ann Lee (actress) (1918–2003), American businesswoman and actress
 * Ann Lee (illustrator) (1753– c. 1790), botanical, insect and bird illustrator
 * Ann Lee (singer) (born 1967), English pop singer
 * Anna Lee (1913–2004), English actress, was on General Hospital, real name Joan Boniface Winnifrith
 * Annabelle Lee (1922–2008), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher
 * Anne Carter Lee (1839–1862), daughter of Robert E. Lee
 * Anne Hill Carter Lee, First Lady of Virginia
 * Anthony Lee (1961–2000), American actor and playwright
 * Anthony Lee (c.1510–1549), English courtier and Member of Parliament
 * Art Lee (born 1947), Canadian politician
 * Arthur Lee, multiple people
 * Auriol Lee (1880–1941), English actress, stage director and producer
 * Austin Lee (born 1983), American artist

B

 * Bandy X. Lee (born 1970), American forensic psychiatrist
 * Barbara Lee (born 1946), U.S. Representative from California's 9th congressional district
 * Benjamin W. Lee (1935–1977), Korean American theoretical physicist
 * Benny Lee (1916–1995), Scottish comedy actor and singer
 * Benny Lee (born 1965), American badminton player
 * Bernard Lee (1908–1981), actor best known for portraying M in the James Bond films
 * Bill Lee (author) (born 1954), Chinese-American writer and ex-member of the Joe Boys
 * Bill Lee (born 1946), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Bill Lee (1928–2023), American musician
 * Bill Lee (1909–1977), Major League Baseball player from 1934 to 1947
 * Bobby Lee (born 1971), comedian on MADtv
 * Brandon Lee (1965–1993), Chinese-American actor and son of Bruce Lee
 * Brandun Lee (born 1999), American boxer of Korean and Mexican descent
 * Brenda Lee (born 1944), American singer
 * Brenko Lee (born 1995), Australian rugby league player
 * Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
 * Bri Lee (born 1991), Australian writer
 * Brian Lee, multiple people
 * Brodie Lee (1979 –2020), American wrestler
 * Brooks Lee (born 2001), American baseball player
 * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Hong Kong actor and martial artist, son of Lee Hoi-chuen
 * Bruce George Peter Lee (born 1960), prolific British serial killer, arsonist, and mass murderer
 * Byron Lee, (1935–2008),Jamaican musician, record producer and entrepreneur

C

 * Cameron Lee (born 1993), American football player
 * Caspar Lee (born 1994), South African YouTuber
 * Carlos Lee (born 1976), Panamanian professional baseball player
 * Celine Lee (born 1994), Malaysian karateka
 * Chae-rin Lee, also known as CL (born 1991), leader of South Korean pop group 2NE1
 * Chang-ho Lee (born 1975), Korean Go player
 * Charles Lee, multiple people
 * Charlie Lee (computer scientist), Ivorian inventor of Litecoin
 * Chia-hao Lee (born 1999), Taiwanese badminton player
 * Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (born 1996), Thai Singer and Part of NCT
 * Chong Wei Lee (born 1982), Malaysian badminton player
 * Christopher Lee, multiple people
 * Christina Lee (born 1977), Hong Kong politician
 * Christine Lee, multiple people
 * Christian Lee, multiple people
 * Christopher Lee (1922–2015), English actor
 * Clara Lee (born 1985), South Korean actress and model
 * Cliff Lee (born 1978), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Coco Lee (1975–2023), American singer
 * Craig Lee (born 1977), Scottish professional golfer
 * Colin Lee (born 1956), English football manager and footballer
 * Courtney Lee (born 1985), NBA player

D

 * Damion Lee (born 1992), American professional basketball player
 * Daniel Lee, multiple people
 * Danny Lee, several people
 * David Lee, multiple people
 * Dean Lee (born 1971), American nuclear theorist, researcher and educator
 * Denise Lee (born 1970), New Zealand politician
 * Dennis Lee, multiple people
 * Derek Lee, multiple people
 * Derrick Todd Lee (1968–2016), American serial killer
 * Desmond Lee (born 1976), Singaporean Cabinet Minister and Lawyer
 * Diana Lee (born 1961), American model and actress
 * Dinah Lee (born 1943), New Zealand singer
 * Diane Lee (born 1959), Taiwanese politician
 * Dion Lee (born 1985), American-Australian fashion designer
 * Dino Lee (born 1993), Taiwanese singer, composer, musician and actor
 * Dominic Lee (born 1984), Hong Kong politician
 * Don Lee or Donald Lee, multiple people
 * Dong-hae Lee (born 1986), member of Korean pop group Super Junior
 * Dong-hyuck Lee Korean Singer, Part of K-pop Boy Group NCT
 * Dorothy Lee, multiple people
 * Doug Lee (born 1964), American basketball player
 * Douglas Lee (born 1977), British choreographer*Dylan Lee (born 1994), American baseball player

E

 * Earl Lee (born 1983), Korean-Canadian conductor and cellist
 * Ed Lee (1952–2017), American attorney and mayor of San Francisco, California
 * Eddie Lee (1899–1979), American actor
 * Edrick Lee (born 1992), Australian rugby league player
 * Edwin Gray Lee (1836–1870), Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War
 * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician
 * Eliza Lee (1792–1864), American author
 * Eliza Seymour Lee (c. 1800–1874), American pastry chef and restaurateur
 * Elijah Lee (born 1996), American football linebacker
 * Eleanor Agnes Lee (1841–1873), American diarist, poet, and daughter of Robert E. Lee
 * Eric Lee, multiple people
 * Erica Lee (1888–1981), English sculptor
 * Eugene Lee, multiple people
 * Eun-ju Lee (1980–2005), South Korean actress
 * Eung-kyung Lee (born 1966), Korean actress
 * Eva Lee (badminton) (born 1986), Hong Kong-born American badminton player
 * Eva K. Lee, Hong Kong-born American applied mathematician and operations researcher
 * Eva Y.-H. P. Lee, Taiwanese molecular biologist
 * Evea Lee (born 1986), American badminton player
 * Evan Lee, multiple people
 * Everett Lee (1916–2022), American conductor and violinist
 * Ezra Lee (1749–1821), American colonial soldier
 * Ezra Lee (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriter and pianist

F

 * Felix Lee (born 2000) South Korean singer and actor, part of boy group Stray Kids
 * Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), general, diplomat, and Governor of Virginia
 * Floyd Lee (1933–2020), American blues musician
 * Francis Lee, multiple people
 * Frank Lee, multiple people
 * Frankie Lee (musician) (1941–2015), American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter

G

 * G. Avery Lee (1916–2008), Baptist preacher in New Orleans
 * Gary A. Lee (1933–2022), American politician
 * Gavin Lee (born 1971), English actor
 * Geddy Lee, Canadian rock music bass guitarist and singer
 * George Lee, multiple people
 * Georgia Lee, multiple people
 * Gerald Lee (born 1987), Finnish basketball player
 * Gerald Bruce Lee (born 1952), judge on the United States District Court
 * Gerald Stanley Lee (1862–1944), American Congregational clergyman and author
 * Gideon Lee (1778–1841), American politician
 * Gin Lee (born 1987), Malaysian singer
 * Gordon Lee, multiple people
 * Grace Lee (politician), politician in New York
 * Gary Lee, multiple people
 * Grace Etsuko Lee, founder of Grace Lee International
 * Graham Lee, multiple people
 * Grant Lee (born 2001), Australian footballer
 * Greg Lee (basketball) (1951–2022), American basketball player
 * Greta Lee (born 1983), American actress
 * Gwen Lee (1904–1961), American actress

H

 * Hacken Lee (born 1967), Hong Kong singer and actor
 * Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee (1701–1750), American colonist
 * Harold B. Lee (1899–1973) 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Harper Lee (1926–2016), American novelist
 * Harry Lee (sheriff) (1932–2007), Chinese-American sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
 * Haruna Lee, Taiwanese Japanese American theatre maker and writer
 * Hazel Ying Lee (1912–1944), American pilot
 * Heidi Lee, American Couture Hat fashion designer
 * Helen Lee, multiple people
 * Henry Lee, multiple people
 * Herbert Lee, multiple people
 * Heung-kam Lee (1932–2021), Hong Kong actress
 * Hoi-chuen Lee (1901–1965), Cantonese Opera singer and actor, father of Bruce Lee
 * Ho-won Lee or Ho-Dong Lee, Korean rapper, singer, former dancer of boyband Infinite
 * Holly Lee (born 1953), Hong Kong artist-photographer
 * Howard Lee, multiple people
 * Howie Lee (1929–2014), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Hubert L. Lee (1915–1982), American Medal of Honor recipient
 * Hye-in Lee (born 2008) South Korean Pop singer and model, Member of Girl Group NewJeans
 * Hyo-ri Lee (born 1979), Korean pop singer,actress,model
 * Hyuk-jae Lee (born 1973), Korean comedian

I

 * Ian Lee (1914–1976), Australian cricketer
 * Ian James Lee (born 1984), American journalist
 * Iain Lee (born 1973), English broadcaster, writer, television presenter, and stand-up comedian


 * Ida Lee (1865–1943), Australian historian and poet
 * Inkyu Lee, Korean engineer
 * Isaac Lee (born 1971), Colombian journalist, entrepreneur and film & television producer
 * Isabella Lee (born 1997), Taiwanese footballer
 * Isaiah Lee (born 1999), Trinidadian footballer
 * Ivan Lee (born 1981), Olympic saber fencer
 * Ivy Lee (1877–1934), American publicist
 * Ivy Lee (born 1973), Singaporean former actress and host

J

 * Jae Lee (born 1972), comic book artist
 * Jae-Dong Lee (born 1990), professional StarCraft player
 * James Lee, multiple people
 * Jang-woo Lee (born 1986), Korean actor and singer
 * Jason Lee (born 1970), English field hockey player and coach
 * Jason Lee (born 1970), American actor
 * Jason Scott Lee (born 1966), Asian American film actor
 * Jeanette Lee (born 1971), American pocket billiards player, a.k.a. "The Black Widow"
 * Jeannette Lee, British music record executive, former member of Public Image Ltd; co-owner of Rough Trade Records
 * Jeannette H. Lee, founder of Sytel, Inc.
 * Jennie Lee (1848–1925), American stage and silent film actress
 * Jennie Lee (c.1854–1930), British stage actress
 * Je-no Lee (born 2000), Korean Rapper and Singer, Member of boy band NCT
 * Ji-ah Lee (born 1978), Korean actress
 * Jim Lee (born 1964), Korean American comic book artist and publisher
 * Jin-ki Lee, stage name Onew, (born 1989), leader and vocalist of South Korean boy band SHINee
 * John A. Lee (1891–1982), New Zealand politician and writer
 * John B. Lee (born 1951), Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario
 * John 'Babbacombe' Lee (1864–1945), English murderer
 * John C. H. Lee (1887–1958), U.S. Army General
 * John Joseph Lee (born 1942), Irish Historian and former Senator
 * John Lee Ka-chiu (born 1957), Chief Executive of Hong Kong
 * John Lee, multiple people
 * John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford (born 1942), British Liberal Democrat politician
 * John L. G. Lee (1869–1952), American politician and lawyer
 * John Rafter Lee, actor/voice actor, best known for his portrayal of Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's Æon Flux
 * Johnson Lee (born 1974), Hong Kong entertainer
 * Jong-Ho Lee (born 1966), Korean engineer
 * Jong-hyun Lee (born 1990), member of Korean boy band CNBLUE
 * Jonna Lee (born 1981), Swedish singer
 * Joon Lee or Chang-sun Lee (born 1988), member of Korean boy band MBLAQ
 * Joseph Lee (1876–1949), Scottish poet, journalist and artist
 * Jun-ho Lee (born 1990), member of Korean pop group 2PM

K

 * Kai-Fu Lee (born 1961), American information technology executive and founding president of Google China
 * Kam Lee, American death metal Massacre singer
 * Keiran Lee (born 1984), British pornographic actor, director and producer
 * Khalil Lee (born 1998), American baseball player
 * Kieran Lee (born 1988), English footballer for Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
 * Korey Lee (born 1998), American baseball player

L

 * Laetitia Corbin Lee (1657–1706), American colonist
 * Larisa Lee, Australian politician
 * Larry Lee (born 1959), American college baseball coach
 * Lauranett Lee (born 1956), American historian, educator, and curator
 * Laurel Lee (born 1974), American politician
 * Laurie Lee (1914–1997), English poet, novelist, and screenwriter
 * Leapy Lee (born 1939), English pop singer
 * Lee family (Singapore), Singaporean political family
 * Lee-Hamblin family, U.S. political family
 * Leonard Lee (1938–2016), Canadian entrepreneur
 * Leonard Leroy Lee (born 1933), birthname of American actor Robert Fuller
 * Leonidas Lee (1860–1912), Major League Baseball player in 1877
 * Lettice Lee (1731–1776), colonial American socialite
 * Lila Lee (1905–1973), American actress
 * Linda Lee (born 1947), Canadian bridge player
 * Liz Lee (politician), American politician from Minnesota
 * Logan Lee (born 2000), American football player
 * Louise Lee (born 1950), Hong Kong actress
 * Loziene J. Lee (1907–1999), American politician

M

 * Mark Lee (born 1956), Canadian television sportscaster
 * Mark Lee (born 1999), Canadian entertainer and member of K-pop boy group NCT
 * Mark Lee Kok Huang (born 1968), Singaporean comedian, actor, television host and film director
 * Martin Lee (born 1938), founding chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party
 * Martin Lee Ka-shing (born 1971), director of Hong Kong and China Gas
 * Mary Lee, multiple people
 * Matthew Lee, multiple people
 * Matty Lee (born 1998), British Olympic diver
 * Maureen Lee (1932–2020), British writer
 * McDowell Lee (1925–2014), American politician
 * Mela Lee, American voice actress
 * Michele Lee (born 1942), American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director
 * Mike Lee (born 1971), U.S. Senator from Utah
 * Mildred Childe Lee (1846–1905), daughter of Robert E. Lee
 * Monte Lee (born 1977), American college baseball coach
 * Muna Lee (born 1981), American Olympic sprinter

N

 * Noël Lee (1924–2013), American classical pianist and composer living in Paris

O

 * Opal Lee (born 1926), described by AARP as grandmother of Juneteenth (June 19, USA)
 * Otho S. Lee (1840–1918), American politician and lawyer
 * Oudious Lee (born 1956), American football player

P

 * Paris Lee (born 1995), basketball player
 * Patrick Lee, multiple people
 * Paul Lee, multiple people
 * Peggy Lee (1920–2002), American singer
 * Peter Lee Jung-sum (1939–2008), former assistant director of Hong Kong Observatory, elder brother of Bruce Lee.
 * Peter Lee Ka-kit (born 1963), vice-chairman and managing director of Henderson Land Development
 * Phillip Lee, multiple people
 * Pinky Lee (1907–1993), American comic and 1950s children's TV host
 * Poy Gum Lee (1900–1968), Chinese-American architect
 * Pui Fan Lee (born 1971), English actress and television presenter

Q

 * Quentin Oliver Lee (1988–2022), American actor

R

 * Ralph Lee (1935–2023), American puppet-maker
 * Rex E. Lee (1935–1996), U.S. Solicitor General
 * Richard Lee, multiple people
 * Ricky Lee (American football) (born 1999), American football player
 * Rita Lee (1947–2023), Brazilian (with American ancestry) Rock singer/composer
 * Rob Lee (born 1966), English footballer
 * Robert Lee (born 1948), Hong Kong musician, younger brother of Bruce Lee
 * Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Confederate general in the American Civil War
 * Robert E. Lee(1918–1994), American playwright
 * Ruta Lee (born 1935), American actress and dancer, real name Ruta Mary Kilmonis

S

 * Sam Lee (actor) (born 1975), Hong Kong actor
 * Sammy Lee (footballer) (born 1959), English football player and manager
 * Samuel Phillips Lee (1812–1897), Union admiral in the American Civil War
 * Sean Lee (born 1986), American football linebacker for the Penn State University football team
 * Shane Lee (born 1973), former Australian cricketer
 * Shane Lee (American football) (born 2000), American football player
 * Sheila Jackson Lee (1950–2024), U.S. Representative from Texas's 18th congressional district
 * Sheryl Lee (born 1967), American actress
 * Simon Lee, multiple people
 * Sondra Lee (born 1930), American actress and dancer
 * Sook-Yin Lee, Canadian musician, filmmaker, actor and media personality
 * Sophie Lee (born 1968), Australian actress
 * Spencer Lee (born 1998), American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler
 * Spike Lee (born 1957), African-American movie director
 * Stan Lee (1922–2018), American comic book writer, editor, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics
 * Stephen Lee, multiple people
 * Steven Lee, multiple people
 * Stewart Lee (born 1968), English comedian and writer
 * Stewart Lee (1885–1960), English cricketer
 * Summer Lee (born 1987), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * Sunisa Lee (born 2003), American gymnast
 * Susie Lee (born 1966), American politician from Nevada
 * Lee Soonkyu (born 1989), Korean popstar known as Sunny Lee
 * Suk-chae Lee (born 1945), Korean businessman

T

 * Lee Tae-yong (born 1995), Korean Rapper and Singer, Part of K-pop Boy Group NCT
 * Ta Sung Lee, Taiwanese engineer
 * Terry Lee (born 1940), Australian cricketer and oenologist
 * Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), English inventor of the World Wide Web and director of World Wide Web Consortium
 * Tim Lee, several people
 * Lee Tim-shing (born 1949), Hong Kong television producer
 * Tommy Lee (born 1962), American heavy metal musician

U

 * Ulysses G. Lee (1913–1969), American soldier and professor

V

 * Vernon Lee, pseudonym of British writer Violet Paget (1856–1935)
 * Vincent Lee Chuan Leong, Singaporean kidnapper
 * Vindy Lee (born 1983), Indonesian celebrity chef
 * Victoria Lee (2004–2022), American mixed martial artist

W

 * William Lee (American judge), American judge and Alabama state legislator
 * William C. Lee (1895–1948), American U.S. Army soldier and general
 * William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837–1891), Confederate cavalry general, planter, and member of the U.S. Congress
 * Willis A. Lee, Jr. (1888–1945), U.S. Navy admiral in World War II
 * Wynne Lee (born 1997), suspect in the killing of Aiden Leos

Y

 * Yong Lee, American political scientist
 * Young-Pyo Lee (born 1997), South Korean footballer
 * Yuan Tseh Lee (born 1936), Taiwanese chemist and Nobel prize winner in chemistry 1986

Fictional characters

 * Annabel Lee, title character in Edgar Allan Poe's 1849 elegiac poem
 * Bill Lee (Stargate), in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
 * Chief Inspector Lee, played by Jackie Chan in the Rush Hour film series
 * Gaeun Lee, a protagonist in the anime series The Haunted House (anime)
 * Gregg Lee, from the video game Night in the Woods
 * Jann Lee, in the Dead or Alive video game series
 * Juniper Lee, from the animated series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
 * Michelle Lee (NCIS), from American TV series NCIS
 * Nelson Lee (detective), detective in British story papers, created in 1894
 * Rock Lee, from the anime/manga series Naruto
 * Metal Lee, son of Rock Lee who appears in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
 * Lee Chaolan, in the Tekken games
 * Lee Rosen, a main character in the TV Series Alphas