Lee

You might be looking for the wind direction lee. See Windward and leeward.

Lee may refer to:

Etymology

• Lee (English name), in English-speaking countries, a common family name and given name
• Lee (Korean name), the second most common Korean family name
• Lee, a common transliteration of Li (Chinese name)
• Lee, one of the original common Hmong surnames (see List of Hmong surnames)
• Ly could also be pronounced as "lee."

People

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

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
• David Lee Roth, American rock music 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 Harding, Australian singer
• Lee Hyori, Korean pop singer
• Lee Ryan, British singer
• Lee Scratch Perry, Dub musician
• Peggy Lee, singer
• Lee (song), song by rock duo Tenacious D on their self-titled album.

Film and television

• 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
• Grace Lee Whitney, American 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
• Lee Majors, American actor
• Lee Marvin, American actor
• Lee Meriwether, American actress who was Miss America 1955
• Lee Tergesen, American actor
• Lee Van Cleef, American actor
• Majel Lee Hundec (Majel Barrett), American actress and widow of television director/producer/writer Gene Roddenberry
• Richard R. Lee, San Francisco Bay Area TV producer, director and host for Sidewalks Entertainment
• SaRenna Lee, model and lesbian porn star
• Sophie Lee, Australian actress
• Spike Lee, African-American movie director
• Terry Farrell (actress), American actress
• Tommy Lee Jones, American actor

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
• Stan Lee, American writer and editor of comic books

Sports

• 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
• Lee Trevino, American professional golfer
• Phillip Lee, an Australian rugby league player
• Richard Lee, an English goalkeeper for Watford FC
• Shane Lee, an Australian cricketer
• Stephen Lee, an English professional snooker player
• Young-Pyo Lee, South Korean fullback/wingback currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur

Military

• Charles Lee (general), a general in the American Revolutionary War
• Edwin Gray Lee, Confederate Brigadier general in the American Civil War
• Henry Lee, also called "Light Horse Harry Lee", cavalry officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, governor of Virginia
• 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

Religion

• Harold B. Lee, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Lee Strobel, Christian apologist

Crime

• Henry Lee (forensic scientist), one of the world's foremost forensic scientists
• John 'Babbacombe' Lee, English murderer
• Lee Harvey Oswald, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy

Science and academia

• Alexander Lee, historian and political theorist
• Benjamin W. Lee, Korean American theoritical 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
• Stephen Lee (chemist), Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University

Business

• Kai-Fu Lee, American information technology executive and founding president of Google China
• Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation
• Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of World Wide Web Consortium
• Patrick Lee, CFO and billionaire in Hong Kong. Owns a wealth of $1.7 billions as stated in the Forbes list.

Other people

• Ralph Lee, puppet-maker
• Robin Lee Graham, man who sailed around the world as a teenager

Fictional characters

• Rock Lee, fictional character from the popular anime/manga series Naruto
• Annabel Lee, the name of the last poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe
• Bill Lee (Stargate), fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• Lee (Tenacious D), fictional character from Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
• Lee Chaolan, fictional character the Tekken games
• Linali Lee, fictional character from the anime/manga series D. Gray-man
• Lee Scoresby, fictional character in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
• Lee Adama, fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica
• Jann Lee

Geography

Great Britain

• Lee, Buckinghamshire
• Lee, Devon
• Lee-on-the-Solent
• Lee, London
• River Lee (England)

United States of America

• Lee, Massachusetts
• Lee, New Hampshire
• Lee, New York
• Lee County, Alabama
• Lee County, Arkansas
• Lee County, Florida
• Lee County, Georgia
• Lee County, Illinois
• Lee County, Iowa
• Lee County, Kentucky
• Lee County, Mississippi
• Lee County, North Carolina
• Lee County, South Carolina
• Lee County, Texas
• Lee County, Virginia
• Lee Township, Michigan
• Lee Township, Minnesota
• Lee Vining, California
• Fort Lee, New Jersey
• Fort Lee, Virginia
• Mount Lee, in California

Other geography

• Electoral district of Lee, in South Australia
• River Lee (Ireland)

Other uses

• Lee (Jeans), a clothing brand
• Lee University, private coeducational university located in Cleveland, Tennessee
• Lee waves, periodic changes of pressure in a stream of air when the wind moves over mountains
• Lee, potential tropical cyclone to occur in the Atlantic Ocean in 2011
• Lee eel, a cryptozoologic and palindromic creature
• "Lee", a song by Tenacious D from their 2001 album Tenacious D

See also

• Lea
• Leah (disambiguation)
• Leesburg
• Leesville
• Leeton
• Leigh (disambiguation)