Lee (name)

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Lee is a common surname in English-speaking countries as well as in South Korea and other Asian countries, and more rarely a first name .

Origin and meaning

The name Lee is a historical transcription of the Chinese name Li . In the Anglo-Saxon countries the name Lee originally means: "He who comes from the pasture". A relatively common variant of the English name is Leigh .

Name bearer

Male first name

  • Lee Denson (1932-2007), American rockabilly musician
  • Lee Dorman (1942–2012), American rock musician
  • Lee Elias (1920–1998), British-American comic artist
  • Lee Falk (1911-1999), American comic book writer
  • Lee Farr (1927-2017), American actor
  • Lee Hall (born 1966), British playwright and screenwriter
  • Lee Hazlewood (1929–2007), American composer, singer and record producer
  • Lee Henderson (* 1974), Canadian writer and journalist
  • Lee Hudson (* ≈1945), American jazz musician
  • Lee Roy Jordan (born 1941), American football player
  • Lee Katzman (1928–2013), American jazz trumpeter
  • Lee Majors (born 1939), American actor and singer
  • Lee Marvin (1924–1987), American actor and singer
  • Lee Morgan (1938–1972), American jazz trumpeter
  • Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), American murder suspect pertaining to John F. Kennedy
  • Lee Pace (born 1979), American actor
  • Lee Perry (born 1936), Jamaican record producer and musician
  • Lee Rich (1918–2012), American film and television producer
  • Lee Ritenour (* 1952), American jazz guitarist, composer and producer
  • Lee Roy Selmon (1954-2011), American football player
  • Lee Sholem (1913-2000), American film director
  • Lee Tanner (1931-2013), American photographer
  • Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989), American actor

Female first name

Preceding Surname (Asian)

as a transcription variant of the Korean surname 이 (see also I , Li and Rhee )

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  • Lee Ailesa (* 1954), South Korean table tennis player
  • Lee Ar-Tu (born 1938), Taiwanese athlete

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  • Lee Re (* 2006), South Korean actress

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  • Lee Ufan (* 1936), Korean painter and sculptor
  • Lee Uh-hyeong (born 1966), South Korean football player and coach
  • Lee Ungno (1904–1989), South Korean painter

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  • I-Yang Lee (* 1946), American physicist
  • India Lee (* 1988), British triathlete
  • Ivy Lee (1877–1934), American author and philanthropist

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  • Yasmin Lee (* 1984), American actress, model and porn actress
  • Yoon Ha Lee (* 1979), American writer of science fiction and fantasy
  • Yuan T. Lee (* 1936), Taiwanese chemist

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  • Zenroy Lee (* 1992), football player for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Zoe Lee (* 1985), British rower