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Lee Sentman

Lee Sentman names several Americans: Lee Sentman Jr. (1910-1996), Big Ten champion hurdler and Drake Relays Hall of Famer; his son Lee H. Sentman III (1937-2010), Illinois aerospace professor and chemical laser researcher; and Lee Sentman (1899-1979) of Maryland.

Lee Seo Hyuk

Lee Seo Hyuk (이서혁, Lee Seo-Hyeok), South Korean skeleton racer born 2003; not the actor Lee Soo-hyuk. Finished 7th in boys' skeleton at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics with 2:21.05.

Lee Seo-hwan (이서환)

Lee Seo-hwan (이서환), also known as Lee Young-ki (이영기), is a South Korean actor. He gained international fame for his role in the Netflix series Squid Game (2021).

Lee Seo-hyun (이서현)

Lee Seo-hyun (이서현) is a South Korean business executive, second daughter of the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee, who leads strategic planning at Samsung C&T.

Lee Seo-jin

Lee Seo-jin (이서진) is a South Korean actor, born 1973 (some sources say 1971), who debuted in 1999, broke through with Damo (2003), starred in Yi San and Marriage Contract, and is widely known for variety shows with producer Na Young-seok.

Lee Seo-won (이서원)

Lee Seo-won (이서원), born 1997, South Korean actor who debuted in JTBC's Awl (2015) and appeared in Uncontrollably Fond, The Liar and His Lover, and Hospital Ship; career ended after a 2018 forcible molestation conviction. Not the Two Ize singer of the same name.

Lee Seon Hui

Lee Seon Hui (이선희, also Lee Sun-Hee), born 1978, South Korean taekwondo fighter; won women's welterweight gold at Sydney 2000, the first official Olympic taekwondo, and the 1992 Barcelona demonstration middleweight; later a police officer.

Lee Seong Jin

Lee Seong Jin (이성진, also Lee Sung-Jin), born 1985, South Korean recurve archer; two Olympic women's team golds (2004, 2012), 2004 individual silver, 2005 world champion, former world number one.

Lee Seung Hun

Lee Seung Hun (이승훈, Lee Seung-Hoon, born 1988, Seoul) is a South Korean speed skater with six Olympic Winter Games medals, including 10,000 m gold in 2010 and the inaugural men's mass start title in 2018; distinct from the freestyle skier of the same name born 2005.

Lee Seung Yeop

Lee Seung-yeop (이승엽), the "Lion King," is a retired South Korean slugger: record five-time KBO MVP, 646 home runs across KBO and NPB, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, later Doosan Bears manager.

Lee Seung Yun

Lee Seung Yun (이승윤, born 1995) is a South Korean recurve archer, 2016 Rio Olympic men's team gold medalist and 2013 world individual champion, who reached world number 1 in 2014.

Lee Seung-gi (이승기)

Lee Seung-gi (이승기) is a South Korean entertainer, singer, and actor who debuted in 2004 as a ballad singer and won grand prizes in acting and variety.

Lee Seung-gun

Lee Seung-gun (이승건) is a South Korean entrepreneur and former dentist who founded Viva Republica, creator of the Toss finance super app and Toss Bank in Seoul.

Lee Seung-hoon

Lee Seung-hoon (이승훈), known as Hoony, is a South Korean rapper, dancer, and choreographer in the YG group WINNER, debuting in 2014 after winning the survival show WIN: Who Is Next?

Lee Seung-ryong

Lee Seung-ryong (이승룡), born 1994, is a South Korean actor, formerly credited as Lee Seung-woo, who adopted the stage name on April 17, 2026. Distinct from the 1946-born namesake actor and from Ryu Seung-ryong; debut 2018 My Secret Terrius, 2026 film The Eyes.

Lee Seung-woo (이승우)

Lee Seung-woo (이승우), born 1998, South Korean winger and former Barcelona La Masia prospect; 2018 World Cup squad member, 2018 Asian Games gold medalist, now at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in K League 1.

Lee Seung-yoon

Lee Seung-yoon (이승윤), born 1989 in Seoul, is a South Korean folk-rock singer-songwriter who won the first season of JTBC's Sing Again in 2021 after a decade of club shows and busking.

Lee Sharpe

Lee Sharpe (born 1971, Halesowen), English left winger; Manchester United 1988–96 (263 apps, 36 goals), PFA Young Player of the Year, 8 England caps 1991–93, later Leeds, Bradford, Exeter; retired 2003.

Lee Si-eon

Lee Si-eon (이시언, born Lee Bo-yeon, 1982, Busan) is a South Korean actor known for Reply 1997, I Live Alone, his first film lead Killed My Wife (2019), and The Player 2; married to Seo Ji-seung.

Lee Si-young (이시영)

Lee Si-young (이시영) is a shared Korean name covering several figures: independence activist and first Vice President Lee Si-young (1869–1953), a Joseon military commander, poet Lee Si-young (born 1949), and actress Lee Si-young (born 1982).

Lee Smith (baseball)

Lee Arthur Smith (born 1957), MLB relief pitcher and closer for the Cubs, Cardinals, and six other teams; retired 1997 with a then-record 478 saves and elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Lee Smolin

Lee Smolin (born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a founding faculty member of the Perimeter Institute, known for co-founding loop quantum gravity and proposing cosmological natural selection.

Lee Snodgrass

Lee Snodgrass is a Democratic Wisconsin State Assembly member representing District 52 (Appleton) since 2025, previously District 57 from 2021; former Outagamie County Democratic chair and 2018 Senate District 19 candidate.

Lee So Yeon

Lee So Yeon (이소연) refers to two South Korean Olympians: a short track speed skater born 1993, 2026 women's relay gold medalist, and a judoka born 1981, half-heavyweight at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Lee So-yeon (actress)

Lee So-yeon (이소연), born 1982, is a South Korean actress who debuted in Unborn But Forgotten (2002), broke through in Untold Scandal (2003), and is known for Dong Yi, Ruby Ring, Miss Monte-Cristo, and The Two Sisters. Distinct from the younger actress Lee Seo-yeon born 2003.

Lee Soo-geun (이수근)

Lee Soo-geun (이수근, 李壽根), born 1975, is a South Korean comedian and MC who debuted via KBS's 2003 18th open recruitment, starred in Gag Concert, 1 Night 2 Days, Knowing Bros, and New Journey to the West, won the 2011 KBS Entertainment Daesang, and released the 2021 Netflix stand-up special The Sense Coach.

Lee Soo-hyuk (이수혁)

Lee Soo-hyuk (이수혁, real name Lee Hyuk-soo), born 1988 in Gwacheon, is a South Korean model-turned-actor who debuted on runways in 2006 and in film with The Boy from Ipanema (2010), known for Scholar Who Walks the Night, Doom at Your Service, Tomorrow, and Canneseries-invited S Line.

Lee Soo-man

Lee Soo-man (이수만, born 1952) is a South Korean producer and former singer who founded SM Entertainment in 1995, created the K-pop idol trainee production system, left SM in 2023 after a governance battle, and returned with A2O Entertainment.

Lee Stecklein

Lee Stecklein (born 1994) is an American ice hockey defender from Roseville, Minnesota, playing for the PWHL's Minnesota Frost. Four-time Olympian with two golds (2018, 2026) and two silvers, nine World Championships, three NCAA titles, and two Walter Cups.

Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg (Israel Strasberg, 1901–1982), American director and acting teacher who created Method Acting from Stanislavski's System: Group Theatre co-founder (1931), Actors Studio artistic director 1951–1982, founder of the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (1969), known for affective and sense memory training.