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Lee Chapman

Lee Roy Chapman (born 1959, Lincoln), English centre-forward, son of Roy Chapman; 14 clubs 1978-1996, 197 goals in 552 Football League games; starred for Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, and Leeds United, winning the 1992 First Division title.

Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟), born 1982, Malaysian badminton men's singles great; three consecutive Olympic silvers (2008, 2012, 2016), 349 weeks world No. 1, 69 titles, retired 2019 after nose cancer.

Lee Chung-yong (이청용)

Lee Chung-yong (born 1988) is a South Korean professional footballer, a midfielder for Incheon United, best known for his years in England with Bolton Wanderers and Crystal Palace.

Lee Clark (footballer)

Lee Robert Clark (born 1972, Wallsend) is an English football manager and former midfielder for Newcastle, Sunderland, and Fulham; three-time First Division winner, ex-Huddersfield and Birmingham manager, most recently Rotherham and Hartlepool United.

Lee Dixon

Lee Dixon (born 1964, Manchester) is an English former right-back who played for Burnley, Chester City, Bury, Stoke City, and Arsenal (1988–2002), winning four league titles and the 1994 Cup Winners' Cup, earned 22 England caps, and now works as an NBC and ITV pundit.

Lee Dong-gook (이동국)

Lee Dong-gook (이동국), born 1979 in Pohang, is a retired South Korean striker and K League all-time top scorer (228 goals in 548 matches), four-time MVP, Jeonbuk Hyundai legend, and 105-cap Korea international nicknamed the 'Lion King'.

Lee Eun Cheol

Lee Eun Cheol (이은철) is a South Korean rifle shooter who won gold in 50 m rifle prone at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and competed at five consecutive Games from 1984 to 2000.

Lee Eun Gyeong

Lee Eun Gyeong (이은경, also Lee Eun-Kyung), born 1972, South Korean recurve archer; 1992 Barcelona Olympic women's team gold, 1999 world individual champion, later national coach and KBS commentator. Distinct from same-named hockey player (b. 1972) and Youth Olympic archer (b. 1997).

Lee Evans

Lee Evans (1947-2021), American sprinter, 1968 Olympic 400m and 4x400m relay champion; first man under 44 seconds (43.86 world record); Olympic Project for Human Rights founder; later coach in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Not the NFL receiver or comedian of the same name.

Lee Gi Sun

Lee Gi Sun (이기순, Lee Ki-Soon), born 1966, South Korean handball player; won gold with Korea's women's team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, playing five matches as number 7 without scoring.

Lee Grant (footballer, born 1983)

Lee Anderson Grant (born 1983, Hemel Hempstead) is an English former goalkeeper, now Walsall head coach. Ex-Derby, Burnley, Stoke and Manchester United keeper; coached Ipswich's forwards, managed Huddersfield 2025–26.

Lee Gyeong Geun

Lee Gyeong Geun (이경근, Lee Kyung-Keun, born 1962) is a South Korean judoka who won gold in men's half-lightweight (-65 kg) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, beating Janusz Pawlowski; 1985 world silver, 1986 Asian Games gold, later a leading coach.

Lee Gyu Hyeok

Lee Gyu Hyeok (이규혁, Lee Kyou-hyuk), born 1978 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean sprint speed skater who competed in six straight Winter Olympics (1994–2014) without a medal, won four ISU World Sprint titles, and set 1,000 m and 1,500 m world records.

Lee Han Seop

Lee Han Seop (이한섭, 李漢燮), also romanized Lee Han-Sup, is a South Korean recurve archer born 1966 in Busan who won men's team gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and placed tenth individually.

Lee Haney

Lee Haney (born 1959, Spartanburg, South Carolina) is an American former IFBB bodybuilder who won eight consecutive Mr. Olympia titles from 1984 to 1991, a record shared with Ronnie Coleman, known for 'stimulate, don't annihilate' training.

Lee Hendrie

Lee Hendrie (born 1977, Birmingham) is an English former midfielder, Aston Villa 1994-2007 with 252 league games, one England cap in 1998, later a Sky Sports pundit.

Lee Ho Seok

Lee Ho Seok is a South Korean former short track speed skater who won five Olympic medals, one gold and four silver, at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games.

Lee Ho Yeon

Lee Ho Yeon (이호연, also Lee Ho-Youn), born 1971, is a South Korean handball player who won gold in the women's tournament at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, distinct from the 1995-born KIA Tigers baseball player of the same name.

Lee Hyo Jeong

Lee Hyo Jeong (이효정, also Lee Hyo-Jung), South Korean badminton doubles specialist born 1981 in Busan; three-time Olympian (2000-2008) who won 2008 Beijing gold in mixed doubles with Lee Yong-Dae and silver in women's doubles with Lee Gyeong-Won.

Lee Hyun-il (이현일)

Lee Hyun-il (이현일, born 1980, Seoul) is a retired South Korean left-handed badminton player, former world No. 1 (Feb 2004), two-time Olympic fourth-place men's singles finisher, 2006 world bronze medalist, and later national team coach.

Lee Jae-sung (이재성)

Lee Jae-sung (이재성), born 1992, is a South Korean midfielder for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 since 2021, formerly Jeonbuk and Holstein Kiel; 105 South Korea caps, 15 goals, and World Cups 2018, 2022, 2026.

Lee Johnson (footballer)

Lee Johnson (born 1981, Newmarket) is an English football manager and former midfielder for Yeovil, Bristol City, Hearts, and Kilmarnock; youngest EFL manager at 31 with Oldham, later Barnsley, Bristol City, Sunderland (EFL Trophy 2021), Hibernian, Fleetwood, and Lommel.

Lee Jong Uk

Lee Jong Uk (이종욱, born 1980, Seoul), also romanized Lee Jong-Wook, is a South Korean baseball outfielder of the Doosan Bears who won gold in men's baseball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games; distinct from a K League footballer born 1999.

Lee Jun Ho

Lee Jun Ho (이준호), born 1965, South Korean short track speed skater; 1992 Olympic relay gold and 1,000 m bronze, 1990 overall world champion; distinct from the gymnast Lee Jun-Ho born 1995.

Lee Jung-su (이정수)

Lee Jung-su (이정수, born 1989, Seoul) is a South Korean short track speed skater, double gold medalist (1,000 m, 1,500 m) at Vancouver 2010 with relay silver, later banned three years for race rigging; distinct from the figure skating judge of the same name.

Lee Kang Seok

Lee Kang Seok (이강석, also Lee Gang-Seok), born 1985, South Korean long track speed skater, 500 m specialist; 2006 Olympic bronze, world 500 m champion 2007 and 2009, 34.25 world record.

Lee Kang-in (이강인)

Lee Kang-in (이강인), born 2001 in Incheon, South Korean attacking midfielder; Valencia, Mallorca, PSG (two Champions League titles), Atlético Madrid from July 2026 on a contract to 2031; South Korea international since 2019.

Lee Kiefer

Lee Kiefer (born 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer with three Olympic golds: individual foil at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 plus Paris team gold, and the 2025 world title.

Lee Lai Shan

Lee Lai Shan (李麗珊), nicknamed San San and the "Queen of the Wind", is a retired Hong Kong windsurfer born 1970 on Cheung Chau. She won the women's Mistral at Atlanta 1996, Hong Kong's first Olympic medal, plus three world titles.

Lee Loomis

Lee Loomis, full name Alfred Lee Loomis, Jr., was an American sailor who won Olympic gold in the six-meter class at the 1948 London Games.