Li or Lee is a common transliteration of a few Chinese family names. It can be a transliteration of 李 (pinyin Lǐ), the most common Chinese family name, or of other less common family names such as 黎 (Lí); 理 and 里 (Lǐ); 郦 （酈）, 栗, 厉 (厲), 力and 利 (Lì).

• About 7.9 percent of the Chinese population is surnamed 李. As of 2002, there were approximately 103 million people in China and 108 million worldwide with this surname. To date, this remains the world's most common surname.

Prominent people with family name 李

• The Li royals of the Tang Dynasty
• Li Ao, Taiwanese writer
• Li Er, philosopher during Zhou Dynasty
• Li Guofan , politician
• Li Hongzhang, (1823-1901), politician
• Li Hou Zhu, (931-978), poet
• Li Ka Shing, businessman
• Li Lu, businessman, former student protestor
• Li Lian-jie, known as Jet Li, (born 1963), Chinese martial arts practitioner, actor
• Li Peng, politician
• Li Changchun, politician
• Li Po, poet
• Li Qingzhao, poet
• Li Shanyin , poet
• Li Si, prime minister of the Qin dynasty
• Li Yu, poet
• Bruce Lee, actor
• Ang Lee, film director
• Lee Teng-hui, politician
• Lee Kuan Yew, politician
• Li Ruihuan, politician
• Tsung-dao Lee, physicist
• Wen Ho Lee, physicist
• Yuan T. Lee, chemist
• Li Zicheng, Ming rebel
• Witness Lee, minister
• Stephen W. Lee , scholar

Prominent people with family name 黎

• Li Yüan-hung, provisional ROC president
• Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily
• Leon Lai, Cantopop singer
• Lai Man-Wai, film director

Prominent people with family name 利

• Vivienne Poy née Lee, politician
• Matteo Ricci, adopted the name 利瑪竇
• Hysan Lee

Fictional characters with family name 李

• Lee Bailong of Shaman King
• Meiling Li, Syaoran Li, and Yelan Li of Cardcaptor Sakura
• Jenrya Li or Li Jianliang (Henry Wong) and Shuichon Li or Li Xiaochun (Suzie Wong ) of Digimon Tamers

See also

• Lee (Korean name)