# John Lee

John Lee may refer to:

## Academia

* John Lee (astronomer) (1783–1866), president of the Royal Astronomical Society
* John Lee (university principal) (1779–1859), University of Edinburgh principal
* John Lee (pathologist) (born 1961), English
* John Lee (political scientist) (born 1973), Australian
* John Lee (Australian actor) (1928) Australian actor
* John Lee (blues musician), (1915–1977) American country blues musician
* John Lee (British actor), British actor
* John Lee (Labour politician), retired Labour politician in the United Kingdom
* John Alan Lee (1933–2013), Canadian sociologist and LGBT activist
* John M. Lee (born 1950), American mathematician
* John Ning-Yuean Lee (born 1945), Taiwanese biologist
* J. R. E. Lee (John Robert Edward Lee Sr., 1864–1944), president of Florida A&M University

## Arts and entertainment

* John Lee (British actor) (1725–1781), British actor
* John Lee (Australian actor) (1928–2000), Australian television actor
* John Lee (artist) (fl. 1850–1870), British Pre-Raphaelite artist
* John Lee (author) (born 1931), American thriller writer
* John Lee (bassist) (born 1952), American bassist, producer, recording engineer
* John Lee (blues musician) (1915–1977), American country blues guitarist, pianist, singer and songwriter
* John Lee (producer) (born 1972), co-creator of MTV2 comedy show Wonder Showzen
* John B. Lee (born 1951), Canadian poet
* John H. Lee (director) (born 1971), South Korean director
* John H. Lee (musician) (1847–1890), American banjoist, composer and author
* John Rafter Lee, British actor, voice actor, and audio book narrator
* John Lee (born 1973), also known as John Threat, alias Corrupt, American computer hacker and filmmaker
* John Robert Lee (poet) (born 1948), Saint Lucian Christian poet, writer, journalist and librarian

## Politics
### U.S.

* John Lee (California politician) (born 1970), Los Angeles City Council member for district 12
* John Lee (Maryland politician) (1788–1871), Maryland representative in the 18th United States Congress
* John Lee (Nevada politician) (born 1955), former mayor of North Las Vegas
* John C. Lee (1828–1891), Ohio lieutenant governor, 1868–1872
* John Constable Lee, American planters and Virginia politician
* John Edwin Lee, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
* John L. G. Lee (1869–1952), member and speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
* John Z. Lee (born 1968), United States federal judge

### U.K.

* John Lee (1695–1761), British Member of Parliament for Newport and Malmesbury
* John Lee (Attorney-General) (1733–1793), Attorney-General for England and Wales, 1783, British MP for Higham Ferrers and Clitheroe
* John Lee Lee (1802–1874), British Member of Parliament for Wells
* John Lee (Labour politician) (1927–2020), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Reading
* John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford (born 1942), former Minister and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pendle
* John Lee (by 1491–1542 or later), MP for Cumberland in 1529
* John Lee (by 1526–60 or later), MP for Cumberland in 1554
* John Lee (died 1558), MP for Sandwich
* John Lee (MP for New Woodstock) (c. 1535-c. 1603), MP for New Woodstock

### Elsewhere

* John Lee (Australian politician) (1885–1957), New South Wales state politician
* John Lee (civil servant) (born 1964), Australian bureaucrat
* John Lee (Canadian politician) (1845–1915)
* John Lee Ka-chiu (born 1957), Chief Executive of Hong Kong and former police officer
* J. J. Lee (historian) (born 1942), Irish historian, former senator and professor
* John A. Lee (1891–1982), New Zealand politician

## Sports
### American football

* John Lee (defensive lineman) (1953-2024), American football player
* John Lee (placekicker) (born 1964), Korean player of American football
* John P. Lee, American college football coach from 1891 to 1893

### Other sports

* John Lee (cricketer) (1825–1903), English clergyman and cricketer
* John Lee (footballer, born 1869) (1869–?), English footballer
* John Lee (footballer, born 1889) (1889–?), English footballer
* John Lee (rower) (born 1948), Australian Olympic rower
* John Lee (hurler) (born 1986), plays for the Galway senior hurling team
* John W. Lee, British middle-distance runner
* John Lee, racing driver in 1991 British Formula Three season and 1992 British Formula Three season
* John Lee (ice dancer), partner of Naomi Lang at the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

## Other

* John Lee (inventor), 19th century Scottish-Canadian inventor and arms designer
* John Lee (trade unionist) (died 1963), British trade union leader
* John Lee (Lynching of ...) African American killed in Durant, Oklahoma, on August 12, 1911
* John Lee (priest), English Anglican priest
* John Babbacombe Lee (1864–1945), English convicted murderer noted for surviving three attempts to hang him
* John D. Lee (1812–1877), Mormon leader executed for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre
* John F. Lee (1813–1884), US Army Judge Advocate General 1849-1862 and cousin of Robert E. Lee
* John C. H. Lee (1887–1958), US Army lieutenant general
* John Black Lee (1924–2016), American architect
* John Lee Tae-seok (1962–2010), South Korean priest and doctor