| 李商隐 | Lǐ Shāng yǐn | Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet |
| 李嘉欣 | Lǐ Jiā xīn | Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International |
| 李嘉诚 | Lǐ Jiā chéng | Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman |
| 李四 | Lǐ Sì | Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 李四光 | Lǐ Sì guāng | Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration |
| 李国豪 | Lǐ Guó háo | Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee |
| 李天王 | Lǐ tiān wáng | the pagoda bearing god |
| 李娃传 | Lǐ Wá zhuàn | Tale of courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot |
| 李安 | Lǐ Ān | Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 断背山) |
| 李宗仁 | Lǐ Zōng rén | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction |
| 李宁 | Lǐ Níng | Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games |
| 李宝嘉 | Lǐ Bǎo jiā | Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官场现形记 |
| 李小龙 | Lǐ Xiǎo lóng | Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert |
| 李岚清 | Lǐ Lán qīng | Li Lanqing |
| 李希霍芬 | Lǐ xī huò fēn | Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 丝绸之路 |
| 李广 | Lǐ Guǎng | Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 |
| 李延寿 | Lǐ Yán shòu | Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史 |
| 李建成 | Lǐ Jiàn chéng | Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武门之变; Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy |
| 李彦宏 | Lǐ Yàn hóng | Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company |
| 李后主 | Lǐ Hòu zhǔ | Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet; given name Li Yu 李煜 |
| 李德林 | Lǐ Dé lín | Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty |
| 李忱 | Lǐ Chén | Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗 (810-859), reigned 846-859 |
| 李恒 | Lǐ Héng | Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗 (795-824), reigned 821-825 |
| 李怀远 | Lǐ Huái yuǎn | Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official |
| 李成桂 | Lǐ Chéng guì | Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 李成江 | Lǐ Chéng jiāng | Li Chengjiang |
| 李承晚 | Lǐ Chéng wǎn | Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960 |
| 李振藩 | Lǐ Zhèn fān | Bruce Lee |
| 李政道 | Lǐ Zhèng dào | Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate |
| 李敏勇 | Lǐ Mǐn yǒng | Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet |
| 李斯特 | Lǐ sī tè | Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer; Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist |
| 李斯特氏杆菌 | Lǐ sī tè shì gǎn jūn | listeria bacillus |
| 李斯特氏菌 | Lǐ sī tè shì jūn | listeria bacillus |
| 李斯特菌 | lǐ sī tè jūn | Listeria monocytogene |
| 李旦 | Lǐ Dàn | Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 睿宗 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 |
| 李昂 | Lǐ Áng | Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 (809-840), reigned 827-840 |
| 李昉 | Lǐ Fǎng | Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history |
| 李昌镐 | Lǐ Chāng hào | Lee Chang-ho |
| 李明博 | Lǐ Míng bó | Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, President of South Korea from 2007 |
| 李晔 | Lǐ Yè | Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 (867-904), reigned 888-904 |
| 李会昌 | Lǐ Huì chāng | Lee Hoi-chang |
| 李朝威 | Lǐ Cháo wēi | Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 传奇, author of 柳毅传 |
| 李木 | lǐ mù | blackthorn |
| 李林甫 | Lǐ Lín fǔ | Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗 |
| 李格非 | Lǐ Gé fēi | Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照 |
| 李树 | lǐ shù | plum tree |
| 李氏 | Lǐ shì | the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 李氏朝鲜 | Lǐ shì cháo xiǎn | Korean during the Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 李汝珍 | Lǐ Rǔ zhēn | Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror |
| 李治 | Lǐ Zhì | Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗, (628-683), reigned 649-683 |
