| 李祝 | Lǐ Zhù | Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi哀帝 (892-908), reigned 904-907 |
| 李约瑟 | Lǐ Yuē sè | Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China |
| 李纯 | Lǐ Chún | Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 宪宗 (778-820), reigned 805-820 |
| 李绿园 | Lǐ Lǜ yuán | Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the side-street 岐路灯 |
| 李维 | Lǐ wéi | Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian |
| 李维史陀 | Lǐ wéi Shǐ tuó | Lévi-Strauss (social anthropologist) |
| 李缨 | Lǐ Yīng | Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director |
| 李群 | Lǐ qún | Lie group (math.) |
| 李翱 | Lǐ Áo | Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文运动 |
| 李肇星 | lǐ zhào xīng | Li Zhaoxing (PRC foreign minister) |
| 李肇 | Lǐ Zhào | Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official |
| 李舜臣 | Lǐ Shùn chén | Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders |
| 李英儒 | Lǐ Yīng rú | Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists |
| 李卫公 | Lǐ Wèi Gōng | Li Wei Gong; Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖 |
| 李诚恩 | Lǐ Chéng ēn | Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 |
| 李诵 | Lǐ Sòng | Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 顺宗 (761-806), reigned 805-806 |
| 李豫 | Lǐ Yù | Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 (727-779), reigned 762-779 |
| 李贺 | Lǐ Hè | LiHe (790-816), Tang poet and author of 南园十三首 |
| 李适 | Lǐ Kuò | Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗, (742-805), reigned 779-805 |
| 李连杰 | Lǐ Lián jié | Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director |
| 李逵 | Lǐ Kuí | Li Kui, character from the novel Water Margin |
| 李远哲 | Lǐ Yuǎn zhé | Yuan T. Lee (Taiwanese-born Chemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1986) |
| 李重茂 | Lǐ Chóng mào | Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殇帝 (c. 695-715), reigned 710 |
| 李铁 | Lǐ Tiě | Li Tie (1977-), footballer |
| 李长春 | Lǐ cháng chūn | Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician |
| 李开复 | Lǐ Kāi fù | Lee Kai-Fu (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, from 2005 Vice president of Google and president of Google China |
| 李陵 | Lǐ Líng | Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal |
| 李隆基 | Lǐ Lōng jī | personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 (685-762), reigned 712-756 |
| 李雪健 | Lǐ Xuě jiàn | Li Xuejian |
| 李云娜 | Lǐ Yún nà | Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009; also written 李诚恩 |
| 李靖 | Lǐ Jìng | Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of ”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang” 唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
| 李显龙 | Lǐ Xiǎn lóng | Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀, prime minister from 2004 |
| 李鹏 | Lǐ Péng | Li Peng (1928-), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tian'anmen clampdown |
| 李丽珊 | Lǐ Lì shān | Lee Lai Shan |
