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 retired pathologist and professor
  • John Lee (political scientist) (born 1973), Australian political scientist and policy expert
  • 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 (artist) (), British Pre-Raphaelite artist
  • John Lee (author) (1931–2013), 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 Lee (Australian actor) (1928–2000) Australian actor
  • John Lee (British actor) (1725–1781), British actor
  • John B. Lee (born 1951), Canadian poet
  • John H. Lee (director) (born 1971), South Korean director
  • John H. Lee (musician), stage name of American banjoist, composer and author John D. Haley (1847–1890)
  • 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 Lee (Virginia politician) (1643–1673), American planter and politician
  • John C. Lee (1828–1891), Ohio lieutenant governor, 1868–1872
  • John C. Lee (Alabama politician) (1856–1938), American politician from Alabama
  • 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

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 (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 the 1991 British Formula Three season and 1992 season
  • John Lee, ice dancing partner of Naomi Lang at the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Other

  • John Lee (civil servant) (born 1964), Australian civil servant
  • John Lee (inventor) (1833–1907), Scottish-Canadian inventor and arms designer
  • John Lee (trade unionist) (died 1963), British trade union leader
  • John Lee, African American criminal lynched in 1911
  • John Lee (priest) (died 1679), English Anglican priest
  • John Babbacombe Lee (1864–1945), English convicted murderer noted for surviving three attempts to hang him
  • John Black Lee (1924–2016), American architect
  • John C. H. Lee (1887–1958), United States Army lieutenant general
  • John D. Lee (1812–1877), Mormon leader executed for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre
  • John F. Lee (1813–1884), United States Army Judge Advocate General 1849-1862 and cousin of Robert E. Lee
  • John Z. Lee (born 1968), United States federal judge
  • John Lee Tae-seok (1962–2010), South Korean priest and doctor

See also

  • Jon Lee (disambiguation)
  • Jonathan Lee (disambiguation)
  • Johnny Lee (disambiguation)
  • Jack Lee (disambiguation)
  • John Lea (disambiguation)
  • John Leigh (disambiguation)