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- Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗[Su4 zong1] (711-762), reigned 756-762
- Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗[Xi1 zhong1] (862-888), reigned 873-888
- Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan
- Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰[Li3 Ji4 Lan2] or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗[Tang2 Zhong1 zong1] (656-710), reigned 705-710
- Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
- Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)
- Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
Trad. 李寧
- Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
Trad. 李廣
- Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
- Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗[Xuan1 zong1] (810-859), reigned 846-859
Trad. 李恆
- Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗[Mu4 Zong1] (795-824), reigned 821-825
- Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2]
- Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
- Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[Tang2 Rui4 zong1] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
- Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗[Wen2 zong1] (809-840), reigned 827-840
- Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history
Trad. 李曄
- Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗[Zhao1 zong1] (867-904), reigned 888-904
- Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], (628-683), reigned 649-683
Trad. 李淵
- Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626
- Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[Jing4 Zong1] (809-827), reigned 825-827
Trad. 李漁
- Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
- Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[Yi4 zong1] (833-873), reigned 859-873
- Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-846), reigned 840-846
- Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
- Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[Ai1 di4] (892-908), reigned 904-907
Trad. 李純
- Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗[Xian4 zong1] (778-820), reigned 805-820
Trad. 李纓
- Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
- Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4]
Trad. 李誦
- Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗[Shun4 zong1] (761-806), reigned 805-806
- Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗[Tai4 zong1] (727-779), reigned 762-779
Trad. 李贄
- Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
- Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[De2 Zong1], (742-805), reigned 779-805
- Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[Shui3 hu3 quan2 zhuan4]
- Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
- Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
Trad. 李鵬
- Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
- Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
- Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
Trad. 李修賢
- Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
- Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[Ning2 xia4]
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
Trad. 李克強
- Li Keqiang (1955–2023), PRC politician, premier 2013–2023
Trad. 李公樸
- Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
- Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911
- Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
- Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
Trad. 李國豪
- Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
Trad. 李大釗
- Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
Trad. 李天祿
- Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
Trad. 李娃傳
- Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
Trad. 李季蘭
- Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶[Li3 Ye3] (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
- Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
- Li Fuchun (1900–1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC
Trad. 李寶嘉
- 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 官場現形記|官场现形记
Trad. 李小龍
- Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
Trad. 李延壽
- Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
- Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变
- Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy
Trad. 李彥宏
- Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4], a PRC Internet company
Trad. 李後主
- Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet
- given name Li Yu 李煜
- Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
Trad. 李懷遠
- Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
- Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
- Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
- Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
- Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
- Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
- Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist
- Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
Trad. 李時珍
- Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]
- Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
- Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
- Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
- Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
- Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1]
- Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018
Trad. 李滄區
- Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Trad. 李澤楷
- Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
Trad. 李爾王
- King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Trad. 李登輝
- Lee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988–2000
Trad. 李百藥
- Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
- Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style
Trad. 李約瑟
- Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
Trad. 李綠園
- Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1]
- Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
- Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
- Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
Trad. 李衛公
- Li Wei Gong
- Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4]
Trad. 李連杰
- Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
Trad. 李遠哲
- Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
- Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
Trad. 李鐵拐
- Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
Trad. 李開復
- Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
- personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] (685-762), reigned 712-756
Trad. 李顯龍
- Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004
Trad. 李鴻章
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
Trad. 李麗珊
- Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
Trad. 托運行李
- luggage that has been checked in (on flight)
Trad. 投桃報李
- toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
- to exchange gifts
- Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
Trad. 張王李趙
- (idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
- lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
- to substitute one thing for another
- to carry the can for sb
- abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 , li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1]
- 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 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
Trad. 艷如桃李
- lit. beautiful as peach and prune
- fig. radiant beauty
Trad. 李氏朝鮮
- Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Trad. 李維史陀
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
Trad. 張三李四
- lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom)
- (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry
Trad. 張冠李戴
- lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
- to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
- to confuse one thing with another
Trad. 李卜克內西
- Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD
Trad. 行李傳送帶
- luggage conveyor belt; baggage carousel
Trad. 李鴻章雜碎
- chop suey (American Chinese dish)
Trad. 伯納斯·李
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web
Trad. 李斯特氏桿菌
- listeria bacillus
Trad. 張家長，李家短
- lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
Trad. 唐太宗李衛公問對
- "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]