| lǐ | plum/surname Li |
| 李 | surname Li |
| 李世民 | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 |
| 李丽珊 | Lee Lai Shan |
| 李云娜 | Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 also written 李誠恩|李诚恩 |
| 李亚鹏 | Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor |
| 李亨 | Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肃宗 |
| 李代数 | Lie algebra (math.) |
| 李代桃僵 | lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree to substitute one thing for another to carry the can for sb |
| 李会昌 | Lee Hoi-chang |
| 李伯元 | 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 |
| 李俊 | Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 李修贤 | Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director |
| 李儇 | Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗 |
| 李元昊 | Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏 in |
| 李先念 | Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician |
| 李光耀 | Lee Kuan Yew (1923-), founding prime minister of Singapore 1959-1990 |
| 李克强 | Li Keqiang (1955-), PRC politician, deputy premier from 2008 |
| 李公朴 | Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 |
| 李冰 | Li Bing (c 230 BC) historical hydraulic engineer of DuJiangYan 都江堰 |
| 李冰冰 | Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star |