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Lee (Korean Name)

colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \| Lee
colspan="2" \| South Korean Name
width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| I
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Yi
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 이
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| 李
colspan="2" \| North Korean Name
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Ri
width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| Ri
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 리
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| (same as above Hanja)

Lee is the second most common family name in Korea (after Kim). The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yi or Rhee. Lee is also a transliteration of the rarer family names 이 (異) and 이 (伊). Famous Koreans with this family name:

All the kings of the Joseon Dynasty
The philosophers Yi Hwang and Yi I
Admiral Yi Sunsin
South Korea's first president Rhee Syngman
Lee Byung Hun, actor
The politician Lee Hoi-chang
The pop singer Lee Hyo Ri of Fin KL
The pop singer Lee Heejin of Baby VOX
The singer Lee Minwoo of Shinhwa
Lee Jung Hyun, singer
Lee Na Young, actress
Sung-Hi Lee, model
Natasha Yi, model

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