| 1 | 李 | 李 | lǐ | li3 | plum; surname Li | | |
| 2 | 李宗仁 | 李宗仁 | lǐ zōng rén | Li3 Zong1 ren2 | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction | | |
| 3 | 李鹏 | 李鵬 | lǐ péng | Li3 Peng2 | Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown | | |
| 4 | 李大钊 | 李大釗 | lǐ dà zhāo | Li3 Da4 zhao1 | Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party | | |
| 5 | 李鸿章 | 李鴻章 | lǐ hóng zhāng | Li3 Hong2 zhang1 | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | | |
| 6 | 李时珍 | 李時珍 | lǐ shí zhēn | Li3 Shi2 zhen1 | Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草纲目 | | |
| 7 | 李白 | 李白 | lǐ bái | Li3 Bai2 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | | |
| 8 | 李瀍 | 李瀍 | lǐ chán | Li3 Chan2 | Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗 (814-846), reigned 840-846 | | |
| 9 | 李纯 | 李純 | lǐ chún | Li3 Chun2 | Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 宪宗 (778-820), reigned 805-820 | | |
| 10 | 李重茂 | 李重茂 | lǐ chóng mào | Li3 Chong2 mao4 | Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殇帝 (c. 695-715), reigned 710 | | |
| 11 | 李成江 | 李成江 | lǐ chéng jiāng | Li3 Cheng2 jiang1 | Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater | | |
| 12 | 李成桂 | 李成桂 | lǐ chéng guì | Li3 Cheng2 gui4 | Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) | | |
| 13 | 李诚恩 | 李誠恩 | lǐ chéng ēn | Li3 Cheng2 en1 | Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 | | |
| 14 | 李忱 | 李忱 | lǐ chén | Li3 Chen2 | Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗 (810-859), reigned 846-859 | | |
| 15 | 李长春 | 李長春 | lǐ cháng chūn | Li3 Chang2 chun1 | Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician | | |
| 16 | 李昌镐 | 李昌鎬 | lǐ chāng hào | Li3 Chang1 hao4 | Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player | | |
| 17 | 李沧区 | 李滄區 | lǐ cāng qū | Li3 cang1 qu1 | Licang district of Qingdao city 青岛市 , Shandong | | |
| 18 | 李沧 | 李滄 | lǐ cāng | Li3 cang1 | Licang district of Qingdao city 青岛市 , Shandong | | |
| 19 | 李卜克内西 | 李卜克內西 | lǐ bo kè nèi xī | Li3 bo5 ke4 nei4 xi1 | Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD | | |
| 20 | 李冰冰 | 李冰冰 | lǐ bīng bīng | Li3 Bing1 bing1 | Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star | | |
| 21 | 李冰 | 李冰 | lǐ bīng | Li3 Bing1 | Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰 irrigation system in Sichuan | | |
| 22 | 李宗盛 | 李宗盛 | lǐ zōng shèng | Li3 Zong1 sheng4 | Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter | | |
| 23 | 李百药 | 李百藥 | lǐ bǎi yào | Li3 Bai3 yao4 | Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齐书 | | |
| 24 | 李翱 | 李翱 | lǐ áo | Li3 Ao2 | Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文运动 | | |
| 25 | 李昂 | 李昂 | lǐ áng | Li3 Ang2 | Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 (809-840), reigned 827-840 | | |