Lem may refer to:

Places

* 3836 Lem, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem * , a municipality in

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

People

Given name or nickname

(Alphabetical by surname) * Lemuel Lem Barney (born 1945), American football player *

Lem Billings Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings (April 15, 1916 – May 28, 1981) was an American businessman known for his close and long-time friendship with John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Billings was a prep school roommate of Kennedy, an usher at his ...

(1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend * Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player *

Lem Cross George Lewis Cross (January 9, 1872 – October 9, 1930) was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League in 1893 and 1894. He played in the minors through 1900, mostly in the Western League (ori ...

(1872–1930), American Major League Baseball player * George Lewis

Lem Davis Lemuel A. Davis (22 June 1914 – 16 January 1970), was an American jazz alto saxophonist associated with swing music. Born in Tampa, Florida, United States, his career began in the 1940s with pianist Nat Jaffe. Davis played with the Coleman ...

(1914–1970), American jazz saxophonist * Lemuel Davis (born 1953), American software engineer * Anton Lemuel

Lem Dobbs Lem Dobbs (born Anton Lemuel Kitaj; 24 December 1958) is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the films '' Dark City'' (1998) and ''The Limey'' (1999). He was born in Oxford, England, and is the son of the painter R. B. Kitaj. The pen ...

(born 1959), British-American screenwriter *

Henry Honiball Henry William Honiball (born 1 December 1965) is a South African former professional rugby union footballer. He usually played at fly-half and sometimes as a centre. Honiball played for early in his career, but is best known for his time with N ...

(born 1965), nicknamed "Lem", South African rugby player * Lemuel

Lem Johnson Lemuel Charles "Lem" Johnson (August 6, 1909 – April 1, 1989) was an American jazz saxophonist who played both tenor and soprano saxophones. Johnson was born in Oklahoma City. He played clarinet in local ensembles in the 1920s and picked up sax ...

(1909–1989), American jazz saxophonist *

Lem T. Jones, Jr. Lemuel Theophilus Jones Jr. (March 15, 1924 – December 17, 1995) was an American politician in the state of Missouri. He served in the Missouri State Senate as a Republican from 1965 to 1975. Early life Lemuel Theophilus Jones Jr. was born on ...

(1924–1995), American politician * Thomas Lemuel Lem Johns (1925–2014), American Secret Service agent present during the assassination of John F. Kennedy * Lem Overpeck (1911–2003), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota *

Lem Tucker Lemuel Tucker (May 26, 1938 – March 2, 1991) was an American journalist. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Tucker graduated from Central Michigan University in 1960. Tucker was one of the first African Americans to work as a television network repo ...

(1938–1991), American journalist *

Lem Winchester Lem Winchester (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 1961) was an American jazz vibraphone player. Early life Lemuel Winchester was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents were politician William J. Winchester and Alverta Winchester. Career Formerl ...

(1928–1961), American jazz vibraphone player

Pen name

* Huw Davies, aka Lem, British artist and author of the webcomic '' Bunny'' * Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), author typically referred to as Lem

Surname

George Ho Lem George Ho Lem Sr. (何榮禧) (June 15, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was a Canadian politician, businessman, and community leader from Alberta. Early life , business career and community service George Ho Lem was born in Calgary, Alberta in 19 ...

(1918–2005), Canadian politician *

Gerard van der Lem Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played for Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta ...

(born 1952), Dutch footballer * Hans Lem (1875–?), Norwegian gymnast *

Nguyễn Văn Lém Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

(died 1968), Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighter *

Peter Mandrup Lem Peter Mandrup Lem (baptized 7 June 1758 - 12 January 1828) was an eighteenth-century Danish violin virtuoso. Among his few compositions always mentioned by his contemporaries are his both symphonies, violin concertos, piano pieces and an oratorio, ...

(1758–1828), Danish violin virtuoso * Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction writer

Fictional entities

* Lem, the main character in the 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film ''

Planet 51 ''Planet 51'' is a 2009 computer-animated science fiction comedy film directed by Jorge Blanco and co-directed by Javier Abad and Marcos Martínez, from a script by Joe Stillman, based on an original idea by Javier Abad, Jorge Blanco, Marcos ...

'' (2009) * Curtis Lemansky, nicknamed Lem, a fictional character in the television series ''The Shield'' * Lem Nikodinoski, the protagonist in Zhivko Chingo's children's book ''The Great Water'' * The Lem, a fictional alien race in the

Marvel Universe The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...

Lem Van Adams ''Soul Food: The Series'' is an American drama series that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000, to May 26, 2004. Developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, the series was an adaptation of George Tillman's 1997 drama fi ...

, a fictional character in the television series ''Soul Food'' * Vladimir Lem, a fictional character in Max Payne 1 and 2

Space constructions

Lem (satellite) Lem (also called BRITE-PL) is the first Polish scientific artificial satellite. It was launched in November 2013 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket. Named after the Po ...

, the first Polish scientific satellite, named after Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem *

Apollo Lunar Module The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed ...

, of the NASA moon missions, better known as the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM)

Other uses

* lem, ISO 639-3 code for the Mandi language of Cameroon