Lem may refer to:
Places
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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
Lemuel Joseph Barney (September 8, 1945) is a former American football player. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, he played college football at Jackson State from 1964 to 1966. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the National Football Leagu ...
(born 1945), American football player
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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
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Lem Burnham
Lemuel L. Burnham (born August 30, 1947) is a former American football defensive end who played three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifteenth round of th ...
(born 1947), American football player
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Lem Cross (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
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Lemuel Davis
Lemuel Lanier Davis (born 1953 in Mississippi) is a software engineer and former professor at Palomar College.
Education
Lemuel (Lem) Davis earned his master's degree in electrical engineering ( M.S.E.E.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana ...
(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
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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
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Lem T. Jones, Jr. (1924–1995), American politician
* Thomas Lemuel
Lem Johns (1925–2014), American Secret Service agent present during the assassination of John F. Kennedy
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Lem Overpeck (1911–2003), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
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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
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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
Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit spec ...
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Charles Antoine Lemaire
Charles Antoine Lemaire (1 November 1800, in Paris – 22 June 1871, in Paris), was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae.
Education
Born the son of Antoine Charles Lemaire and Marie Jeanne Davio, he ha ...
(1800–1871), author typically referred to as Lem
Surname
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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
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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
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Hans Lem (1875–?), Norwegian gymnast
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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
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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
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Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...
(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)
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Curtis Lemansky
The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series ''The Shield''.
Main characters
* Michael Chiklis – Vic Mackey (2002–2008)
* Glenn Close – Monica Rawling (2005)
* Catherine Dent – Danielle "Dann ...
, 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
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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
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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
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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
See also
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LEM (disambiguation)
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IEM (disambiguation)
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1Em
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