Lem
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People:
- George Ho LemGeorge Ho LemGeorge Ho Lem Sr. was a politician, business man and community leader from Alberta, Canada. To most people he is known as a great man serving many years as a Calgary Alderman but to those people who are part of the inner Chinatown Circle know him as "The Traitor of the Chinese".- Early life...
(1918–2005), Canadian politician - Gerard van der LemGerard van der LemGerard van der Lem is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on August 12, 1973 against PSV Eindhoven...
(b. 1952), Dutch footballer - Hans LemHans LemHans Schumann Lem was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*...
(1875–?), Norwegian gymnast - Huw Davies, aka Lem, British artist and author of the webcomic BunnyBunny (webcomic)Bunny is a daily webcomic by Lem , the pseudonym of a Welsh artist named Huw Davies. Launched in August 2004, Bunny follows the gag-a-day formula, with no true plotline...
- Lem BarneyLem BarneyLemuel Joseph "Lem" Barney is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Detroit Lions. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.-College years:...
(born 1945), American football player - Lem BillingsLem BillingsKirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings was a prep school roommate and then lifelong close friend of President John F. Kennedy. Billings took leave from his business career to work on Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign...
(1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend - Lem DavisLem DavisLem Davis was an American swing music jazz alto saxophonist born in Tampa, Florida, probably better known for working with the Coleman Hawkins septet in 1943...
(1914–1970), American jazz saxophonist - Lem DobbsLem DobbsLem Dobbs is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the film The Limey. He is the son of the late painter, R.B. Kitaj...
(born 1959), British-American screenwriter - Lem JohnsonLem JohnsonLemuel Charles "Lem" Johnson 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 saxophone in 1928, playing with Walter Page's Blue Devils...
(1909–1989), American jazz saxophonist - Lem OverpeckLem OverpeckLem Overpeck was Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...
(1911–2003), American politician, lieutenant governor of South Dakota - Lem TuckerLem TuckerLemuel Tucker was an American journalist.Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Tucker graduated Central Michigan University in 1960.Tucker was one of the first African Americans to work as a television network reporter...
(1938–1991), American journalist - Nguyễn Văn LémNguyen Van LemNguyễn Văn Lém was a member of the Viet Cong who was summarily executed in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. The execution was captured on film by photojournalist Eddie Adams, and the momentous image became a symbol of the inhumanity of war...
(died 1968), Vietnamese Communist guerrilla fighter - Peter Mandrup LemPeter Mandrup LemPeter Mandrup Lem 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, although none of them is known to be preserved.-Life:Peter Lem received his first education...
(1758-1828), Danish violin virtuoso - Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction writer
In fiction:
- Curtis LemanskyCurtis LemanskyCurtis Lemansky, more commonly known as "Lem" or "Lemonhead", is a fictional police detective on the FX original drama The Shield, played by actor Kenny Johnson.-Personal life:Little is known about Lemansky's personal life...
, a fictional character in the television series The Shield - Lem Van AdamsLem Van AdamsLem Van Adams is a fictional character from the Showtime television series Soul Food. The character first appeared in the 1997 film Soul Food as Lem Harris, and was portrayed by Mekhi Phifer...
, a fictional character in the television series Soul Food - The Lem, a fictional alien race in the Marvel UniverseMarvel UniverseThe Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers.The Marvel Universe is further...
Other uses:
- 3836 Lem3836 Lem3836 Lem is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh on 22 September 1979 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It was named after Stanisław Lem, a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer....
, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem - Diminutive of the name Lemuel
- Lem, Denmark
- Lem., the standard author abbreviation for Charles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine Lemaire , was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae....