Lem may refer to:

Places

* 3836 Lem, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem *

Lem, Denmark Lem is a railway town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark, with a population of 1,354 (1 January 2024).

, a municipality in

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

People

Given name or nickname

(Alphabetical by surname) * Lemuel

Lem Barney Lemuel Jackson Barney (born September 8, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1977, playing occasionally as ...

(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 preparatory school roommate of Kennedy, an usher a ...

(1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend *

Lem Burnham Lemuel L. Burnham (born August 30, 1947) is an American former professional football defensive end who played three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fift ...

(born 1947), American football player * 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 *

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 (born 1959), British-American screenwriter * Henry Honiball (born 1965), nicknamed "Lem", South African rugby player * Lemuel Lem Johnson (1909–1989), American jazz saxophonist * 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 * Lem Overpeck (1911–2003), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota * Lem Tucker (1938–1991), American journalist * Lem Winchester (1928–1961), American jazz vibraphone player

Pen name

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

* George Ho Lem (1918–2005), Canadian politician *

Gerard van der Lem Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired Association football, football Midfielder#Winger, winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played fo ...

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

Nguyễn Văn Lém ''Saigon Execution'' is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams (photographer), Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Vie ...

(died 1968), Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighter * Peter Mandrup Lem (1758–1828), Danish violin virtuoso *

Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fi ...

(1921–2006), Polish science fiction writer

Fictional entities

* Lem, the main character in the animated science fiction comedy film '' Planet 51'' (2009) *

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 "Da ...

, 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. Superhero teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardia ...

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

Space constructions

* Lem (satellite), 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 sp ...

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

Other uses

* lem, ISO 639-3 code for the

Mandi language The Mandi language, ''Nomaande'' (or Lemande), is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to th ...

of Cameroon