Lea (surname)
Lea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
In music
- Brandin Lea, the lead singer of Texas-based band Flickerstick and side project The February Chorus
- Jim Lea (musician) (born 1949), English bass guitarist (Slade)
In the military
- Edward Lea, United States Navy officer during the American Civil War
- Homer Lea, general in the army of Sun Yat-sen and a writer of several books of geopolitics; cousin to Thomas C. Lea
- Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr., American attorney and mayor of El Paso from 1915 to 1917; cousin to Homer Lea
In politics
- Alfred R. Lea (1853–1931), American politician
- Chris Lea, the first openly gay political party leader in Canadian history
- Luke Lea (1783–1851), two-term United States Representative from Tennessee
- Luke Lea (1879–1945), Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee (1911–1917)
- Pryor Lea, two-term U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- Preston Lea (1841–1916), American businessman and politician, Governor of Delaware
- Sir Thomas Lea, 1st Baronet Liberal MP for Kidderminster (1868–1874)
- Walter Maxfield Lea, Prince Edward Island politician
In sports
- Arthur Lea (footballer) (1866–1945), Welsh international footballer
- Charlie Lea, former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Cyril Lea, Welsh footballer
- Isaac Lea (footballer) (1911-1972), English professional footballer
- Jim Lea (athlete) (1932–2010), American sprinter
- Leslie Lea, English footballer
In other fields
- Arthur Mills Lea, Australian entomologist
- Doug Lea, professor of Computer Science at State University of New York at Oswego where he specializes in concurrent programming
- Henry Charles Lea, American publisher, civic activist, philanthropist and historian
- Isaac Lea, American publisher, conchologist and geologist
- Larry Lea, American televangelist
- Margaret Lea Houston, former First Lady of the Republic of Texas
- Mathew Carey Lea (1823-1897), American chemist
- Nancy Moffette Lea (1780–1864), mother of Margaret Lea Houston and mother-in-law of Sam Houston
- Nicholas Lea, actor
- Ron Lea, Canadian actor
- Sheila Lea, British artist
- Thomas C. Lea, III, American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian
See also
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