List of people known as the Lion
The Lion is an epithet used to describe:
- Ali Pasha (1740-1822), Ottoman pasha of Yanina
- Henry the Lion (1129-1195), Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria
- Louis VIII of France (1187-1226), King of France
- Umur Beg (1309?-1348), Emir of Aydin
- William the Lion (c. 1143-1214), King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214
- Willie "The Lion" Smith (1893-1973), American jazz pianist
See also
- Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249-1322), the "Lion of Flanders"
- Sam "the Lion", a character in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show
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