Lea (surname)

Lea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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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)

Edward Lea, officer in the United States Navy 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., was a prominent American attorney from El Paso, Texas, and mayor of that city from 1915 to 1917; cousin to Homer Lea

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 Liberal MP for Kidderminster (1868–1874)
Walter Maxfield Lea, Prince Edward Island politician

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 historian in Philadelphia
Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and business man
Larry Lea, American televangelist
Margaret Lea Houston, former First Lady of the Republic of Texas
Nancy Moffette Lea (1780–1864) was the 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 (Tom Lea), American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian