List of people known as the Lion

• Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Ottoman pasha of Ioannina
• Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria
• Louis VIII of France, King of France
• Robert III, Count of Flanders, the "Lion of Flanders"
• Umur of Aydın, Emir of Aydin
• William the Lion, King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214
• Willie "The Lion" Smith, American jazz pianist