Lem may refer to: Places 3836 Lem, an asteroid named after Stanisław Lem , a municipality in Jutland People Given name or nickname (Alphabetical by surname) Lemuel Lem Barney (born 1945), American football player Lem Billings (1916–1981), John F. Kennedy's friend Lem Burnham (born 1947), American football player Lem Cross (1872–1930), American Major League Baseball player George Lewis Lem Davis (1914–1970), American jazz saxophonist Lemuel Davis (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 Huw Davies, aka Lem, British artist and author of the webcomic Bunny Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), author typically referred to as Lem Surname George Ho Lem (1918–2005), Canadian politician Gerard van der Lem (born 1952), Dutch footballer Hans Lem (1875–?), Norwegian gymnast Nguyễn Văn Lém (died 1968), Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighter Peter Mandrup Lem (1758–1828), Danish violin virtuoso Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), Polish science fiction writer Fictional entities Lem, the main character in the 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film Planet 51 (2009) Curtis Lemansky, 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 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, of the NASA moon missions, better known as the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Other uses lem, ISO 639-3 code for the Mandi language of Cameroon See also LEM (disambiguation) IEM (disambiguation) 1Em