Li Ye or Li Jilan (713-784), a Tang dynasty female poet and Taoist priest known for her unconventional and romantic style; she was praised by contemporaries as the "Hero Among Female Poets" and was close friends with figures such as 陆羽 lù​yǔ.

Li Ye (1192-1279), also known as 李治 lǐ​zhì, a Yuan dynasty mathematician; one of the Four Great Mathematicians of the Song and Yuan, he is noted for his work on the Tianyuan shu (method of the celestial unknown) and his treatises Ceyuan haijing and Yigu yanduan